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==== 1960s ==== | ==== 1960s ==== | ||
By one account, [[Verity Lambert (in-universe)|Verity Lambert]] got the idea to cast [[William Hartnell (in-universe)|William Hartnell]] as the [[First Doctor]] after seeing him in the dreary kitchen-sink drama film, ''[[This Sporting Life]]''. ([[ | By one account, [[Verity Lambert (in-universe)|Verity Lambert]] got the idea to cast [[William Hartnell (in-universe)|William Hartnell]] as the [[First Doctor]] after seeing him in the dreary kitchen-sink drama film, ''[[This Sporting Life]]''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 407 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'') | ||
The [[1968]] episode, ''[[The Mind Robber (in-universe)|The Mind Robber]]'', [[Frazer Hines' stand-in|a much uglier actor]] was originally cast to fill in for [[Frazer Hines (in-universe)|Frazer Hines]] in a scene where the [[Second Doctor]] would have failed miserably at the "face fit" task. ([[ | The [[1968]] episode, ''[[The Mind Robber (in-universe)|The Mind Robber]]'', [[Frazer Hines' stand-in|a much uglier actor]] was originally cast to fill in for [[Frazer Hines (in-universe)|Frazer Hines]] in a scene where the [[Second Doctor]] would have failed miserably at the "face fit" task. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 404 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'') | ||
==== 1970s ==== | ==== 1970s ==== | ||
A [[70s Bubble-Bath Dalek|bubble-bath Dalek]] was released. ([[ | A [[70s Bubble-Bath Dalek|bubble-bath Dalek]] was released. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 447 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'') | ||
[[File:Doctor Whoah! 410.jpeg|thumb|[[Tom Baker (in-universe)|Tom Baker]] writes a letter to [[John Cadbury|Mr Cadbury]]. ([[ | [[File:Doctor Whoah! 410.jpeg|thumb|[[Tom Baker (in-universe)|Tom Baker]] writes a letter to [[John Cadbury|Mr Cadbury]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 410 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'')]] | ||
[[Tom Baker (in-universe)|Tom Baker]] was cast as the [[Fourth Doctor]] after he wrote a polite letter to the [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] asking for an acting job. The following day, he wrote a letter to [[John Cadbury|Mr Cadbury]], asking for an entire [[castle]] made out of [[chocolate]]. ([[ | [[Tom Baker (in-universe)|Tom Baker]] was cast as the [[Fourth Doctor]] after he wrote a polite letter to the [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] asking for an acting job. The following day, he wrote a letter to [[John Cadbury|Mr Cadbury]], asking for an entire [[castle]] made out of [[chocolate]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 410 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'') | ||
==== 1980s ==== | ==== 1980s ==== | ||
The series in this decade was the subject of a book called ''[[Doctor Who: The Eighties (Doctor Whoah!)|Doctor Who: The Eighties]]''. The [[Tenth Doctor]] possessed a copy of this book, which he once tried to use to charge up [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]'s last remaining [[Power cell (Doctor Whoah!)|power cell]]. ([[ | The series in this decade was the subject of a book called ''[[Doctor Who: The Eighties (Doctor Whoah!)|Doctor Who: The Eighties]]''. The [[Tenth Doctor]] possessed a copy of this book, which he once tried to use to charge up [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]'s last remaining [[Power cell (Doctor Whoah!)|power cell]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 375 comic story)|Doctor Whoah! 375]]'') | ||
==== 1990s ==== | ==== 1990s ==== | ||
In [[1993]], the proposed 30th anniversary special, ''[[The Dark Dimension (Doctor Whoah!)|The Dark Dimension]]'', was abandoned after an argument broke out amongst the actors over the size of [[Tom Baker (in-universe)|Tom Baker]]'s part. ([[ | In [[1993]], the proposed 30th anniversary special, ''[[The Dark Dimension (Doctor Whoah!)|The Dark Dimension]]'', was abandoned after an argument broke out amongst the actors over the size of [[Tom Baker (in-universe)|Tom Baker]]'s part. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 379 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'') | ||
=== 21st century === | === 21st century === | ||
==== 2000s ==== | ==== 2000s ==== | ||
[[File:Doctor Whoah! 369.jpeg|thumb|left|A [[stickleback]] on set with [[Billie Piper (in-universe)|Billie Piper]] and [[Penelope Wilton (in-universe)|Penelope Wilton]]. ([[ | [[File:Doctor Whoah! 369.jpeg|thumb|left|A [[stickleback]] on set with [[Billie Piper (in-universe)|Billie Piper]] and [[Penelope Wilton (in-universe)|Penelope Wilton]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 369 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'')]] | ||
