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.
Nice to meet you, skinny man. Oh, word of advice. You can wear a suit that tight up to the age of 35... and no further.
Doctor Who shown on 5th May
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1973: Planet Of The Daleks: Episode FiveThe Daleks are on Spiridon trying to learn the secret of invisibility
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2006: School Reunion (repeated)The Doctor is reunited with old friends Sarah Jane Smith and K9
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2007: The Lazarus ExperimentProfessor Lazarus has created a device that can extend life
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2009: Doomsday (repeated)Ghosts are appearing starting an invasion
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2012: The End Of Time: The End Of Time, Part One (repeated)The Time Lords have a plan to escape the Time War and ascend