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Series 1 of Doctor Who, occasionally known as season 27 for clarity between it and season 1, ran between 26th March 2005 and 18th June 2005 and marked the return of Doctor Who to weekly television after a 16-year hiatus. Although a continuation of the earlier series, the BBC chose to restart its series numbering rather than possibly alienate new viewers by branding this the 27th season. This season saw the show return to 45-minute episodes for the first time since 1985. Many episodes serve to reintroduce concepts of Doctor Who to a new generation, with key episodes being Aliens of London, which reintroduced UNIT (albeit in a minor way), Dalek, which reintroduced the Daleks and also provided the first major information about the Last Great Time War, and The Parting of the Ways, which featured the revived series' first regeneration. All 13 episodes are linked by the story arc, Bad Wolf. Series 1 was later shown by the American network, Sci-Fi Channel - the first time a nationally broadcast commercial network had shown the series in the US.
Television stories
Main Cast
- The Doctor - Christopher Eccleston
- Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
- Adam Mitchell - Bruno Langley (Dalek and The Long Game)
- Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman (from The Empty Child)
Recurring
- Mickey Smith (Rose, Aliens of London/World War Three, Boom Town, Parting of the Ways)
- Jackie Tyler (Rose, Aliens of London/World War Three, Parting of the Ways)
Novels
- The Clockwise Man (set between The Unquiet Dead and The Empty Child)
- The Monsters Inside (set between World War Three and The Empty Child)
- Winner Takes All (set between World War Three and The Empty Child)
- The Deviant Strain (set between The Doctor Dances and Boom Town)
- Only Human (set between The Doctor Dances and Boom Town)
- The Stealers of Dreams (set between Boom Town and Bad Wolf)
Aliens and Enemies
External Links
BBC website index for Series 1
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