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.
The Twelfth Doctor and Clara.
fromThe Doctor: Well, the difference is, when you die, you stay dead.
Clara: So does he.
The Doctor: We're on Gallifrey. Death is Time Lord for man flu!
Doctor Who shown on 5th August
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1980: Destiny Of The Daleks: Episode One (repeated)Davros could be the Daleks' way to break a stalemate in their war with the Movellans
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1981: Full Circle: Part Three (repeated)On Alzarius, in E-Space, evolution turns full circle every fifty years
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2005: The Unquiet Dead (repeated)Cardiff, 1869: The dead are being reanimated
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2007: Father's Day (repeated)Rose wants to go back to 1987 to get to know her Dad
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2009: School Reunion (repeated)The Doctor is reunited with old friends Sarah Jane Smith and K9
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2011: The Impossible Astronaut (repeated)The Doctor invites his friends to witness his own death
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2011: Day Of The Moon (repeated)The Doctor invites his friends to witness his own death