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.
Tegan and the First Doctor (played by Richard Hurndall)
fromTegan: And who might you be?
First Doctor: I might be any number of things, young lady. As it happens I am the Doctor. The original, you might say.
Doctor Who shown on 26th May
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1973: The Green Death: Episode TwoPeople welcome Global Chemical's new refinery, but not the giant maggots
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2006: Rise Of The Cybermen (repeated)The Doctor and Rose face the terrifying Cybermen on an alternate Earth
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2006: The Age Of Steel (repeated)The Doctor and Rose face the terrifying Cybermen on an alternate Earth
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2007: Human NatureHiding from alien pursuers the TARDIS arrives on Earth, 1913; and the Doctor becomes human
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2009: Blink (repeated)Whatever you do - don't blink
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2012: Amy's Choice (repeated)Five years after Amy Pond last travelled with the Doctor he re-enters her life
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2024: 73 Yards (repeated)Landing on the Welsh coast the Doctor and Ruby embark on the strangest journey of their lives. In a rain-lashed pub, the locals sit in fear of ancient legends coming to life.