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Doctor Who is a long-running The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. ...British A broadcast of the long-running and popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who. ...science fiction television programme produced by the The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ...BBC about a mysterious Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ...time-travelling adventurer known only as " The Doctor is the only known name of the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also featured in a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips connected to the series. ...The Doctor". It is also the title of a This article is about the Doctor Who television movie. ...1996 television movie featuring the same character. It is common to see the show's title abbreviated as Dr. Who, even by the BBC, although purists consider this form incorrect.

The programme is a significant part of British Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ...popular culture, widely recognised for its creative storytelling and use of innovative music (originally produced by the The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, the sound special effects unit of the BBC was created in 1958 to produce sound effects for radio and was closed around 1996. ...BBC Radiophonic Workshop). It is also known for its often low-budget Special effects (abbreviated SPFX or SFX) are used in the film, television, and entertainment industry to create effects that cannot be achieved by normal means, such as depicting travel to other star systems. ...special effects. Elements of the programme are extremely well known and identifiable even to non-fans. In Britain and elsewhere, the show has become a Cult television, like cult figures, cult film and cult radio, attracts a band of aficionados devoted to a specific television program. ...cult television favourite on par with The Enterprise boldly went where no man had gone before. ...Star Trek and has influenced generations of British television writers, many of whom grew up watching the series. Doctor Who was ranked third in a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes was a list compiled in 2000 by the British Film Institute (BFI) chosen by a poll of industry professionals, to determine what were the greatest British television programmes of any genre ever to have been screened. ...100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...20th century, produced by the The British Film Institute (BFI) is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and...British Film Institute in 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2000 and voted on by industry professionals.

A The Doctor Who diamond logo, used in the shows opening titles from 1973 to 1980 Doctor Who is a British television science-fiction series, produced and screened by the British Broadcasting Corporation on their BBC One channel from 1963 to 1989 in its original form, with a new series...new series of Doctor Who started on March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ...March 26, 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005, continuing on from the original Events January-February January 11 - The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. ...1963– 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1989 run and the 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...1996 television movie. The series is produced by BBC Wales (or BBC Cymru) is the regional branch of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales, and is based at Broadcasting House in Cardiff, not to be confused with Broadcasting House in London, which is the headquarters of BBC Radio. ...BBC Wales in association with the CBC redirects here, as this is the most common use of the abbreviation. ...Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and is currently broadcast weekly in Europe on BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. ...BBC One and BBC Three, the replacement for BBC Choice, is a British television channel from the BBC broadcasting only on digital cable, terrestrial and satellite. ...BBC Three, and in Canada is an independent sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ...Canada on CBC.

Overview

History

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The Doctor Who 'diamond' logo, used in the show's opening titles from 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...1973 to 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...1980.

Main article: The Doctor Who diamond logo, used in the shows opening titles from 1973 to 1980 Doctor Who is a British television science_fiction series, produced and screened by the British Broadcasting Corporation on their BBC One channel from 1963 to 1989 in its original form, with a new series...History of Doctor Who

Doctor Who debuted on BBC television on November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ...November 23, Events January_February January 11 _ The Whisky A Go_Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. ...1963. The programme was born out of discussions and plans that had been ongoing for a year. The British Broadcasting Corporation has been a producer and broadcaster of television drama since even before it had an officially_established television broadcasting network in the United Kingdom. ...Head of Drama, Sydney Newman (April 1, 1917 _ October 30, 1997) was a film and television producer, and was responsible for creating and overseeing numerous popular British television shows of the 1960s, including The Avengers, Doctor Who, The Wednesday Play and The Forsyte Saga. ...Sydney Newman was mainly responsible for developing it. Head of the Script Department (later Head of Serials) Donald Wilson (born September 1, 1910, Dunblane, Scotland; died March 6, 2002, Gloucestershire, England) was a British television writer and producer, best known for his work on the BBCs legendary adaptation of The Forsyte Saga in 1967. ...Donald Wilson, staff writer Cecil Edwin Webber (known as C. E. Webber and nicknamed Bunny by his colleagues) was a British television writer. ...C. E. 'Bunny' Webber, writer Anthony Coburn was an Australian United Kingdom. ...Anthony Coburn, A script editor _ a position sometimes known as story editor in the 1950s and 60s _ is a member of the production team of scripted television programmes, usually dramas and comedies. ...story editor David Whitaker (1928 _ February 4, 1980) was one of the people responsible for the creation of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...David Whitaker and initial A Television producer oversees the making of television programmes. ...producer Verity Lambert (born November 27, 1935 in London, England, UK) is a British television and film producer, best known for producing the science_fiction series Doctor Who for the BBC for its first two years, from 1963 to 1965. ...Verity Lambert also contributed. The series' distinctive and haunting title theme was composed by Ron Grainer (August 11, 1922 _ February 21, 1981), Australian born composer who worked for most of his professional career in Britain. ...Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire (May 5, 1937 _ July 3, 2001) was a pioneer of electronic music. ...Delia Derbyshire.

The BBC drama department's Serials division produced the programme in_house for the following twenty_six seasons, on BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. ...BBC One. Falling viewing figures, a decline in the public perception of the show and a less prominent transmission slot saw it suspended as an ongoing series in 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1989 by Jonathan Powell (born 1947) is a British television producer and executive. ...Jonathan Powell, Controller of BBC One. While in_house production had ceased, the BBC was hopeful of finding an independent production company to re_launch the show. Philip David Segal was born in Essex, England in the 1958. ...Philip Segal, a British expatriate who worked for Columbia Pictures is a film production company, and part of Sony Pictures Entertainment. ...Columbia Pictures' television arm in the The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...United States, approached the BBC about such a venture.

