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 Monday, February 23,
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1969: The Seeds Of Death: Episode 5The Ice Warriors try to invade Earth by altering the planet's weather
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1974: Death To The Daleks: Part OneAnyone landing on Exxilon face a power drain; even the Daleks
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1982: The Visitation: Part FourThe Terileptils attempt to invade Earth by releasing the Black Death
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1983: Terminus: Part FourThe Universe comes close to destruction when a ship's automatic pilot nearly dumps fuel
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1984: Planet Of Fire: Part OneThe Master has been shrunk after an accident with his tissue compression eliminator
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1985: The Two Doctors: Part TwoWhen something happens to the Second Doctor the Sixth Doctor travels to Spain to help
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2007: Rise Of The Cybermen (repeated)The Doctor and Rose face the terrifying Cybermen on an alternate Earth
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2007: The Age Of Steel (repeated)The Doctor and Rose face the terrifying Cybermen on an alternate Earth
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2009: Smith And Jones (repeated)The Doctor checks into a hospital to investigate strange phenomena
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2010: Utopia (repeated)At the end of the Universe a group of humans is waiting to travel to Utopia
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2012: The Runaway Bride (repeated)A woman in her wedding dress mysteriously appears on board the TARDIS
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2013: The Girl Who Waited (repeated)Amy is trapped in a quarantine facility where time runs at a different pace
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2020: Ascension Of The CybermenThe Doctor and her friends face a brutal battle across the farthest reaches of space to protect the last of the human race against the deadly Cybermen.