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 Eighth Doctor and Doctor Grace Holloway.
fromThe Doctor: Come with me.
Grace: You come with me.
The Doctor: Me come with you?
Grace: Yes.
The Doctor: Me come with you? ... It's tempting.
Doctor Who shown on Monday, January 20,
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1968: The Enemy Of The World: Episode 5The Doctor is the exact double of the would-be dictator Salamander
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1973: The Three Doctors: Episode FourThe first three Doctors are called upon to fight Omega
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1979: The Armageddon Factor: Part OneThe Black Guardian attempts to take the Key to Time from the Doctor
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1984: The Awakening: Part TwoWar game reconstructions provide the Malus with the psychic energy it needs to reawake
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2009: Forest Of The Dead (repeated)Having an irrational fear of the dark may be rational
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2010: Tooth And Claw (repeated)Scotland, 1879: The Doctor must protect Queen Victoria from a werewolf