Segal's negotiations eventually led to a A television movie (also TV movie, TV_movie, made_for_TV movie, etc. ...television movie. The movie was broadcast on the The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. ...Fox Network in 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...1996 as a co_production between Fox, Universal Studios logo Universal Studios is a famous Hollywood movie studio located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, which is in the San Fernando Valley. ...Universal Pictures, the The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ...BBC, and BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly_owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. ...BBC Worldwide. However, although the film was successful in the UK (with audited viewing figures of 9.1 million), it was less so in the The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...United States and did not lead to a series. Although Doctor Who spin_offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long_running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...licensed media such as novels and audio plays provided new stories, the programme remained dormant until 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2004. In that year, BBC Television began producing a new in_house series after several years of unsuccessful attempts by BBC Worldwide to find backing for a feature film version.

The new series debuted with the episode Spoiler warning: Rose is the provisional title of an episode of the British science_fiction television series Doctor Who, currently in production in Cardiff, Wales as of August 2004. ...Rose on BBC One on March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ...March 26, 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005 and on CBC redirects here, as this is the most common use of the abbreviation. ...CBC in Canada is an independent sovereign state in northern North America, the northern_most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ...Canada on April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ...April 5, 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005. It will also be shown on Prime Television New Zealand is the fifth national free_to_air television station in New Zealand. ...Prime TV in For alternative meanings, see New Zealand (disambiguation). ...New Zealand and on the The ABC or Australian Broadcasting Corporation is the national, Australia. ...ABC in Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth_largest country in the world, the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/ Oceania. ...Australia from mid_ May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...May. No premiere date or broadcaster has been announced for the The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...United States. The American There are two television channels named Sci_Fi: a British satellite television channel; see Sci Fi channel (United Kingdom) a United States television channel; see Sci Fi channel (United States) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...Sci_Fi Channel was briefly said to be interested in acquiring the US rights to the new series, but withdrew after a screening of the first episode. The BBC commissioned a second series, along with a A Christmas television special is typically a one-time, 30 minute animated program aired during the Christmas season. ...Christmas special on March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ...March 30, 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005.

Format

Each of the weekly episodes formed part of a contained story (or " This is a list of Doctor Who television serials. ...serial") of between one and twelve parts — usually either six or four in earlier years and three to four in later years. Three notable exceptions were " The Trial of a Time Lord is the name used on screen for all fourteen episodes comprising the 23rd season (1986) of the original Doctor Who series. ...The Trial of a Time Lord", which ran for 14 episodes (containing four stories often referred to by individual titles connected by framing sequences) during Season 23; the epic The Daleks Master Plan is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in twelve weekly parts from November 13, 1965 to January 29, 1966. ...The Daleks' Master Plan, which aired in 12 episodes (plus a one episode teaser entitled Mission to the Unknown is a one_part Doctor Who serial. ...Mission to the Unknown, featuring none of the regular cast), and the 10_episode serial The War Games is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...The War Games.

The programme was initially devised to be partly educational and for family viewing on the early Saturday evening schedule. The idea was to alternate stories set during important periods of human history (such as the The period of the French Revolution in the history of France covers the years between 1789 and 1799, in which democrats and republicans overthrew the absolute monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring. ...French Revolution, the The Roman Empire is not the Holy Roman Empire (843_1806). ...Roman Empire, or the The Battle of Culloden (April 16, Britain, between the forces of the Jacobites and those of the reigning Hanoverians in the 45 Jacobite Rising. ...Battle of Culloden Moor) which would educate younger audience members about history, with stories set either in the future or in outer space, which would educate them about science. This was also reflected in the make_up of the Doctor's original companions, one of whom was a science teacher and another a history teacher.

In practice, however, Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...science fiction stories proved to be far more popular with the viewing public, and the "historicals" were dropped entirely after the first few years. While the series continued to make use of historical settings throughout its run, they were generally used as a backdrop for science fiction themed tales. The series featured only one more purely historical story during its original run, the 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January_February January 6 _ William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 _ AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty_two subdivisions January 11 _ Mark Thatcher, son of the British...1982 serial Black Orchid, set in Centuries: 19th century _ 20th century _ 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s _ 1920s _ 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Referred to as the Roaring 20s. ...1920s Britain.

