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The planet [[Gallifrey]]: cradle of the most ancient civilization in our galaxy, source of the technology that mastered both space and time, home of the people who call themselves the [[Time | The planet [[Gallifrey]]: cradle of the most ancient civilization in our galaxy, source of the technology that mastered both space and time, home of the people who call themselves the [[Time Lord]]s — and the origin of the mysterious, quirky, itinerant time-traveller known as the Doctor. When the British Broadcasting Corporation transmitted the first episode of Doctor Who in 1963, no one could have predicted that the programme's popularity would ensure its survival for twenty-eight record-breaking years. | ||
In that first story we learnt only that the Doctor and his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] had left their home planet, under something of a cloud, in a remarkable time-travelling craft called the TARDIS that looked — at least on the outside — like a police telephone box. | In that first story we learnt only that the Doctor and his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] had left their home planet, under something of a cloud, in a remarkable time-travelling craft called the TARDIS that looked — at least on the outside — like a police telephone box. | ||