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 Lux
fromDoctor: You will talk to me and tell me, how did you enter this world?
Lux: I'm a two-dimensional character. You can't expect backstory!
Doctor Who shown on 1st October
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1966: The Smugglers: Episode 4In the 17th century the Doctor is captured by pirates looking for treasure
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1977: The Invisible Enemy: Part OneThe Doctor becomes infected with the Nucleus of a virus
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2009: Last Of The Time Lords (repeated)The new Prime Minister begins his reign of terror
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2010: The Idiot's Lantern (repeated)England during the 1950s: an unusual sort of alien intelligence travels through the airwaves
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2010: The Impossible Planet (repeated)The Doctor and Rose visit a world that should not be able to exist
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2011: The Wedding Of River SongOnly the Doctor's death will save the Universe