Doctor Who
Current Doctor Who title sequence
Format	Science fiction drama
Created by	Sydney Newman C. E. Webber Donald Wilson
Starring	Various Doctors (currently David Tennant) Various companions (currently Catherine Tate)
Theme music composer	Ron Grainer, Delia Derbyshire
Opening theme	Doctor Who theme music
Composer(s)	Murray Gold
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. Title sequence generally refers to the method by which cinematic films or television shows present their title key cast and/or production members utilizing conceptual visuals Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Sydney Cecil Newman, OC (April 1 1917 &ndash October 30 1997 was a Canadian film and Television producer, best remembered for the pioneering work Cecil Edwin Webber (known as C E Webber and nicknamed Bunny by his colleagues was a British Television writer and Playwright. Donald Wilson ( September 1 1910, Dunblane, Scotland – March 6 2002, Gloucestershire, England) was Since the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who began in 1963 many actors have played the title character of the David Tennant (born David John McDonald; 18 April 1971 is a Scottish Actor. History of the Doctor Who companion When Doctor Who was created the dramatic structure of the programme's cast was rather different from the hero-and-sidekick Catherine Tate (born Catherine Ford 12 May 1968) is an English comedienne and Actress. Ron Grainer ( 11 August 1922 — 21 February 1981) was an Australian born composer who worked for most of his professional career in Delia Ann Derbyshire ( 5 May 1937 – 3 July 2001) was a British musician and composer of Electronic music. The Doctor Who theme is a piece of music composed by Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Murray Gold (born 1969 in Portsmouth) is an English Composer for stage film and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located  of episodes	747 (as of 7 June 2008) (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	25 min. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common This is a list of Doctor Who television serials and episodes. (1963–1984, 1986–1989) 45 min. (1985, 2005–Present) various other lengths
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One (originally known as BBC tv)
Picture format	405-line black & white (1963–1967) 625-line black & white (1968–1969) PAL 625-line colour (1970–1989) 720x576 16:9 (2005–present)
Original run	Classic Series: 23 November 1963 – 6 December 1989 Television Movie: 12 May 1996 Current Series: 26 March 2005 – present
Chronology
Related shows	K-9 and Company Torchwood The Sarah Jane Adventures K-9 Doctor Who Confidential Totally Doctor Who Torchwood Declassified
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The 405-line Monochrome analogue Television broadcasting system was the first fully electronic television system to be used in regular broadcasting 576i is a standard-definition video mode used in (former PAL and SECAM countries PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is a colour -encoding system used in Broadcast television systems in large parts of the world The aspect ratio of an Image is its width divided by its height Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Torchwood is a British science fiction Drama Television programme, created by Russell T Davies and starring John Barrowman The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British Science fiction Television series produced by BBC Wales for CBBC, created K-9 is a forthcoming British/Australian 26-part comedy/adventure series focusing on the adventures of the Robot dog K-9, done in a mixture of computer Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary series created by the British Broadcasting Corporation to complement the revival of the long-running British Totally Doctor Who was a Children's television series produced by the BBC to accompany the science fiction series Doctor Who. Torchwood Declassified is a documentary series created by the British Broadcasting Corporation to complement the British science fiction television The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Science fiction first appeared on Television during the Golden age of science fiction, first in Britain (UK and then in the United States The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which appears from the exterior to be a blue police box. This article details time travel itself For other uses see Time Traveler. The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in The TARDIS ( T ime A nd R elative D imension(s I n S pace is a time machine and Spacecraft in the A police box was in 20th century Britain, a special type of Telephone kiosk or Callbox for use by members of the Police, or for With his companions, he explores time and space, solving problems and righting wrongs. History of the Doctor Who companion When Doctor Who was created the dramatic structure of the programme's cast was rather different from the hero-and-sidekick

The programme is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running science fiction television show in the world^[1] and is also a significant part of British popular culture. Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U The culture of the United Kingdom &mdash British culture &mdashrefers to the patterns of human activity and Symbolism associated with the British people and Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — ^[2][3][4] It has been recognised for its imaginative stories, creative low-budget special effects during its original run, and pioneering use of electronic music (originally produced by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop). The illusions used in the Film, Television, Theater, or Entertainment industries to simulate the imagined events in a story are traditionally called In Britain and elsewhere, the show has become a cult television favourite and has influenced generations of British television professionals, many of whom grew up watching the series. A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of Pop culture. It has received recognition from critics and the public as one of the finest British television programmes, including the BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series in 2006. The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTAs &mdash or to differentiate them from the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards The British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs the primary awards ceremony of the

The programme originally ran from 1963 to 1989. A television film was made in 1996 as a backdoor pilot for a new series (which never entered production), and the programme was successfully relaunched in 2005, produced in-house by BBC Wales. A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. Doctor Who is a British television science-fiction series produced and screened by the British Broadcasting Corporation on their In-house refers to the production of some Commodity or service, such as a Television program, using a Company 's own funds staff or resources BBC Wales ( BBC Cymru) is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales. Some development money for the new series is contributed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), which is credited as a co-producer. Doctor Who has also spawned spin-offs in multiple media, including the current television programmes Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of but related to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Torchwood is a British science fiction Drama Television programme, created by Russell T Davies and starring John Barrowman The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British Science fiction Television series produced by BBC Wales for CBBC, created

The show's lead character is currently portrayed by David Tennant. David Tennant (born David John McDonald; 18 April 1971 is a Scottish Actor. A Christmas special co-starring Kylie Minogue aired in December 2007, and the fourth series started on 5 April 2008. " Voyage of the Damned " is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE, born 28 May 1968 is an Australian pop Singer - Songwriter and occasional Actress. The fourth series of British science fiction series Doctor Who began on 25 December 2007 with the Christmas special " Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[5] For that series, Catherine Tate reprised her role of Donna Noble, from the 2006 Christmas special, as the Doctor's latest companion. Catherine Tate (born Catherine Ford 12 May 1968) is an English comedienne and Actress. Donna Noble is a fictional character played by Catherine Tate in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who "The Runaway Bride" is a special episode of the long running British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, starring ^[6] Midway through the series, Freema Agyeman has also returned to her role of Martha Jones, following a multi-episode guest appearance in the Doctor Who spin-off series, Torchwood. Freema Agyeman (born Frema Agyeman on 20 March, 1979) is an English actress of Ghanaian and Iranian descent Dr Martha Jones is a fictional character played by Freema Agyeman in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who Torchwood is a British science fiction Drama Television programme, created by Russell T Davies and starring John Barrowman John Barrowman will continue his role as Captain Jack Harkness,^[7] and Billie Piper will return as Rose Tyler for three episodes. John Scot Barrowman (b 11 March 1967 is a Scottish Actor, musical performer, Dancer, Singer and Television presenter Captain Jack Harkness Billie Paul Piper (born Lianne Paul Piper on 22 September 1982 is an English actress and pop Singer. Rose Marion Tyler is a fictional character played by Billie Piper in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who ^[8] Elisabeth Sladen is also set to return as Sarah Jane Smith. Elisabeth Sladen (born 1 February 1948, Liverpool) is an English actress best known for her role as Sarah Jane Smith in the British Sarah Jane Smith is a Fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running British BBC Television science fiction series ^[9]

History

Main article: History of Doctor Who

Doctor Who first appeared on BBC television at 5:15 pm(GMT) on 23 November 1963,^[10] following discussions and plans that had been in progress for a year. Doctor Who is a British television science-fiction series produced and screened by the British Broadcasting Corporation on their Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT) is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Head of Drama, Sydney Newman, was mainly responsible for developing it, with the first format document for the series being written by Newman along with the Head of the Script Department (later Head of Serials) Donald Wilson and staff writer C. E. Webber. Sydney Cecil Newman, OC (April 1 1917 &ndash October 30 1997 was a Canadian film and Television producer, best remembered for the pioneering work Donald Wilson ( September 1 1910, Dunblane, Scotland – March 6 2002, Gloucestershire, England) was Cecil Edwin Webber (known as C E Webber and nicknamed Bunny by his colleagues was a British Television writer and Playwright. Writer Anthony Coburn, story editor David Whitaker and initial producer Verity Lambert also heavily contributed to the development of the series. James Anthony Coburn was an Australian Television writer and producer who spent his professional career living and working in the United Kingdom. A script editor is a member of the production team of scripted Television programmes usually dramas and comedies David Whitaker (b 1928 in Knebworth, Hertfordshire - February 4 1980) was an English screenwriter and novelist best known for The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking Verity Ann Lambert, OBE ( 27 November 1935 &ndash 22 November 2007) was an English television and ^[11][12][13] The series' title theme was composed by Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Ron Grainer ( 11 August 1922 — 21 February 1981) was an Australian born composer who worked for most of his professional career in Delia Ann Derbyshire ( 5 May 1937 – 3 July 2001) was a British musician and composer of Electronic music. ^[14] The programme was originally intended to appeal to a family audience. ^[15] The BBC drama department's Serials division produced the programme for 26 series, broadcast on BBC One. Viewing numbers that had fallen (though comparably increased at some points), a decline in the public perception of the show and a less prominent transmission slot saw production suspended in 1989 by Jonathan Powell, Controller of BBC One. Jonathan Powell may refer to Jonathan Powell (musician, British musician Jonathan Powell (producer (born 1947 British television producer ^[16] Although it was for all intents and purposes cancelled (as series co-star Sophie Aldred reported in the documentary Doctor Who: More Than 30 Years in the TARDIS), the BBC said the series would return. In television cancellation (known as axing in Australia and the United Kingdom refers to the termination of a program by the network, typically because Sophie Aldred (born 20 August 1962) is an English actress and Television presenter, best known for her portrayal of The

While in-house production had ceased, the BBC was hopeful of finding an independent production company to relaunch the show. Philip Segal, a British expatriate who worked for Columbia Pictures' television arm in the United States, approached the BBC about such a venture. Philip David Segal (born in Essex England in 1958) is a Television producer. An expatriate (in abbreviated form expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person's upbringing }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Segal's negotiations eventually led to a television movie. The Doctor Who television movie was broadcast on the Fox Network in 1996 as a co-production between Fox, Universal Pictures, the BBC, and BBC Worldwide. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Although the film was successful in the UK (with 9. 1 million viewers), it was less so in the United States and did not lead to a series.

Licensed media such as novels and audio plays provided new stories, but as a television programme Doctor Who remained dormant until 2003. Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of but related to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor In September of that year, BBC Television announced the in-house production of a new series after several years of unsuccessful attempts by BBC Worldwide to find backing for a feature film version. The new incarnation of the series is executively produced by writer Russell T Davies and BBC Wales Head of Drama/BBC Television Controller of Drama Commissioning Julie Gardner. Russell T Davies, OBE (born Stephen Russell Davies, 27 April, 1963) is a critically acclaimed British Television producer BBC Wales ( BBC Cymru) is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales. Julie Gardner (born June 1969 is a Welsh Television producer who is currently both Controller of Drama Commissioning at BBC Television and Head It has been sold to many other countries worldwide (see Viewership).

The new series debuted with the episode "Rose" on BBC One on 26 March 2005. " Rose " is an episode in the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on 26 March Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. There have been two further series in 2006 and 2007, and Christmas Day specials in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The fourth series began on BBC One on 5 April 2008. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common There will be a rest year in 2009, with no new series, although David Tennant will star in 3 specials in that year. After the 2008 Christmas special and three special episodes in 2009, a fifth full-length series is planned for 2010,^[17] with Steven Moffat replacing Davies as head writer and executive producer. Steven Moffat (born 1961 in Paisley, Scotland) is a Scottish Comedy / Drama writer who has contributed to Television series ^[18]

While the 2005-present version of Doctor Who is considered a direct continuation of the 1963-89 series, the 1996 telefilm is also considered part of the overall continuity. This differs from other series relaunches that have either been reimaginings or reboots (e. g. , Battlestar Galactica and Bionic Woman) or series taking place in the same universe as the original but with a totally new cast of characters (e. Battlestar Galactica is an Emmy and Peabody Award -winning serial drama Television program created by Ronald D Bionic Woman is an eight-episode American Science fiction Television drama created by David Eick, under NBC Universal Television g. , Star Trek: The Next Generation and spin-offs). Star Trek The Next Generation ( STTNG or TNG) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry ^[19]

Public consciousness

A multicoloured variant of the familiar Doctor Who diamond logo which was used in the show's titles from Seasons 11 to 17. This version was widely used on merchandise for years afterwards.

