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 Kate Lethbridge-Stewart
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Kate: Well, that's classified. I think I can say, skin of our teeth.
Doctor Who shown on 20th May
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1967: The Evil Of The Daleks: Episode 1In 1867, during an experiment in time travel, a Dalek appears
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1972: The Time Monster: Episode OneThe Master tries to go back in time and steal the Crystal of Kronos
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2006: The Age Of SteelThe Doctor and Rose face the terrifying Cybermen on an alternate Earth
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2007: 42 (repeated)The TARDIS materialises on a spaceship that is hurtling towards the sun
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2009: 42 (repeated)The TARDIS materialises on a spaceship that is hurtling towards the sun
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2011: The Doctor's Wife (repeated)The Doctor gets to know the TARDIS a bit better
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2017: Oxygen (repeated)Trapped on a space station with no oxygen, the Doctor, Bill and Nardole are horrified to discover the automated spacesuits keeping them alive are also trying to kill them
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2017: ExtremisEveryone who has ever read the Veritas has been found dead. In a library at the heart of the Vatican, the pope urges the Doctor to read the ancient text.