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.
Doctor: Why are you calling me madam?
Yaz: Because you're a woman.
Doctor: Am I? Does it suit me?
Yaz: What?
Doctor: Oh, yeah! I remember. Sorry, half an hour ago I was a white-haired Scotsman.
Doctor Who shown on 30 April
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1966: The Gunfighters: A Holiday For The DoctorThe Doctor, suffering from toothache, visits Tombstone, 1881, to find a dentist
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1993: Battlefield: Part Two (repeated)U.N.I.T. are at the centre of a battle between dimensions
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2005: DalekA collector of alien artefacts has one living specimen...
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2006: School Reunion (repeated)The Doctor is reunited with old friends Sarah Jane Smith and K9
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2009: Fear Her (repeated)A girl breathes in a spore and gains the ability to make people disappear
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2010: The Time Of Angels (repeated)A ship crashes on a planet where the Weeping Angels were waiting
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2011: Day Of The MoonThe Doctor invites his friends to witness his own death