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 4th August
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1977: The Deadly Assassin: Part One (repeated)The Doctor returns to Gallifrey to prevent the President's assassination... and becomes the accused
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1981: Full Circle: Part Two (repeated)On Alzarius, in E-Space, evolution turns full circle every fifty years
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2008: Voyage Of The Damned (repeated)The Doctor spends Christmas on board the Titanic in space
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2009: Tooth And Claw (repeated)Scotland, 1879: The Doctor must protect Queen Victoria from a werewolf
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2010: Victory Of The Daleks (repeated)The Doctor is summoned by an old friend, and meets an old enemy