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.
Ruby Sunday and Kate Lethbridge-Stewart
fromRuby: I keep wondering how the world survives without him.
Kate: Well, that's classified. I think I can say, skin of our teeth.
Doctor Who shown on 14th October
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1967: The Abominable Snowmen: Episode 3The Great Intelligence tries to take material form using a Tibetan monk
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1978: The Pirate Planet: Part ThreeA hollow planet has been materialising around planets and draining their life forces
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2005: The Parting Of The Ways (repeated)The Dalek race has been manipulating the human race in order to rebuild
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2009: The Poison Sky (repeated)The Sontarans plan to invade Earth by making it uninhabitable by humans
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2018: The Ghost MonumentCan the Doctor and her friends stay alive long enough to solve the mystery of Desolation?