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.
Doctor: 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 17th July
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1965: The Time Meddler: A Battle Of WitsThe Doctor is concerned when he dicsovers anachronistic objects in 1066 A.D.
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2005: Rose (repeated)The latest regeneration of the Doctor meets a new companion in London
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2007: Daleks In Manhattan (repeated)In 1930s New York the Daleks of the Cult of Skaro are experimenting on humans
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2009: Rose (repeated)The latest regeneration of the Doctor meets a new companion in London
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2012: Closing Time (repeated)On the eve of his death the Doctor visits an old friend, and meets old enemies