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.
The Eleventh Doctor and Clara.
fromThe Doctor: Imagine that. Human souls trapped like flies in the world wide web. Stuck forever, crying out for help.
Clara: Isn't that basically Twitter?
Doctor Who shown on Sunday, December 28,
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1963: The Daleks: The SurvivorsThe TARDIS crew arrive on a radioative world home to two races
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1968: The Krotons: Episode 1The Krotons, held in suspended animation, need mental energy to reawaken
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1971: The Dæmons: Edited Compilation (repeated)The Master summons a daemon, Azal, in the hope of receiving Azal's powers
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1974: Robot: Part OneThe newly regenerated Doctor battles a giant robot
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1988: The Greatest Show In The Galaxy: Part ThreeThe Doctor and Ace join the circus to find out who is really being entertained
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2011: The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe (repeated)A family escape warn-torn London for Christmas in Dorset, and meets a strange caretaker
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2015: The Face Of Evil: Part One (repeated)On an unknown planet the Doctor finds his face on a cliff, and a computer he programmed
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2015: The Face Of Evil: Part Two (repeated)On an unknown planet the Doctor finds his face on a cliff, and a computer he programmed