Doctor Who: 50 years of time travel in the TARDIS. TV's most famous Time Lord has been to different worlds and ages, but what do these journeys look like? Take a trip through our interactive map and see archive clips too. Number 76 Totter’s Lane. As any fan of Doctor Who will tell you that’s where the famous Time Lord and the TARDIS first appeared on our television sets. Since that day in 1963 we’ve seen eleven Doctors and their assistants travel through time to different worlds, facing threats in all shapes and sizes. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of this iconic sci-fi programme, we at BBC Future have created our own version of time travel by tracking the Doctors’ trips in one interactive infographic. We recruited a crack team of Whovians to compile the list, including crowdsourcing some data. 'Wholock': Sherlock Holmes Meets 'Doctor Who'
The Top Ten Doctor Who Stories for History Buffs | Past Imperfect. The Day of the Doctor: 10 things we learned | Television & radio. Good heavens, that was a lot to take in. Baker. Capaldi. Piper. A Tardis powered by a Spectrum computer. King Doctor I of England. 1. Just like The Silence turned out to be a religious order rather than an absence of noise, so the Moment, assumed to be the point in time when the Doctor committed genocide of the Daleks and the Timelords, turns out to be not to be a time, but a weapon (a weapon that looks remarkably like iPad game The Room). The Moment is so bloody dangerous that it's staffed by a conscience - which takes the form of Rose "Bad Wolf" Tyler. 2.
"I was there at the fall of Arcadia, some day I may even come to terms with that," was a throwaway line from a few series ago. 3. Just like Buffy the Vampire Slayer used to tell bite victims that they'd pricked themselves on barbecue forks, U.N.I.T. also have a prepared excuse for the Doctor's showy arrival - they claim it's a Derren Brown stunt. 4. 5. 6. Now for a couple of moans. 7. 8. 9. 10. Whovians illustrate Doctor's uncanny ability to regenerate an audience | From the Guardian. 'My first technical Doctor Who was Christopher Eccleston, but the one I feel closest to … ooh, ooh, Bernard Cribbins! That's Bernard Cribbins! " 27-year-old Zoe chases off after Bernard Cribbins. Her son, James, is a five-year-old in a bow tie. If you normally have strong negative feelings about children in bow ties, you'll have to leave those at the door of the Doctor Who convention.
It's the fancy dress party that never ends, running from pre-schoolers dressed as Matt Smith to (a couple of) men in their 50s, dressed as Patrick Troughton (among the many, many things I didn't know is that Troughton is the established Who of the true fans. "Everything you really need to know in life, you can learn from the Doctor," observed Sharon, a moderator on a Doctor Who forum. "Maybe not the sixth Doctor [Colin Baker, 1984-86]. " "The Doctor would never walk away from someone in pain, or leave someone in trouble.
Whereas for Doctor Who, people can take or leave the stuff, and are there for each other. 'Day Of The Doctor' Review - Familiar Faces Join Matt Smith, David Tennant, John Hurt For Moving, Mischievous Special. Some call 'Doctor Who' a children's programme. Well, I salute the child who could get to grips with all the colour, plot twists and metaphysics on display in 'Day of the Doctor', surely Steven Moffat's most ambitious outing to date. What he successfully managed to do was provide us with a ripping yarn in its own right, while doffing his cap to the fifty years of the Time Lord that had gone before, with enough half-century in-jokes - Bad Wolf, anyone? - to please the most demanding of the millions of fans watching in 90 countries around the world. I was curled up in the armchair, but can just imagine the cheer that went up in cinemas when Rose Tyler first appeared. Three Timelords unite for the 50th anniversary of 'Doctor Who' But first, a blue sky on a bright London day.
