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.
Thirteenth Doctor and Yasmin Khan
fromDoctor: Why are you calling me madam?
Yaz: Because you're a woman.
Doctor: Am I? Does it suit me?
Yaz: What?
Doctor: Oh, yeah! I remember. Sorry, half an hour ago I was a white-haired Scotsman.
Doctor Who shown on Tuesday, November 18,
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1967: The Ice Warriors: TwoThe Ice Warriors plan to colonise Earth during the second ice-age
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1978: The Stones Of Blood: Part FourFor 4,000 years the Cessair of Diplos has been hiding on Earth
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1981: Carnival Of Monsters: Episode Three (repeated)The TARDIS lands inside a Miniscope where specimens are held in a loop
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2005: Children In NeedThe Doctor's regeneration is not as smooth as he had hoped
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2009: The Family Of Blood (repeated)Hiding from alien pursuers the TARDIS arrives on Earth, 1913; and the Doctor becomes human
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2009: The Waters Of Mars (repeated)Events on Mars are a fixed point in time and must be allowed to take their course
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2018: Kerblam!A message arrives for the Doctor, leading her, Graham, Yaz and Ryan to investigate the warehouse moon orbiting Kandoka, and the home of the galaxy's largest retailer.