The programme rapidly became a national institution, the subject of countless jokes, newspaper mentions and other popular culture references. ^[20][21] Many renowned actors asked for or were offered and accepted guest starring roles in various stories. Many celebrities and notable actors have made Guest appearances in Doctor Who.

With popularity came controversy over the show's suitability for children. Moral campaigner Mary Whitehouse repeatedly complained to the BBC in the 1970s over what she saw as the show's frightening or gory content. Mary Whitehouse CBE ( 13 June 1910 – 23 November 2001) was a British campaigner for values of Morality ^[22] The programme became even more popular - especially with children. John Nathan-Turner, who produced the series during the 1980s, 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. John Nathan-Turner (born Jonathan Turner; August 12, 1947 &ndash May 1, 2002) was the ninth producer of the long-running ^[23] During the 1970s, the Radio Times, the BBC's listings magazine, announced that a child's mother said the theme music terrified her son. For the US radio series see WHYY-FM. Radio Times is the BBC 's weekly Television and Radio programme A listings magazine is a magazine which contains information about the upcoming weeks events such as TV Listings, Music, Clubs, Theatre The Radio Times was apologetic, but the theme music remained.

There were more complaints about the programme's content than its music. During Jon Pertwee's second season as the Doctor, in the serial "Terror of the Autons" (1971), 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. John Devon Roland Pertwee (7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996 better known as Jon Pertwee, was an English Actor. This is a list of Doctor Who television serials and episodes. Terror of the Autons is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, broadcast in four weekly Other notable moments in that decade included the Doctor's apparently being drowned by Chancellor Goth in "The Deadly Assassin" (1976) and the allegedly negative portrayal of Chinese people in "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" (1977). The Deadly Assassin is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast The Talons of Weng-Chiang is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast

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 was titled) and peering cautiously out to see if the frightening part was over is one of the great shared experiences of British childhood. "Behind the sofa" is a British Pop culture phrase used as a Metaphor to describe the actions that a state of fear may drive a person to &mdash For the museum of the same name in New York please see Museum of the Moving Image (New York City. The phrase has become commonly used in association with the programme and occasionally elsewhere.

The Mark II fibreglass TARDIS used between 1980 and 1989. The TARDIS ( T ime A nd R elative D imension(s I n S pace is a time machine and Spacecraft in the

A BBC audience research survey conducted in 1972 found that by their own definition of "any act(s) which may cause physical and / or psychological injury, hurt or death to persons, animals or property, whether intentional or accidental", Doctor Who was the most violent of all the drama programmes the corporation then produced. ^[24] The same report found that 3% of the surveyed audience regarded the show as "very unsuitable" for family viewing. ^[25] However, responding to the findings of the survey in The Times newspaper, journalist Philip Howard maintained that: "to compare the violence of Dr Who, sired by a horse-laugh out of a nightmare, with the more realistic violence of other television series, where actors who look like human beings bleed paint that looks like blood, is like comparing Monopoly with the property market in London: both are fantasies, but one is meant to be taken seriously. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. Monopoly is a Board game published by Parker Brothers, a subsidiary of Hasbro. "^[24]

The image of the TARDIS has become firmly linked to the show in the public's consciousness. The TARDIS ( T ime A nd R elative D imension(s I n S pace is a time machine and Spacecraft in the In 1996, the BBC applied for a trademark to use the TARDIS' blue police box design in merchandising associated with Doctor Who. A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual A police box was in 20th century Britain, a special type of Telephone kiosk or Callbox for use by members of the Police, or for ^[26] In 1998, the Metropolitan Police filed an objection to the trademark claim; in 2002 the Patent Office ruled in favour of the BBC,^[27][28] indicating that the police box image was more associated with Doctor Who than with the police. The UK Intellectual Property Office, or UK-IPO is the operating name of what was until April 2 2007 called The Patent Office. ^[29]

The 21st-century revival of the programme has become the centrepiece of BBC One's Saturday schedule, and has "defined the channel". ^[30] In 2007, Caitlin Moran, television reviewer for The Times, wrote that Doctor Who is "quintessential to being British". Caitlin Moran (b 5 April 1975 Catherine Elizabeth Moran in Brighton) is a British broadcaster and columnist for The Times The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. ^[4]

Episodes

Further information: List of Doctor Who serials

Further information: List of titled Doctor Who episodes

Doctor Who originally ran for 26 seasons on BBC One, from 23 November 1963 until 6 December 1989. This is a list of Doctor Who television serials and episodes. This is a list of titled episodes of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, grouped according to serial This is a list of Doctor Who television serials and episodes. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) During the original run, each weekly episode formed part of a story (or "serial") — usually of four to six parts in earlier years and three to four in later years. Serials in Television and Radio are series often in a weekly Prime time slot that rely on a continuing plot that unfolds in a serial fashion Notable exceptions were the epic The Daleks' Master Plan, which aired in twelve episodes (plus an earlier one-episode teaser, "Mission to the Unknown", featuring none of the regular cast),^[31][32] almost an entire season of 7-episode serials (season 7), the 10-episode serial The War Games^[33], and The Trial of a Time Lord, which ran for 14 episodes (albeit divided into three production codes and four narrative segments) during Season 23. The Daleks' Master Plan is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. " Mission to the Unknown " is the only standalone Doctor Who episode in the "classic" series The War Games is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in ten weekly The Trial of a Time Lord is a serial that encompasses the entire twenty-third season of British science fiction television series This is a list of Doctor Who television serials and episodes. ^[34] Occasionally serials were loosely connected by a storyline, such as Season 16's quest for The Key to Time or Season 18's journey through E-Space and the theme of entropy. This is a list of Doctor Who television serials and episodes. In both the original run and since the 2005 revival long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor Who has featured a number This is a list of Doctor Who television serials and episodes. This is a list of planets fictional or otherwise that are mentioned in the British Science fiction Television series Doctor Who and its spinoff

The programme was intended to be educational and for family viewing on the early Saturday evening schedule. Initially, it alternated stories set in the past, which would teach younger audience members about history, with stories set either in the future or in outer space to teach them about science. This was also reflected in the Doctor's original companions, one of whom was a science teacher and another a history teacher.

However, science fiction stories came to dominate the programme and the "historicals", which were not popular with the production team, were dropped after The Highlanders (1967). The Highlanders is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four While the show continued to use historical settings, they were generally used as a backdrop for science fiction tales, with one exception: Black Orchid set in 1920s Britain. Black Orchid is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two ^[35]

The early stories were more serial-like in nature, with the narrative of one story flowing into the next, and each episode having its own title, although produced as distinct stories with their own production codes. Following The Gunfighters (1966), however, each serial was given its own title, with the individual parts simply being assigned episode numbers. The Gunfighters is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four What to name these earlier stories is often a subject of fan debate. Some fans of the BBC television series Doctor Who disagree about the titles of some episodes.

Writers during the original run included Terry Nation, Henry Lincoln, Douglas Adams, Robert Holmes, Terrance Dicks, Dennis Spooner, Eric Saward, Malcolm Hulke, Christopher H. Bidmead, Stephen Gallagher, Brian Hayles, Chris Boucher, Peter Grimwade, Marc Platt and Ben Aaronovitch. Terry Nation ( August 8 1930 – March 9 1997) was a Welsh Television Screenwriter. Henry Lincoln (born 1930 is the most popular pseudonym of Henry Soskin, an English Writer and Actor. Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 &ndash 11 May 2001 was an English author comic Radio dramatist This entry is about the television scriptwriter For other people with the same name see Robert Holmes (disambiguation. Terrance Dicks (born 10 May 1935 in East Ham, Essex (now Greater London) is an English Writer, best known for Dennis Spooner (born 1 December, 1932 in Tottenham London; died 20 September, 1986) was an English television Eric Saward (pronounced SAY-ward 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 Malcolm Hulke (1924 – July 6, 1979) was a British television writer and author of the industry 'bible' "Writing for Television in the 70s" Christopher Hamilton Bidmead (born 1941 is a British writer and journalist Stephen Gallagher (born 13 October 1954 in Salford, Lancashire) is an English writer Brian Hayles was born on March 7 1930 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Chris Boucher (born 1943 is a British Television writer best known for his frequent contributions to two genres science fiction and Crime dramas Peter Grimwade ( June 8, 1942 - May 15 1990) was a British Television writer and director best known for his work on the Marc Platt (born 1953 is a British writer He is most known for his work with the BBC Science fiction Television Ben Denis Aaronovitch (born 1964 is a London-born British writer who has worked on television series including Doctor Who, Casualty

The serial format changed for the 2005 revival, with each series consisting of thirteen 45-minute, self-contained episodes (60 minutes, with adverts, on overseas commercial channels). This is a list of Doctor Who television serials and episodes. Each series includes several standalone and multi-part stories, linked with a loose story arc that resolves in the series finale. As in the early "classic" era, each episode — whether standalone or part of a larger story — has its own title.

747 Doctor Who instalments have been televised since 1963, ranging from 25-minute episodes (the most common format), to 45-minute episodes (for Resurrection of the Daleks in the 1984 series, a single season in 1985, and the revival), to two feature-length productions (1983's "The Five Doctors" and the 1996 television movie), to the two 60-minute Christmas specials produced for the revival and the more recent 72 minute 2007 Christmas Special. Resurrection of the Daleks is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast The Five Doctors is a special feature-length episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced Christmas themes have long been an inspiration to artists writers and weavers of folklore

The current series is recorded in 576i25 DigiBeta wide-screen format and then filmised to give a 25p image in post-production using a Snell & Wilcox Alchemist Platinum. Betacam is a family of half-inch professional Videotape products developed by Sony from 1982 onwards Filmizing (aka Film look, Filmlook) is a generic and informal term referring to a process which makes Video productions appear as if they Snell & Wilcox is a company that designs and develops infrastructure solutions for Digital media markets

Missing episodes

Main article: Doctor Who missing episodes

The First Doctor (William Hartnell) collapses prior to his regeneration. Doctor Who 's missing episodes are the many installments of the long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor (From the surviving clip of The Tenth Planet, episode 4. )

Between about 1967 and 1978, large amounts of older material stored in the BBC's various video tape and film libraries were either destroyed^[36] or simply wiped. Wiping or junking is an economic move by Radio and Television companies in which old Audiotapes Videotapes and Telerecordings This included many old episodes of Doctor Who, mostly stories featuring the first three Doctors — William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee. William Henry Hartnell (8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975 was an English Actor, the first actor to play the lead role of the Doctor Patrick George Troughton (25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987 was an English Actor most widely known in his role as the second incarnation of the John Devon Roland Pertwee (7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996 better known as Jon Pertwee, was an English Actor. Following consolidations and recoveries the archives are complete from the programme's move to colour television (starting from Jon Pertwee's time as the Doctor), although a few Pertwee episodes have required substantial restoration; a handful have been recovered only as black and white films, and several survive in colour only as NTSC copies recovered from North America (a few of which are domestic, off-air Betamax tape recordings, not transmission quality). NTSC ( National Television System Committee) is the Analog television system used in the United States, Canada, Japan, Mexico In all, 108 of 253 episodes produced during the first six years of the programme are not held in the BBC's archives. This is a list of Doctor Who serials that no longer exist in any complete form in the BBC archives It has been reported that in 1972 almost all episodes then made were known to exist at the BBC,^[37] whilst by 1978 the practice of wiping tapes had ended. ^[38]

Some episodes have been returned to the BBC from the archives of other countries who bought copies for broadcast, or by private individuals who got them by various means. Early colour videotape recordings made off-air by fans have also been retrieved, as well as excerpts filmed from the television screen onto 8 mm cine film and clips that were shown on other programmes. Ciné (sometimes Cine) is usually used to refer to one or more of the home movie formats including 8 mm, 9 Audio versions of all of the lost episodes exist from home viewers who made tape recordings of the show.

