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.
I am far more than just another Time Lord.
Doctor Who shown on Monday, March 2,
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1968: The Web Of Fear: Episode 5The Great Intelligence is able to try again when a Yeti is re-activated
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1974: Death To The Daleks: Part TwoAnyone landing on Exxilon face a power drain; even the Daleks
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1982: Black Orchid: Part TwoThe Doctor is expected at a cricket game, and Nyssa is the subject of mistaken identity
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1983: Enlightenment: Part TwoEternals are racing yachts; the winner will achieve enlightenment
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1984: Planet Of Fire: Part FourThe Master has been shrunk after an accident with his tissue compression eliminator
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1985: The Two Doctors: Part ThreeWhen something happens to the Second Doctor the Sixth Doctor travels to Spain to help
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2007: The Idiot's Lantern (repeated)England during the 1950s: an unusual sort of alien intelligence travels through the airwaves
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2007: The Impossible Planet (repeated)The Doctor and Rose visit a world that should not be able to exist
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2009: Evolution Of The Daleks (repeated)In 1930s New York the Daleks of the Cult of Skaro are experimenting on humans
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2010: The Fires Of Pompeii (repeated)In Pompeii, AD79, the Doctor and Donna face a moral crisis
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2012: Evolution Of The Daleks (repeated)In 1930s New York the Daleks of the Cult of Skaro are experimenting on humans
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2012: The Lazarus Experiment (repeated)Professor Lazarus has created a device that can extend life
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2013: Closing Time (repeated)On the eve of his death the Doctor visits an old friend, and meets old enemies