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| Originally planned as an education series, it gave way to being an fictional sci-fi television series. The Doctor was a time lord from the planet 'Gallifrey', he would go through a transformation every so often. The maximum number of transformations he could do was ten but this changed to thirteen when the series was transported to America. He travelled the cosmos in a phone box called the TARDIS ( Time And Relative Dimensions In Space ). It wasn't always a telephone box, a malfunction onboard prevented the machine
from morphing into the background. He never worked alone, there was always at least one person with him or he call on U.N.I.T. or to use it's full name the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce. UNITs presence was mainly around the Third Doctor. In
some episodes around the time of the fourth doctor, there was a robot dog ( K9 ). He reappeared in the special 'Five Doctors' episode. There was to be a spin-off series about K9 but it never got past the pilot episode. His most famous enemies were 'Daleks',
'Cybermen' and a rival timelord called 'The Master' After the series was pulled, they attempted to re-energise the series by setting an extended episode in San Francisco and making the Doctor much younger and also have him fall in love. It didn't go to plan and only one was made. The most successful adventure in terms of viewers that I have heard of was 'City of Death', this was set in Paris, the first time they went abroad for an adventure. The Doctor was Tom Baker. |
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| | Icecube | July 6, 2007, 7:34 am | | I have detected a few minor problems with the doctor who main page.
Firstly, in the list of planet/worlds the Doctor has ever visited, Earth has been excluded. Earth is probably the MOST important planet of them all, as the majority of the episodes are set on Earth.
Secondly, in the list of aliens, Android has been left out. An Android is a robotic creature with a white head and blue, box-shaped body. |
| | Admin | August 9, 2006, 10:04 pm | | Should also point out that in a non-television story, the Master escapes from the Tardis's Eye. This means that we may not have see the last of the Master... |
| | Dave | August 9, 2006, 10:01 pm | In the 2005/2006 season, the Doctor says many times that he's the last. In 2005's "Dalek", he says "...it feels like there's no-one else". Given that, there is always the possibility that some of the Time Lords survived. At this exact point in time, the exact details of the Time War are very sketchy so you never know whether the series writers will bring them back somehow but for the moment, the Doctor is definitely the last.
As the details of the Time War are very sketchy, and that all of the Time Lords mentioned were scattered through time & space, we can only assume that all "rogue" Time Lords were either recalled to Gallifrey to join the fight, or died through some other means prior to the war.
Susan remained on Earth to rebuild it after the Dalek's invasion. The Master was last seen/heard in The Enemy Within (Paul McGann TV movie), where he was destroyed after being sucked into the heart of the TARDIS. Romana returned to Gallifrey after helping the Thurells to become Lord President of Gallifrey (this was revealed in the BBC licensed audio story "The Apocalypse Element"). |
| | Jackie Richards | August 5, 2006, 3:49 am | | there are three other timelords that may be alive!
susan foreman, the master and romana! |
| | Jackie Richards | August 5, 2006, 3:45 am | | last timelord?
