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| - The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips connected to the series. To date, eleven actors have officially played the role in the television series (including the 1996 television film), with these changes being explained by the ability of the character's race to regenerate. Several other actors have played the character on stage and film, in audio dramas, and in occasional special episodes of the series. The character's enduring popularity led the Daily Telegraph to dub him "Britain's favourite alien". The Doctor, in his eleventh incarnation, is currently played by Matt Smith, who took over the role from the end of the serial The End of Time, broadcast on January 1, 2010.
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