In addition to these, there are off-screen photographs made by photographer John Cura, who was hired by various production personnel to document many of their programmes during the 1950s and 1960s, including Doctor Who. (Albert John Cura (originally Alberto Giovanni Cura) ( 9 April 1902 &ndash 21 April 1969) is best known for inventing a system he These have been used in fan reconstructions of the serials. Doctor Who 's missing episodes are the many installments of the long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor These amateur reconstructions have been tolerated by the BBC, provided they are not sold for profit and are distributed as low quality VHS copies.

The animated reconstruction of The Invasion

One of the most sought-after lost episodes is Part Four of the last William Hartnell serial, The Tenth Planet (1966), which ends with the First Doctor transforming into the Second. The Invasion is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first The Tenth Planet is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in The First Doctor is the name given to the initial incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running The Second Doctor is the name given to the second incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running The only portion of this in existence, barring a few poor quality silent 8 mm clips, is the few seconds of the regeneration scene, as it was shown on the children's magazine show Blue Peter. Blue Peter is a BBC Television programme for children It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the With the approval of the BBC, efforts are now under way to restore as many of the episodes as possible from the extant material. Starting in the early 1990s, the BBC began to release audio recordings of missing serials on cassette and compact disc, with linking narration provided by former series actors. "Official" reconstructions have also been released by the BBC on VHS, on MP3 CD-ROM and as a special feature on a DVD. MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a Digital audio encoding format using a form of Lossy data compression CD-ROM (an initialism of "Compact Disc Read-Only Memory " is a pre-pressed Compact Disc that contains data accessible to but not writable The BBC, in conjunction with animation studio Cosgrove Hall has reconstructed the missing Episodes 1 and 4 of The Invasion (1968) in animated form, using remastered audio tracks and the comprehensive stage notes for the original filming, for the serial's DVD release in November 2006. Cosgrove Hall Films is a British Animation studio based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England that is a major producer of children's The Invasion is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first Although no similar reconstructions have been announced as of early 2007, Cosgrove Hall has expressed an interest in animating more lost episodes in the future,^[39] despite the announcement in April 2007 that this project is on indefinite hiatus.

In April 2006, Blue Peter launched a challenge to find these missing episodes with the promise of a full scale Dalek model. A Dalek (, ˈdɑːlεk is a member of a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Mutants from the British science fiction television ^[40]

Characters

The Doctor

Main article: Doctor (Doctor Who)

The ten faces of the Doctor. The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in
(Top) William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee
(Middle) Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy
(Bottom) Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant

The character of the Doctor was initially shrouded in mystery. William Henry Hartnell (8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975 was an English Actor, the first actor to play the lead role of the Doctor Patrick George Troughton (25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987 was an English Actor most widely known in his role as the second incarnation of the John Devon Roland Pertwee (7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996 better known as Jon Pertwee, was an English Actor. Thomas Stewart "Tom" Baker (born 20 January 1934 is an English Actor. Peter Davison (born Peter Moffett 13 April 1951 is an English Actor, best known for his roles as Tristan Farnon in the television version of Colin Baker (born London, 8 June 1943 is an English Actor who is best known for playing the sixth incarnation of the Doctor Sylvester McCoy (born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith 20 August 1943 is a Scottish actor. Paul McGann (born 14 November 1959 in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial Christopher Eccleston (krɪstəfə ˈɛkəlstən born 16 February 1964 is an award-winning English stage, Film and Television Actor David Tennant (born David John McDonald; 18 April 1971 is a Scottish Actor. All that was known about him in the programme's early days was that he was an eccentric alien traveller of great intelligence who battled injustice while exploring time and space in an unreliable old time machine called the TARDIS, an acronym for Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space. The TARDIS ( T ime A nd R elative D imension(s I n S pace is a time machine and Spacecraft in the The TARDIS is much larger on the inside than on the outside^[41], and, due to a malfunction of its Chameleon Circuit, is stuck in the shape of a 1950s-style British police box. A Chameleon Circuit is a fictional device from the television sci-fi series " Doctor Who. A police box was in 20th century Britain, a special type of Telephone kiosk or Callbox for use by members of the Police, or for

However, not only did the initially irascible and slightly sinister Doctor quickly mellow into a more compassionate figure, it was eventually revealed that he had been on the run from his own people, the Time Lords of the planet Gallifrey. The Time Lords are a fictional race and civilization in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' Gallifrey is a fictional planet in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and is the homeworld

As a Time Lord, the Doctor has the ability to regenerate his body when near death. Regeneration, in the context of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, is a biological ability exhibited by the Introduced into the storyline as a way of continuing the series when the writers were faced with the departure of lead actor William Hartnell in 1966, it has continued to be a major element of the series, allowing for the recasting of the lead actor when the need arises. William Henry Hartnell (8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975 was an English Actor, the first actor to play the lead role of the Doctor The serial The Deadly Assassin established that a Time Lord can regenerate twelve times, for a total of thirteen incarnations (although at least one Time Lord, The Master, has managed to circumvent this). The Deadly Assassin is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast The Master is a recurring character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. To date, the Doctor has gone through this process and its resulting after-effects on nine occasions, with each of his incarnations having his own quirks and abilities but otherwise sharing the memories and experience of the previous incarnations:

1. First Doctor, played by William Hartnell (1963–1966)
2. Second Doctor, played by Patrick Troughton (1966–1969)
3. Third Doctor, played by Jon Pertwee (1970–1974)
4. Fourth Doctor, played by Tom Baker (1974–1981)
5. Fifth Doctor, played by Peter Davison (1981–1984)
6. Sixth Doctor, played by Colin Baker (1984–1986)
7. Seventh Doctor, played by Sylvester McCoy (1987–1989, 1996)^[42][43][44]
8. Eighth Doctor, played by Paul McGann (1996)
9. Ninth Doctor, played by Christopher Eccleston (2005)
10. Tenth Doctor, played by David Tennant (2005–present)

Other actors have also played the Doctor, though rarely more than once (see the list of actors who have played the Doctor). The First Doctor is the name given to the initial incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running William Henry Hartnell (8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975 was an English Actor, the first actor to play the lead role of the Doctor The Second Doctor is the name given to the second incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running Patrick George Troughton (25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987 was an English Actor most widely known in his role as the second incarnation of the The Third Doctor is the name given to the third incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor; seen on screen in the long-running John Devon Roland Pertwee (7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996 better known as Jon Pertwee, was an English Actor. The Fourth Doctor is the name given to the fourth incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running Thomas Stewart "Tom" Baker (born 20 January 1934 is an English Actor. The Fifth Doctor is the name given to the fifth incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running Peter Davison (born Peter Moffett 13 April 1951 is an English Actor, best known for his roles as Tristan Farnon in the television version of The Sixth Doctor is the name given to the sixth incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor, seen on screen in the long-running Colin Baker (born London, 8 June 1943 is an English Actor who is best known for playing the sixth incarnation of the Doctor The Seventh Doctor is a Fictional character, the seventh incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television Sylvester McCoy (born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith 20 August 1943 is a Scottish actor. The Eighth Doctor is a Fictional character, the eighth incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television Paul McGann (born 14 November 1959 in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Ninth Doctor is the ninth official incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor, in the long-running BBC television Christopher Eccleston (krɪstəfə ˈɛkəlstən born 16 February 1964 is an award-winning English stage, Film and Television Actor The Tenth Doctor is the name given to the tenth incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running David Tennant (born David John McDonald; 18 April 1971 is a Scottish Actor. Since the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who began in 1963 many actors have played the title character of the

Despite these shifts in personality, the Doctor remains an intensely curious and highly moral adventurer who would rather solve problems with his wits than by using violence.

Throughout the programme's long history there have been controversial revelations about the Doctor. For example, in The Brain of Morbius (1976), it was hinted that the First Doctor may not have been the Doctor's first incarnation (although the other faces depicted may have been incarnations of the Time Lord Morbius); during the Seventh Doctor's era it was hinted that the Doctor was more than just an ordinary Time Lord. The Brain of Morbius is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast The First Doctor is the name given to the initial incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running The Seventh Doctor is a Fictional character, the seventh incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television In the Eighth Doctor movie, it was suggested that the Doctor may be "half human", though it has never been established whether this was intended as a fact about the character. The Eighth Doctor is a Fictional character, the eighth incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television He does physically become a human, temporarily, in the Tenth Doctor story "Human Nature". "Human Nature" is the eighth episode of Series 3 of the revived British Science fiction television series Doctor Who The very first episode, An Unearthly Child, revealed that the Doctor has a granddaughter, Susan Foreman, and in "Fear Her" (2006), he remarked that he had, in the past, been a father. The First Doctor is the name given to the initial incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running " Fear Her " is an episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. The 2005 series revealed that the Ninth Doctor thought he had become the last surviving Time Lord, and that his home planet had been destroyed. The Ninth Doctor is the ninth official incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor, in the long-running BBC television In the 2008 series episode "The Doctor's Daughter", the Doctor's cells are used to produce a daughter who is subsequently named Jenny (played by Georgia Moffett, the real-life daughter of Fifth Doctor actor Peter Davison) by Donna as a result of the Doctor describing her as "a generated anomaly". " The Doctor's Daughter " is the sixth episode of the fourth series of British Science fiction television series Doctor Who Georgia Elizabeth Moffett (born December 25, 1984 in West London) is an English actress The Fifth Doctor is the name given to the fifth incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running Peter Davison (born Peter Moffett 13 April 1951 is an English Actor, best known for his roles as Tristan Farnon in the television version of

Companions

Main article: Companion (Doctor Who)

The Doctor almost always shares his adventures with up to three companions, and since 1963 more than 35 actors and actresses have featured in these roles. History of the Doctor Who companion When Doctor Who was created the dramatic structure of the programme's cast was rather different from the hero-and-sidekick History of the Doctor Who companion When Doctor Who was created the dramatic structure of the programme's cast was rather different from the hero-and-sidekick The First Doctor's original companions were his granddaughter Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford) and school teachers Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill) and Ian Chesterton (William Russell). Carole Ann Ford (born 8 June 1940) is a British Actress best known for her role as Susan Foreman in the BBC Science Barbara Wright is a Fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and a companion of Jacqueline Hill ( 17 December 1929 – 18 February 1993) was a British actress best known for her role as Barbara Wright Ian Chesterton is a Fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and a companion William Russell (born William Russell Enoch on November 19, 1924 in Sunderland, England) is a British Actor, The only story from the original series in which the Doctor travels alone is The Deadly Assassin. The Deadly Assassin is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast

Dramatically, the companion characters provide a surrogate with whom the audience can identify, and serves to further the story by requesting exposition from the Doctor and manufacturing peril for the Doctor to resolve. History of the Doctor Who companion When Doctor Who was created the dramatic structure of the programme's cast was rather different from the hero-and-sidekick In the study of Literature, an audience surrogate is a character with whom the audience can identify or who expresses the questions and confusion of the audience The Doctor regularly gains new companions and loses old ones; sometimes they return home or find new causes — or loves — on worlds they have visited. Some have even died during the course of the series.

