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.
Thirteen actors have portrayed the role of the Doctor in the television series (excluding stand-ins) with David Tennant returning as the Fourteenth Doctor in 2023. Ncuti Gatwa, will become the Fifteenth Doctor for the next series in 2024.
The Eighth Doctor and Doctor Grace Holloway.
fromThe Doctor: Come with me.
Grace: You come with me.
The Doctor: Me come with you?
Grace: Yes.
The Doctor: Me come with you? ... It's tempting.
Doctor Who shown on Sunday, May 5,
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1973: Planet Of The Daleks: Episode FiveThe Daleks are on Spiridon trying to learn the secret of invisibility
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2006: School Reunion (repeated)The Doctor is reunited with old friends Sarah Jane Smith and K9
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2007: The Lazarus ExperimentProfessor Lazarus has created a device that can extend life
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2009: Doomsday (repeated)Ghosts are appearing starting an invasion
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2012: The End Of Time: The End Of Time, Part One (repeated)The Time Lords have a plan to escape the Time War and ascend
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2024: The Devil's Chord (repeated)The Doctor and Ruby meet The Beatles but discover that the all-powerful Maestro is changing history. London becomes a battleground with the future of humanity at stake.