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Doctor Who

  • TV Series
  • 1963–19891963–1989
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 45m
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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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38K
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589
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    • Donald B. Wilson(co-creator)
    • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • William Hartnell
    • Patrick Troughton
    • Jon Pertwee
    • Donald B. Wilson(co-creator)
    • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • William Hartnell
    • Patrick Troughton
    • Jon Pertwee
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    • 98User reviews
    • 415Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards

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      • 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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    Substance over style
    Yes we may have had bubble wrapped cryons. There may of been the worst special effects rat ever, but what we had was a plot. Of course though a series going this long has it's bad episodes, but by and large the plots and characters were sound.

    When it was cancelled in the 80s it was far better than the tick the pc box emporers new clothes who of today.

    Each Dr bought something different to the role. There the suave of Pertwee to the scheming of McCoy. It also posed real moral dilemmas like genesis of the Daleks.

    Then we had the great companions and easily as good villains. From the brigadeear to the master and everything in between. So many iconic characters. Daleks still relavent even now.

    All in all a classic series that refuses to be a sheep like new who.
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    • In "The Three Doctors," from which points in the series did the First and Second Doctors arrive?

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      • September 29, 1975 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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      • St Austell, Cornwall, England, UK
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