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.
One day, I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then there must be no regrets. No tears. No anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs, and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine.
Doctor Who shown on Wednesday, April 1,
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1967: The Macra Terror: Episode 4The 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 SixThe Master, even though he is in prison, helps the Sea Devils to revive
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2007: The Runaway Bride (repeated)A woman in her wedding dress mysteriously appears on board the TARDIS
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2007: Smith And Jones (repeated)The Doctor checks into a hospital to investigate strange phenomena
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2011: The Vampires Of Venice (repeated)16th century Venice, sealed due to the plague. But something alien is living inside