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.
The Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday
fromDoctor: What happened to you, John?
John: I was humanely terminated on the discovery of the fatal condition, blindness.
Ruby: Blindness isn't fatal.
Doctor: You literally just said that to a dead blind guy.
Doctor Who shown on Wednesday, February 18,
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1978: The Invasion Of Time: Part ThreeThe Sontarans attempt to invade Gallifrey by using the Vardans
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2010: The Family Of Blood (repeated)Hiding from alien pursuers the TARDIS arrives on Earth, 1913; and the Doctor becomes human
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2011: The Lodger (repeated)After the TARDIS disappears the Doctor becomes a lodger on Earth
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2012: Army Of Ghosts (repeated)Ghosts are appearing starting an invasion
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2012: Doomsday (repeated)Ghosts are appearing starting an invasion