By: Rob Brown
BLUE BELL, PA--Saturday, November 23, 2013, was the day of the Doctor, when the British Broadcasting Corporation finally aired, after months of intense anticipation amongst the millions of Whovians, a 75-minute special episode that length-wise was “bigger on the inside” than a normal, 45-minute episode, referencing past characters and on-screen events and locations, all the while focusing on the ongoing storyline of the episode.
In the official trailer for the special, Matt Smith, the current actor to play the series’ main character, the Doctor, says, “I’ve had many faces, many lives. But there is one I’ve tried so hard to forget.” The special will feature his incarnation of the character which will be joined by his predecessor, played by actor David Tennant, as well as a previously-unseen Doctor played by veteran actor John Hurt. Together, all three Doctors must solve the problem that is square and center to the special.
For fifty years, the world’s longest-running science fiction television series, Doctor Who, has been shown around the world, inspiring two generations of children and adults who wish that they were travelling in time and space.
The series itself follows the adventures of a mysterious alien traveler known only as “the Doctor,” whose home looks like a British Police Telephone Box from the 1950s – in reality a spaceship that is bigger on the inside – that can go anywhere in time and space. For as long as the show has been running, the Doctor has always been, and continues to be accompanied by supporting characters called “companions,” whose main purpose is to give viewers an insight into the Doctor’s adventures, interpreting and piecing together the problem or conflict that the character faces. Together, he and they visit distant planets and time periods, fighting monsters, righting wrongs and defending the universe from anyone who tries to conquer it for evil purposes. The Doctor also has the ability to change his appearance and personality when injured or dying of old age; in that sense, the main actor and the show itself has constantly “regenerated” over the years. This “passing of the torch” from one actor to another has since resulted in the Doctor being played by eleven, soon to be twelve, different actors.
Since the show first aired on November 23, 1963 (the day after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated), its “classic series,” as it is known, ran for 26 seasons before being cancelled in 1989. After a one-night comeback in the form of a television movie in 1996, the show returned to episodic form in 2005, and has since enjoyed tremendous success with a new generation of viewers as well as fans of the classic series. And that success will be sure to multiply even after the building anticipation that made 2013 a “fantastic” anniversary year for Doctor Who.
BLUE BELL, PA--Saturday, November 23, 2013, was the day of the Doctor, when the British Broadcasting Corporation finally aired, after months of intense anticipation amongst the millions of Whovians, a 75-minute special episode that length-wise was “bigger on the inside” than a normal, 45-minute episode, referencing past characters and on-screen events and locations, all the while focusing on the ongoing storyline of the episode.
In the official trailer for the special, Matt Smith, the current actor to play the series’ main character, the Doctor, says, “I’ve had many faces, many lives. But there is one I’ve tried so hard to forget.” The special will feature his incarnation of the character which will be joined by his predecessor, played by actor David Tennant, as well as a previously-unseen Doctor played by veteran actor John Hurt. Together, all three Doctors must solve the problem that is square and center to the special.
For fifty years, the world’s longest-running science fiction television series, Doctor Who, has been shown around the world, inspiring two generations of children and adults who wish that they were travelling in time and space.
The series itself follows the adventures of a mysterious alien traveler known only as “the Doctor,” whose home looks like a British Police Telephone Box from the 1950s – in reality a spaceship that is bigger on the inside – that can go anywhere in time and space. For as long as the show has been running, the Doctor has always been, and continues to be accompanied by supporting characters called “companions,” whose main purpose is to give viewers an insight into the Doctor’s adventures, interpreting and piecing together the problem or conflict that the character faces. Together, he and they visit distant planets and time periods, fighting monsters, righting wrongs and defending the universe from anyone who tries to conquer it for evil purposes. The Doctor also has the ability to change his appearance and personality when injured or dying of old age; in that sense, the main actor and the show itself has constantly “regenerated” over the years. This “passing of the torch” from one actor to another has since resulted in the Doctor being played by eleven, soon to be twelve, different actors.
Since the show first aired on November 23, 1963 (the day after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated), its “classic series,” as it is known, ran for 26 seasons before being cancelled in 1989. After a one-night comeback in the form of a television movie in 1996, the show returned to episodic form in 2005, and has since enjoyed tremendous success with a new generation of viewers as well as fans of the classic series. And that success will be sure to multiply even after the building anticipation that made 2013 a “fantastic” anniversary year for Doctor Who.
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