Although the majority of the Doctor's companions have been young, attractive females, the production team for the 1963–1989 series maintained a long-standing taboo against any overt romantic involvement in the TARDIS. The taboo was controversially broken in the 1996 television film when the Eighth Doctor was shown kissing companion Grace Holloway. The Eighth Doctor is a Fictional character, the eighth incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television Dr Grace Holloway is a fictional character played by Daphne Ashbrook in the 1996 television movie Doctor Who, a continuation of the long-running British The 2005 series played with this idea by having various characters think that the Ninth Doctor and Rose (played by Billie Piper) were a couple, which they vehemently denied (see also "The Doctor and romance"). The Ninth Doctor is the ninth official incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor, in the long-running BBC television " Rose " is an episode in the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on 26 March Billie Paul Piper (born Lianne Paul Piper on 22 September 1982 is an English actress and pop Singer. The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in The idea of a possible involvement was suggested again in "Smith and Jones", when the Tenth Doctor kisses his soon-to-be new companion Martha Jones, although the Doctor insists that the kiss was simply for the purpose of 'genetic transfer'. "Smith and Jones" is an episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Tenth Doctor is the name given to the tenth incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running Dr Martha Jones is a fictional character played by Freema Agyeman in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who

Previous companions reappeared in the series, usually for anniversary specials. One former companion, Sarah Jane Smith (played by Elisabeth Sladen), together with the robotic dog K-9, appeared in an episode of the 2006 series more than twenty years after their last appearances in the 20th Anniversary story "The Five Doctors" (1983). Sarah Jane Smith is a Fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running British BBC Television science fiction series Elisabeth Sladen (born 1 February 1948, Liverpool) is an English actress best known for her role as Sarah Jane Smith in the British K-9, or K9, is the name of several fictional Robotic dogs in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor " School Reunion " is the third episode in the second series of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Five Doctors is a special feature-length episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced Afterwards, the character was featured in the spinoff series The Sarah Jane Adventures. The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British Science fiction Television series produced by BBC Wales for CBBC, created

The most recent companions of the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) are Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman), and Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), both of whom depart at the end of "Last of the Time Lords". David Tennant (born David John McDonald; 18 April 1971 is a Scottish Actor. Dr Martha Jones is a fictional character played by Freema Agyeman in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who Freema Agyeman (born Frema Agyeman on 20 March, 1979) is an English actress of Ghanaian and Iranian descent Captain Jack Harkness John Scot Barrowman (b 11 March 1967 is a Scottish Actor, musical performer, Dancer, Singer and Television presenter "Last of the Time Lords" is an episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. Catherine Tate reprised her role as Donna Noble from the 2006 Christmas special, becoming the Doctor's companion for the entire run of the fourth series. Catherine Tate (born Catherine Ford 12 May 1968) is an English comedienne and Actress. Donna Noble is a fictional character played by Catherine Tate in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who ^[6] Agyeman appeared as Martha Jones in three episodes of the spin-off series Torchwood before returning to Doctor Who halfway through the fourth series. ^[45]. ^[46] Billie Piper briefly reprised her role as Rose Tyler in the Series 4 episode Partners in Crime and will return to the series from "Turn Left" to "Journey's End". Billie Paul Piper (born Lianne Paul Piper on 22 September 1982 is an English actress and pop Singer. Rose Marion Tyler is a fictional character played by Billie Piper in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who " Partners in Crime " is the first episode of the fourth series of British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. " Turn Left " is the eleventh episode of the fourth series of British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. " Journey's End " is the thirteenth episode of the fourth series of British Science fiction television series Doctor Who first ^[47] For the 2007 Christmas episode "Voyage of the Damned", the Doctor's companion was Astrid Peth, played by Australian performer Kylie Minogue. " Voyage of the Damned " is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Astrid Peth is a Fictional character played by Kylie Minogue in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE, born 28 May 1968 is an Australian pop Singer - Songwriter and occasional Actress.

Though arguably not a companion, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart was a recurring character in the original series making his first appearance alongside the Second Doctor and his final alongside the Seventh. Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (sometimes The actor Nicholas Courtney who portrayed the Brigadier had previously also starred as Bret Vyon alongside first Doctor William Hartnell in the 12-part The Daleks' Master Plan, earning him the distinction of being the only actor to appear with every doctor (except Colin Baker) of the classic series. Nicholas Courtney (born William Nicholas Stone Courtney on 16 December 1929) is a British Television Actor, most famous The Daleks' Master Plan is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. His photo appears among Sarah Jane Smith's personal items in "The Sarah Jane Adventures. The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British Science fiction Television series produced by BBC Wales for CBBC, created " He and UNIT appeared regularly during the Third Doctor's tenure, and it has continued to appear or be referred to in the revival of the show and its spin-offs. UNIT ( U nited N ations I ntelligence T askforce later the UN ified I ntelligence T askforce is a fictional military

Adversaries

See also: List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens and List of Doctor Who villains

The Daleks are perhaps the best-known adversaries faced by the Doctor. This is a list of monsters and aliens from the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. This is a list of villains from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A Dalek (, ˈdɑːlεk is a member of a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Mutants from the British science fiction television

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 were popular with audiences. This is a list of monsters and aliens from the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. Notable adversaries of the Doctor in the original series include the Autons, the Cybermen, the Sontarans, the Zygons, the Sea Devils, the Silurians, the Ice Warriors, the Rani, the Yeti, Davros (the creator of the Daleks), the Master (a Time Lord with a thirst for universal conquest), and, most notably, the Daleks. The Autons are an artificial life form from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and adversaries of the Doctor The Cybermen are a Fictional race of Cyborgs who are amongst the most persistent enemies of the Doctor in the British Science fiction television The Sontarans are a Fictional extraterrestrial race from the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, invented The Zygons are a fictional extraterrestrial race in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Sea Devils are a Fictional race of amphibious Reptile -like beings in the long-running British Science fiction television series The name Silurians refers to a fictional race of Reptile -like beings in the long-running British Science fiction television series The Ice Warriors is the name given to a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Reptile -like beings in the long-running British science fiction The Rani is a Fictional character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Yeti of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, although resembling the cryptozoological creatures also called Davros is a character from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Master is a recurring character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. A Dalek (, ˈdɑːlεk is a member of a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Mutants from the British science fiction television This continued with the resurrection of the series in 2005.

Executive producer for the new series, Russell T Davies, stated that it had always been his intention to bring back classic icons of Doctor Who one step at a time: Daleks in series 1, Cybermen in series 2, and the Master in series 3. A cultural icon can be an Image, a Symbol, a Logo, Picture, Name, Face, Person, or Building Series 1 began this trend in the very first episode "Rose" with the Autons and Nestene Consciousness from the third Doctor's "Spearhead from Space" and "Terror of the Autons. A rose is a perennial flowering Shrub or vine of the Genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species The Autons are an artificial life form from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and adversaries of the Doctor Spearhead from Space is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast Terror of the Autons is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, broadcast in four weekly " Series 3 also saw the return of the seldom-seen Macra, albeit in a subplot, last seen only once in the second Doctor's "The Macra Terror. The Macra Terror is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in " He has also stated that he is not finished and will continue reviving villains from the original series. ^[48] Series 4 saw the return of the Sontarans in a double episode. The Sontarans are a Fictional extraterrestrial race from the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, invented The new series has also introduced new monsters, including the Slitheen, the Ood, and the Judoon. The Slitheen are a family of massive bipedal extraterrestrials from the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who and adversaries This is a list of monsters and aliens from the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. This is a list of monsters and aliens from the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Daleks

Main article: Dalek

Of all the monsters and villains, the ones that have most secured the series' place in the public's imagination are the Daleks, who first appeared in 1963 and were the series' very first "monster". A Dalek (, ˈdɑːlεk is a member of a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Mutants from the British science fiction television A Dalek (, ˈdɑːlεk is a member of a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Mutants from the British science fiction television The Daleks are Kaled mutants in tank-like mechanical armour shells from the planet Skaro. Skaro is a fictional planet from the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who created by the writer Terry Nation Their chief role in the great scheme of things, as they frequently remark in their instantly recognisable metallic voices, is to "Exterminate!" all beings inferior to themselves, even destroying the Time Lords in the often referenced but never shown Time War. The Time Lords are a fictional race and civilization in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' The Time War is an event referred to on several occasions in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, beginning Davros, the Daleks' creator, became a recurring villain after he was introduced in Genesis of the Daleks, in which the Time Lords send the Doctor back to either destroy the Daleks, avert their creation, or tamper with their genetic structure to make them less warlike. Davros is a character from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Genesis of the Daleks is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was originally broadcast Davros has been played by Michael Wisher (first introduced in Genesis of the Daleks), David Gooderson (Destiny of the Daleks), and Terry Molloy. Michael Wisher (1935–1995 was a British actor He is probably best remembered for having played Davros, the wheelchair-bound scientific mastermind and David Gooderson is a British actor who has appeared in several television roles Destiny of the Daleks is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast Terry Molloy (born 1947 is an English actor known predominantly for his work on radio and television

The Daleks were created by writer Terry Nation (who intended them as an allegory of the Nazis)^[49] and BBC designer Raymond Cusick. Terry Nation ( August 8 1930 – March 9 1997) was a Welsh Television Screenwriter. An allegory (from αλλος allos "other" and el αγορευειν agoreuein "to speak in public" is a figurative mode of representation Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Raymond Cusick, also known as Ray Cusick or Raymond P Cusick, was a designer for the British Broadcasting Corporation. The Daleks' début in the programme's second serial, The Daleks (1963–64), caused a tremendous reaction in the viewing figures and the public, putting Doctor Who on the cultural map. The Daleks (also known as The Mutants) is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor A Dalek appeared on a postage stamp celebrating British popular culture in 1999, photographed by Lord Snowdon. Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon GCVO RDI (born 7 March 1930) is an English photographer and Emmy Award

Cybermen

Main article: Cybermen

Cybermen were originally a wholly organic species of humanoids originating on Earth's twin planet Mondas that began to implant more and more artificial parts into their bodies. The Cybermen are a Fictional race of Cyborgs who are amongst the most persistent enemies of the Doctor in the British Science fiction television This led to the race becoming coldly logical and calculating, with emotions usually only shown when naked aggression was called for.

The Master

Main article: Master (Doctor Who)

The Master is a renegade Time Lord, and the Doctor's nemesis. The Master is a recurring character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Master is a recurring character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Time Lords are a fictional race and civilization in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' Conceived as "Professor Moriarty to the Doctor's Sherlock Holmes,"^[50] the character first appeared in 1971. Professor James Moriarty is a Fictional character who is the best known Antagonist (and Nemesis) of the detective Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 As with the Doctor, the role has been portrayed by several actors, the first being Roger Delgado who continued in the role until his death in 1973. Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto ( 1 March, 1918 &ndash 18 June, 1973) was a British Actor The Master was briefly played by Peter Pratt and Geoffrey Beevers until Anthony Ainley took over and continued to play the character until Doctor Who's cancellation in 1989. Peter Pratt ( March 21 1923 &ndash January 11 1995) was an English Actor and singer who started his career in the Gilbert Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor who has appeared in many different Television roles Anthony Ainley ( 20 August 1932 – 3 May 2004) was an English Actor best known for his work on British television The Master returned in the 1996 television movie of Doctor Who, played by Gordon Tipple in the pre-credits sequence, then Eric Roberts, and in the three-part finale of the 2007 series, portrayed by Derek Jacobi and John Simm. Eric Anthony Roberts (born April 18 1956 is an American actor Sir Derek George Jacobi CBE (ˈdʒækəbi born 22 October, 1938) is an English Actor and Film director, knighted John Ronald Simm (born 10 July 1970 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is an English Actor and Musician.

Music

Theme music

Main article: Doctor Who theme music

 Audio sample composed by Ron Grainer:

Doctor Who theme excerpt

An excerpt from the theme music to Doctor Who

Problems listening to the file? See media help. The Doctor Who theme is a piece of music composed by Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

The original 1963 radiophonic arrangement of the Doctor Who theme is widely regarded as a significant and innovative piece of electronic music, and Doctor Who was the first television series in the world to have a theme entirely realised through electronic means.

The original theme was composed by Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, with assistance from Dick Mills. Ron Grainer ( 11 August 1922 — 21 February 1981) was an Australian born composer who worked for most of his professional career in Delia Ann Derbyshire ( 5 May 1937 – 3 July 2001) was a British musician and composer of Electronic music. Dick Mills (born 1936 is a British sound engineer specialising in electronic sound effects which he produced at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The various parts were built up by creating tape loops of an individually struck piano string and individual test oscillators and filters. Tape loops are loops of prerecorded Magnetic tape used to create repetitive rhythmic musical patterns or dense layers of sound Oscillation is the repetitive variation typically in Time, of some measure about a central value (often a point of Equilibrium) or between two or more different states The Derbyshire arrangement served, with minor edits, as the theme tune up to the end of Season 17 (1979–80). This is a list of Doctor Who television serials and episodes.

