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| 1 = {{feature|title=Doctor Who|image=|ext=Doctor Who in five languages - BBC Worldwide Showcase|lead='''''Doctor Who''''' is both a  television show and a global multimedia franchise created and controlled by the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]]. It centres on a time traveller called "[[the Doctor]]", who comes from a race of beings known as [[Time Lord]]s. He travels through space and time in a [[time machine]] he calls [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] with [[companion|his friends]]. Another vital element of the show is the concept of [[regeneration]] — a process by which the Doctor can change his form when he's near death.  This convenient trick thus allows the programme to change lead actors in a narratively sensible way.<br><br>Though it began on the day after the [[Kennedy assassination]] in [[1963 (releases)|1963]], it has had three distinct production eras.  The first version — sometimes called "classic ''Doctor Who''" by fans — ran from 1963 to [[1989 (releases)|1989]], and contained the adventures of the first seven Doctors.  In [[1996 (releases)|1996]] an American co-production was attempted involving the [[Eighth Doctor]].  The current iteration of the show began broadcast in [[2005]], and is by far the most popular and critically successful version, beginning with the adventures of [[Christopher Eccleston]]'s [[Ninth Doctor]]. <br><br>In addition to the televised programme, the show has spawned a rich heritage of [[:Category:Doctor Who comic stories|comics]], [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|audio stories]], [[:category:Doctor Who novel series|novels]], [[:Category:Doctor Who short stories|short stories]] and even [[:category:Doctor Who stage plays|stage plays]].}}  

| 2 = {{feature|title=The Mind of Evil (TV story)|image=Mind of Evil - Doctor Who DVD|ext=|lead='''''The Mind of Evil''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] story that  brought a radical change in the way [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]] was portrayed.  Instead of being a primarily investigative body interested in alien or unexplained phenomena, here UNIT was mostly seen as a simple security force, guaranteeing the safety of international diplomats.  In other words, the "United Nations" portion of their acronym was stressed over the "Intelligence Taskforce" bit — as would later happen in such stories as ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Time Warrior]]''. Meanwhile, the main plot about the mind-control device was something [[writer]] [[Don Houghton]] intentionally included as an homage to ''[[wikipedia:A Clockwork Orange|A Clockwork Orange]]''. ''Evil'' went badly over budget, thanks in no small part to one of ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s rare usages of a real [[helicopter]] in the concluding episode.  An unimpressed [[Barry Letts]] therefore withdrew [[director]] [[Timothy Combe]] from his informal "director's [[wiktionary:rota#Noun|rota]]", and Combe never worked on the programme again.}}