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| 1 = {{feature|title=Doctor Who|image=|ext=Doctor Who in five languages - BBC Worldwide Showcase|lead='''''Doctor Who''''' is both a television show and a global multimedia franchise created and controlled by the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]]. It centres on a time traveller called "[[the Doctor]]", who comes from a race of beings known as [[Time Lord]]s. He travels through space and time in a [[time machine]] he calls [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] with [[companion|his friends]]. Another vital element of the show is the concept of [[regeneration]] — a process by which the Doctor can change his form when he's near death. This convenient trick thus allows the programme to change lead actors in a narratively sensible way.<br><br>Though it began on the day after the [[Kennedy assassination]] in [[1963 (releases)|1963]], it has had three distinct production eras. The first version — sometimes called "classic ''Doctor Who'' by fans — ran from 1963 to [[1989 (releases)|1989]], and contained the adventures of the first seven Doctors. In [[1996 (releases)|1996]] | | 1 = {{feature|title=Doctor Who|image=|ext=Doctor Who in five languages - BBC Worldwide Showcase|lead='''''Doctor Who''''' is both a television show and a global multimedia franchise created and controlled by the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]]. It centres on a time traveller called "[[the Doctor]]", who comes from a race of beings known as [[Time Lord]]s. He travels through space and time in a [[time machine]] he calls [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] with [[companion|his friends]]. Another vital element of the show is the concept of [[regeneration]] — a process by which the Doctor can change his form when he's near death. This convenient trick thus allows the programme to change lead actors in a narratively sensible way.<br><br>Though it began on the day after the [[Kennedy assassination]] in [[1963 (releases)|1963]], it has had three distinct production eras. The first version — sometimes called "classic ''Doctor Who''" by fans — ran from 1963 to [[1989 (releases)|1989]], and contained the adventures of the first seven Doctors. In [[1996 (releases)|1996]] an American co-production was attempted involving the [[Eighth Doctor]]. The current iteration of the show began broadcast in [[2005]], and is by far the most popular and critically successful version, beginning with the adventures of [[Christopher Eccleston]]'s [[Ninth Doctor]]. <br><br>In addition to the televised programme, the show has spawned a rich heritage of [[:Category:Doctor Who comic stories|comics]], [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|audio stories]], [[:category:Doctor Who novel series|novels]], [[:Category:Doctor Who short stories|short stories]] and even [[:category:Doctor Who stage plays|stage plays]].}} | ||
| 2 = {{feature|title=The Mind of Evil (TV story)|image=Mind of Evil - Doctor Who DVD|ext=|lead='''''The Mind of Evil''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] story that brought a radical change in the way [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]] was portrayed. Instead of being a primarily investigative body interested in alien or unexplained phenomena, here UNIT was mostly seen as a simple security force, guaranteeing the safety of international diplomats. In other words, the "United Nations" portion of their acronym was stressed over the "Intelligence Taskforce" bit — as would later happen in such stories as ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Time Warrior]]''. Meanwhile, the main plot about the mind-control device was something [[writer]] [[Don Houghton]] intentionally included as an homage to ''[[wikipedia:A Clockwork Orange|A Clockwork Orange]]''. ''Evil'' went badly over budget, thanks in no small part to one of ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s rare usages of a real [[helicopter]] in the concluding episode. An unimpressed [[Barry Letts]] therefore withdrew [[director]] [[Timothy Combe]] from his informal "director's [[wiktionary:rota#Noun|rota]]", and Combe never worked on the programme again.}} | | 2 = {{feature|title=The Mind of Evil (TV story)|image=Mind of Evil - Doctor Who DVD|ext=|lead='''''The Mind of Evil''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] story that brought a radical change in the way [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]] was portrayed. Instead of being a primarily investigative body interested in alien or unexplained phenomena, here UNIT was mostly seen as a simple security force, guaranteeing the safety of international diplomats. In other words, the "United Nations" portion of their acronym was stressed over the "Intelligence Taskforce" bit — as would later happen in such stories as ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Time Warrior]]''. Meanwhile, the main plot about the mind-control device was something [[writer]] [[Don Houghton]] intentionally included as an homage to ''[[wikipedia:A Clockwork Orange|A Clockwork Orange]]''. ''Evil'' went badly over budget, thanks in no small part to one of ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s rare usages of a real [[helicopter]] in the concluding episode. An unimpressed [[Barry Letts]] therefore withdrew [[director]] [[Timothy Combe]] from his informal "director's [[wiktionary:rota#Noun|rota]]", and Combe never worked on the programme again.}} | ||
| 3 = {{feature|title=Russell T Davies|image=David Tennant interviews Russel T Davies - Doctor Who Confidential - BBC|ext=|lead='''Russell T Davies''' was responsible for the revival of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', as well as the creation of several spin-off series, like the fictional ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', and the factual ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' and ''[[Totally Doctor Who]]''. He is the single most prolific producer of televised entertainment in [[DWU]] history. His position is virtually unassailable, due to the fact that he was producing six different programmes in the franchise simultaneously. His decision to base ''Doctor Who'' production in his native [[Wales]] turned [[Cardiff]] into a major hub of British television production, and radically improved the local economy.}} | | 3 = {{feature|title=Russell T Davies|image=David Tennant interviews Russel T Davies - Doctor Who Confidential - BBC|ext=|lead='''Russell T Davies''' was responsible for the revival of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', as well as the creation of several spin-off series, like the fictional ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', and the factual ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' and ''[[Totally Doctor Who]]''. He is the single most prolific producer of televised entertainment in [[DWU]] history. His position is virtually unassailable, due to the fact that he was producing six different programmes in the franchise simultaneously. His decision to base ''Doctor Who'' production in his native [[Wales]] turned [[Cardiff]] into a major hub of British television production, and radically improved the local economy.}} | ||
Revision as of 04:47, 10 October 2013
The War Games was a 1969 serial which significantly changed Doctor Who. It was the first story which named the Doctor's people as "Time Lords", and the first to ever depict his home planet. It was also the first to show that the Doctor was genuinely a renegade, liable to the criminal courts on his home world. But it was also full of "lasts". It was the final serial in black and white, and the swan song for the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot. In fact, it was the only story prior to David Tennant's finalé which involved the departure of the entire cast of regulars. It was the last serial for several years in which the TARDIS was fully functional and under the Doctor's control, as one of the consequences of the story was that the Doctor be exiled on Earth thereafter. However, because the serial did not end with a clear regeneration, or actually seeing the Doctor be forced to go to Earth, a narrative gap was created between it and the next televised story. There are therefore many Second Doctor stories which take place after the Doctor's sentencing in this story, but before its execution. One of the biggest contributions to Doctor Who lore caused by The War Games is thus the so-called "Season 6b".
