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''Totally Doctor Who'' is a
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produced by the BBC that was originally broadcast between 13 April 2006 and 29 June 2007, accompanying the
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and third revived series of ''
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 ...
''. At the time of its original broadcast, ''Doctor Who'', a science fiction programme aimed at a family audience, had no existing children's spin-off; ''
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'', of which the pilot episode was broadcast on
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, 2007, would replace the series as the only children's show based on ''Doctor Who'' until 2009 when '' K-9'' aired.


History

The first series of the programme ran concurrently with the 2006 series of ''Doctor Who''. Presented by
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and
Liz Barker Elizabeth Jane Barker (born 16 May 1975) is an English television presenter, best known for her work on ''Blue Peter'' from 2000 to 2006. Early life and education Born in Cambridge, Barker grew up in the village of Oakington, near Cambridge a ...
it aired on
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at 5:00 p.m. on Thursdays as part of the
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strand, and was repeated at 6:30 p.m. on Fridays and then again on Saturdays on the
CBBC Channel CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 7– ...
, just prior to the BBC One airing of the new episode of ''Doctor Who''. There was no ''Totally Doctor Who'' episode in conjunction with the 2006 Christmas special. The second series of ''Totally Doctor Who'' ran concurrently with the 2007 series of ''Doctor Who''. It aired every Friday after the broadcast of that week's ''Doctor Who,'' at 5:00 p.m. on BBC One. Again, no ''Totally Doctor Who'' episode was run in conjunction with the 2007 Christmas special. In this series
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replaced Liz Barker, who left television presenting to become a full-time mother.BBC One Listings – bbc.co.uk
/ref> The programme didn't return for a third series at the time of the fourth series of
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 ...
.


Episodes


Series 1 (2006)


Series 2 (2007)


Regular features


Behind the scenes

The show features 'behind the scenes' segments detailing the creation process of certain parts of a recent ''Doctor Who'' episode: for example, underwater filming for a weightless scene in " The Impossible Planet", or documenting the making of a TARDISODE.


Companion Academy (Series 1)

In the "Companion Academy" segment, a number of children competed in the style of a
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to win a day behind-the-scenes during the filming of ''Doctor Who''. The competition was originally restricted to 7- to 12-year-olds, but was subsequently extended to include ages 13 and 14. One of the judges for this segment was
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, editor of ''
Doctor Who Magazine ''Doctor Who Magazine'' (abbreviated as ''DWM'') is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Launched in 1979 as ''Doctor Who Weekly'', the magazine became a monthly publication the follo ...
'' at the time.


Finale

At the end of the programme the presenters and guests review the show. The two presenters then show a preview of the next new episode of ''Doctor Who''.


The Filing Cabinet (Series 1)

The filing cabinet contains letters, drawings and creations made by the viewers. It has a weathered, wooden-looking exterior, with
Gallifrey Gallifrey () is a fictional planet in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It is the original home world of the Time Lords, the civilisation to which the protagonist, the Doctor belongs. It is located in a ...
an text on the front and is designed to look like the Doctor's
TARDIS The TARDIS (; acronym for "Time And Relative Dimension In Space") is a fictional hybrid of the time machine and spacecraft that appears in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and its various spin-offs. Its exterior a ...
. It also has the properties of a TARDIS because it appears to be bigger on the inside (however, it is quite obviously fed through the wall; made ever more obvious by the fact that the wall behind it is semi-transparent). If a piece of work is featured on the show, its author receives a ''Totally Doctor Who'' branded mug.


Handprints (Series 2)

This is a viewer competition where every week, handprints are made from the cast and crew in very hard clay. Then, every week, the cast or crew member who made the handprint, sets a question referring to the next episode of ''Doctor Who''. The winner was announced by the presenters of CBBC and won all the handprints made.


''The Infinite Quest'' (Series 2)

One segment in the 2007 series of ''Totally Doctor Who'' featured the first twelve parts of an animated ''Doctor Who'' story titled "The Infinite Quest". The cartoon stars David Tennant and
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, voicing the Doctor and
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respectively.
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voices a character named "Baltazar – Scourge of the Galaxy", and
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also provides voices. The cartoon is produced by Firestep, written by Alan Barnes and directed by
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. The thirteenth and final part was shown in an omnibus broadcast on 29 June 2007, the day of the Series' final episode.


Interview

Every week there is a different guest who is interviewed during the programme, for example David Tennant.


Team Totally (Series 2)

Two teams of three battle it out for a "money can't buy Doctor Who experience". The two teams are Team Time Lord (Alia, Sara and Cody) and Team TARDIS (Chris, Molly and Daniel). Every week they complete a task, e.g. Story boarding, the winners are rewarded with 2 points whilst the runners-up are awarded 1 point. Molly Kabia (of Team TARDIS), played an unnamed female character in the interactive Doctor Who mini-episode ' Attack of the Graske'. However Molly never revealed this to any of her teammates . In the final episode, the prize was revealed as a weekend trip to
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to meet David Tennant whilst he was there to switch on the Illuminations. Both teams also received framed art, depicting their team with the Doctor and Martha in the same art style as the show's opening titles.


Who Goes There? (Series 2)

In this challenge, the back-lit
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of a ''Doctor Who'' monster is shown. Viewers are encouraged to identify the monster from its shadow, and write or email the programme with the correct answer, in hopes of winning mugs and sweatshirts.


Who-ru (Series 1)

The title is a pun on the word
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. It is a ''Doctor Who'' trivia challenge between two children or a child and an actor, with a prize from one of the guests (usually a signed script or promotional photo) though both contestants receive a ''Totally Doctor Who'' goodie bag for taking part. The format of the challenge changed after the first episode, in which the loser had to give the winner a cherished possession.


References


External links

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Official ''Totally Doctor Who'' website
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Announcement on BBC ''Doctor Who'' website via Internet Archive
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