Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)

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Series 1 of Doctor Who, also known as Season 27 to differentiate it from Season 1 of the original series. The series ran 26th March 2005 and 18th June 2005, nearly 16 year after the last season of the Classic Series was aired.The starred Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, and later stared John Barrowman as Jack Harkness. The head writer of the series, Russell T Davies, was the one responsible for bringing Doctor Who back on television, and continued his posted as head writer until 2010. Russell wrote eight episodes of the thirteen episode series, with writers Steven Moffat, Paul Cornell, Mark Gatiss and Robert Shearman writing the other five episodes between them. Robert Shearman was the only one of these writers not to write for a future series.

Promotional postcard for the series.

Unlike the original Doctor Who series, in which stories consisted of as few as two and as many as twelve episodes, stories in the revived series consist mainly of individual episodes and occasional two-or-three-parters.

Although it was 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), and Dalek, which reintroduced the Daleks

It was unusually well-received. It won the National Television Award and BAFTA for "Best Drama Series", confirming both its popular and critical success. Its BAFTA nomination was the first for the series since season 15 and the first ever for the programme in an "adult" category. Perhaps more importantly, it was the first time that a series of Doctor Who had actually won a BAFTA. Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper both won National Television Awards for "Favourite Actor" and "Favourite Actress". Writer Steven Moffat aksi began a three-year domination of the Hugo Award "Short Form Presentation" category by winning one for his The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances two-parter.

Series 1 was later shown (after some initial hesitation) by the American network, Sci-Fi Channel - the first time a nationally broadcast commercial network had shown the series in the US.

This first season, and those immediately following, would credit the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for assistance in providing production support. The season aired on the CBC only a few days after the UK broadcast, with Christopher Eccleston appearing in specially shot bumpers. (This practice did not continue beyond this first season.)

Overview

Series 1 introduced the Ninth Doctor along with new companion Rose Tyler. It deal with the words "Bad Wolf" being spread across time and space, which was the main arc of the series. This meme was seen through the series in the majority of the episodes.

Series 1 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. The season also introduced Jack Harkness and laid the initial seed for the later spin-off Torchwood.

Cast

Primary cast

• The Doctor - Christopher Eccleston
• Rose Tyler - Billie Piper

Secondary cast

• Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
• Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
• Mickey Smith - Noel Clarke
• Adam Mitchell - Bruno Langley

Guest cast

• Clive Finch - Mark Benton
• Lady Cassandra - Zoë Wanamaker
• Jabe - Yasmin Bannerman
• Gwyneth - Eve Myles
• Charles Dickens - Simon Callow
• Harriet Jones - Penelope Wilton
• Joseph Green - David Verrey
• Margaret Blaine - Annette Badland
• Henry van Statten - Corey Johnson
• The Editor - Simon Pegg
• Pete Tyler - Shaun Dingwall
• Jamie - Albert Valentine
• Nancy - Florence Hoath
• Doctor Constantine - Richard Wilson
• Lynda Moss - Jo Joyner
• Rodrick - Paterson Joseph
• Voice of Daleks - Nicholas Briggs

Introducing

• Tenth Doctor - David Tennant

Television stories

#	Title	Writer	Notes
1	Rose	Russell T Davies	First appearances of the Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler, Jackie Tyler, Mickey Smith. Reintroduction of the Autons and the Nestene Consciousness.
2	The End of the World	Russell T Davies	First appearance of the Face of Boe and Cassandra
3	The Unquiet Dead	Mark Gatiss
4	Pt. 1: Aliens of London Pt. 2: World War Three	Russell T Davies	First appearances of Toshiko Sato & First appearance of the Slitheen
5	Dalek	Robert Shearman	Reintroduction of the Daleks, first appearance of Adam Mitchell
6	The Long Game	Russell T Davies	Final appearance of Adam Mitchell - becoming the first companion to be expelled for bad behaviour
7	Father's Day	Paul Cornell	First appearance of Pete Tyler
8	Pt. 1: The Empty Child Pt. 2: The Doctor Dances	Steven Moffat	First appearance of Jack Harkness
9	Boom Town	Russell T Davies	Reintroduction of the Slitheen
10	Pt. 1: Bad Wolf Pt. 2: The Parting of the Ways	Russell T Davies	Final appearance of the Ninth Doctor and introduction of the Tenth Doctor; last regular appearance of Jack Harkness until 2007

Aliens and enemies

Autons Nestene Consciousness Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17 Forest of Cheem Adherents of the Repeated Meme Metal spiders Crespallion Face of Boe Moxx of Balhoon Ambassadors from the City State of Binding Light Mr and Mrs Pacoo Hop Pyleen Cal MacNannovich Scholars of the University of Rago Rago 56 Rago Gelth

Slitheen family Space Pig Daleks Henry van Statten Mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe The Editor Automated Corpses Reapers Empty Child plague Nanogenes Anne Droid Trine-E Zu-Zana Davinadroid Dalek Emperor

Novels

• The Clockwise Man
• The Monsters Inside
• Winner Takes All
• The Deviant Strain
• Only Human
• The Stealers of Dreams

Promotional trailers

For the series, several promotional trailers were created, utilizing specially shot footage of the cast, breaking the fourth wall and addressing viewers.

• The show's main trailer begins with an explosion rushing through a tunnel and the Doctor running. He enters the TARDIS and asks the viewer: "Do you want to come with me?" He then walks around the console room warning of the dangers that lie ahead, but promising "the trip of a lifetime." This promo uses an early arrangement of the Doctor Who theme that was replaced by a more upbeat arrangement for the series itself.
• Rose, in the console room, telling the viewer about the choice she had to make - working in a dull shop, or chasing monsters. As the camera pulls back to show the Doctor standing behind her, she says "What do you think?"
• Several short, wordless five-second "stings" were also produced showing closeups of the Doctor, Rose, the two together, and the TARDIS. No series logo or title is shown, with only a snippet of the Doctor Who theme or the TARDIS sound effect to identify the programme.

External links

• BBC website index for Series 1