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[[Image:Logo2005.jpg|300 px|right|New Doctor Who television series logo]] '''Doctor Who''' is a science-fiction television programme that originally ran on the [[BBC]] from [[1963]] to [[1989]]. A [[Doctor Who: The TV Movie|television movie]] was co-produced with [[Universal Pictures]] in [[1996]], and a new season is being broadcast starting in March of [[2005]]. | [[Image:Logo2005.jpg|300 px|right|New Doctor Who television series logo]] '''Doctor Who''' is a science-fiction television programme that originally ran on the [[BBC]] from [[1963]] to [[1989]]. A [[Doctor Who: The TV Movie|television movie]] was co-produced with [[Universal Pictures]] in [[1996]], and a new season is being broadcast starting in March of [[2005]]. | ||
''Doctor Who'' is about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as [[the Doctor]]. The Doctor travels through space and time in a craft known as the [[TARDIS]], an acronym for "Time and Relative Dimensions in Space". The Doctor is usually accompanied by one or more [[list of companions|companions]], who are often attractive females. | ''Doctor Who'' is about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as [[the Doctor]]. The Doctor travels through space and time in a craft known as the [[TARDIS]], an acronym for "Time and Relative Dimensions in Space". The Doctor is usually accompanied by one or more [[list of companions|companions]], who are often attractive females. | ||
The original ''Doctor Who'' series is fondly remembered among the general public both for frightening monsters (such as the [[Dalek]]s and [[Sea Devil]]s) and its cheap [[special effects]]. | |||
==What makes ''Doctor Who'' unique== | |||
Fans often speak of the "undefinable magic" present in ''Doctor Who''. What, though, stands out about the series which makes it unlike any other? | |||
*The Doctor can change from serious to satirical, young to old, and change back again. He can go from self-doubting anti-hero to caustic sage, all within the same continuity and he can change back again, remaking himself every couple of years. | |||
*The series can range in tone, style and genre, as well as encompassing almost any place and time. The travellers can meet storybook characters in a land of fantasy and the next week land in a credible day-after-tomorrow London. | |||
*No other telefantasy series has, as often quoted, stayed on air for so long. Its longevity enabled it to endear itself (and frighten) new generations of children and teenagers for three decades. | |||
*The evolution of viewer from fan to maker of the series. This has occured in the 2005 series and even, to a smaller, degree the makers of the original series. The elders of ''Doctor Who'' fandom have grown up into the creators of nowaday's ''Doctor Who''. | |||
==Accolades== | |||
In [[2000]], in a poll of industry professionals, the [[Wikipedia:British Film Institute|British Film Institute]] voted ''Doctor Who'' #3 in a list of the [[Wikipedia:100 Greatest British Television Programmes|100 Greatest British Television Programmes]]. | In [[2000]], in a poll of industry professionals, the [[Wikipedia:British Film Institute|British Film Institute]] voted ''Doctor Who'' #3 in a list of the [[Wikipedia:100 Greatest British Television Programmes|100 Greatest British Television Programmes]]. | ||
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Doctor Who is a science-fiction television programme that originally ran on the BBC from 1963 to 1989. A television movie was co-produced with Universal Pictures in 1996, and a new season is being broadcast starting in March of 2005.
Doctor Who is about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor. The Doctor travels through space and time in a craft known as the TARDIS, an acronym for "Time and Relative Dimensions in Space". The Doctor is usually accompanied by one or more companions, who are often attractive females.
The original Doctor Who series is fondly remembered among the general public both for frightening monsters (such as the Daleks and Sea Devils) and its cheap special effects.
What makes Doctor Who unique
Fans often speak of the "undefinable magic" present in Doctor Who. What, though, stands out about the series which makes it unlike any other?
- The Doctor can change from serious to satirical, young to old, and change back again. He can go from self-doubting anti-hero to caustic sage, all within the same continuity and he can change back again, remaking himself every couple of years.
- The series can range in tone, style and genre, as well as encompassing almost any place and time. The travellers can meet storybook characters in a land of fantasy and the next week land in a credible day-after-tomorrow London.
- No other telefantasy series has, as often quoted, stayed on air for so long. Its longevity enabled it to endear itself (and frighten) new generations of children and teenagers for three decades.
- The evolution of viewer from fan to maker of the series. This has occured in the 2005 series and even, to a smaller, degree the makers of the original series. The elders of Doctor Who fandom have grown up into the creators of nowaday's Doctor Who.
Accolades
In 2000, in a poll of industry professionals, the British Film Institute voted Doctor Who #3 in a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes.