The last day of the Time War, watched by a man with "more blood on his hands than any other". Rose Tyler, one of the familiar faces in 'The Day of the Doctor' But Moffat more than compensated with what WAS in there. BBC One - Doctor Who, ‘Doctor Who: 50 Years’ Trailer. BBC iPlayer - Doctor Who: Mini Episode - The Night of the Doctor. Blogs - Doctor Who - The Night Of The Doctor: Excitement Levels Reach 8/8. Paul McGann - I’d be up for playing the Doctor again. He impressed as a dashing eighth Doctor in the 1990s film, various audio stories and recently dazzled fans when he appeared in a brief clip released online last week explaining the origins of John Hurt's dark and mysterious Doctor.
But Doctor Who fans could be seeing even more of actor Paul McGann who has apparently refused to rule out taking up the job full time one day. McGann, whose Doctor was shown regenerating into John Hurt’s “War Doctor” on the planet Karn in the 6 minute 49 second clip was asked by the Sunday Times if he was “angling” for the role full time. “As long as the writing is good I’d be up for it,” said the star of the 1996 film Doctor Who: The Movie. How the writers would get round that given that he seems to come between Sylvester McCoy and John Hurt is anyone’s guess. But in a drama that leaps between time and space it’s probably not beyond the capability of either current showrunner Steven Moffatt or whoever succeeds him….. Doctor Who - 50 years of memories.
17 November 2013Last updated at 20:41 ET Five decades in five minutes - take a whistle-stop journey through time and space with all 11 regenerations of planet Earth's best known Time Lord, his Tardis and his numerous travelling companions. Continue reading the main story To see the enhanced content on this page, you need to have JavaScript enabled and Adobe Flash installed. All images and audio copyright BBC. Dr Who theme composed by Ron Grainer. Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Related: Dr Who - BBC More audio slideshows: Pages from Ceefax: Into the archives Only in England: Photographs from a bygone era Why was 1973 the year UK radio changed forever?
Guardian profile: David Tennant, our favourite Doctor … his time has come. Regularly acclaimed as the nation's favourite Time Lord, the former Doctor Who star David Tennant is accustomed to travelling through space and time. But even if he had a real-life Tardis it is unlikely that he would travel beyond the here and now, such is his ubiquity across screen and stage. From his lead role in the ITV murder mystery Broadchurch to his return to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Richard II, via leading parts in BBC dramas The Politician's Husband and The Escape Artist, Tennant's tilt at world domination is enough to make the Daleks jealous.
Tennant will return to face the old foe in Doctor Who's 50th anniversary special – reunited with his companion, Billie Piper, alongside incumbent Matt Smith and guest star John Hurt. Broadcast in 3D and released simultaneously in cinemas on 23 November, it promises to be the TV event of the year. Then he is off to crack the US in a remake of Broadchurch for Fox. Tennant ended a search for a Casanova which had seemed exhausted. Born. 'Doctor Who' 50th Anniversary Celebrations - Peter Davison To Join Matt Smith, Tom Baker And Other Time Lords. The latest names to join in the celebrations for Doctor Who's 50th anniversary have been announced, with another Time Lord among them. Peter Davison, who played the fifth Doctor from 1981 to 1984, will join Matt Smith, Sylvester McCoy, Tom Baker and Colin Baker at celebrations planned for the weekend Friday 22 to Sunday 24 November, in east London.
Come the era, come the man... Peter Davison 1981 to 1984 Also on the bill for the festival at ExCel London is the Director of An Unearthly Child (the first episode of Doctor Who), Waris Hussein. William Russell and Carole Ann Ford, who starred as companions Ian and Susan alongside the first Doctor - William Hartnell - will be attending on Saturday 23 November.
Dick Mills (BBC Radiophonic Workshop), Mike Tucker and Mat Irvine (Classic Era Visual Effects) will also be on hand to facilitate some of the special features at the Celebration, which will be announced in more detail soon. Click here for more info. WATCH: New Trailer For 'Doctor Who' Released, Showing Matt Smith As Well As Previous Time Lords. The BBC has released a special trailer for the next 'Doctor Who' instalment, featuring Matt Smith and all the previous incarnations of the Time Lord. WATCH the one-minute trailer above - can you spot them all? Behind the scenes at the Doctor Who trailer filming In addition, to mark the upcoming 50th anniversary of 'Doctor Who', all the various incarnations of the popular Time Lord have been brought together in a special picture by the BBC.
