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.
Fifteenth Doctor and The Barber
fromDoctor: And that structure that I saw?
The Barber: The Nexus. I used to call it the World Wide Web... until the humans named something far uglier after that.
Doctor Who shown on 9th July
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1966: The War Machines: Episode 3A computer that thinks for itself considers itself superior to humans
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1971: Spearhead From Space: Episode One (repeated)The Doctor, after being forced to regenerate, begins his exile on Earth
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1975: The Sontaran Experiment: Edited Compilation (repeated)A Sontaran is running experiments on the humans that have returned to Earth
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2006: Doomsday (repeated)Ghosts are appearing starting an invasion
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2007: The Runaway Bride (repeated)A woman in her wedding dress mysteriously appears on board the TARDIS
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2009: The Next Doctor (repeated)The Doctor helps a man known as the Doctor save London from the Cybermen