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Doctor Who

  • TV Series
  • 1963–19891963–1989
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 45m
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Doctor Who (1963)
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The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and ... Read allThe adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.
IMDb RATING
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  • Creators
    • Donald B. Wilson
    • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • William Hartnell
    • Patrick Troughton
    • Jon Pertwee
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  • Creators
    • Donald B. Wilson
    • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • William Hartnell
    • Patrick Troughton
    • Jon Pertwee
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    • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
      • 4 wins & 2 nominations total

    Episodes695

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    William Hartnell
    William Hartnell
    • Dr. Whoas Dr. Who…
    144 episodes144 eps • 1963–1984
    Patrick Troughton
    Patrick Troughton
    • Dr. Whoas Dr. Who…
    132 episodes132 eps • 1966–1985
    Jon Pertwee
    Jon Pertwee
    • Doctor Whoas Doctor Who…
    132 episodes132 eps • 1970–1984
    Tom Baker
    Tom Baker
    • Doctor Whoas Doctor Who
    178 episodes178 eps • 1974–1984
    Frazer Hines
    Frazer Hines
    • Jamieas Jamie…
    117 episodes117 eps • 1966–1985
    Nicholas Courtney
    Nicholas Courtney
    • Brigadier Lethbridge Stewartas Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart…
    109 episodes109 eps • 1965–1989
    Pat Gorman
    Pat Gorman
    • Guardas Guard…
    105 episodes105 eps • 1964–1985
    Elisabeth Sladen
    Elisabeth Sladen
    • Sarah Jane Smithas Sarah Jane Smith
    81 episodes81 eps • 1973–1983
    Jacqueline Hill
    Jacqueline Hill
    • Barbara Wrightas Barbara Wright…
    80 episodes80 eps • 1963–1980
    William Russell
    William Russell
    • Ian Chestertonas Ian Chesterton
    77 episodes77 eps • 1963–1965
    Katy Manning
    Katy Manning
    • Jo Grantas Jo Grant
    77 episodes77 eps • 1971–1973
    John Scott Martin
    John Scott Martin
    • Dalekas Dalek…
    76 episodes76 eps • 1965–1988
    John Levene
    John Levene
    • Sergeant Bentonas Sergeant Benton…
    74 episodes74 eps • 1967–1983
    Peter Davison
    Peter Davison
    • The Doctoras The Doctor…
    70 episodes70 eps • 1981–1984
    Janet Fielding
    Janet Fielding
    • Teganas Tegan
    65 episodes65 eps • 1981–1984
    John Leeson
    John Leeson
    • K9as K9…
    62 episodes62 eps • 1977–1988
    Terry Walsh
    • Primitiveas Primitive…
    55 episodes55 eps • 1966–1979
    Gerald Taylor
    Gerald Taylor
    • Dalekas Dalek…
    53 episodes53 eps • 1963–1974
    • Creators
      • Donald B. Wilson
      • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      The word "Dalek" became so familiar to British audiences that it was added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
    • Goofs
      Peri Brown is American, but often pronounces words in Nicola Bryant's English accent.
    • Quotes

      The Doctor: "Eureka" is Greek for "this bath is too hot."

    • Crazy credits
      The tradition of showing The Doctor's face in the opening titles was not introduced until Patrick Troughton's tenure with the program was under way. During Jon Pertwee's era, the producers experimented with changing the opening credits and music. One of the rejected opening credits was accidentally included on some prints of the story "Carnival of Monsters" that were broadcast overseas.
    • Alternate versions
      The original videotape prints of 1960s-era episodes no longer exist. As a result, all later broadcasts of these episodes (PBS, Sci-Fi Channel, BBC) have used film and kinescope transfers. When these early episodes began to be issued on DVD in the early-2000s, computer technology was used to restore the video look to these episodes. In addition, other restorations and corrections to the original broadcasts were made. (For example, the sound mix is altered to remove background noise and accidental sounds like coughs in the studio, in one episode a boom shadow was digitially removed). These restorations are particularly apparent in the box sets Lost in Time and The Beginning which compile surviving episodes from the early years of the series.
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    Without doubt the best thing about DOCTOR WHO is its format. The premise of a space craft being able to visit any time period or any planet means the possibilities are limitless . However it`s a series often ridiculed and no television show is producer proof , a fact that shows up in the late 70s and 80s

    Created in 1963 by Sydney Newman the first producer was Verity Lambert a woman who would later become a legend of broadcasting in the 70s up till today. Lambert`s talent shines through in the early episodes with William Hartnell as the Doctor. True it`s got a budget of sixpence and the sets are as big as a cupboard but the production has excellent writers and is treated with absolute respect most of all from the actors who always manage to suspend our disbelief with convincing acting , especially William Russell who plays Ian Chesterton . Ian plays the typical heroic figure to Hartnell`s atypical antihero, and it`s intresting to note the antagonistic approach towards the early tardis crew. Also interesting to note that each SF story was followed by a historical story . Strangely the SF ones have dated very badly

    By the time Patrick Troughton took over as the Doctor , Dalekmania , antagonism between the changing tardis crew , and historical stories had disappeared and in it`s place we had more formuliac and scarier stories in their place. Unfortunately the BBC junked most of this eras mastertapes so we only have a brief taste of this era, but Troughton never gave a bad performance and his assistants were sexy

    Jon Pertwee , colour , and an entirely Earthbound format was introduced in 1970 . I`m not alone in saying this was the best era and was when I first started watching the show aged about four years old though I had to watch it behind the couch. Every Saturday afternoon was the highlight of my life , all my friends watched it as the viewing figures climbed. Alas the Pertwee era hasn`t aged very well as I found out watching the repeats over 20 years later.

    Tom Baker had an era of two halves when he took over from Pertwee. Coinciding with the change of actors we had a change of producers as Barry Letts gave way to Phillip Hinchcliffe who took DOCTOR WHO to even greater heights 14 million viewers would tune in as the show became more adult and terrifying , concerned mothers and viewers pressure groups would bombard the BBC with complaints about the horror on show which meant when Hinchcliffe was replaced with Graham Williams in 1977 and with it ended the programme`s most acclaimed period. It probably wasn`t William`s fault but DOCTOR WHO soon started becoming very silly , the monsters were laughable and Tom Baker seemed to be taking the p***.

    In 1980 John Nathan Turner took over the producer reins and when Baker left the following year he cast Peter Davison as the Doctor. The early Davison episodes were certainly an improvement on the latter Baker era , KINDA for example features a guest appearance by Simon Rouse of THE BILL fame and gives the greatest performance in the show`s history , while THE CAVES OF ANDROZANI often wins fan polls as the greatest ever DOCTOR WHO story but the cracks were starting to show as Nathan Turner started introducing more and more old foes and when Colin Baker was ( Mis)cast as the Doctor in 1984 his whole first season featured old enemies and anorakish references to the past. This led to the BBC putting the show on hold for a year

    The show returned in 1986 worse than ever and now cut to 14 episodes a year, Colin Baker was sacked and replaced by Sylvester McCoy who was an even bigger disaster than Baker and by the time the show was axed in 1989 it only had something like 3 million viewers. As a fan I`d describe it as a mercy killing.

    So ended a once great television series . It has become a fondly remembered legend and there`s often rumours of a Hollywood remake , but as the American 1996 TVM showed megabuck budgets can`t enhance a poor script. DOCTOR WHO works best as a memory
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    • Release date
      • September 29, 1975 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Also known as
      • Dr. Who
    • Filming locations
      • St Austell, Cornwall, England, UK
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      45 minutes

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