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.
Didn't anyone ever tell you? There's one thing you never put in a trap. If you're smart, if you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there's one thing you never, ever, put in a trap. Me!
Doctor Who shown on Thursday, July 3,
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1965: The Time Meddler: The WatcherThe Doctor is concerned when he dicsovers anachronistic objects in 1066 A.D.
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2006: New Earth (repeated)The Doctor and Rose stumble upon a "plague farm" in the far future
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2006: Tooth And Claw (repeated)Scotland, 1879: The Doctor must protect Queen Victoria from a werewolf
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2012: The Doctor's Wife (repeated)The Doctor gets to know the TARDIS a bit better