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.
One day, I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then there must be no regrets. No tears. No anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs, and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine.
Doctor Who shown on 10th August
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1968: The Dominators: Episode 1The Dominators plan to turn a planet into a radioactive wasteland to power their fleet
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1978: The Sun Makers: Part One (repeated)The Usurians have enslaved the human colony on the planet of Pluto
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1981: The Keeper Of Traken: Part One (repeated)The Master, after using all his regenerations, tries to steal the Keeper's power
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2006: Dalek (repeated)A collector of alien artefacts has one living specimen...
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2007: The Parting Of The Ways (repeated)The Dalek race has been manipulating the human race in order to rebuild
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2009: The Age Of Steel (repeated)The Doctor and Rose face the terrifying Cybermen on an alternate Earth
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2010: The Time Of Angels (repeated)A ship crashes on a planet where the Weeping Angels were waiting