A more modern and dynamic arrangement was composed by Peter Howell for Season 18 (1980), which was in turn replaced by Dominic Glynn's arrangement for Season 23's The Trial of a Time Lord (1986). Peter Howell (born ca 1948) is a musician and composer He is best-known for his work on Doctor Who as a member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop This is a list of Doctor Who television serials and episodes. Dominic Glynn (born September 27 1960) is a British composer known for his arrangement of the ''Doctor Who'' theme music which served as the The Trial of a Time Lord is a serial that encompasses the entire twenty-third season of British science fiction television series Keff McCulloch provided the new arrangement for the Seventh Doctor's era which lasted from Season 24 (1987) until the series' suspension in 1989. Keff McCulloch is a British Composer. In 1987 he became well known for creating the Doctor Who theme music for the Seventh Doctor, Sylvester The Seventh Doctor is a Fictional character, the seventh incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television This is a list of Doctor Who television serials and episodes. For the new series in 2005, Murray Gold provided a new arrangement which featured samples from the 1963 original with further elements added; in the 2005 Christmas episode "The Christmas Invasion", Gold introduced a modified closing credits arrangement that was used up until the conclusion of the 2007 series. Murray Gold (born 1969 in Portsmouth) is an English Composer for stage film and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio " The Christmas Invasion " is a 60-minute special episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who.

A new arrangement of the theme, once again by Gold, was introduced in the 2007 Christmas special episode, "Voyage of the Damned". " Voyage of the Damned " is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Versions of the "Doctor Who Theme" have also been released in a pop music venue over the years. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure In the early 1970s, Jon Pertwee, who had played the Third Doctor, recorded a version of the Doctor Who theme with spoken lyrics, titled, "Who Is the Doctor". John Devon Roland Pertwee (7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996 better known as Jon Pertwee, was an English Actor. The Third Doctor is the name given to the third incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor; seen on screen in the long-running In 1988 the band The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (later known as The KLF) released the single "Doctorin' the Tardis" under the name The Timelords, which reached No. 1 in the UK and No. 2 in Australia; this version incorporated several other songs, including "Rock and Roll Part 2" by Gary Glitter (who recorded vocals for some of the CD-single remix versions of "Doctorin' the Tardis"). Paul Francis Gadd (born 8 May 1944 is an English Glam rock Singer and Songwriter, and is better known by his Stage name Gary Others who have covered or reinterpreted the theme include Orbital, Pink Floyd, the Australian string ensemble Fourplay, New Zealand punk band Blam Blam Blam, The Pogues, and the comedians Bill Bailey and Mitch Benn, and satirised on The Chaser's War on Everything. Orbital were an English electronic duo consisting of brothers Phil Hartnoll and Paul Hartnoll whose career lasted from 1989 until 2004 Pink Floyd are FourPlay String Quartet is a four-piece rock band from Sydney, Australia, formed in 1995. Blam Blam Blam were a New Zealand pop/rock/alternative band Tim Mahon (bass and Mark Bell (guitarvo had been members of The Plague and The Pogues are a band of mixed Irish and English background playing Traditional Irish music with influences from Punk rock, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane Mark Bailey where he was initially an academic pupil winning most of the prizes Mitch Benn (born Mitchell John Benn 20 January 1970) is a British Musician of Liverpudlian / Scottish descent and stand-up The Chaser's War on Everything is an AFI Award winning Australian Television comedy series broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation A reggae/ska version of the Doctor Who theme tune was released on the Explosion label in 1969 by Bongo Herman and Les. The theme tune has also appeared on many compilation CDs and has made its way into mobile phone ring tones. Fans have also produced and distributed their own remixes of the theme.

Incidental music

Most of the innovative incidental music for Doctor Who has been specially commissioned from freelance composers, although in the early years some episodes also used stock music, as well as occasional excerpts from original recordings or cover versions of songs by popular music acts such as The Beatles and The Beach Boys. Royalty-free music commonly refers to stock or ' library music ' licensed for a single fee without the need to pay any subsequent Royalties. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 The Beach Boys is an American rock band Formed in 1961 the group gained popularity for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California Youth culture

The incidental music for the first Doctor Who adventure, An Unearthly Child, was written by Norman Kay. Norman Kay ( 5 January 1929 – 12 May 2001) was a British composer Many of the stories of the William Hartnell period were scored by electronic music pioneer Tristram Cary, whose Doctor Who credits include The Daleks, Marco Polo, The Daleks' Master Plan, The Gunfighters and The Mutants. William Henry Hartnell (8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975 was an English Actor, the first actor to play the lead role of the Doctor Tristram Ogilvie Cary OAM (14 May 1925 &ndash 24 April 2008 was a pioneering British Composer. Marco Polo is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in 7 weekly The Mutants is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly Other composers in this early period were included Richard Rodney Bennett, Carey Blyton and Geoffrey Burgon. Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, CBE (born March 29, 1936 in Broadstairs, Kent) is an English Composer renowned for Carey Blyton ( 14 March 1932 - 13 July 2002) was a British composer and writer best known for his song Bananas In Pyjamas Geoffrey Burgon (born 15 July, 1941) is a British composer notable for his television and film themes

The most frequent musical contributor during the first fifteen years was Dudley Simpson, who is also well known for his theme and incidental music for Blake's 7. Dudley Simpson (born 1922 is an Australian television composer who is best known for his work on Doctor Who. Blake's 7 is a British Science fiction television series made by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC for their BBC 1 channel Simpson's first Doctor Who score was Planet of Giants (1964) and he went on to write music for many adventures of the Sixties and Seventies, including most of the stories of the Jon Pertwee / Tom Baker periods, ending with The Horns of Nimon (1979). Planet of Giants is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in The Horns of Nimon is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in He also made a cameo appearance in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (as a Music hall conductor). A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as Music hall is a form of British theatrical Entertainment which was popular between 1850 and 1960

Beginning with The Leisure Hive (1980), the task of creating incidental music was assigned to the Radiophonic Workshop. The Leisure Hive is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in Paddy Kingsland and Peter Howell contributed many scores in this period and other contributors included Roger Limb, Malcolm Clarke and Jonathan Gibbs. Paddy Kingsland is a composer of Electronic music best known for his incidental music for science fiction series on BBC radio and television whilst working at the Peter Howell (born ca 1948) is a musician and composer He is best-known for his work on Doctor Who as a member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Roger Limb is a British composer specialising in Electronic music. Malcolm Clarke (1943-2003 was a British Composer, and a member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop for 25 years from 1969 to 1994 Jonathan Gibbs is a British composer Between 1983 and 1986 he worked at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

The Radiophonic Workshop was dropped after the The Trial of a Time Lord season, and Keff McCulloch took over as the series' main composer, with Dominic Glynn and Mark Ayres also contributing scores. The Trial of a Time Lord is a serial that encompasses the entire twenty-third season of British science fiction television series Keff McCulloch is a British Composer. In 1987 he became well known for creating the Doctor Who theme music for the Seventh Doctor, Sylvester Dominic Glynn (born September 27 1960) is a British composer known for his arrangement of the ''Doctor Who'' theme music which served as the Mark Ayres is a television composer who is best known for his work on Doctor Who.

All the incidental music for the 2005 revived series has been composed by Murray Gold and Ben Foster and has been performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales from the 2005 Christmas episode The Christmas Invasion onwards. A concert featuring the orchestra performing music from the first two series took place on 19 November 2006 to raise money for Children in Need. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. BBC Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. David Tennant hosted the event, introducing the different sections of the concert. David Tennant (born David John McDonald; 18 April 1971 is a Scottish Actor. Murray Gold and Russell T Davies answered questions during the interval and Daleks and Cybermen menaced the audience whilst music from their stories was played. Murray Gold (born 1969 in Portsmouth) is an English Composer for stage film and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio Russell T Davies, OBE (born Stephen Russell Davies, 27 April, 1963) is a critically acclaimed British Television producer A Dalek (, ˈdɑːlεk is a member of a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Mutants from the British science fiction television The Cybermen are a Fictional race of Cyborgs who are amongst the most persistent enemies of the Doctor in the British Science fiction television The concert aired on BBCi on Christmas Day 2006.

The new series has featured occasional use of excerpts of pop music from the Seventies, Eighties, Nineties and early 2000s, including works by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Soft Cell, Rogue Traders, Britney Spears and the Scissor Sisters. " Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick " is a song and single by Ian Dury & The Blockheads first released November 23 1978 " Tainted Love " is a Song composed by Ed Cobb, formerly of The Four Preps, which was originally recorded by Gloria Jones. " Voodoo Child " is a dance song written by Elvis Costello, James Ash and Steve Davis produced by Ash for the Rogue Traders second " Toxic " is a Grammy Award -winning Dance-pop song written by Bloodshy & Avant, Cathy Dennis, and Henrik Jonback for Britney Spears Ta-Dah is the second Studio album by American 5-piece band Scissor Sisters, released in September 2006. The soundtrack for Series 1 and 2 was released on 4 December 2006 by Silva Screen Records. Doctor Who Original Television Soundtrack is a Soundtrack album released on 4 December 2006, containing incidental music composed by "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[51][52] The soundtrack for Series 3 was released on 5 November 2007. Doctor Who Original Television Soundtrack - Series 3 is a Soundtrack album that was released on 5 November 2007, containing Incidental Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Special sound

Doctor Who's science-fiction themes and settings meant that many sound effects had to be specially created for the series, although some common sound effects (such as crowds, horses and jungle noises) were sourced from stock recordings. Because Doctor Who began several years before the advent of the first mass-produced synthesizers, much of the equipment used to create electronic sound effects in the early days was custom-built by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and until the early 1970s audio effects were produced using a combination of electronic and radiophonic techniques.

Almost all of the original sound effects and audio backgrounds during the 1960s were overseen by the Radiophonic Workshop's Brian Hodgson, who worked on Doctor Who from its inception until the middle of Jon Pertwee's tenure in the early 1970s, when he was succeeded by Dick Mills. Brian Hodgson is a British television Composer and sound technician Dick Mills (born 1936 is a British sound engineer specialising in electronic sound effects which he produced at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Hodgson created hundreds of pieces of "special sound" ranging from ray-gun blasts to dinosaurs, but without doubt his best known sound effects are the sound of the TARDIS as it de-materialises and re-appears, and the voices of the Daleks. A Dalek (, ˈdɑːlεk is a member of a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Mutants from the British science fiction television

The basic audio source Hodgson used for the TARDIS effect was the sound of his house keys being scraped up and down along the strings of an old gutted piano, and played backwards. The famous Dalek voice effect was obtained by passing the actors' voices through a device called a ring modulator, and it was further enhanced by exploiting the distortion inherent in the microphones and amplifiers then in use. Ring modulation is a signal-processing effect in electronics related to Amplitude modulation or frequency mixing, performed by multiplying two signals where one A distortion is the alteration of the original shape (or other characteristic of an object image sound waveform or other form of information or representation However, the precise sonic character of the Daleks' voices varied somewhat over time because the original frequency settings used on the ring modulator were never noted down.

