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 6th September
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1975: Terror Of The Zygons: Part TwoThe Zygons plan to take over the Earth by posing as humans
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1980: The Leisure Hive: Part TwoThe Leisure Hive, home to the sinister Tachyon Recreation Generator
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1986: The Mysterious Planet: Part OneDuring the Doctor's trial evidence is shown of his interference on Ravalox
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1989: Battlefield: Part OneU.N.I.T. are at the centre of a battle between dimensions
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2006: Rose (repeated)The latest regeneration of the Doctor meets a new companion in London
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2006: The End of the World (repeated)The Doctor and Rose travel into the far future to watch the end of the world
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2007: Evolution Of The Daleks (repeated)In 1930s New York the Daleks of the Cult of Skaro are experimenting on humans
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2010: The Big Bang (repeated)The TARDIS exploding causes the end of, and the start of, the Universe
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2013: The Rings Of Akhaten (repeated)An Old God awakens and threatens to devour the souls of the local population
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2014: Robot Of SherwoodClara asks the Doctor to take her to see the fictional Robin Hood