Doctor Who (2005– )

The further adventures of the time traveling alien adventurer and his companions.

Stars:

David Tennant, Matt Smith, Karen Gillan

90 wins & 113 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
David Tennant	...	The Doctor (49 episodes, 2005-2013)
Matt Smith	...	The Doctor (44 episodes, 2010-2013)
Billie Piper	...	Rose Tyler (35 episodes, 2005-2013)
Karen Gillan	...	Amy Pond (34 episodes, 2008-2012)
Paul Kasey	...	Ood Sigma (31 episodes, 2005-2013)
Arthur Darvill	...	Rory (27 episodes, 2010-2012)
Nicholas Briggs	...	Dalek (22 episodes, 2005-2013)
Freema Agyeman	...	Martha Jones (20 episodes, 2006-2010)

Storyline

The continuing adventures of The Doctor, an alien time traveler - a Time Lord - from Gallifrey. Together with his companions they travel through time and space in the TARDIS, battling evil where they find it.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | companion | time lord | tardis | human alien | 

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Taglines:

Trust Your Doctor. (Series 6)

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Family | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

BBC [uk] BBC America [us]

Country:

UK Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 March 2005 (UK)

Also Known As:

Doctor Koi

Filming Locations:

Penarth, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

71 min 60 min (7 Episodes) 45 min (48 episodes) 50 min (3 episodes) 71 min (2 Episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

The production schedule requires Matt Smith to work 12 hour days for 10 months of the year.

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Quotes

The Tenth Doctor: Need this?
[offers the Fifth Doctor his sonic screwdriver]
The Fifth Doctor: No, I'm fine, thank you.
The Tenth Doctor: [sarcastic] Oh no, of course, you mostly went hands-free didn't you? It was like, "Hey, I'm the Doctor, I can save the universe using a kettle and some string! And look at me, I'm wearing a vegetable."

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Crazy Credits

During the first season, Christopher Eccleston is credited as "Doctor Who", as set in the Classic Series. Beginning with the second season - reportedly at the behest of the show's new star, David Tennant - the credit has been changed to read "The Doctor".

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Connections

Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 13 December 2010 (2010)

User Reviews

Ace!

I eagerly awaited the new Dr Who, and I wasn't disappointed. My first memories of the Doctor are Jn Pertwee battling robots, giant maggots and giant spiders in the early seventies. Then Tom Baker took over and it was a must watch programme. Tonight I was transported back to those days, in so much as I felt just as I did back then. With one big difference, this is very much a programme for the twenty first century.

Christopher Eccleston was wonderful as the Doctor, combining the off the wall behaviour of Tom Baker's Doctor, with the mystery of Silvester McCoy's; the action of Jon Pertwee's and the hard edge of Colin Baker's; together with the wisdom of William Hartnell's Doctor and the tom-foolery of Patrick Troughton's. All wrapped together in an incarnation with the same physical appeal as Paul McGann's Doctor. I would quite happily travel through space and time with this Doctor.

The effects were the best we'd seen on the programme but I felt they didn't overwhelm it. But where they needed to be, the effects were 'crap'. The Autons always were faintly ridiculous back when Jon Pertwee fought them and they are still ridiculous, but just as deadly. The script was witty in the right places and serious where it needed to be.

I can't wait for next week!

PS. Billie Piper didn't suck!