During the filming of an episode around [[Christmas]] [[2005]], a miscommunication between [[Russell T Davies (in-universe)|Russell T. Davies]] and the [[BBC Wales (in-universe)|BBC Wales]] design department meant that fifty extras dressed as [[stickleback]]s had to be hastily re-costumed. ([[ | During the filming of an episode around [[Christmas]] [[2005]], a miscommunication between [[Russell T Davies (in-universe)|Russell T. Davies]] and the [[BBC Wales (in-universe)|BBC Wales]] design department meant that fifty extras dressed as [[stickleback]]s had to be hastily re-costumed. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 369 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'') | ||
On the set of ''[[New Earth (Doctor Whoah!)|New Earth]]'', the design department attempted to make the [[Catkind]] "ultra realistic" - by taking an actual [[cat]] and putting on the head of an extra - an idea that proved impractical. ([[ | On the set of ''[[New Earth (Doctor Whoah!)|New Earth]]'', the design department attempted to make the [[Catkind]] "ultra realistic" - by taking an actual [[cat]] and putting on the head of an extra - an idea that proved impractical. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 370 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'') | ||
Two [[ITV employees|employees]] from [[ITV (in-universe)|ITV]] attempted to knock ''Doctor Who'' out of the ratings by nailing planks of [[wood]] over the entrance to the [[BBC Upper Boat]] studio. ([[ | Two [[ITV employees|employees]] from [[ITV (in-universe)|ITV]] attempted to knock ''Doctor Who'' out of the ratings by nailing planks of [[wood]] over the entrance to the [[BBC Upper Boat]] studio. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 380 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'') | ||
After seeing the [[Judoon]] in ''[[Smith and Jones (in-universe)|Smith and Jones]]'', [[Stike]] and [[Varl]] chewed out their agent for not getting them the part, which called for a "chunky, militaristic alien race". ([[ | After seeing the [[Judoon]] in ''[[Smith and Jones (in-universe)|Smith and Jones]]'', [[Stike]] and [[Varl]] chewed out their agent for not getting them the part, which called for a "chunky, militaristic alien race". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 383 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'') | ||
After the [[Macra]] returned to the show, several classic era villains waited around the [[phone]] hoping to get the call to return themselves. ([[ | After the [[Macra]] returned to the show, several classic era villains waited around the [[phone]] hoping to get the call to return themselves. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 388 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'') | ||
In [[October]] [[2007]], a [[Children in Need]] [[Time Crash (Doctor Whoah!)|special]] was filmed. [[Tom Baker (Doctor Who?)|Tom Baker]], [[Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who?)|Sylvester McCoy]], and [[Paul McGann (in-universe)|Paul McGann]] attempted to infiltrate the recording in disguise. ([[ | In [[October]] [[2007]], a [[Children in Need]] [[Time Crash (Doctor Whoah!)|special]] was filmed. [[Tom Baker (Doctor Who?)|Tom Baker]], [[Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who?)|Sylvester McCoy]], and [[Paul McGann (in-universe)|Paul McGann]] attempted to infiltrate the recording in disguise. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 389 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'') | ||
After the broadcast of [[The Sontaran Stratagem (in-universe)|two]] [[The Poison Sky (in-universe)|episodes]] involving [[UNIT]], fans were dismayed that [[Mikes Yates]] was absent. ([[ | After the broadcast of [[The Sontaran Stratagem (in-universe)|two]] [[The Poison Sky (in-universe)|episodes]] involving [[UNIT]], fans were dismayed that [[Mikes Yates]] was absent. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 396 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'') | ||
In [[2008]], the BBC announced that they had cast both [[Withnail]] [[...and I|and I]] as the [[Tenth Doctor]]. ([[ | In [[2008]], the BBC announced that they had cast both [[Withnail]] [[...and I|and I]] as the [[Tenth Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor What (Whoah! comic story 1)|Doctor What]]'') | ||
