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 Friday, January 17,
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1970: Spearhead From Space: Episode ThreeThe Doctor, after being forced to regenerate, begins his exile on Earth
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1976: The Brain Of Morbius: Part ThreeThe Time Lords send the Doctor to Karn to halt Doctor Solon's experiments
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1981: Warriors' Gate: Part ThreeThe TARDIS is hijacked by a time-sensitive Tharil, Biroc
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1992: The Time Meddler: A Battle Of Wits (repeated)The Doctor is concerned when he dicsovers anachronistic objects in 1066 A.D.
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2014: A Town Called Mercy (repeated)A rogue cyborg tracks down the doctor who experimented on him
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2014: The Power Of Three (repeated)The Doctor spends time on Earth during a year long invasion