The Beginner's Guide to Doctor Who
The Beginner's Guide to Doctor Who was a flash-based animated guide to the classic series, targeted at fans of the new series who wanted to learn about the history of the show. It launched on 8 June 2006.[1]
It was split into five sections - The Doctor, The TARDIS, Companions, The Daleks and Monsters. Four of the sections were set out as an animated slide-show narrated by an unknown actress, with each slide having a title.
The other section, "Monsters" was set out like a carnival shooting gallery. Each monster was in silhouette unless you hovered the cursor over them, in which case the monster was revealed. The cursor was shaped like a crosshairs and clicking allowed users to "exterminate" each monster.
It was scored with various special sounds made by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop from the classic series.
The Doctor
The slides in this section were titled:
- The Tenth Doctor
- The Ninth Doctor
- The Eighth Doctor
- The Seventh Doctor
- The Sixth Doctor
- The Fifth Doctor
- The Fourth Doctor
- The Third Doctor
- The Second Doctor
- The First Doctor
- The Time Lords
- Rassilon
- President of Gallifrey
The TARDIS
The slides in this section were titled:
- The TARDIS
- Console Room
- Other Rooms
- Dangers
- TARDIS History
Companions
The slides in this section were titled:
The Daleks
The slides in this section were titled:
- Skaro - Dalek Planet
- Dalek Creator - Davros
- Original Dalek Emperor
- Dalek Invasion of Earth
- The Mechonoids
- Dalek Master Plan
- The Movellans
- Return of Davros
- Dalek Civil War
- Special Weapons Dalek
- The Time War
Monsters
The following monsters were featured in this section:
- Auton Alien plastic lifeform
- Sontaran Clone warrior
- Haemovore Aquatic future vampire
- Axon Energy vampire
- Axon Energy vampire (true form)
- Cyberman Emotionless cyborg
- Daemon Azal; A forgotten god
- Silurian Early Earth inhabitant
- Sea Devil Early Earth inhabitant
- Sutekh The destroyer of Osiris
- Mummy Robotic Osiran slave
- Robotic Yeti Serves the Great Intelligence
- Zygon Master of the Loch Ness monster
External links
- The Beginner's Guide to Doctor Who (archived from December 2008)
Footnotes
- ↑ The Classic Series. bbc.co.uk (8 June 2006). Retrieved on 28 January 2019.