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.
The Third Doctor and Jo Grant
fromJo: I thought the TARDIS was working again.
The Doctor: What gave you that idea?
Jo: Oh, being dragged off to an alien planet 500 years in the future, for example. You know, all that business with the miners and the colonists.
The Doctor: My dear Jo, the TARDIS was being operated under remote control by the High Council of the Time Lords.
Jo: Well, if it worked for them...
The Doctor: I don't want it to work for them. I want it to work for me.
Doctor Who shown on 12th August
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1980: City Of Death: Part One (repeated)Before life began on Earth a Jagaroth spacecraft exploded, splintering Scaroth through time
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1981: The Keeper Of Traken: Part Three (repeated)The Master, after using all his regenerations, tries to steal the Keeper's power
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2005: Aliens Of London (repeated)London, 2005: The Slitheen family plan to make Earth radioactive, and then sell it
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2006: Father's Day (repeated)Rose wants to go back to 1987 to get to know her Dad
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2008: Aliens Of London (repeated)London, 2005: The Slitheen family plan to make Earth radioactive, and then sell it
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2008: The Christmas Invasion (repeated)The Sycorax plan to invade Earth, but the Doctor is not his usual self
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2011: The Curse Of The Black Spot (repeated)The Doctor, Amy and Rory are trapped on a pirate ship that is being attacked
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2011: The Doctor's Wife (repeated)The Doctor gets to know the TARDIS a bit better