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, will appear in the Christmas special later in 2024.
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 Wednesday, April 2,
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1966: The Celestial Toymaker: The Celestial ToyroomThe TARDIS materialises in a strange domain presided over by the Toymaker
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1977: The Talons Of Weng-Chiang: Part SixA series of murders have been committed by a Chinese Tong of the Black Scorpian
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1995: Reveleation Of The Daleks: Part Three (repeated)A new breed of Daleks is being created from the bodies of the dead
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2005: The End of the WorldThe Doctor and Rose travel into the far future to watch the end of the world
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2009: Forest Of The Dead (repeated)Having an irrational fear of the dark may be rational
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2010: 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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2010: The End Of Time: The End Of Time, Part Two (repeated)The Time Lords have a plan to escape the Time War and ascend