Doctor Who originally ran for 26 seasons on the BBC from November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ...November 23, Events January_February January 11 _ The Whisky A Go_Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. ...1963 until December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...December 6, 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1989. Writers over the years have included Terry Nation (born August 8, 1930, Cardiff, Wales, UK; died March 9, 1997, Los Angeles, California, United States) was a British television screenwriter and is probably best known for creating the Daleks for the long_running science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...Terry Nation, Henry Lincoln is co_writer, with Mervyn Haisman, of three 1960s Doctor Who stories: The Abominable Snowman, The Web Of Fear and The Dominators. ...Henry Lincoln, Douglas Noël Adams ( March 11, 1952 – May 11, 2001) — also known as Bop Ad or Bob after his illegible signature, or by his initials DNA — was a British comic radio dramatist and author, most notably of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (HHGG or H2G2). ...Douglas Adams, This entry is about the television scriptwriter. ...Robert Holmes, Terrance Dicks (born 1935 in East Ham, London, England, UK) is a British writer, best known for his work in television and for writing a large number of popular childrens books during the 1970s and 80s. ...Terrance Dicks, Dennis Spooner, Eric Saward was born in December 1944 and became a script writer and script editor for the BBC, resigning from the latter post on the TV programme Doctor Who in 1986. ...Eric Saward, Malcolm Hulke (died July 6, 1979) was a British television writer, notable for his work on the science fiction series Doctor Who. ...Malcolm Hulke, Christopher H. Bidmead (born 1941) is a freelance writer. ...Christopher H. Bidmead, Stephen Gallagher[1] (http://www.stephengallagher.com/bio.htm), Brian Hayles, Chris Boucher (born 1943) is a television writer, best known for his frequent contributions to two genres, science_fiction and crime dramas. ...Chris Boucher and Ben Aaronovitch is a British writer who has worked on television series including Doctor Who and Casualty. ...Ben Aaronovitch.

The serial format changed for the 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005 revival. Instead, the new series consists of thirteen 45-minute self-contained episodes, with three two-parters and a loose story arc. For the new series, Russell T. Davies, pictured in 2003. ...Russell T. Davies is principal writer and executive producer, with Mark Gatiss (born October 17, 1966 in Sedgefield, County Durham) is a British actor and writer. ...Mark Gatiss, Paul Cornell (born July 18, 1967) is a highly experienced television drama writer, who has written for some of the most popular drama programmes on British television, including the BBC’s Casualty and its spin-off series Holby City and Granada’s powerhouse ITV soap opera Coronation Street. ...Paul Cornell, Robert Shearman (also credited as Rob Shearman; born February 10, 1970 in London, England, United Kingdom) is currently best-known as a writer of Doctor Who audio plays for Big Finish, and for his ongoing association with Jarvis & Ayres Productions (Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres) which has resulted in four...Robert Shearman, and Steven Moffat (born 1961 in Paisley, Scotland, UK) is a respected British comedy/drama writer who has contributed to television series since the late 1980s. ...Steven Moffat also contributing scripts.

Who is the Doctor?

Main article: The Doctor is the only known name of the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also featured in a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips connected to the series. ...The Doctor (Doctor Who)

non-copyrighted publicity still of Tom Baker as the Doctor Publicity stills are copyrighted. ...

Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor Thomas Stewart Baker (born January 20, 1934) is a British actor, mainly associated with the role of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, whom he played from 1974 to 1981. ...Tom Baker as the Fourth The Doctor is the only known name of the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also featured in a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips connected to the series. ...Doctor.

The character of the Doctor was initially shrouded in mystery. All that was known about him was that he had a granddaughter, Susan Foreman is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...Susan, that she was born "in another time, another world" and both of them were exiles. Also, he could not fully control his time machine, the The Third Doctor emerging from the TARDIS (from the 1970 serial Spearhead from Space). ...TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space), which was larger on the inside than on the outside. The TARDIS originally had the ability to disguise itself according to its environment, but became "stuck" in the form of a 20th century British police call box, similar to that used in Doctor Who A police box is a telephone kiosk or callbox for use by members of the police. ...police box after landing in London in Events January-February January 11 - The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. ...1963 and has remained in that shape ever since. Originally an irascible and highly irritable character, he was quickly shown to be a man of great intelligence and compassion, who abhorred evil in the universe and would always help others if he could.

Over time it was revealed that the Doctor was from an Extraterrestrial life refers to forms of life that may exist and originate outside of the planet Earth. ...extraterrestrial race known as the Tom Baker as the Doctor, in the Time Lord ceremonial robes of the Prydonian chapter (from The Deadly Assassin). ...Time Lords from the planet Gallifrey is a fictional planet in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...Gallifrey. The circumstances under which he left his planet were vague, but were at least partly due to the restrictive nature of Time Lord society, their rules against interfering with the rest of the universe, and his own desire to explore time and space.

So far, nine actors have played the part in the regular television series, including the 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...1996 television movie and the 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005 revival, with a tenth to follow. The Doctor, like all Time Lords, has the ability to " The Doctor is the only known name of the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also featured in a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips connected to the series. ...regenerate" his body when he dies, something he can do twelve times. The production team created this concept to allow for re-casting of the part when an actor wanted to leave or otherwise needed to be replaced. Prior to the 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005 revival, the regeneration was always worked into the storyline, but the 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005 series began with the Ninth Doctor already regenerated. As the Tenth Doctor is debuting at the end of the year, it is likely that we will only be seeing a regeneration from the Ninth to the Tenth, precluding any flashbacks.

The Ten Doctors. ...

The ten faces of the Doctor.

Richard Gibbon Hurndall (November 3, 1910 _ April 13, 1984) was a British stage, radio, film, and television actor. ...Richard Hurndall played the part of the First Doctor in the 20th anniversary A television movie (also TV movie, TV_movie, made_for_TV movie, etc. ...telemovie The Five Doctors was a special movie_length episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced in celebration of the programmes twentieth anniversary. ...The Five Doctors in 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1983 as William Hartnell as the First Doctor William Henry Hartnell (January 8, 1908–April 23, 1975), a British actor, was the first actor to play the lead role of the Doctor in the long_running science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1963 to 1966 He was born in St Pancras...William Hartnell died in 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...1975.

