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 Twelfth Doctor and Clara.
fromThe Doctor: Well, the difference is, when you die, you stay dead.
Clara: So does he.
The Doctor: We're on Gallifrey. Death is Time Lord for man flu!
Doctor Who shown on Friday, April 25,
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1964: The Keys Of Marinus: The Screaming JungleThe Doctor and his companions are forced to search for operating keys on Marinus
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1970: The Ambassadors Of Death: Episode SixU.N.I.T. are called in to investigate the mystery of the Mars Probe 7
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2008: Planet Of The Ood (repeated)On the Oods' home planet the Doctor and Donna find out the truth of the Ood-sphere
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2010: The Time Of Angels (repeated)A ship crashes on a planet where the Weeping Angels were waiting
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2014: A Good Man Goes To War (repeated)The Doctor raises an army in order to rescue the kidnapped Amy Pond
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2014: Let's Kill Hitler (repeated)The Doctor's hunt for Amy's baby takes him to a confrontation in 1930's Berlin