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 Eighth Doctor and Doctor Grace Holloway
fromThe 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.
Doctor Who shown on 10th October
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2006: The Age Of Steel (repeated)The Doctor and Rose face the terrifying Cybermen on an alternate Earth
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2015: Before The FloodA creature is using people to send messages - even after they have died
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2026: The Ghost Monument (repeated)Can the Doctor and her friends stay alive long enough to solve the mystery of Desolation?
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2026: Rosa (repeated)Montgomery, Alabama. 1955. The Doctor and her friends encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks but begin to wonder whether someone is attempting to change history.