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 Fifteenth Doctor and Lux
fromDoctor: You will talk to me and tell me, how did you enter this world?
Lux: I'm a two-dimensional character. You can't expect backstory!
Doctor Who shown on Monday, May 12,
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1973: Planet Of The Daleks: Episode SixThe Daleks are on Spiridon trying to learn the secret of invisibility
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2006: The Girl In The Fireplace (repeated)A spaceship from the 51st century is stalking a girl from the 18th
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2012: The Eleventh Hour (repeated)The Doctor investigates a crack in Amy's bedroom whilst remembering who he is
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2024: Space Babies (repeated)Ruby learns the Doctor’s amazing secrets when he takes her to the far future. There, they find a baby farm run by babies. But can they be saved from the terrifying bogeyman?