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 6th May
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1967: The Faceless Ones: Episode 5People travelling with Chameleon Tours have been disappearing
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1972: The Mutants: Episode FiveThe Time Lords send the Doctor and Jo on a mission to deliver a sealed message pod
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2005: The Long GameThe Doctor takes Rose to a time in the future where human advacement is being held back
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2006: The Girl In The FireplaceA spaceship from the 51st century is stalking a girl from the 18th
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2007: The Lazarus Experiment (repeated)Professor Lazarus has created a device that can extend life
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2009: Smith And Jones (repeated)The Doctor checks into a hospital to investigate strange phenomena
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2011: Day Of The Moon (repeated)The Doctor invites his friends to witness his own death
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2017: Thin Ice (repeated)London, 1814. The entire city has turned out for the biggest Frost Fair in decades. But beneath the frozen Thames, revellers are disappearing.
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2017: Knock KnockWhy do floorboards creak? When a sinister landlord shows Bill and her friends the perfect house-share, they have no idea what lies ahead...