The BBC announced on March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ...March 30, 2005, that Eccleston would depart at the end of the current series and that David Tennant as Giacomo Casanova in Casanova David Tennant (born April 18, 1971 in Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom) is a Scottish actor best known for several starring roles on British television. ...David Tennant was reportedly in talks for the role. Although other actors' names were mentioned, none were seriously suggested. On April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ...April 16, 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005, the BBC confirmed that Tennant was to be the Tenth Doctor.

The companions

The Doctor almost invariably shares his adventures with between one and three companions (the only exception being the serial The Deadly Assassin is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in four weekly parts from [[October 30 to November 20, 1976. ...The Deadly Assassin). The idea of the companion is to provide a In the study of literature, an audience surrogate is a character who expresses the questions and confusion of the reader. ...surrogate for the audience to identify with and to further the story by asking questions and getting into trouble. The Doctor's companions changed often as they left, either to return home or found new causes on worlds they had visited and elected to stay there. Some companions were also killed off during the course of the series.

There are some disputes as to the definition of a companion, but fans mostly agree that at least twenty-nine (including K-9, or K9 is the name of several robot dogs in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...K-9 Marks I and II) meet the criteria for "companion" status in the television series. For further details, see the notes in Over the course of its twenty-six years on television, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has not only seen changes in the actors to play Doctor Who, but in the supporting cast as well. ...List of supporting characters in Doctor Who.

The monsters

Download high resolution version (544x640, 44 KB)Screenshot of a Dalek from the Doctor Who serial Day of the Daleks, ©BBC. Source: http://www. ...

The A Dalek, as seen in Day of the Daleks. ...Daleks are perhaps the best known monster faced by the Doctor.

When Sydney Newman commissioned the series, he specifically did not want to perpetuate the cliché of the "bug-eyed monster" of science fiction. However, monsters were a staple of Doctor Who almost from the beginning and audiences responded to them.

Notable adversaries of the Doctor include the An Auton, from Spearhead from Space The Autons are an artificial life form from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and adversaries of the Doctor. ...Autons, the This article is about the Doctor Who villains. ...Cybermen, the A Sontaran (from The Time Warrior) The Sontarans are a fictional extraterrestrial race from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...Sontarans, the A Silurian, from Doctor Who and the Silurians The name Silurians refers to a fictional race of reptile-like beings in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...Silurians, and Roger Delgado as the Master For alternate meanings, see The Master (disambiguation) The Master is a supporting fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...the Master, a rival Time Lord with a thirst for universal conquest. Of all the monsters, the ones that ensured the series' place in the public's imagination were the A Dalek, as seen in Day of the Daleks. ...Daleks. The Daleks are lethal mutants in tank-like mechanical armour from the planet Skaro is a fictional planet from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who created by the writer Terry Nation as the origin planet of the Daleks. ...Skaro. Their chief role in the great scheme of things is, as they frequently remark in their instantly-recognisable metallic voices, to "Exterminate!"

The Daleks were created by writer Terry Nation (born August 8, 1930, Cardiff, Wales, UK; died March 9, 1997, Los Angeles, California, United States) was a British television screenwriter and is probably best known for creating the Daleks for the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...Terry Nation (who intended them as an allegory of the The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...Nazis) and BBC designer Designer. ...Raymond Cusick. Nation also wrote for Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ...1960s telefantasy like The most famous incarnation of The Avengers, John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) appear on the cover of a 1994 reprint of an Avengers novel co-written by Macnee. ...The Avengers. He later created the 1970s - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...1970s Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...science fiction programmes Survivors was a British television programme created by Terry Nation and produced by the BBC from 1975 to 1977. ...Survivors and Blakes 7 was a BBC science fiction television series created by Terry Nation that ran four seasons from January 2, 1978 to December 21, 1981. ...Blake's 7 and was a writer for the popular American series MacGyver is an American adventure television series about an extremely resourceful secret agent named Angus Mac MacGyver, played by Richard Dean Anderson. ...MacGyver. The Daleks' debut in the programme's second serial, The Daleks is a 7 episode Doctor Who serial. ...The Daleks, caused a tremendous reaction in the viewership ratings, and put Doctor Who on the map. The Daleks even appeared on a postage stamp celebrating British popular culture in 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...1999, photographed by Antony Armstrong-Jones, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1958 Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (born March 7, 1930) is a well-known photographer, Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker, and the former husband of the Her Late Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. ...Lord Snowdon.

Viewership

Doctor Who has always appeared on the BBC's mainstream BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. ...BBC One channel, drawing audiences of many millions of viewers. It was most popular in the late 1970s - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...1970s, when audiences frequently averaged as high as 12 million viewers per airing. During the This article is about the British television network. ...ITV network strike of 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...1979, viewership peaked at 16 million. No first-run episode of Doctor Who has ever drawn fewer than three million viewers on BBC One, although its late Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Technology Bulletin board system popularity Popularization of personal computers, Walkmans, VHS videocassette recorders, and compact disc (CD) players Introduction of the IBM PC Home video games become enormously popular, most notably Atari until the market crashes in 1983; the rise...1980s performance of three to five million regular viewers was seen as being poor at the time, and was a leading cause of the programme's 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1989 suspension. The BBC One broadcast of Spoiler warning: Rose is the provisional title of an episode of the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, currently in production in Cardiff, Wales as of August 2004. ...Rose, the first episode of the 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005 revival, drew an average audience of 10.81 million, No. 3 for BBC One that week and No. 7 across all channels.