they say that the doctor is the last timelord but what about susan foreman, the doctors grandaughter, the master, or romana who stayed in e-space in the warriors gate, is the doctor the last or not? |
| | D | | | Who are the fat blue aliens again? |
| | Stephen Gray | | | Just wanted to point out a couple of mistakes in your write-up. Firstly, "The Doctor was a time lord from the planet 'Gallifrey', he would go through a transformation every so often. The maximum number of transformations he could do was ten but this changed to thirteen when the series was transported to America." Nope. the "transformations" were called regenerations. The number of regenerations was never given as 10, only as 12 (meaning 13 different bodies). "He travelled the cosmos in a phone box called the TARDIS ( Time And Relative Dimensions In Space ). It wasn't always a telephone box, a malfunction onboard prevented the machine from morphing into the background." It was a Police Box, not a phone box. The malfunction prevented it from changing form to fit its surroundings rather than fading into the background. "After the series was pulled, they attempted to re-energise the series by setting an extended episode in San Francisco and making the Doctor much younger and also have him fall in love. It didn't go to plan and only one was made." It was supposed to be a relaunch, as the series had been cancelled in 1989, and the TV Movie was in 1996. It didn't make the Doctor much younger, but simply regenerated him again. "The most successful adventure that I heard of was 'City of Death', this was set in Paris, the first time they went abroad for an adventure. The Doctor was Tom Baker." You mean the story that got the highest ratings, I presume. You should say that, rather than leave people to guess what kind of success you're on about. You should also say that the Doctor in that story was Tom Baker, rather than just "the Doctor was Tom Baker. In your polls, I noticed a number of notable missing options. For choose film/series there isn't an option for the original TV series, the 96 TV Movie, or the new series from 2005 on. For planet, you can't choose Earth - despite it featuring more than any other planet. For organisation, the Doctor isn't an organisation - he's an individual. The Daleks and Cybermen are alien races rather than organisations. UNIT doesn't appear, despite being mentioned in your write-up. Your list of characters numbers the Doctors incorrectly. Peter Cushing should not be included in the numbering, as his two movies were apocryphal retellings of William Hartnell stories rather than canonical stories. Every Doctor Who fan who numbers the doctors has Troughton as 2, Pertwee as 3 etc. You also have a very selective list of companion characters to choose from. "*Comments are the views of individuals, they may or may not be correct unless backed up with proof. All comments are reviewed and accepted or rejected.*" Can I offer as proof of my criticisms the fact that I run a popular Doctor Who reference website (www.whoniverse.org). I could probably go on, but I think that's enough to make this page look sufficiently informed. |
| | David Blewer | | | There are a number of mistakes here which I want to point out. My points can be verified with a visit to just about any Doctor Who site on the web. Somehow you expect us to believe that 7 different actors played the Doctor from 1978-1981; just 3 years! Or that 26 series were produced in this time!! Doctor Who began production in 1963, and continued to be made until 1989, making it the longest running sci-fi serial ever. His 'transformations', or, as they are properly called, 'regenerations' actually number 12, and always did. This means that if the first doctor who we saw was indeed the first doctor, and he can then regenerate 12 times, then eventually you get 13 different doctors. Where you got the figure 10 from, I do not know. You have said he never worked alone, which although in general is true, there was one story, 'The Deadly Assassin', in which the Doctor had no companion. TARDIS stands for "Time And Relative DIMENSIONS In Space". K9 never appeared with the Third Doctor at all, but was introduced in the Fourth Docotr story "The Invisible Enemy" and exited in "Warriors Gate"; he did make a single return in "The Five Doctors". Finally, I must point out that your listing of Doctors 2-8 differs from that found on every other Doctor Who reference I have ever seen. The Doctors are numbered by his regenerations from the tv serial, and the 96 telemovie. Although Peter Cushing did play the Doctor in those two movies, he doesn't enter the numbering, and is usually just known as the 'movie doctor'. They should be numbered: 1 William Hartnell, 2 Patrick Troughton, 3 Jon Pertwee, 4 Tom Baker, 5 Peter Davison, 6 Colin Baker, 7 Sylvester McCoy and 8 Paul Mcgann. There will be a ninth Doctor, Christopher Eccleston as a new series is set to start screening March 2005 in the UK. As you might guess, I'm a big Doctor Who fan, and just wanted to point out that a lot of the information you've presented here is incorrect. Finally, I noticed you had 'Asia Minor' listed as one of the planets from the series. The story quoted was set on Earth, in that part of Europe/Asia known as 'Asia Minor'. Thanks for giving me a bit of a laugh with that one! |
| | brendan nolan | | | i would like there to another tv movie but this time as a sequel to the other one and i want it to be where it left off and also i still want you to go ahead with the doctor who movie on the big screen and if it goes well i would like if you could please make more films of doctor who and as well i would like if doctor who the new series would run for ten seasons |
| | Patricia McCauley | | | I used to watch Dr. Who EVERY Saturday night, when it was shown in Oklahoma. I love the Dr. I wish I could have been one of his companions, traveling various places and getting in lots of adventures. I wish the Dr. was still being made. It's amazing, that, from this website, I now find out that Doctor Who was originally made from 1978 to 1981. Does that figure include all 9 Dr's? That figure doesn't seem right, but you know more about it than I do. Anyway, I'm glad I looked back at several scifi websites and saw this website again. I'm interested in most of the stores you chronicle on the left side panel. Keep up the good work!!! Thanks again for putting this all together. Pat McCauley |
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