Viewership

The image of the TARDIS is iconic in British popular culture. The TARDIS ( T ime A nd R elative D imension(s I n S pace is a time machine and Spacecraft in the

Doctor Who has always appeared on the BBC's mainstream BBC One channel, where it is regarded as a family show, drawing audiences of many millions of viewers. It was most popular in the late 1970s, with audiences frequently as high as 12 million. During the ITV network strike of 1979, viewership peaked at 16 million. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent No first-run episode of Doctor Who has ever drawn fewer than three million viewers on BBC One, although its late 1980s performance of three to five million viewers was seen as poor at the time and was, according to the BBC Board of Control, a leading cause of the programme's 1989 suspension. Some fans considered this disingenuous, since the programme was scheduled against the soap opera Coronation Street, the most popular show at the time. A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. Coronation Street (commonly known as 'Corrie' is an award-winning Soap opera created by Tony Warren The BBC One broadcast of "Rose", the first episode of the 2005 revival, drew an average audience of 10. " Rose " is an episode in the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on 26 March 81 million, third highest for BBC One that week and seventh across all channels. The 2006 episode "Rise of the Cybermen" managed sixth place in the charts across the week with 9. " Rise of the Cybermen " is an episode in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. 22 million viewers. ^[53] The all-time highest chart placing for an episode of Doctor Who is second, for the 2007 Christmas special Voyage Of The Damned, which received 13. " Voyage of the Damned " is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. 31 million viewers, a feat which also made it the second most watched show of the year. The current revival also garners the highest audience Appreciation Index of any non-soap drama on television. An Appreciation Index ( AI) is a score between 0 and 100 which is used as an indicator of the public's approval for a particular television programme or broadcast service in the A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. ^[54]

The series also has a fan base in the United States, where it was shown in syndication from the 1970s to the 1990s, particularly on PBS stations (see Doctor Who in North America). The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Doctor Who in North America refers to the broadcast history of the long running British Science fiction television series Doctor Who in the New Zealand was the first country outside the UK to screen Doctor Who beginning in September 1964, and continued to screen the series for many years, including the new series from 2005. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island In Canada, the series debuted in January 1965, but the CBC only aired the first twenty-six episodes. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page TVOntario picked up the show in 1976 beginning with The Three Doctors and aired it through to Season 24 in 1991. TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO, ( Call signs CICA, CICE, CICO) is a publicly-funded educational English language The Three Doctors is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, first broadcast in four weekly TVO's schedule ran several years behind the BBC's throughout this period. From 1979 to 1981, TVO airings were bookended by science-fiction writer Judith Merril who would introduce the episode and then, after the episode concluded, try to place it in an educational context in keeping with TVO's status as an educational channel. Judith Josephine Grossman ( January 21, 1923 - September 12, 1997) who took the pen-name Judith Merril about 1945 was an The airing of The Talons of Weng-Chiang resulted in controversy for TVOntario as a result of accusations that the story was racist. The Talons of Weng-Chiang is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that Consequently the story was not rebroadcast. CBC began showing the series again in 2005.

Likewise, a huge fan base exists in Australia, where it has been exclusively first run on the ABC, and periodically repeated - including screening all available episodes for the show's 40th anniversary in 2003. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly abbreviated to the 'ABC' is Australia's national public broadcaster. Repeats have also been shown on the subscription television channel UK.TV. UKTV is a subscription Television channel in Australia and New Zealand, screening British entertainment programming sourced mainly from the The ABC also broadcasts the first run of the revived series, on ABC1, with repeats on ABC2. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly abbreviated to the 'ABC' is Australia's national public broadcaster. ABC1 is a national public television channel in Australia. Launched on November 5, 1956, it is the responsibility of the ABC ABC2 is a national public television channel in Australia Launched on 7 March 2005 it is the responsibility of the ABC 's television division UK.TV also shows repeats of the revived series. UKTV is a subscription Television channel in Australia and New Zealand, screening British entertainment programming sourced mainly from the

The ABC also provided partial funding for the 20th anniversary special episode, entitled "The Five Doctors". The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly abbreviated to the 'ABC' is Australia's national public broadcaster.

Only four episodes have ever had their premier showings on channels other than BBC One. The 1983 twentieth anniversary special "The Five Doctors" had its début on 23 November (the actual date of the anniversary) on the Chicago PBS station WTTW in the United States and various other PBS members two days prior to its BBC One broadcast. The Five Doctors is a special feature-length episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the WTTW, channel 11 is one of three PBS member stations serving the Chicago Illinois market the others are WYCC and WYIN. The 1988 story Silver Nemesis was broadcast with all three episodes edited together in compilation form on TVNZ in New Zealand in November, after the first episode had been shown in the UK but before the final two instalments had aired there. Silver Nemesis is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in the Television New Zealand (TVNZ is a state-owned television broadcasting corporation in New Zealand. Finally, the 1996 television film premièred on 12 May 1996 on CITV in Edmonton, Canada, fifteen days before the BBC One showing, and two days before it aired on Fox in the US. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) CITV-TV is a Television station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta.

A wide selection of serials is available from BBC Video on VHS and DVD, on sale in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Every fully extant serial has been released on VHS, and BBC Worldwide continues to regularly release serials on DVD. The 2005 series is also available in its entirety on UMD for the PlayStation Portable

As of September 2007, the revived series had been, or was currently, broadcast weekly in Australia (ABC), Austria (Pro 7), Belgium (Één), Brazil (People+Arts), Canada in English on (CBC) and in French on (Ztélé), Denmark (Danmarks Radio), Finland (TV2), France (France 4), Germany (Pro 7), Hong Kong (ATV World) and BBC Entertainment, Hungary (RTL Klub-owned COOL TV), Ireland (TV3), Israel (Yes Stars 2), Italy (Jimmy), Japan (BS-2, a channel of NHK), Malaysia (Astro Network), the Netherlands (NED 3), New Zealand (Prime TV), Norway (NRK), Poland (TVP1), Portugal (People+Arts, SIC Radical), Russia (STS TV), Spain and Latin America (People+Arts), South Korea (KBS2 (dubbed in Korean) and Fox (subtitled in Korean)), Sweden (SVT), Switzerland (Pro 7), Thailand (Channel 7 and BBC Entertainment), Turkey (Cine5), the United States (Sci Fi Channel [first run], public television [second run] and BBC America [second run]), Greece (Skai TV), Style UK (part of Showtime Arabia) for the Middle East, North Africa and the Levant territories. 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It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld People+Arts (pronounced people and arts) is an entertainment television channel broadcasting to Brazil, Spain Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page CBC Television is a Canadian English language Television network. Ztélé is a Canadian French-language Cable television Specialty channel owned by Astral Media. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe DR (formerly Danmarks Radio) is Denmark 's national Broadcasting corporation Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. YLE (Full name Finnish: Yleisradio Oy, Swedish: Rundradion Ab) is Finland 's national broadcasting company founded This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France 4 is a French public television network featuring Arts, including Music. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. ProSieben is a commercial Television station in Germany distributed to a large extent via cable and satellite along with DVB-T Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Asia Television Limited ( is one of the two free-to-air television broadcasters in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic RTL Klub is a television station (M-RTL Zrt owned by RTL Group and broadcast in Hungary. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world TV3 Ireland was the first independent Television channel in Ireland, entirely funded by revenue from advertising For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. 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For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Astro is a Subscription -based Direct broadcast satellite (DBS or Direct-to-home Satellite television and radio service The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Nederland 3 ( English: Netherlands 3 is the third and youngest of the Terrestrial television channels operated by the Dutch public-broadcasting organization NPO New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Prime Television is the seventh national Free-to-air Television station in New Zealand. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation ( Norwegian: Norsk rikskringkasting AS) which is usually known as the NRK, is the Norwegian Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland TVP1 - is a television channel owned by TVP (Telewizja Polska S Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. People+Arts (pronounced people and arts) is an entertainment television channel broadcasting to Brazil, Spain SIC Radical is a Cable television channel in Portugal owned by Sociedade Independente de Comunicação (SIC which also owns SIC Comédia Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. People+Arts (pronounced people and arts) is an entertainment television channel broadcasting to Brazil, Spain South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Korean Broadcasting System ( KBS) is South Korea's premier public broadcaster and the biggest one of three major Korean television networks. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Sveriges Television AB ( SVT,) is a national Television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by an obligatory fee payable by all Television -owners Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation ProSieben is a commercial Television station in Germany distributed to a large extent via cable and satellite along with DVB-T The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Cine5 is the first subscription based television channel in Turkey. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the BBC America is an American Television network owned and operated by BBC Worldwide Americas, and available on both cable and satellite Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Skai TV is a Greek TV station based in Athens. It was relaunched in its present form on April 1st 2006 in Athens and gradually managed to spread its coverage nationwide Style UK was a Television channel carried on Showtime Arabia 's satellite service for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Showtime Arabia, as it's called to distinguish itself from its U The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan See also Names of the Levant The Levant (lə'vænt is a geographical term that denotes a large area in Western Asia, roughly bounded on the north by the The series has also been sold to, but not yet shown in Romania (TVR). Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Televiziunea Română (pronunciation "télévizju': nèa ro: mīnə" more commonly referred to as TVR' (pronunciation "té'vé'ré"

A special logo has been designed for the Japanese broadcast with the katakana "ドクター・フー" (romanised as Dokutaa Fuu). is a Japanese Syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with Hiragana, Kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet The romanization of Japanese or ( is the use of the Latin alphabet to write the Japanese language. ^[55] The series has apparently "mystified" viewers in Japan where it has been broadcast in a late evening time slot, leading to some not realising it is a family show. ^[56]

The series one episodes aired in Canada a couple of weeks after their UK broadcast, a situation made possible by the 2004–05 NHL lockout which left vast gaps in CBC's schedule. The 2004–05 NHL lockout resulted in the cancellation of what would have been the 88th season of the National Hockey League (NHL For the Canadian broadcast, Christopher Eccleston recorded special video introductions for each episode (including a trivia question as part of a viewer contest) and excerpts from the Doctor Who Confidential documentary were played over the closing credits; for the broadcast of "The Christmas Invasion" on 26 December 2005, Billie Piper recorded a special video introduction. " The Christmas Invasion " is a 60-minute special episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Billie Paul Piper (born Lianne Paul Piper on 22 September 1982 is an English actress and pop Singer. CBC began airing series two on 9 October 2006 at 8:00 pm E/P (8:30 in Newfoundland and Labrador), shortly after that day's CFL double header on Thanksgiving in most of the country. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day ( Canadian French: Action de grâce) is an annual one-day Holiday to give thanks to God for

Series three began broadcasting on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2007. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. It began broadcasting on CBC on 18 June 2007 followed by the second Christmas special, "The Runaway Bride" at midnight,^[57] and the Sci Fi Channel began on 6 July 2007 starting with the second Christmas special at 8:00 pm E/P followed by the first episode. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "The Runaway Bride" is a special episode of the long running British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, starring Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[58]

Series four aired in the U. S. on the Sci-Fi Channel, in April 2008. ^[59] It will air on CBC Canada starting September 19, 2008. ^[60]

Fandom

Main article: Doctor Who fandom

Doctor Who has amassed a large number of fans from all over the world. The long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has developed a large fan base over the years In addition, the series is a mainstream part of popular culture in its native UK,^[3] where it is is shown on the main public service broadcasting channel, BBC One. Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance —

Adaptations and other appearances

Dr. Who movies

Main article: Dr. Who (Dalek films)

There were two "Dr. Dr Who is a character in two films made by AARU Productions in the 1960s based on the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who Who" cinema films: Dr. Who and the Daleks in 1965 and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD in 1966. Dr Who and the Daleks ( 1965) was the first of two Doctor Who films made in the 1960s and was followed by Daleks - Invasion Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD ( 1966) is the second of two films based on the British Science-fiction television series Doctor Both were essentially retellings of existing TV stories (specifically, the first two Dalek serials) on the big screen, with a larger budget and alterations to the series concept.

