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Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC, broadcast on BBC One.

The programme tells the adventures of the Doctor, a time-travelling humanoid alien who explores the universe in his TARDIS. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired.

The Doctor often travels with companions and faces a variety of foes while working to save civilisations, help ordinary people and right wrongs. Thirteen actors have played the Doctor and currently Jodie Whittaker pilots the TARDIS. The transition from one actor to another is written into the plot of the show as regeneration, when the Doctor is fatally injured he is reborn into a new body.

The programme originally ran from 1963 to 1989. The programme was relaunched in 2005 by Russell T Davies who was showrunner and head writer for the first five years of its revival, produced in-house by BBC Wales in Cardiff. Steven Moffat took over show running duties in 2009 and oversaw production of Series 5-10. Between 2017-2022, Chris Chibnall was showrunner of the series, overseeing the production of Series 11-13. Russell T Davies will return as showrunner of the programme in 2023 to produce Series 14. The series is a rating and critical success and will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2023. 

New Series Overview  []

Series No. No. of Episodes Doctor Companion Start Date End Date Showrunner Average Rating
Series 1 13 Ninth Rose Tyler 26 March 2005 18 June 2005 Russell T Davies 7.95
Series 2 14 Tenth 15 April 2006 8 July 2006 7.71
Series 3 14 Martha Jones 31 March 2007 30 June 2007 7.55
Series 4 19 Donna Noble 5 April 2008 5 July 2008 8.05
Series 5 13 Eleventh Amy Pond, Rory Williams 3 April 2010 26 June 2010 Steven Moffat 7.73
Series 6 14 23 April 2011 1 October 2011 7.52
Series 7 17 Amy Pond, Rory Williams, Clara Oswald 1 September 2012 18 May 2013 7.44
Series 8 12 Twelfth Clara Oswald 23 August 2014 8 November 2014 7.26
Series 9 14 19 September 2015 5 December 2015 6.03
Series 10 14 Bill Potts 15 April 2017 1 July 2017 5.45
Series 11 11 Thirteeth Ryan Sinclair, Graham O'Brian, Yasmin Khan 7 October 2018 9 December 2018 Chris Chibnall 7.96
Series 12 11 1 January 2020 1 March 2020 5.40
Series 13 9 Yasmin Khan, Dan Lewis 31 October 2021 5 December 2021 4.95
Series 14 11 Fourteenth/Fifteenth Donna Noble Spring 2024 Spring 2024 Russell T Davies NA
Series 15 9 Fifteenth Spring 2025 Spring 2025
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