Doctor Who

TV-PG

694 episodes26 seasons

US Release

Overview:

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

Created by:

C. E. Webber & Donald Wilson & Verity Lambert & Sydney Newman

Status:

Ended

Language:

English

First air date:

11/23/1963

Last air date:

12/6/1989

Key words:

time travel
space
alien
admiring
comforting
excited
scathing

Seasons

Specials

363 Episodes

Season 1

42 Episodes

Season 2

39 Episodes

Season 3

45 Episodes

Season 4

43 Episodes

Season 5

40 Episodes

Season 6

44 Episodes

Season 7

25 Episodes

Season 8

25 Episodes

Season 9

26 Episodes

Season 10

26 Episodes

Season 11

26 Episodes

Season 12

20 Episodes

Season 13

26 Episodes

Season 14

26 Episodes

Season 15

26 Episodes

The Key to Time

26 Episodes

Season 17

20 Episodes

Season 18

28 Episodes

Season 19

26 Episodes

Season 20

22 Episodes

Season 21

24 Episodes

Season 22

13 Episodes

The Trial of a Time Lord

14 Episodes

Season 24

14 Episodes

Season 25

14 Episodes

Season 26

14 Episodes

Cast

Tom Baker

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The Doctor

William Hartnell

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The Doctor

Patrick Troughton

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The Doctor

Jon Pertwee

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The Doctor and 1 more

Nicholas Courtney

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Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and 3 more

Janet Fielding

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Tegan Jovanka

John Levene

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Sergeant Benton and 4 more

Elisabeth Sladen

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Sarah Jane Smith

Frazer Hines

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Jamie McCrimmon and 1 more

John Leeson

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K9 (voice) and 1 more

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Reviews (1)

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cloister56
Written 8 year(s) ago
10
How do you review a show like Doctor Who that has been running for so long, enjoying dizzying highs and terrible lows (I'm looking at you The Twin Dilemma).

The concept is the most open there can be. With the TARDIS the show can go anywhere and any when. This lead to a huge range in the stories, from historical with no alien involvement like The Aztecs (1964), to full on sci-fi like The Daleks (1963) and that was just the first series.

The show created some of the most memorable monsters with the Daleks and Cybermen being the most famous. Even outside the recurring creatures there were fantastic adversaries like an Egyptian god bent on destruction to an alien splintered through time.

Doctor Who also embraced change in the form of the regeneration. The actor playing the Doctor could change and play the part differently but it still was the Doctor. This led to changes in approach to problems and in the attitude of the central character while keeping core values the same. The Doctor is one of the few heroes who rarely resorts to violence to solve problems, usually relying on his intelligence and wits.

The show also truly innovated. Many special effects were tried out for the first time on screen. It didn't always work but working with what they had they created some truly memorable television like creating a convincing lunar surface 2 years before the moon landings (The Moonbase 1967).

This is my favourite of all television shows, it wasn't always perfect but I love it all the same.