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 18th August
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1977: The Deadly Assassin: Part Three (repeated)The Doctor returns to Gallifrey to prevent the President's assassination... and becomes the accused
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1983: The Visitation: Part Four (repeated)The Terileptils attempt to invade Earth by releasing the Black Death
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2008: The Long Game (repeated)The Doctor takes Rose to a time in the future where human advacement is being held back
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2009: Fear Her (repeated)A girl breathes in a spore and gains the ability to make people disappear
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2010: Amy's Choice (repeated)Five years after Amy Pond last travelled with the Doctor he re-enters her life