What is the longest Doctor Who serial?

The Daleks' Master Plan
This twelve episode epic spanned from the tail end of 1965 through to January the following year, and depending on your point of view, it's the longest Doctor Who serial to date.
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What is the longest-running TV show Doctor Who?

The programme is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running science-fiction television show in the world, as well as the "most successful" science-fiction series of all time, based on its overall broadcast ratings, DVD and book sales, and iTunes traffic. The programme originally ran from 1963 to 1989.
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What is the longest episode of Doctor Who?

90:23. The longest episode of Doctor Who stands tall at a gargantuan ninety minutes and twenty-three seconds. While being the longest episode, The Daleks' Master Plan is the longest story in Doctor Who history by being 12 episodes long.
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Which Doctor Who has the most episodes?

Yet back in the 1960s, both he and Patrick Troughton were filming the show almost all year 'round. Thus, Hartnell has more episodes in the can than any other Doctor except Tom Baker, who starred in the show for seven seasons!
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How many hours of Doctor Who are there total?

Classic Who

694 episodes and 1 special over 26 seasons with a total run time of 295 hours.
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Which Doctor lived the LONGEST



Who was the shortest running Doctor Who?

12. Paul McGann - Eighth Doctor. The Doctor with the shortest time on our screen, McGann took part in a 1996 TV film which was meant to relaunch the franchise.
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Who is the hottest Doctor Who companion?

7 Hottest Female Companions of DOCTOR WHO
  • Leela (Louise Jameson) The Fourth Doctor picked up Leela on a jungle planet. ...
  • Peri Brown (Nicola Bryant) A companion of the Fifth and Sixth Doctors, Peripugilliam Brown was a botany student who decided to hop along in the TARDIS. ...
  • River Song (Alex Kingston)
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What is the Doctor's true name?

John Smith. The Doctor's most common alias (apart from the Doctor, obviously), this is his standard pseudonym on Earth.
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Who is the new Doctor Who 2023?

Who is the new Doctor Who? Ncuti Gatwa was named the 14th Doctor and will take over the role from Jodie Whitaker.
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Who will be the 14th Doctor?

Doctor Who casts Sex Education's Ncuti Gatwa as 14th Doctor - Polygon.
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Who was the youngest Doctor Who companion?

He was a confirmed Doctor Who fan and had had at least one letter printed in Doctor Who Weekly before he took up the role. Adric was a companion of Tom Baker and Peter Davison's Doctors from 1980 to 1982. Waterhouse was the youngest actor to play a companion and remains the youngest male to have done so.
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Who is the next Doctor Who 2022?

The new Doctor Who 2022 is Ncuti Gatwa - full name Mizero Ncuti Gatwa - and star of Sex Education. Ncuti, 29, will replace Jodie Whittaker (opens in new tab) as the new Time Lord in the upcoming series, the BBC has confirmed.
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What is the top 10 longest running TV show?

The 20 Longest Running TV Shows Of All Time
  1. 1 The Simpsons (1989 - Present)
  2. 2 South Park (1997 - Present) ...
  3. 3 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999 - Present) ...
  4. 4 Family Guy (1999 - Present) ...
  5. 5 Law & Order (1990 - 2010) ...
  6. 6 Gunsmoke (1955 - 1975) ...
  7. 7 NCIS (2003 - Present) ...
  8. 8 It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (2005 - Present) ...
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Will Doctor Who ever end?

The 2021 season of Doctor Who will be shorter than usual as it will be Jodie Whittaker's third and final outing as the Time Lord, as she is set to exit the sci-fi series in 2022, following a trio of specials.
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Is Clara a Time Lord?

It's in that repair we discover something even more amazing about Clara: she's a Time Lord. Think about it. Clara is there on Gallifrey to persuade the first Doctor to take the TARDIS with the wonky steering. It has been stated that only Time Lords are allowed on Gallifrey.
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Why can't Doctor Who say his name?

Long story short: the Doctor lies. Recently, fans have hypothesized that the reason why the Doctor never speaks their own name is for their own safety. And the hypothesis also suggests that the only occasion for which a Time Lord would reveal their name is at the moment of their final death.
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Why did the Doctor tell River Song his name?

I suppose the reason why he tells her his name is because in the Library, River told 10 than he had told her his name. It is a causal loop. He has to tell her because it already happened.
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Which companion has met the most doctors?

Probably The Master by meeting 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 for seven in total on screen.
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Who is the impossible girl?

“The Impossible Girl” is about young Cora Lee, a girl born out of wedlock to a former socialite and a penniless immigrant. She spends her days straddling two worlds in Manhattan, 1850, one as Cora Lee and the other pretending to be her brother, Jacob Lee.
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Who is the most popular Doctor Who companion?

Doctor Who: The 15 Best Companions, Ranked
  1. 1 Sarah-Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen)
  2. 2 Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) ...
  3. 3 Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) ...
  4. 4 Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney) ...
  5. 5 Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) ...
  6. 6 Dorothy "Ace" McShane (Sophie Aldred) ...
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Who is the least popular Doctor Who?

12. Paul McGann. Pity the poor Eighth Doctor, who – judged solely by the 1996 TV movie – is one of the fans' least favourite incarnations.
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Who is the strongest Doctor in Doctor Who?

The show's protagonist Time Lord, the Doctor, shows mental strength as he uses his intelligence and determination to battle foes.
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10 Strongest Doctor Who Characters, Ranked
  1. 1 The Beast Is An All-Knowing Ancient Demon.
  2. 2 The Doctor Can't Be Stopped. ...
  3. 3 The Master Is Cunning And Willing To Use Force. ...
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Who is the oldest actor to play the Doctor?

Capaldi is tied with the First Doctor, William Hartnell, as the oldest actor to be cast in the role. Both were aged 55 when cast.
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Does the Doctor ever remember Clara?

But at the end of the ninth season, Peter Capaldi's Doctor lost his memories of Clara. It was moving, wibbly wobbly, and weird. Since Clara died a bunch of times before in different lives, erasing her from the Doctor's memory seemed like the only way to really write her out.
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