Doctor Who In Detail is a guide to the long running BBC Television programme Doctor Who. The first episode was broadcast in 1963, and the programme celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2023, making Doctor Who the longest running science fiction television programme.
Fourteen actors have portrayed the role of the Doctor in the television series (excluding stand-ins) with David Tennant returning to the role as the Fourteenth Doctor in 2023. Ncuti Gatwa, the Fifteenth Doctor, recently completed his second series with a mysterious regeneration.
The Eighth Doctor and Doctor Grace Holloway
fromThe Doctor: Come with me.
Grace: You come with me.
The Doctor: Me come with you?
Grace: Yes.
The Doctor: Me come with you? ... It's tempting.
Doctor Who shown on 17th August
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1968: The Dominators: Episode 2The Dominators plan to turn a planet into a radioactive wasteland to power their fleet
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1978: The Sun Makers: Part Two (repeated)The Usurians have enslaved the human colony on the planet of Pluto
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1983: The Visitation: Part Three (repeated)The Terileptils attempt to invade Earth by releasing the Black Death
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1984: The Five Doctors: Part Four (repeated)All the Doctors are brought together to help, and stop, the President of Gallifrey become immortal
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2006: The Christmas Invasion (repeated)The Sycorax plan to invade Earth, but the Doctor is not his usual self
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2007: The Age Of Steel (repeated)The Doctor and Rose face the terrifying Cybermen on an alternate Earth
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2009: Love & Monsters: Love & Monsters (repeated)A group of people are tying to found out more about the Doctor
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2010: The Vampires Of Venice (repeated)16th century Venice, sealed due to the plague. But something alien is living inside