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Release Date:
29 September 1975 (USA) more
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Plot:
The adventures of an eccentric renegade time traveling alien and his companions. full summary
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3 wins & 2 nominations more
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Cast

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Tom Baker ... Doctor Who (173 episodes, 1974-1981)
William Hartnell ... Dr. Who / ... (136 episodes, 1963-1973)
Jon Pertwee ... The Doctor / ... (129 episodes, 1970-1983)
Patrick Troughton ... Dr. Who / ... (127 episodes, 1966-1985)
Frazer Hines ... Jamie McCrimmon (117 episodes, 1966-1985)
Nicholas Courtney ... Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / ... (107 episodes, 1965-1989)
Elisabeth Sladen ... Sarah Jane Smith (81 episodes, 1973-1983)
Jacqueline Hill ... Barbara Wright / ... (80 episodes, 1963-1980)
William Russell ... Ian Chesterton (77 episodes, 1963-1965)
Katy Manning ... Jo Grant (77 episodes, 1971-1973)
Pat Gorman ... Cyberman / ... (75 episodes, 1964-1985)
John Scott Martin ... Dalek / ... (74 episodes, 1965-1988)

John Levene ... Sergeant Benton / ... (73 episodes, 1967-1975)
Peter Davison ... The Doctor / ... (70 episodes, 1981-1984)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dr. Who (UK) (alternative spelling)
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Runtime:
45 min (15 episodes) | 25 min (679 episodes)
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Color:
Black and White (1963-1969) | Color (1970-1989)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (1963-1987) | Stereo (1988-1989)
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Singapore:PG | USA:TV-PG | Argentina:13 | UK:PG | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:G (some episodes)
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The format of the show's entire run was a series of cliff-hanger adventure serials. Each of the Doctor's adventures would be told across several half-hour episodes, with a cliff-hanger ending each one. Each "season" of the show would be broken into several stories, taking usually 4 to 6 episodes to play out - on-screen, each individual episode would begin with the title of the story ("The Android Invasion", to name one), followed by the story's author, then what episode the story the audience was watching ("Part One", for example). This method of titling wasn't established until late in the third season; prior to that, every episode was given its own unique title. Because of this, there are no 'official' story titles to the earliest adventures, though semi-official ones have been consistently used on DVDs, books, etc. more
Quotes:
The Doctor: Into the matrix. Where the only logic is there isn't any logic. more
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Soundtrack:
Incidental Music (1989) more

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61 out of 64 people found the following review useful.
Greatest Series of All Time, 1 June 2001
Author: zedthedestroyer from Zolfa Thura

`Doctor Who', in a nutshell, is probably the most imaginative show ever created. Initially, it was about an eccentric time-traveller from another planet, who looked human and affected an English manner and style. The interior of his time machine (called a TARDIS) was huge and highly advanced, but the exterior quaintly resembled an English public call box. The Doctor was a self-imposed exile from a race of powerful beings called the Time Lords. The Time Lords observed history, but never interfered with it. This bored the almighty heck out of the Doctor, so he made off with an older TARDIS and decided to see the Universe for himself.

When the original actor who played the Doctor decided to leave the show, the writers came up with the inventive concept of `regeneration'. Whenever the Doctor was close to death, or actually killed, he would `regenerate' into a new body (and persona). The show went through seven highly talented actors in this fashion.

The format of the show was highly adaptable. Didn't like the way the show was going? Just wait two or three years. The style always seemed to change whenever there was a change of Doctor, producer and/or script editor. The series went from educational children's drama to monster show to intelligent adult sci-fi/drama to gothic horror to high camp, et cetera, et cetera, and so forth.

This was a wonderful, imaginative, fun show when it was on. I was sad to see it go.

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