Anniversary

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Anniversary

An anniversary was a date on which a prior event was commemorated. A type of anniversary was a wedding anniversary. (TV: The Power of Three)

Behind the scenes

The anniversary of Doctor Who, which began with the first episode of An Unearthly Child on 23 November 1963, has been commemorated on several occasions.

1973

1978

  • The 15th anniversary of Doctor Who took place on 23 November 1978, five days after the broadcast of part four of The Stones of Blood which, incidentally, was also the one-hundredth televised Doctor Who story. To commemorate this, Anthony Read asked David Fisher to write a new scene (expanded by Darrol Blake) featuring Romana and K9 surprising the Fourth Doctor with a birthday cake (and a new identical scarf), celebrating his seven hundred fifty-first birthday. However, producer Graham Williams vetoed this idea as being too self-indulgent and the scene was never shot. Blake had already ordered a cake, and this was eaten by the cast and crew.

1983

  • The 20th anniversary of Doctor Who was commemorated with the broadcast of The Five Doctors on 23 November 1983.

1988

  • The 25th anniversary (or, silver anniversary) of Doctor Who was commemorated with the broadcast of Silver Nemesis, the first episode of which premiered on 23 November 1988.
  • Commemorative merchandise included the DWMS 25th Anniversary Special.

1989

1993

1998

2003

2008

2013

2016

2019

2021

2022