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.
Doctor Grace Holloway and the Eighth Doctor
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Doctor Who shown on Saturday, April 5,
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1969: The Space Pirates: Episode 5Space pirates have been destroying navigation beacons on the search for agonite
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1975: Genesis Of The Daleks: Part FiveThe Doctor is sent on a mission by the Time Lords to destroy the Daleks
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2008: Partners In CrimeDonna Noble investigates Adipose Industries, trying to find the Doctor
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2008: The Daleks: The Dead Planet (repeated)The TARDIS crew arrive on a radioative world home to two races
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2008: The Daleks: The Survivors (repeated)The TARDIS crew arrive on a radioative world home to two races
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2008: The Daleks: The Escape (repeated)The TARDIS crew arrive on a radioative world home to two races
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2010: The Eleventh Hour (repeated)The Doctor investigates a crack in Amy's bedroom whilst remembering who he is
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2013: The Bells Of Saint John (repeated)Something is harvesting human souls through the Wi-Fi and storing them in the cloud
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2014: The Curse Of The Black Spot (repeated)The Doctor, Amy and Rory are trapped on a pirate ship that is being attacked