Doctor Who (1963–1989)

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

Stars:

Tom Baker, William Hartnell, Jon Pertwee

3 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Tom Baker	...	Doctor Who (172 episodes, 1974-1981)
William Hartnell	...	Dr. Who (136 episodes, 1963-1973)
Jon Pertwee	...	Doctor Who (129 episodes, 1970-1983)
Patrick Troughton	...	Dr. Who (126 episodes, 1966-1985)
Frazer Hines	...	Jamie McCrimmon (117 episodes, 1966-1985)
Nicholas Courtney	...	Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart (106 episodes, 1965-1989)
Elisabeth Sladen	...	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)
John Levene	...	Sergeant Benton (71 episodes, 1968-1975)
Peter Davison	...	The Doctor (70 episodes, 1981-1984)

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...

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Plot Keywords:

time lord | alien | renegade | companion | eccentric | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

BBC [uk]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 September 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

Docteur Who

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£4,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min 45 min (15 episodes) 25 min (679 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono (1963-1987) Stereo (1988-1989)

Color:

Black and White (1963-1969) Color (1970-1989)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The famous theme music won the accolade of the best sci-fi theme tune in an online vote for website Total Sci-Fi in 2009.

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Quotes

The Doctor: Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when used properly.

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Crazy Credits

A number of episodes in the 1960s did not feature William Hartnell as The Doctor. Despite this, he is still given lead actor credit on those episodes.

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Connections

Referenced in Grey's Anatomy: What Is It About Men (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Incidental Music (1989)"
Written by Eden Akhavi
Performed by Eden Akhavi

User Reviews

Excellent

This is perhaps one of the finest sci-fi series ever made. The idea is simple; a timelord who travels through time and space in a TARDIS (in the shape of an old Police Box)with various companions to fight the forces of evil in the Universe.

The budget was never large, but the ideas and effort were outstanding. It started going downhill after Peter Davison finished his turn as the Doctor, mainly due to poor stories and weaker scripts, but with the right budget and some seasoned writers, this show could be very great again.

Well worth watching for the ideas alone - especially some of those in the Tom Baker era, this has a massive worldwide following and deservedly so.