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.
Doctor Grace Holloway and the Eighth Doctor
fromGrace: I thought you were a doctor.
The Doctor: I thought you were a doctor.
Doctor Who shown on 9th November
-
1968: The Invasion: Episode 2The Cybermen try to enslave the human race by using mind control
-
1981: The Krotons: Episode 1 (repeated)The Krotons, held in suspended animation, need mental energy to reawaken
-
1987: Delta And The Bannermen: Part TwoThe Bannermen try to destroy the last of the Chimerons at a Welsh holiday camp
-
1988: The Happiness Patrol: Part TwoThe people of Terra Alpha are unhappy at being made to be happy
-
2012: Victory Of The Daleks (repeated)The Doctor is summoned by an old friend, and meets an old enemy
-
2014: Death In Heaven (repeated)After Danny's death the Doctor helps Clara to find him