Only four episodes have ever had their premier showings on channels other than BBC One. The 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1983 twentieth anniversary special The Five Doctors was a special movie-length episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced in celebration of the programmes twentieth anniversary. ...The Five Doctors had its debut on November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ...November 23 (the actual date of the anniversary) on the Chicagos skyline at day Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles, with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 US Census. ...Chicago PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ...PBS station WTTW-TV (Channel 11) is the Chicago, Illinois member station of the Public Broadcasting Service. ...WTTW-TV in the United States and various other PBS affiliates two days prior to its BBC One broadcast. The 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1988 story The episode Silver Nemesis was one of the last Doctor Who episodes made with Sylvester McCoy and reflected a darker turn in Doctor Who storylines, with the intention being to reveal the dark secrets of Doctor Who. ...Silver Nemesis was broadcast with all three episodes edited together in compilation form on Current TVNZ logo Television New Zealand (TVNZ) is the main broadcaster of television in New Zealand, established in 1980 through the merger of Television One and TV2 (formerly South Pacific Television). ...TVNZ in For alternative meanings, see New Zealand (disambiguation). ...New Zealand in November, after the first episode had been shown in the UK but before the final two installments had aired there. Finally, the 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...1996 television movie premiered on May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ...May 12 on Citytv is a system of two English language television stations in Canada, CITY in Toronto and CKVU in Vancouver. ...Citytv in This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ...Vancouver, Canada is an independent sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ...Canada, fifteen days before the BBC One showing.

There was some controversy over the show's suitability for children. Moral campaigner Mary Whitehouse (June 13, 1910 - November 23, 2001) was a British campaigner for traditional morals and decency, particularly in television and radio. ...Mary Whitehouse made a series of complaints to the BBC in the 1970s - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...1970s over its sometimes frightening or gory content. Ironically, her actions made the programme even more popular, especially with children. Producer John Nathan-Turner (August 12, 1947 - May 1, 2002) was the ninth producer for the long-running BBC science fiction program Doctor Who, from 1979 until it was put on hiatus in 1989. ...John Nathan-Turner was heard to say that he looked forward to Whitehouse's comments, as the show's ratings would increase soon after she had made them.

During the 1970s - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...1970s, the Radio Times is the BBCs weekly television and radio programme listings magazine. ...Radio Times, the BBC's own listings magazine, announced that a child's mother said the theme music terrified her son. The Radio Times was apologetic. However, the visuals were more complained about than the music. During John Devon Roland Pertwee (July 7, 1919–May 20, 1996), better known as Jon Pertwee, was a British actor. ...Jon Pertwee's second season as the Doctor, in the serial Terror of the Autons is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in four weekly parts from January 2 to January 23, 1971. ...Terror of the Autons, images of murderous plastic dolls, daffodils killing unsuspecting victims and blank-featured android policemen marked the apex of the show's ability to frighten children.

It has been said that watching Doctor Who from a position of safety "behind the sofa" (as the Doctor Who exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image in London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ...London was titled) and peering cautiously out to see if the scary bit was over is one of the great shared experiences of British childhood. The term has become a common phrase both in association with the programme and occasionally elsewhere.

A wide selection of serials is available on Top view VHS cassette with US Quarter for scale Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed The Video Home System, better known by its acronym VHS, is a recording and playing standard for video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by JVC (ironically, with some of its critical technology under...VHS and DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for storing data, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...DVD from BBC Video, on sale in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January events January 1 Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...As of 2003, every fully extant serial has been released on VHS. BBC Worldwide continues to release serials on DVD on a regular basis.

Missing episodes

Sometime between about 1967 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...1967 and Events January January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. ...1978 large amounts of older material stored in the BBC's Videotape is a means of recording television pictures and accompanying sound onto magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. ...video tape and For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of...film libraries were destroyed or Wiping or junking is an economic move by TV companies in which old videotapes and kinescopes were wiped (deleted) and reused or were destroyed. ...wiped to make way for newer material. This happened for a number of reasons. Most episodes of Doctor Who were made on two-inch quad video tape for initial broadcast, and Telerecording (known as kinescoping in the USA) is the British name for a process pioneered during the 1940s for the storing of electronically-shot television programmes on film, which was used for the preservation, re-broadcasting and sale of television programmes before the use of commercial broadcast-quality videotape became...telerecorded onto (Redirected from 16mm film) 16mm film was initially created in the 1920s as an inexpensive amateur alternative to the conventional 35 mm film format. ...16mm film by BBC Enterprises for further commercial exploitation. The BBC had no central archive then — the Film Library kept programmes that had been made on Film stock is the term for photographic film on which films are recorded. ...film while the Engineering Department was responsible for storing video tapes. BBC Enterprises sold the programme to overseas broadcasters (generally as 16mm telerecordings) and thus kept copies of programmes they deemed commercially exploitable. BBC Enterprises had little dedicated storage space and tended to keep piles of film canisters wherever they could find space for them, and, from around 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...1972 until Events January January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. ...1978, Enterprises had a big cleanout of older material, including many old episodes of Doctor Who.

