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.
Ruby: Everyone just stay inside. Call your friends, your family, and just tell them to stay indoors, all right?
Man: Sorry, love, who put you in charge?
Ruby: Or go and get some fresh air, big man, see what happens.
Doctor Who shown on 7th October
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1967: The Abominable Snowmen: Episode 2The Great Intelligence tries to take material form using a Tibetan monk
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1978: The Pirate Planet: Part TwoA hollow planet has been materialising around planets and draining their life forces
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2005: Bad Wolf (repeated)The Dalek race has been manipulating the human race in order to rebuild
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2009: The Fires Of Pompeii (repeated)In Pompeii, AD79, the Doctor and Donna face a moral crisis
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2018: The Woman Who Fell To EarthOn one night in Sheffield lives are changed for ever as a mysterious woman, unable to remember her own name, falls from the night sky.