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.
Tegan and the First Doctor (played by Richard Hurndall)
fromTegan: And who might you be?
First Doctor: I might be any number of things, young lady. As it happens I am the Doctor. The original, you might say.
Doctor Who shown on 28th September
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1968: The Mind Robber: Episode 3The Doctor and his companions become trapped in a land of fiction
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1987: Time And The Rani: Part FourThe Rani hijacks the TARDIS, causing the Doctor to regenerate
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2006: Army Of Ghosts (repeated)Ghosts are appearing starting an invasion
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2009: Blink (repeated)Whatever you do - don't blink
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2012: The Power Of Three (repeated)The Doctor spends time on Earth during a year long invasion
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2013: Nightmare In Silver (repeated)The Doctor and Clara find an old menace in a galactic theme park
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2014: The Caretaker (repeated)The Doctor takes on the role of Caretaker at a school to capture an alien