In the meantime, as the Engineering Department library had no mandate to archive programmes, older tapes were regularly wiped for reuse and to free up space. The Film Library had no responsibility for storing programmes that had not been made on film and there were conflicting views at the Film Library and Enterprises over responsibility for archiving programmes. All of these processes combined to erase enormous quantities of older black and white programming from the BBC's various libraries. While thousands of other programmes have been destroyed in this way, the missing episodes of Doctor Who are probably the best-known example of how the lack of a consistent programme archiving policy has caused lasting damage. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...As of 2004, 108 episodes of Doctor Who from the black and white era are missing from the BBC's archives despite ongoing attempts to recover them. See This is a list of Doctor Who serials that, as far as is known, no longer exist in the form that they were transmitted. ...List of incomplete Doctor Who serials for a listing.

This phenomenon mostly affects the first two Doctors — William Hartnell as the First Doctor William Henry Hartnell (January 8, 1908–April 23, 1975), a British actor, was the first actor to play the lead role of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1963 to 1966 He was born in St Pancras...William Hartnell and Patrick George Troughton (March 25, 1920–March 28, 1987) was a versatile and prolific British actor. ...Patrick Troughton. Archival holdings are complete from the advent of the programme's move to colour television which coincided with the beginning of John Devon Roland Pertwee (July 7, 1919–May 20, 1996), better known as Jon Pertwee, was a British actor. ...Jon Pertwee's time as the Doctor, though a few Pertwee episodes have required substantial restoration work due to loss or damage of the original 625-line For other meanings of PAL see PAL (disambiguation). ...PAL transmission masters and a few episodes are still only held as 16mm black and white telerecordings.

There have been some successes in the ongoing attempt to recover the missing episodes. A number of countries (notably Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/ Oceania. ...Australia and Canada is an independent sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ...Canada) bought rights to the series for broadcast abroad, and some episodes have been returned to the BBC from the archives of those television companies ( The Tomb of the Cybermen is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in four weekly parts from September 2 to September 23, 1967. ...The Tomb of the Cybermen was recovered in this manner from Hong Kong (香港; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2; Yale: heūng góng; pinyin: Xiānggǎng; Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang) is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the Peoples Republic of China. ...Hong Kong). Still other episodes are rumoured to have been returned by ex-employees of the BBC who did not wish to see a part of their childhood destroyed and instead of destroying the tapes, hid them at home. Early colour videotape recordings made off-air by fans have also been retrieved. Whilst of poor quality, these have proved invaluable for restoring colour information to some of the black-and-white Pertwee telerecordings found in the archives. Audio versions of all of the lost Doctor Who episodes exist from home viewers making tape recordings of the show. Small excerpts have also been recovered on 8mm Ciné (sometimes Cine) is usually used to refer to one or more of the home movie formats including 8 mm, 9. ...cine film taken by a fan in Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/ Oceania. ...Australia during repeat showings of various episodes, which he filmed certain scenes of directly from the television screen.

In addition to these short video clips and audio soundtracks, there exist still photographs produced by photographer John Cura. Cura was hired by the BBC to document the filming of many of their most popular programmes during the Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. ...1950s and Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ...1960s, including Doctor Who. These 'telesnaps' were generally used to promote BBC programmes, and are, in many cases, the only visual evidence remaining of several missing episodes.

The start of the First Doctors regeneration scene, from the missing Doctor Who serial The Tenth Planet. ...

The first Doctor ( William Hartnell as the First Doctor William Henry Hartnell (January 8, 1908–April 23, 1975), a British actor, was the first actor to play the lead role of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1963 to 1966 He was born in St Pancras...William Hartnell) collapses prior to his regeneration. (From the surviving clip of The Tenth Planet, episode 4.)

The most sought-after lost episode is Part Four of the last William Hartnell serial, The Tenth Planet is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from October 8 to October 29, 1966. ...The Tenth Planet, where at the end, the William Hartnell Doctor regenerates into the Patrick Troughton version. The only portion of this still in existence, bar a few poor quality silent 8mm clips, is the few seconds of the regeneration scene which had been rebroadcast as part of a 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...1973 episode of Blue Peter is a popular, long-running BBC television programme for children. ...Blue Peter. In 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1992, a fan named Roger Barrett claimed to have a videotape of the episode, and offered to sell it to some Doctor Who fans and the BBC. However, Barrett turned out to be an alias, and the existence of the episode a hoax. Unfortunately, hoaxes of this kind are not uncommon in Doctor Who Keen aficionados of any phenomenon such as authors, hobbies, ideologies, genres or fashions can collectively manifest as fandom. ...fandom, with people willing to exploit the hope that copies of the missing episodes may still exist somewhere, waiting to be recovered.

With the approval of the BBC, efforts are now under way to restore as many of the episodes as possible from the extant material. Using modern digital image processing techniques, the Doctor Who Restoration Team (http://www.restoration-team.co.uk/) is using available professional and amateur film and video recordings to generate digitally remastered versions of the early episodes. These techniques were first tried on The Dæmons is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in five weekly parts from May 22 to June 19, 1971. ...The Dæmons, and have since been applied to many others.

Starting in the early Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM...1990s, the BBC began to release existing audio recordings of missing serials on For the meaning of cassette in genetics, see cassette (genetics). ...audio cassette and Image of a recordable compact disc (pencil included for scale) A compact disc (or CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ...compact disc, with linking narration provided by former series actors such as John Devon Roland Pertwee (July 7, 1919–May 20, 1996), better known as Jon Pertwee, was a British actor. ...Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor Thomas Stewart Baker (born January 20, 1934) is a British actor, mainly associated with the role of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, whom he played from 1974 to 1981. ...Tom Baker, Colin Baker (born June 8, 1943) is a British actor who is best known for playing the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...Colin Baker, Peter Purves (born February 10, 1939) is a British actor and television presenter. ...Peter Purves, and Frazer Hines (born 22 September 1944, Horsforth Yorkshire) is a British actor best known for his roles as Jamie McCrimmon in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, and Joe Sugden in Emmerdale. ...Frazer Hines. In the late Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM...1990s, amateur fan groups began to piece together clips and still images (especially John Cura's 'telesnaps') and combined them with existing audio to produce approximate recreations of missing episodes. These 'telesnap reconstructions' are tolerated by the BBC, provided they are not sold for profit.

