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.
I am far more than just another Time Lord.
Doctor Who shown on Thursday, November 7,
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1964: Planet Of Giants: Dangerous JourneyArriving on Earth the Doctor and his companions find they have been shrunk
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2009: Planet Of The Dead (repeated)The Doctor is transported to an alien planet in a London bus
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2013: The Doctor's Wife (repeated)The Doctor gets to know the TARDIS a bit better
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2015: The Zygon InversionA Human/Zgyon peace treaty is close to breaking down
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2021: War Of The SontaransThe Doctor has an unexpected encounter with one of her deadliest enemies when the Sontarans become a new faction in the Crimean War.