In these films, Peter Cushing played a human scientist named "Dr. Dr Who is a character in two films made by AARU Productions in the 1960s based on the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913—11 August 1994 was an English actor known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein Who", who travelled with his two granddaughters and other companions in a time machine he invented. The Cushing version of the character reappeared in both comic strip and literary form, the latter attempting to reconcile the film continuity with that of the series. Dr Who is a character in two films made by AARU Productions in the 1960s based on the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who

In addition, a number of planned films were proposed including a sequel, The Chase loosely based on the original series story (the third to feature the same antagonists), for the Cushing Doctor, plus many attempted TVM and big screen productions to revive the original Doctor Who, after the original series was cancelled. The Chase is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly (See List of unmade Doctor Who serials and films#Proposed films)

Spin-offs

Main article: Doctor Who spin-offs

Doctor Who has appeared on stage numerous times. During the 45 year long run of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, a number of stories have been proposed but for a variety of Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of but related to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor In the early 1970s, Trevor Martin played the role in Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday which also featured former companion actress Wendy Padbury (Pertwee's Doctor made a cameo appearance via film). Trevor Martin is a British actor He has had many parts in both Television and Film. Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday was a stage play based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Wendy Padbury (born 7 December 1947 is a British actress from Warwickshire, England. In the early 1990s, Jon Pertwee and Colin Baker both played the Doctor at different times during the run of a musical play titled Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure. Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure was a 1989 stage play written by Terrance Dicks based on the long-running British science fiction television For two performances while Pertwee was ill, David Banks (best known for playing various Cybermen) played the Doctor. David Banks (born 24 September 1951 in Hull, England) is a British Actor. The Cybermen are a Fictional race of Cyborgs who are amongst the most persistent enemies of the Doctor in the British Science fiction television Other original plays have been staged as amateur productions, with other actors playing the Doctor, while Terry Nation wrote The Curse of the Daleks, a stage play mounted in the late 1960s, but without the Doctor. Terry Nation ( August 8 1930 – March 9 1997) was a Welsh Television Screenwriter. The Curse Of The Daleks is a Dalek stage play written by David Whitaker and Terry Nation, which appeared for one month at the Wyndham's

A pilot episode for a potential spin-off series, K-9 and Company, was aired in 1981 with Elisabeth Sladen reprising her role as companion Sarah Jane Smith and John Leeson as the voice of K-9, but was not picked up as a regular series. Elisabeth Sladen (born 1 February 1948, Liverpool) is an English actress best known for her role as Sarah Jane Smith in the British Sarah Jane Smith is a Fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running British BBC Television science fiction series John Leeson (born March 1943 in Leicester, England) is a British Actor who although having had a varied stage and television career spanning K-9, or K9, is the name of several fictional Robotic dogs in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor

Concept art for an animated Doctor Who series was produced by animation company Nelvana in the 1980s, but the series was not produced. British spellings. Thank you --> Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment ^[61]

The Doctor has also appeared in webcasts and in audio plays; prominent among the latter were those produced by Big Finish Productions from 1999 onwards, who were responsible for a range of audio plays released on CD, as well as 2006's eight-part BBC 7 series starring Paul McGann. Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to Compact disc and This is a list of audio plays based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who produced by Big Finish Productions Paul McGann (born 14 November 1959 in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial

Following the success of the 2005 series produced by Russell T. Davies, the BBC commissioned Davies to produce a 13-part spin-off series titled Torchwood (an anagram of "Doctor Who"), set in modern-day Wales and investigating alien activities and crime. Torchwood is a British science fiction Drama Television programme, created by Russell T Davies and starring John Barrowman An anagram ( Greek anagramma 'letters written anew' passive participle of ana- 'again' + gramma 'letter' is a type of Word play The series debuted on BBC Three on 22 October 2006. BBC Three is a television channel from the BBC broadcasting via Digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[62] John Barrowman reprised his role of Jack Harkness from the 2005 series of Doctor Who. John Scot Barrowman (b 11 March 1967 is a Scottish Actor, musical performer, Dancer, Singer and Television presenter Captain Jack Harkness It was shot in Summer and Autumn 2006. ^[63] Two other actresses who appeared in Doctor Who also star in the series; Eve Myles as Gwen, who also played the similarly-named servant girl Gwyneth in the 2005 Doctor Who episode "The Unquiet Dead",^[64] and Naoko Mori who reprised her role as Toshiko Sato first seen in "Aliens of London". Eve Myles (born 1978 in Ystradgynlais, Powys) is a Welsh Actress, most notable for playing lead characters in Belonging " The Unquiet Dead " is an episode in the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on (born 1975 is a Japanese actress well-known for roles as Sarah Saffron's friend in Absolutely Fabulous, Mie Nishikawa in Casualty is a Fictional character from the television series Doctor Who and Torchwood, played by Naoko Mori. " Aliens of London " is an episode in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on

A second series of Torchwood began in January 2008 with John Barrowman reprising his role as Captain Jack Harkness and Freema Agyeman reprising her Doctor Who role of Martha Jones for three episodes. Torchwood is a British science fiction Drama Television programme, created by Russell T Davies and starring John Barrowman John Scot Barrowman (b 11 March 1967 is a Scottish Actor, musical performer, Dancer, Singer and Television presenter Freema Agyeman (born Frema Agyeman on 20 March, 1979) is an English actress of Ghanaian and Iranian descent Dr Martha Jones is a fictional character played by Freema Agyeman in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who

A new K-9 children's series, K-9, is in development, but not by the BBC. K-9 is a forthcoming British/Australian 26-part comedy/adventure series focusing on the adventures of the Robot dog K-9, done in a mixture of computer ^[65]

The Sarah Jane Adventures, starring Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, has been developed by CBBC; a special aired on New Year's Day 2007 and a full series began on Monday, 24 September 2007. The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British Science fiction Television series produced by BBC Wales for CBBC, created CBBC ( Children's BBC) is the brand-name for the BBC 's Children's television programmes aimed at children aged between 6 and 12 years old Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[66]

An animated serial, The Infinite Quest, aired alongside the 2007 series of Doctor Who as part of the children's television series Totally Doctor Who. The Infinite Quest is an animated serial based on the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. Totally Doctor Who was a Children's television series produced by the BBC to accompany the science fiction series Doctor Who. ^[67]

Charity episodes

In 1993, coinciding with the series' 30th anniversary, a charity special entitled "Dimensions in Time" was produced in aid of Children in Need, featuring all of the surviving actors who played the Doctor and a number of previous companions. Dimensions in Time is a charity special crossover between the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who and BBC Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Not taken seriously by many, the story had 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. The Rani is a Fictional character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. It also featured a crossover with the soap opera EastEnders, the action taking place in the latter's Albert Square location and around Greenwich, including the Cutty Sark. EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 Albert Square is the fictional location of the popular BBC Soap opera EastEnders. Greenwich ( ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ GREN-itch /ˈɡrɛnɪdʒ/ GREN-idge or /ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ/ GRIN-idge is a district in south-east London, Etymology The ship is named after the cutty sark ( Scots: a short Chemise or Undergarment) The special was one of several special 3D programmes the BBC produced at the time, using a 3D system that made use of the Pulfrich effect requiring glasses with one darkened lens; the picture would look perfectly normal to those viewers who watched without the glasses. The Pulfrich effect is a psychophysical phenomenon wherein lateral motion of an object in the field of view is interpreted by the Visual cortex as having a depth component due

Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor and Julia Sawalha as Emma in the parody "The Curse of Fatal Death". Rowan Atkinson (born 6 January 1955 is an English Comedian, actor and writer famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder Julia Sawalha (born 9 September 1968) is an English actress best known for her roles of Saffron Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death is a four-episode special of Doctor Who made for the Red Nose Day charity

In 1999, another special, "Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death", was made for Comic Relief and later released on VHS. Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death is a four-episode special of Doctor Who made for the Red Nose Day charity Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension An affectionate parody of the television series, it was split into four segments, mimicking the traditional serial format, complete with cliffhangers, and running down the same corridor several times when being chased. A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a Plot device in which a movie, Novel, or other work of fiction contains an abrupt ending often leaving (The version released on video was split into only two episodes. Video is the technology of electronically capturing, Recording, processing storing transmitting and reconstructing a sequence of Still images ) In the story, the Doctor (Rowan Atkinson) encounters both the Master (Jonathan Pryce) and the Daleks. Rowan Atkinson (born 6 January 1955 is an English Comedian, actor and writer famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder The Master is a recurring character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. Jonathan Pryce (born 1 June 1947 is a Welsh award-winning stage and Film actor/singer A Dalek (, ˈdɑːlεk is a member of a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Mutants from the British science fiction television During the special the Doctor is forced to regenerate several times, with his subsequent incarnations played by, in order, Richard E. Grant, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, and Joanna Lumley. Richard E Grant (born May 5 1957 is an English Actor, Screenwriter and director, perhaps most famous for portraying the world-weary drug-crazed James "Jim" Broadbent (born 24 May 1949 is an English Academy Award -winning theatre film and television Actor. Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960 is a British Actor and Film producer. For the sixteenth century translator see Jane Lumley. Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE (born 1 May 1946) is an English The script was written by Steven Moffat, later to be head writer and executive producer to the revived series. Steven Moffat (born 1961 in Paisley, Scotland) is a Scottish Comedy / Drama writer who has contributed to Television series ^[18]

As noted above, on 18 November 2005, an untitled 7-minute "mini-episode", set in the immediate aftermath of "The Parting of the Ways" and leading directly into "The Christmas Invasion", was shown as part of the Children in Need telethon. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "Doctor Who Children in Need" is a 7-minute mini-episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. " The Parting of the Ways " is an episode in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast " The Christmas Invasion " is a 60-minute special episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. A telethon is a Fundraising event broadcast on Television that lasts many hours or even days the purpose of which is to raise Money for a charitable political

On 16 November 2007 Peter Davison appeared with David Tennant in a reprise of his Fifth Doctor in a Children in Need special called "Time Crash", written by future executive producer^[18] Steven Moffat. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "Time Crash" is a mini-episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Spoofs and cultural references

Main article: Doctor Who spoofs

Doctor Who has been satirised and spoofed on many occasions by comedians including Spike Milligan and Lenny Henry. The long running science fiction television series Doctor Who has over the years been the subject of many comedy sketches and specially-made comedy programmes Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan KBE ( 16 April, 1918 &ndash 27 February 2002) known as Spike Milligan, was an Anglo Lenworth George Henry CBE, (born 29 August 1958 is a British Writer, Comedian and Actor. Doctor Who fandom has also been lampooned on programmes such as Saturday Night Live, The Chaser's War on Everything, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Family Guy, and The Simpsons. The long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has developed a large fan base over the years Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City The Chaser's War on Everything is an AFI Award winning Australian Television comedy series broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an American Cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other

The Fourth Doctor on The Simpsons

The Doctor in his fourth incarnation has been represented on several episodes of The Simpsons, starting with the episode "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming". The Fourth Doctor is the name given to the fourth incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running " Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming " is the ninth episode of The Simpsons ' seventh season. Jon Culshaw frequently impersonates the Fourth Doctor in the BBC Dead Ringers series. Jonathan Peter Culshaw (born 2 June 1968 in Ormskirk, Lancashire) is a British impressionist and Comedian Dead Ringers was a UK Radio and Television Comedy impressions show which first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and Culshaw's "Doctor" has telephoned four of the "real" Doctors — Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy — in character as the Fourth Doctor. In the 2005 Dead Ringers Christmas special, broadcast shortly before "The Christmas Invasion", Culshaw impersonated both the Fourth and Tenth Doctors, while the Second, Seventh and Ninth Doctors were impersonated by Mark Perry, Kevin Connelly and Phil Cornwell, respectively. " The Christmas Invasion " is a 60-minute special episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. Mark Perry (born Phillip Perry is an British impressionist and his notable impressions include David Dickinson, John Prescott and the late Kevin Connelly was born in Middlesbrough, England. He is an impressionist comedian, and After dinner speaker and is probably most Phil Cornwell (born 5 October 1957 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex) is an English Comedian, Actor, impressionist

Less a spoof and more of a pastiche is the character of Professor Justin Alphonse Gamble, a renegade from the Time Variance Authority, who appeared in Marvel Comics' Power Man and Iron Fist #79 and Avengers Annual #22. The word pastiche describes a literary or other artistic Genre. The Time Variance Authority (or TVA) is a Fictional organization, a group of timeline monitors in the Marvel Universe. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc Power Man and Iron Fist (originally Luke Cage Hero for Hire then Luke Cage Power Man) was a Marvel Comic The Avengers is a team of fictional Superhero characters in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. His enemies include the rogue robots known as the Dredlox. ^[68]

There have also been many references to Doctor Who in popular culture and other science fiction franchises, including Star Trek: The Next Generation ("The Neutral Zone", among others) and The Invisible Man (in the pilot episode, a torn business card for I.M. Foreman: Scrap Metal & Salvage is used for identification). Star Trek The Next Generation ( STTNG or TNG) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry " The Neutral Zone " is the finale of the first season of Star Trek The Next Generation. The Invisible Man series debuted in 2000 and starred Vincent Ventresca, Paul Ben-Victor, Eddie Jones, Shannon Kenny and Mike McCafferty The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in In the Channel 4 series Queer As Folk (created by current Doctor Who executive producer Russell T. Queer as Folk is a 1999 British Television series that chronicles the lives of three Gay men let loose in Manchester 's Gay village Davies), the character of Vince was portrayed as an avid Doctor Who fan, with references appearing many times throughout in the form of clips from the programme. References to Doctor Who have also appeared in the young adult fantasy novel High Wizardry,^[69] the video game Rock Band,^[70] the soap opera EastEnders, the Adult Swim comedy show "Robot Chicken" and the Family Guy Star Wars spoof episode "Blue Harvest", among other sources. High Wizardry is the third novel of the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane. EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 Adult Swim, (usually stylized swim with its signature square Brackets, is an adult-oriented Television network sharing channel space with Cartoon Robot Chicken is an Emmy -Award Winning American Stop motion animated television series created by Seth Green and Matthew Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded "Blue Harvest" is the Emmy -nominated hour-long premiere to the sixth season of the FOX series Family Guy. Doctor Who has long been a popular amateur show to impersonate, with lots of 'homemade' version being made for charity. One such of these is a Doctor Who 5-series mini show,made in Lancaster starting with Stone Orchid, and ending with Two leaves left.