Adaptations and other appearances

Doctor Who has appeared on stage numerous times, most significantly in a stage play, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Adventure, where during its run the role of the Doctor has been played by, among others, screen Doctors Colin Baker and Jon Pertwee. Other original plays have been staged as amateur productions, with other actors playing the Doctor.

The Doctor has also appeared in two movies: Dr. Who and the Daleks DVD Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) was the first of two Doctor Who films made in the 1960s, and was followed by Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD. The film features Peter Cushing as Dr. Who, Roberta Tovey, Jenny Linden and noted Carry On star...Dr. Who and the Daleks in 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...1965 and Categories: Movie stubs | Doctor Who | 1966 films | Science fiction films ...Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD in -1...1966. Both were essentially retellings of existing stories on the big screen, with a larger budget. In these films, as played by actor Peter Cushing (left) as Grand Moff Tarkin Peter Cushing (26 May 1913–11 August 1994) was a British actor, best known for playing Dr Frankenstein and Professor van Helsing in Hammer films, often opposite Christopher Lee as Dracula. ...Peter Cushing, the Doctor introduces himself as 'Dr. Who', and is apparently a human scientist who invented his time machine. The movies are not regarded as being part of the ongoing continuity of the series.

The pilot episode for a potential spin-off series, K-9 and Company was a projected spin-off series of Doctor Who, featuring former series regulars Sarah Jane Smith, an investigative journalist, and K-9, a robot in the shape of a dog. ...K-9 and Company, was aired in 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...1981 with Categories: Stub | 1948 births | British actors | Doctor Who actors ...Elisabeth Sladen reprising her role as companion Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith (from Planet of Evil). ...Sarah Jane Smith and John Leeson (born March 1943 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England) a British actor who played the voice of K-9 on the television series Doctor Who. ...John Leeson as the voice of K-9, or K9 is the name of several robot dogs in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...K-9, but was not picked up as a regular series.

The Doctor has also appeared in audio plays and webcasts. See Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...Doctor Who spin-offs for more details.

Charity episodes

Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor and Julia Sawalha as Emma in the Doctor Who charity spoof The Curse of Fatal Death. ...

Rowan Atkinson as Edmund Blackadder. ...Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor and Julia Sawalha (born September 9, 1968) is a British actor, one-third of an acting family which also includes her father Nadim Sawalha and her sister Nadia Sawalha. ...Julia Sawalha as Emma in the In contemporary usage, parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it. ...parody Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor and Julia Sawalha as Emma. ...The Curse of Fatal Death.

In 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ...1993, coinciding with the series' 30th anniversary, a charity special entitled Dimensions in Time was a charity special of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that ran in two parts on November 27 and 28, 1993. ...Dimensions in Time was produced in aid of Pudsey is the teddy bear logo of Children in Need, created by designer Joanna Ball and named after Balls home town, Pudsey, in West Yorkshire. ...Children in Need, with all of the surviving actors who played the Doctor and a number of previous companions. Not taken seriously by many, the story had Kate OMara as the Rani The Rani is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...the Rani opening a hole in time, cycling the Doctor and his companions through his previous incarnations and menacing them with monsters from the show's past. It also featured a crossover with the soap opera EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, which was first broadcast on February 19, 1985. ...Eastenders, the action taking place in the latter's Albert Square location. The special was one of several special 3D programmes the BBC produced at the time, using a 3D system that made use of the Stereoscopy, stereoscopic imaging or 3-D (three-dimensional) imaging is a technique to create the illusion of depth in a photograph, movie, or other two-dimensional image, by presenting a slightly different image to each eye. ...Pulfrich effect requiring glasses with one darkened lens.

In 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...1999, another special, Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor and Julia Sawalha as Emma. ...Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death, was made for For a description of the origin of the term comic relief see comic relief. ...Red Nose Day and later released on VHS. An affectionate In contemporary usage, parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it. ...parody of the television series, it was split into four segments, mimicking the traditional serial format, complete with A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in which a movie or novel contains an abrupt ending, often leaving the main characters in a precarious or difficult situation (for instance, hanging from the edge of a cliff). ...cliffhangers. (The version released on video was split into only two episodes.) In the story, the Doctor ( Rowan Atkinson as Edmund Blackadder. ...Rowan Atkinson) encounters both Roger Delgado as the Master For alternate meanings, see The Master (disambiguation) The Master is a supporting fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...the Master ( Jonathan Pryce (b. ...Jonathan Pryce) and the A Dalek, as seen in Day of the Daleks. ...Daleks. During the special the Doctor is forced to regenerate several times, with his subsequent incarnations played by, in order, Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen on May 5, 1957) is a British actor, born in Mbabane, Swaziland. ...Richard E. Grant, Jim Broadbent (born May 24, 1949) is an English television and film actor. ...Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant (born September 9, 1960, London, England) is a British actor. ...Hugh Grant, and Joanna Lumley (born May 1, 1946 in Srinagar, Kashmir, India) is a British actress and former model who is best known for her portrayal of the chain smoking, boozing, cocaine-sniffing and other drug-taking sexpot Patsy Stone on the British comedy television show Absolutely Fabulous. ...Joanna Lumley. The script was written by comedy writer Steven Moffat (born 1961 in Paisley, Scotland, UK) is a respected British comedy/drama writer who has contributed to television series since the late 1980s. ...Steven Moffat.