[[Matt Smith (in-universe)|Matt Smith]] was cast as the [[Eleventh Doctor]], among other reasons, for his incredibly "''Doctor Who''-ish" hair. Smith admitted in an interview for ''[[The Mind Probe (in-universe)|The Mind Probe]]'' that he did not know what they meant by this, not realising his hair was moulded into the shape of a giant [[question mark]]. ([[ | [[Matt Smith (in-universe)|Matt Smith]] was cast as the [[Eleventh Doctor]], among other reasons, for his incredibly "''Doctor Who''-ish" hair. Smith admitted in an interview for ''[[The Mind Probe (in-universe)|The Mind Probe]]'' that he did not know what they meant by this, not realising his hair was moulded into the shape of a giant [[question mark]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 417 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'', ''[[The Mind Probe (comic story)|The Mind Probe]]'') | ||
==== 2010s ==== | ==== 2010s ==== | ||
Due to a typo, the episode, ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (Doctor Whoah!)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'', briefly became a knockabout comedy called "''Let{{'}}s'' Kiss ''Hitler''", which was about [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] chasing [[Adolf Hitler|him]], trying to do exactly as the misspelled title suggested. ([[ | Due to a typo, the episode, ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (Doctor Whoah!)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'', briefly became a knockabout comedy called "''Let{{'}}s'' Kiss ''Hitler''", which was about [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] chasing [[Adolf Hitler|him]], trying to do exactly as the misspelled title suggested. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 438 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'') | ||
==== 2070s ==== | ==== 2070s ==== | ||
By [[2072]], the original copy of the then-lost episodes of the [[Doctor Who cartoon|''Doctor Who'' cartoon]] had been taped over with an episode of ''[[Primeval]]''. [[Cosgrove Hall (in-universe)|Cosgrove Hall]] recreated them with specially-filmed live-action inserts. ([[ | By [[2072]], the original copy of the then-lost episodes of the [[Doctor Who cartoon|''Doctor Who'' cartoon]] had been taped over with an episode of ''[[Primeval]]''. [[Cosgrove Hall (in-universe)|Cosgrove Hall]] recreated them with specially-filmed live-action inserts. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 381 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'' | ||
=== Undated events === | === Undated events === | ||
Production on ''[[The Destroyers (unproduced TV story)|The Destroyers]]'' was abandoned when [[Terry Nation (in-universe)|Terry Nation]] denied himself the rights to use his own [[Dalek]]s. ([[ | Production on ''[[The Destroyers (unproduced TV story)|The Destroyers]]'' was abandoned when [[Terry Nation (in-universe)|Terry Nation]] denied himself the rights to use his own [[Dalek]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 406 comic story)|Doctor Whoah!]]'') | ||
[[File:Breaking News! That Hasn't Broken Yet!.jpg|thumb|[[Danny Douglas]] and [[Future-Worm]] during a [[Disney XD News]] report on ''Doctor Who''<nowiki/>'s upcoming appearance on [[Disney XD (in-universe)|Disney XD]]. ([[ | [[File:Breaking News! That Hasn't Broken Yet!.jpg|thumb|[[Danny Douglas]] and [[Future-Worm]] during a [[Disney XD News]] report on ''Doctor Who''<nowiki/>'s upcoming appearance on [[Disney XD (in-universe)|Disney XD]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Breaking News! That Hasn't Broken Yet! (TV story)|Breaking News! That Hasn't Broken Yet!]]'')]] | ||
[[Danny Douglas]] once hosted a news report for [[Disney XD News]], where he discussed the upcoming arrival of the "super [[cool]]" [[sci-fi]] series ''Doctor Who'' on [[Disney XD (in-universe)|Disney XD]], as well as a ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]'' event. [[Future-Worm]], in the [[future]], exclaimed how cool this was. Another report featured Douglas reaffirming his thoughts on ''Doctor Who''<nowiki/>'s upcoming appearance on the network, referring to the show as "super-rad", and announcing that it would be coming in the [[Summer]]. ([[ | [[Danny Douglas]] once hosted a news report for [[Disney XD News]], where he discussed the upcoming arrival of the "super [[cool]]" [[sci-fi]] series ''Doctor Who'' on [[Disney XD (in-universe)|Disney XD]], as well as a ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]'' event. [[Future-Worm]], in the [[future]], exclaimed how cool this was. Another report featured Douglas reaffirming his thoughts on ''Doctor Who''<nowiki/>'s upcoming appearance on the network, referring to the show as "super-rad", and announcing that it would be coming in the [[Summer]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Breaking News! That Hasn't Broken Yet! (TV story)|Breaking News! That Hasn't Broken Yet!]]'') | ||
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History
20th century
1960s
By one account, Verity Lambert got the idea to cast William Hartnell as the First Doctor after seeing him in the dreary kitchen-sink drama film, This Sporting Life. (COMIC: Doctor Whoah!)