Merchandise

Main article: Doctor Who merchandise

Since its beginnings, Doctor Who has generated many hundreds of products related to the show, from toys and games to collectible picture cards and postage stamps. The long running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has since its beginnings in the 1960s generated many hundreds of products related This article is about playthings For other uses of the term see Toy (disambiguation. A game is a structured activity, usually undertaken for Enjoyment and sometimes also used as an Educational tool Trade card describes small cards similar to the Visiting cards exchanged in social circles that businesses would distribute to clients and potential customers A postage stamp is an adhesive paper evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services These include board games, card games, gamebooks, computer games, roleplaying games and action figures. A board game is a Game in which counters or pieces that are placed on removed from or moved across a "board" (a premarked surface usually specific to that game A card game is any Game using Playing cards either traditional or game-specific A gamebook is a Book that allows the reader to participate in the story by making choices that affect the course of the narrative which branches down various paths through the A personal computer Game (also known as a computer game or simply PC game) is a Video game played on a Personal computer, rather A role-playing game ( RPG; often roleplaying game) is a Game in which the participants assume the roles of Fictional characters. An action figure is a posable character Figurine, made of Plastic or other materials and often based upon a movie, Comic book, Video game

Many games have been released that feature the Daleks. A Dalek (, ˈdɑːlεk is a member of a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Mutants from the British science fiction television See Dalek computer games. A Dalek (, ˈdɑːlεk is a member of a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Mutants from the British science fiction television

Books

Doctor Who books have been published from the mid-sixties through to the present day. Since the relaunch of the programme in 2005, a new range of novels have been published by BBC Books, featuring the adventures of the Ninth and Tenth Doctors.

• Past Doctor Adventures

• Eighth Doctor Adventures

• New Series Adventures

Awards

Although Doctor Who was fondly regarded during its original 1963–1989 run, it received little critical recognition at the time. The Past Doctor Adventures (sometimes known by the abbreviation PDA or PDAs were a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC Science fiction The Eighth Doctor Adventures (sometimes abbreviated as EDA or referred to as the EDAs are a series of spin off novels based on the long running BBC Science fiction The New Series Adventures are a series of spin-off novels based on the long-running BBC Science fiction Television series Doctor Who In 1975, Season 11 of the series won a Writers' Guild of Great Britain award for Best Writing in a Children's Serial. This is a list of Doctor Who television serials and episodes. In 1996, BBC television held the "Auntie Awards" as the culmination of their "TV60" season, celebrating sixty years of BBC television broadcasting, where Doctor Who was voted as the "Best Popular Drama" the corporation had ever produced, ahead of such ratings heavyweights as EastEnders and Casualty. EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 Casualty is the longest running emergency medical Drama series in the world and the second-longest-running medical drama in the world behind America's General ^[71] In 2000, Doctor Who was ranked third in a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the twentieth century, produced by the British Film Institute and voted on by industry professionals. The British Film Institute ( BFI) is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to encourage the development of the arts of film television ^[72] In 2005, the series came first in a survey by SFX magazine of "The Greatest UK Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Series Ever". SFX is a British Magazine devoted to Science fiction and Fantasy subjects especially media-related topics but not containing fiction Also, in the 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows (a Channel 4 countdown in 2001), the 1963–1989 run was placed at number eight. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began

The revived series has received particular recognition from critics and the public. In 2005, at the National Television Awards (voted on by members of the British public), Doctor Who won "Most Popular Drama", Christopher Eccleston won "Most Popular Actor" and Billie Piper won "Most Popular Actress". The National Television Awards is a British Television awards ceremony sponsored by the ITV network and initiated in 1995. The series and Piper repeated their wins at the 2006 National Television Awards, and David Tennant won "Most Popular Actor" in 2006 and 2007, with the series again taking the Most Popular Drama award in 2007. ^[73][74] A scene from "The Doctor Dances" won "Golden Moment" in the BBC's "2005 TV Moments" awards,^[75] and Doctor Who swept all the categories in BBC.co.uk's online "Best of Drama" poll in both 2005^[76] and 2006. " The Doctor Dances " is an episode in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast ^[77] The programme also won the Broadcast Magazine Award for Best Drama. Broadcast is a weekly Magazine for the United Kingdom Television and Radio industry ^[78] Eccleston was awarded the TV Quick and TV Choice award for Best Actor in 2005; in the same awards in 2006 Tennant won Best Actor, Piper won Best Actress and Doctor Who won Best-Loved Drama. ^[79][80]

Doctor Who was nominated in the Best Drama Series category at the 2006 Royal Television Society awards,^[81] but lost to BBC Three's medical drama Bodies. The Royal Television Society (commonly known in the television industry as the RTS) is a British -based society for the discussion analysis and preservation of BBC Three is a television channel from the BBC broadcasting via Digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms Bodies is a BAFTA -nominated British television Medical drama produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. ^[82]

Doctor Who also received several nominations for the 2006 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards: the programme for Best Drama, Eccleston for Best Actor (David Tennant was also nominated for Secret Smile), Piper for Best Actress and Davies for Best Writer. The Broadcasting Press Guild is a British association of Journalists who specialise in writing and Broadcasting about Television, Radio Secret Smile is a Drama serial in two parts shown by ITV in December 2005 based on the Nicci French book of the same name and However, it did not win any of these categories. ^[83]

Several episodes of the 2005 series of Doctor Who were nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: "Dalek", "Father's Day" and the double episode "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances". The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Short Form is an award given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction " Father's Day " is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on " The Empty Child " is an episode in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on " The Doctor Dances " is an episode in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast At a ceremony at the Worldcon (L.A. Con IV) in Los Angeles on 27 August 2006, the Hugo was awarded to "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances". The 64th World Science Fiction Convention ( Worldcon) styled L Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[84] "Dalek" and "Father's Day" came in second and third places respectively. ^[85] The 2006 series episodes "School Reunion", "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday", and "The Girl in the Fireplace" were nominated for the same category of the 2007 Hugo Awards, with "The Girl in the Fireplace" winning. ^[86] The 2007 series episodes "Blink" and "Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood" also secured nominations in this category in the 2008 Hugo Awards. ^[87]

The British Academy Television Awards (BAFTA) nominations, released on 27 March 2006, revealed that Doctor Who had been short-listed in the category of Best Drama Series. The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTAs &mdash or to differentiate them from the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. This is the highest-profile and most prestigious British television award for which the series has ever been nominated. Doctor Who was also nominated in several other categories in the BAFTA Craft Awards, including Best Writer (Russell T Davies), Best Director (Joe Ahearne), and Break-through Talent (production designer Edward Thomas). Russell T Davies, OBE (born Stephen Russell Davies, 27 April, 1963) is a critically acclaimed British Television producer Joe Ahearne (born 23 November 1963) is a British Television writer and director, best known However, it did not eventually win any of its categories at the Craft Awards.

On 7 May 2006 the main BAFTA award winners were announced, and Doctor Who won both of the categories it was nominated for, the Best Drama Series and audience-voted Pioneer Award. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs the primary awards ceremony of the Russell T. Davies also won the Dennis Potter Award for Outstanding Writing for Television. Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935&ndash7 June 1994 was a controversial English Dramatist, best known for The Singing Detective ^[88] Writer Steven Moffat won the Best Writer category at the 2008 BAFTA Craft Awards for his 2007 Doctor Who episode "Blink". Steven Moffat (born 1961 in Paisley, Scotland) is a Scottish Comedy / Drama writer who has contributed to Television series " Blink " is an episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. ^[89]

On 22 April 2006, the programme won five categories (out of fourteen nominations) at the lower-profile BAFTA Cymru awards, given to programmes made in Wales. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. BAFTA Cymru (or BAFTA Wales) is the national organisation for Wales of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. It won Best Drama Series, Drama Director (James Hawes), Costume, Make-up and Photography Direction. James Hawes is a British Television director, who has worked on a variety of British television dramas since the early 1990s and also produced documentaries for British Russell T. Davies also won the Siân Phillips Award for Outstanding Contribution to Network Television. Siân Phillips CBE (pronounced ʃɑːn 'fɪlɪps born Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips; May 14, 1933) is a Welsh actress ^[90] The programme enjoyed further success at the BAFTA Cymru awards the following year, winning eight of the thirteen categories in which it was nominated, including Best Actor for David Tennant and Best Drama Director for Graeme Harper. David Tennant (born David John McDonald; 18 April 1971 is a Scottish Actor. Graeme Harper (born March 11, 1945) is a British Television director. ^[91]

On 7 July 2007, the series won three Constellation Awards: David Tennant won "Best Male Performance in a 2006 Science Fiction Television Episode" for the episode "The Girl in the Fireplace", and the series itself won "Best Science Fiction Television Series of 2006" and "Outstanding Canadian Contribution to Science Fiction Film or Television in 2006". Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Constellation Awards are a set of Canadian awards that are awarded annually for the best Science fiction or fantasy television or film works of the previous year David Tennant (born David John McDonald; 18 April 1971 is a Scottish Actor. " The Girl in the Fireplace " is the fourth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who It was eligible for the latter award due to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's involvement as co-producer of the series.

On 8 November 2007, the series received its first mainstream American award nomination when it was nominated for the 34th Annual People's Choice Awards in the category of "Favorite Sci-Fi Show". Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Note This article does not pertain to the People's Choice Awards presented at the British Comedy Awards show in the United Kingdom, or to an awards show The awards, broadcast on CBS on 8 January 2008 are voted on by the people via an Internet poll. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks Doctor Who faced competition from American-produced series Battlestar Galactica (itself a revival of an older series), and Stargate Atlantis. Battlestar Galactica is an Emmy and Peabody Award -winning serial drama Television program created by Ronald D Stargate Atlantis (often abbreviated as SGA) is an American - Canadian Science fiction Television program, part of the ^[92] It was defeated by Stargate Atlantis. ^[93]

See also

• List of Doctor Who serials
• List of science fiction film and television series by lengths
• Chronology of the Doctor Who universe
• The Stranger
• Doctor Who in North America
• Doctor Who in Australia

Footnotes

References

External links

Official sites

See also: Doctor Who tie-in websites

• Doctor Who at bbc.co.uk
• Doctor Who (BBC South East Wales) at bbc.co.uk
• BBC America Doctor Who website
• CBC Doctor Who website
• SciFi Channel Doctor Who website

Reference sites

• Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel) — a complete and exhaustive production history of Doctor Who
• Doctor Who Cuttings Archive — hosts a large number of press cuttings and articles from 1963 onwards. The 2005 series revival of the long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor Who features several tie-in websites produced
• The Doctor Who Reference Guide — synopses of virtually every television episode, novel, audio drama, comic strip and spin-off video based upon the series
• The Origin of Doctor Who — how the series was conceived

General information

• Doctor Who Online
• Outpost Gallifrey
• Doctor Who Wiki at Wikia