Other programmes

The Doctor in his fourth incarnation ( Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor Thomas Stewart Baker (born January 20, 1934) is a British actor, mainly associated with the role of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, whom he played from 1974 to 1981. ...Tom Baker) has been represented on several episodes of The Simpsons. ...The Simpsons, starting with the episode Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming (where along with Krusty the Clown, or Herschel Schmoikel Krustofski (full name: Herschel Pinkes Remochel Krustofski), is a fictional character in the cartoon The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ...Krusty the Clown and Steve Urkel (played by actor Jaleel White) is a character on the 1990s sitcom Family Matters. ...Steve Urkel he was part of a delegation to the Pentagon of "the esteemed representatives of television"), which was broadcast the week of Doctor Who's 33rd anniversary.

Jon Culshaw is a British comedian and impressionist born in Ormskirk in England. ...Jon Culshaw frequently impersonates the Fourth Doctor in the Dead Ringers is a UK radio and television comedy impressions show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC2. ...Dead Ringers series. Culshaw's "Doctor" has telephoned two of the "real" Doctors — Tom Baker and Sylvester McCoy — in character as the Fourth Doctor. This prompted the bemused (and confused) McCoy to ask the classic question: "Tom? Are you in the pub?". When Culshaw phoned Baker himself and stated that he "was the Doctor", Baker replied, "But there must be some mistake...I'm The Doctor..." Both Baker and McCoy had previously worked with Culshaw and were aware of his impression of Baker but not when the calls would come, if at all, so their reactions were genuine.

Music

In 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1985, when the production of the series was suspended for a year and it looked like it faced cancellation, a charity single, "Doctor in Distress", was produced and released in For alternative meanings, see March (disambiguation). ...March. It was written by Ian Levine is a British songwriter and producer, a veteran of the music industry since the 1960s. ...Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench and performed by a group of 30 mid-level celebrities, including Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant (publicity portrait). ...Nicola Bryant and External links Nicholas Courtney at the Internet Movie Database Categories: Actor stubs | 1929 births | English actors | Doctor Who actors ...Nicholas Courtney under the banner "Who Cares". The single was universally panned.

In 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1988 the band The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu is one of the two protagonist secret societies in the Illuminatus! series of books by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. ...The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (later known as The KLF (Kopyright Liberation Front), more recently known as the K Foundation, also known as The Timelords, furthermore known as The JAMs, was one of the seminal bands around the time of the Acid House movement in Britain in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ...The KLF) released the single "Doctorin' The Tardis" under the name This article is about the musical group the Timelords. ...The Timelords. The song used samples from Doctor Who, Gary Glitter (born May 8, 1940) was a British rock and roll performer in the early 1970s, most notable for his hit song Rock and Roll, parts of which have become an almost ubiquitous anthem at many American professional sports events. ...Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll, Part Two", and Sweet (referred to as The Sweet on one album) were a popular British glam rock group of the 1970s. ...The Sweet's "Blockbuster", with lyrics chanting about the Doctor, the TARDIS, and Daleks. "Doctorin' the Tardis" reached number one in the The UK Singles Chart is compiled by the Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the music industry. ...UK Singles Chart on June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ...12 June, and also charted highly in Australia and New Zealand.

Other bands have covered or reinterpreted the Doctor Who theme, such as the Electronica is a rather ambiguous term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ...electronica band Orbital was an English electronic music duo formed in 1989 (1989 in music) consisting of brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll. ...Orbital, the Originally a post punk synthesiser based group from Sheffield, the Human League (previously known as the Future) released their first single, Being Boiled c/w Circus Of Death on Bob Lasts Fast Product record label in 1978. ...Human League and the Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/ Oceania. ...Australian string ensemble FourPlay Electric Sting Quartet is a four-piece rock band from Sydney, Australia, formed in 1995. ...Fourplay. The Pogues were a popular Irish folk/punk band of the 1980s. ...The Pogues used a bass line in their song "Wild Cats of Kilkenny" (from Rum, Sodomy & the Lash) that is similar to the Doctor Who theme, as did Ummagumma album cover Pink Floyd is a British progressive band famous for its songwriting, harmonic classical rock compositions, bombastic style and elaborate live shows. ...Pink Floyd in their song "One of These Days" (from Meddle is a 1971 album by British progressive rock band Pink Floyd. ...Meddle), which featured a brief keyboard solo that echoed the theme's melody; the musical link is more obvious in the live version on A Delicate Sound of Thunder.

The theme tune has also appeared on many compilation CDs and has even made its way to the world of Cellular redirects here. ...mobile phone A ring tone is the sound made by a telephone when ringing. ...ring tones.

Overview

History

Format

Who is the Doctor?

The companions

The monsters

Viewership

Missing episodes

Adaptations and other appearances

Charity episodes

Other programmes

Music

See also

References

External links

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History

Format

Who is the Doctor?

The companions

The monsters

Viewership

Missing episodes

Adaptations and other appearances

Charity episodes

Other programmes

Music

See also

References

External links

Overview