Doctor Who In Detail
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 50th anniversary in 2013, making Doctor Who the longest running
science fiction television programme.
Thirteen actors have portrayed the role of the Doctor in the television series (excluding stand-ins) with Jodie Whittaker taking on role as the Thirteenth Doctor in 2018, the first time the Doctor has been portrayed by a woman.
The Doctor: Come with me.
Grace: You come with me.
The Doctor: Me come with you?
Grace: Yes.
The Doctor: Me come with you? ... It's tempting.
The Eighth Doctor and Doctor Grace Holloway.
Doctor Who shown on Friday, May 20,
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1967: The Evil Of The Daleks: Episode 1
In 1867, during an experiment in time travel, a Dalek appears
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1972: The Time Monster: Episode One
The Master tries to go back in time and steal the Crystal of Kronos
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2006: The Age Of Steel
The 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: Extremis
Everyone 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.
Doctor Who on TV today Friday, May 20,
No Doctor Who is scheduled to be shown today.