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| An '''anniversary''' was a date on which a prior event was commemorated. A type of anniversary was a [[wedding anniversary]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') | | An '''anniversary''' was a date on which a prior event was commemorated. A type of anniversary was a [[wedding anniversary]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') |
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| | The people of [[Calbaron III]] held an anniversary every year to commemorate the [[Twelfth Doctor]] overthrowing [[Emperor]] [[Vimlox]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Planet of the Diners (comic story)|Planet of the Diners]]'') |
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| == Behind the scenes == | | == Behind the scenes == |
| The anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', which began with the first episode of ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' on [[23 November (releases)|23 November]] [[1963 (releases)|1963]], has been commemorated on several occasions.
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| * The 10th anniversary of ''Doctor Who'' was commemorated with the broadcast of ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', which was broadcast across four episodes from [[30 December (releases)|30 December]] [[1972 (releases)|1972]] to [[20 January (releases)|20 January]] [[1973 (releases)|1973]].
| | Since its inception on [[23 November (releases)|23 November]] [[1963 (releases)|1963]], the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' franchise has seen growth and celebrated various anniversaries, and over the years seen birth to an extensive host of other products and projects, all of which have been able to celebrate anniversaries of their own across the decades. |
| * The 15th anniversary of ''Doctor Who'' took place on 23 November 1978, five days after the broadcast of part four of ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'' which, incidentally, was also the one-hundredth televised ''Doctor Who'' story. To commemorate this, [[Anthony Read]] asked [[David Fisher (writer)|David Fisher]] to write a new scene (expanded by [[Darrol Blake]]) featuring [[Romana I|Romana]] and [[K9 Mark II|K9]] surprising the [[Fourth Doctor]] with a [[birthday cake]] (and a new identical [[The Doctor's scarf|scarf]]), celebrating his seven hundred fifty-first [[birthday]]. However, producer [[Graham Williams]] vetoed this idea as being too self-indulgent and the scene was never shot. Blake had already ordered a cake, and this was eaten by the cast and crew.
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| * The 20th anniversary of ''Doctor Who'' was commemorated with the broadcast of ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' on 23 November [[1983 (releases)|1983]].
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| * The 25th anniversary of ''Doctor Who'' was commemorated with the broadcast of ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'', the first episode of which premiered on 23 November [[1988 (releases)|1988]].
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| * The 30th anniversary of ''Doctor Who'' was commemorated with the broadcast of ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'', the two parts of which were broadcast in the [[week]] following the anniversary date, on [[26 November (releases)|26]] and [[27 November (releases)|27 November]] [[1993 (releases)|1993]].
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| * The 35th anniversary of ''Doctor Who'' was commemorated with the release of the original [[Doctor Who website|''Doctor Who'' website]] in [[1998 (releases)|1998]].
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| * The 40th anniversary of ''Doctor Who'' was commemorated with the broadcast of ''[[Doctor Who @40]]'' on [[22 November (releases)|22]] and 23 November and the animated serial webcast ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' broadcast from 2 weeks before the anniversary date on [[12 November (releases)|12 November]] until 3 weeks following the anniversary date on [[18 December (releases)|18 December]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]].
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| * The 50th anniversary of ''Doctor Who'' was commemorated with the broadcast of ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', which was simultaneously screened in [[cinema]]s worldwide on 23 November [[2013 (releases)|2013]]. Other productions included ''[[An Adventure in Space and Time (TV story)|An Adventure in Space and Time]]'', ''[[The Doctors Revisited]]'' and ''[[The Ultimate Guide (2013 documentary)|The Ultimate Guide]]''.
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| * To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the debut of the [[Cybermen]] in [[1966 (releases)|1966]]'s ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'' was released by [[Titan Publishing Group]] in [[2016 (releases)|2016]].
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| * ''[[Daughter of the Gods (audio story)|Daughter of the Gods]]'' was produced by [[Big Finish Productions]] to emulate a "5th anniversary of ''Doctor Who''" from [[1968 (releases)|1968]]. It was released in [[2019 (releases)|2019]], as Big Finish marked their own 20th anniversary of producing ''Doctor Who'' audios. ([[BFX]]: ''Daughter of the Gods'', [[VOR 128]])
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| * To commemorate the 50th anniversary of [[the Master]]'s debut in ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'' in [[1971 (releases)|1971]]'', ''[[Masterful (audio story)|Masterful]]'' was released by Big Finish in [[2021 (releases)|2021]].
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| * The 40th anniversary of [[Peter Davison]]'s [[1982 (releases)|1982]] [[Castrovalva (TV story)|debut]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]] was commemorated with the release of ''[[Forty (audio story)|Forty]]'' by Big Finish in [[2022 (releases)|2022]].
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