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, will appear in the Christmas special later in 2024.
The Eleventh Doctor and Clara.
fromThe Doctor: Imagine that. Human souls trapped like flies in the world wide web. Stuck forever, crying out for help.
Clara: Isn't that basically Twitter?
Doctor Who shown on Wednesday, March 26,
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1966: The Ark: The BombWhen Dodo's cold infects the humans on an Ark the Monoid slaves stage an uprising
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1967: The Macra Terror: Episode 3The TARDIS materialises on a planet where the Earth colony is run more like a holiday camp
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1972: The Sea Devils: Episode FiveThe Master, even though he is in prison, helps the Sea Devils to revive
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1977: The Talons Of Weng-Chiang: Part FiveA series of murders have been committed by a Chinese Tong of the Black Scorpian
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1995: Reveleation Of The Daleks: Part Two (repeated)A new breed of Daleks is being created from the bodies of the dead
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2005: RoseThe latest regeneration of the Doctor meets a new companion in London
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2009: The Poison Sky (repeated)The Sontarans plan to invade Earth by making it uninhabitable by humans