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Doctor Who In North America
''Doctor Who'' in Canada and the United States refers to the broadcast history of the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' in those countries. History The beginning ''Doctor Who'' had an early Canadian connection. The series was conceived by Canadian expatriate Sydney Newman while he was the BBC's Head of Drama. The series may have been inspired by a short-lived segment (canceled because parents complained that it was "too frightening" for their children) on the Howdy Doody#The Canadian Howdy Doody Show, Canadian version of ''Howdy Doody''. The segment featured a character surprisingly similar to the Doctor, a puppet called Mr. X who traveled through time and space in his "Whatsis Box" teaching children about history. Newman oversaw this series while working as head of programming for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC. Newman maintained a guiding influence over ''Doctor Who'' until he left the BBC in 1967 and was in talks with the BBC in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. The TARDIS exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. With various companions, the Doctor combats foes, works to save civilisations, and helps people in need. Beginning with William Hartnell, thirteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor; in 2017, Jodie Whittaker became the first woman to officially play the role on television. The transition from one actor to another is written into the plot of the series with the concept of regeneration into a new incarnation, a plot device in which a Time Lord "transforms" into a new body when the current one is too badly harmed to heal normally. Each acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three Doctors (Doctor Who)
''The Three Doctors'' is the first serial of the Doctor Who (season 10), tenth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 30 December 1972 to 20 January 1973. In the serial, the solar engineer Omega (Doctor Who), Omega (Stephen Thorne), the creator of the experiments that allowed the Time Lords to Time travel in fiction, travel in time, seeks revenge on the Time Lords after he was left for dead in a universe made of antimatter. The Time Lords recruit the time travellers the First Doctor (William Hartnell), the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton), and the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) for help when Omega drains their civilisation's power. The serial opened the tenth anniversary year of the series, and features the first three The Doctor (Doctor Who), Doctors all appearing in the same serial. This makes it the first ''Doctor Who'' story in which an earlier incarnation of the Doctor returns to the show. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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