The 1968 episode, The Mind Robber, a much uglier actor was originally cast to fill in for Frazer Hines in a scene where the Second Doctor would have failed miserably at the "face fit" task. (COMIC: Doctor Whoah!)
1970s
A bubble-bath Dalek was released. (COMIC: Doctor Whoah!)
Tom Baker was cast as the Fourth Doctor after he wrote a polite letter to the BBC asking for an acting job. The following day, he wrote a letter to Mr Cadbury, asking for an entire castle made out of chocolate. (COMIC: Doctor Whoah!)
1980s
The series in this decade was the subject of a book called Doctor Who: The Eighties. The Tenth Doctor possessed a copy of this book, which he once tried to use to charge up the TARDIS's last remaining power cell. (COMIC: Doctor Whoah! 375)
1990s
In 1993, the proposed 30th anniversary special, The Dark Dimension, was abandoned after an argument broke out amongst the actors over the size of Tom Baker's part. (COMIC: Doctor Whoah!)
21st century
2000s
During the filming of an episode around Christmas 2005, a miscommunication between Russell T. Davies and the BBC Wales design department meant that fifty extras dressed as sticklebacks had to be hastily re-costumed. (COMIC: Doctor Whoah!)
On the set of New Earth, the design department attempted to make the Catkind "ultra realistic" - by taking an actual cat and putting on the head of an extra - an idea that proved impractical. (COMIC: Doctor Whoah!)
Two employees from ITV attempted to knock Doctor Who out of the ratings by nailing planks of wood over the entrance to the BBC Upper Boat studio. (COMIC: Doctor Whoah!)
After seeing the Judoon in Smith and Jones, Stike and Varl chewed out their agent for not getting them the part, which called for a "chunky, militaristic alien race". (COMIC: Doctor Whoah!)
After the Macra returned to the show, several classic era villains waited around the phone hoping to get the call to return themselves. (COMIC: Doctor Whoah!)
In October 2007, a Children in Need special was filmed. Tom Baker, Sylvester McCoy, and Paul McGann attempted to infiltrate the recording in disguise. (COMIC: Doctor Whoah!)
After the broadcast of two episodes involving UNIT, fans were dismayed that Mikes Yates was absent. (COMIC: Doctor Whoah!)
In 2008, the BBC announced that they had cast both Withnail and I as the Tenth Doctor. (COMIC: Doctor What)
Matt Smith was cast as the Eleventh Doctor, among other reasons, for his incredibly "Doctor Who-ish" hair. Smith admitted in an interview for The Mind Probe that he did not know what they meant by this, not realising his hair was moulded into the shape of a giant question mark. (COMIC: Doctor Whoah!, The Mind Probe)
2010s
Due to a typo, the episode, Let's Kill Hitler, briefly became a knockabout comedy called "Let's Kiss Hitler", which was about Amy Pond and Rory Williams chasing him, trying to do exactly as the misspelled title suggested. (COMIC: Doctor Whoah!)
2070s
By 2072, the original copy of the then-lost episodes of the Doctor Who cartoon had been taped over with an episode of Primeval. Cosgrove Hall recreated them with specially-filmed live-action inserts. (COMIC: Doctor Whoah!
Undated events
Production on The Destroyers was abandoned when Terry Nation denied himself the rights to use his own Daleks. (COMIC: Doctor Whoah!)
Danny Douglas once hosted a news report for Disney XD News, where he discussed the upcoming arrival of the "super cool" sci-fi series Doctor Who on Disney XD, as well as a Star Wars Rebels event. Future-Worm, in the future, exclaimed how cool this was. Another report featured Douglas reaffirming his thoughts on Doctor Who's upcoming appearance on the network, referring to the show as "super-rad", and announcing that it would be coming in the Summer. (TV: Breaking News! That Hasn't Broken Yet!)
