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, recently completed his second series with a mysterious regeneration.
Ruby Sunday and Jocelyn Sancerre
fromRuby: Hang on, so the planet below down below who refused to stop the babies being born... But once they're born then don't look after them?
Jocelyn: It's a very strange planet.
Ruby: It's not that strange.
Doctor Who shown on Monday, December 8,
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1979: Nightmare Of Eden: Part ThreeA freak accident causes two ships to become locked together after emerging from Hyperspace
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2008: Voyage Of The Damned (repeated)The Doctor spends Christmas on board the Titanic in space
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2009: The Doctor's Daughter (repeated)The Doctor's fight becomes a personal matter on Messaline
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2018: It Takes You Away (repeated)On the edge of a Norwegian fjord in the present day, the Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz discover a boarded-up cottage and a girl named Hanne in need of their help.