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.
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Doctor Who shown on Friday, May 16,
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1964: The Keys Of MarinusThe Doctor and his companions are forced to search for operating keys on Marinus
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1970: Inferno: Episode TwoIn a parallel universe Earth is destroyed, and the real Earth is heading for the same fate
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2008: The Doctor's Daughter (repeated)The Doctor's fight becomes a personal matter on Messaline
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2010: Amy's Choice (repeated)Five years after Amy Pond last travelled with the Doctor he re-enters her life
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2011: The Doctor's Wife (repeated)The Doctor gets to know the TARDIS a bit better
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2014: Asylum Of The Daleks (repeated)The Daleks need the Doctor's help
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2014: Dinosaurs On A Spaceship: Dinosaurs On A Spaceship (repeated)A spaceship, with dinosaurs on board, is on a collision course with Earth
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2025: The Story & The Engine (repeated)The Doctor arrives in Lagos to discover a world where stories have power, and must prevent a complex plot of revenge.