Doctor Who (1963–1989)

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The adventures of an eccentric renegade time traveling alien and his companions.

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Complete series cast summary:
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 Doctor Who (172 episodes, 1974-1981)
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 Dr. Who (136 episodes, 1963-1973)
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 Doctor Who (129 episodes, 1970-1983)
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 Dr. Who (126 episodes, 1966-1985)
Frazer Hines ...
 Jamie McCrimmon (117 episodes, 1966-1985)
Nicholas Courtney ...
 Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart (106 episodes, 1965-1989)
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 Sarah Jane Smith (81 episodes, 1973-1983)
Jacqueline Hill ...
 Barbara Wright (80 episodes, 1963-1980)
William Russell ...
 Ian Chesterton (77 episodes, 1963-1965)
Katy Manning ...
 Jo Grant (77 episodes, 1971-1973)
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 Sergeant Benton (71 episodes, 1968-1975)
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 The Doctor (70 episodes, 1981-1984)
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Storyline

The Doctor is a renegade Time Lord: an eccentric, highly-intelligent scientist from a distant planet. He travels through time and space in the TARDIS, a curious device, larger on the inside than on the outside, which was designed to change its appearance to suit its surroundings. Unfortunately, the Doctor's TARDIS seems to be broken, and always appears as a blue British police box. The Doctor has a soft spot for the planet Earth, and often visits there, either to save it from various alien threats or to whisk a choice few inhabitants away to the distant parts of the galaxy to help him fight evil there. The Doctor has many foes, including Daleks (led by Davros), and The Master, another renegade Time Lord. Time Lord biology enables them to regenerate their bodies, and so both the Doctor and the Master appear evolve over the years... Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>

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Release Date:

29 September 1975 (USA)  »

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Budget:

£4,500,000 (estimated)
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Runtime:

| (15 episodes) | (679 episodes)

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(1963-1987)| (1988-1989)

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(1963-1969)| (1970-1989)

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1.33 : 1
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Trivia

Writer Terry Nation got the idea for the Daleks' wheeled motion seeing the Georgian State Dancers at the theatre: they wore floor-length skirts and bent their knees slightly to glide as if on castors. See more »

Quotes

The Doctor: I am the Doctor, whether you like it or not.
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Crazy Credits

For most of the Hartnell era, the episode title appeared superimposed over the first scene (after the title sequence had completed). Later, and continuing on occasion during the Troughton era, the episode title and writer credit would be presented in a unique format (i.e. in the form of a computer print-out for "The War Machine", for example). When the opening credits were redesigned during the Troughton era (and now incorporated an image of the Doctor's face), the episode title and writer credit were usually included during this sequence. See more »

Connections

Referenced in The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror X (1999) See more »

Soundtracks

"Incidental Music (1989)"
Written by Eden Akhavi
Performed by Eden Akhavi
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What Doctor Who could teach the people of today.
8 June 2000 | by (Sunrise Florida) – See all my reviews



If there is one thing Doctor Who could teach the people of today, it would be "special effects do not make a movie/show". Movies and shows these days tend to rely more on special effects and less on plot. They're all show and little go. Doctor Who made up for it's lack of a high budget with it's strong plots and acting. I'd rather watch the all teeth and curls Tom Baker than watch the kid who played Anakin Skywalker in Phantom Menace. And I'd rather watch a pepperpot with a plunger sticking out of it repeating "Exterminate!" than watch Jar Jar "meesa no likea yous" Binks and the "extraordinary" fact that he's completely CGI.


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