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.
Didn't anyone ever tell you? There's one thing you never put in a trap. If you're smart, if you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there's one thing you never, ever, put in a trap. Me!
Doctor Who shown on 13th November
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1965: The Daleks' Masterplan: The Nightmare BeginsThe TARDIS materialises on the planet Kembel several months after the death of Marc Cory
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1976: The Deadly Assassin: Part ThreeThe Doctor returns to Gallifrey to prevent the President's assassination... and becomes the accused
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1999: The Daleks: The Rescue (repeated)The TARDIS crew arrive on a radioative world home to two races
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1999: The Movie (Enemy Within) (repeated)The Master plans to use the Eye of Harmony to steal the Doctor's remaining lives
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2009: 42 (repeated)The TARDIS materialises on a spaceship that is hurtling towards the sun
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2014: Death In Heaven (repeated)After Danny's death the Doctor helps Clara to find him
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2015: The Zygon Inversion (repeated)A Human/Zgyon peace treaty is close to breaking down
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2021: War Of The Sontarans (repeated)The Doctor has an unexpected encounter with one of her deadliest enemies when the Sontarans become a new faction in the Crimean War.