Compiled by Matt Burlem of BBC Pictures, this image is from the BBC Archives of the show, and not, it has been made clear, from the special 50th anniversary episode coming our way at the end of November. The picture shows William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and the latest Doctor, Matt Smith, who will be leaving the show soon, to make way for Peter Capaldi. Matt Smith will be sharing screen time with another Doctor, David Tennant. WATCH: New Trailer For 'Doctor Who' Released, Showing Matt Smith As Well As Previous Time Lords. BBC to reveal a number of missing Doctor Who episodes. 8 October 2013Last updated at 09:41 ET By Lizo Mzimba Entertainment correspondent, BBC News Dozens of early episodes starring William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton (pictured, left) are missing A number of early episodes of Doctor Who, which were believed to have been permanently lost, have been returned to the BBC.
BBC Worldwide is expected to confirm the find at a press screening in London later this week. It follows weeks of speculation that some lost episodes had been located. A total of 106 episodes featuring the first two actors to play the Doctor, William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton, are currently missing. The BBC destroyed many of the sci-fi drama's original transmission tapes in the 1960s and 1970s. However, the majority of the episodes had been transferred on to film for foreign broadcasters. The Tomb Of The Cybermen was recovered more than 20 years ago In 1991, all four instalments of the Patrick Troughton adventure The Tomb of the Cybermen were discovered in Hong Kong.
New Doctor Who star to be unveiled. 1 August 2013Last updated at 19:42 ET Matt Smith's 11th Doctor will depart in this year's Christmas special The new star of Doctor Who will be revealed in a special live programme on Sunday, the BBC has announced. The half-hour show, presented by Zoe Ball, will feature an interview with the new lead, as well as 11th Doctor Matt Smith and executive producer Steven Moffat. "The decision is made and the time has come to reveal who's taking over the Tardis," Moffat said.
"For the last of the Time Lords, the clock is striking twelve. " Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor, is on BBC One at 7pm on 4 August. According to the official announcement, Ball "will unveil the 12th Doctor in the first ever interview in front of a live studio audience set against the backdrop of a swirling vortex, amongst Daleks and the Tardis". Continue reading the main story The 11 Doctors 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Billie Piper will return as Rose Tyler, while Jenna Coleman will continue as Clara Oswald. How to build your own Tardis. 28 July 2013Last updated at 20:30 ET By Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News WATCH: Meet Yoz who built her own Tardis in her living room For some fans of TV shows knowing the trivia, quoting the best lines and dressing like their heroes is just not enough.
They need something more, something bigger, to demonstrate their devotion. Among dedicated Dr Who fans, Whovians, that something more, the ultimate expression of fandom, involves building a Tardis. It is a not a project for the faint-hearted, said David Lifton who built one for his son Rhys - the Whovian in the family. "It took an entire spring through summer of evenings and weekends to complete the build from start to finish, probably about five months in all," Mr Lifton told the BBC.
Apart from the sheer graft of cutting wood to make all the parts and then constructing the Tardis (which doubles as a garden shed), the hardest part was finding good plans to work from, Mr Lifton explained. Which Who Time watch. 'Doctor Who': Matt Smith Posts Thank You Video To Fans After Quitting Show. Matt Smith has posted a video to thank 'Doctor Who' fans following his decision to quit the series. In the video message, the actor paid tribute to co-stars Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill and Jenna-Louise Coleman, along with executive producer Steven Moffat, but reserved the most praise for fans of the show.
He thanked them for their "truly unique" support over his four-year tenure as The Doctor. Matt is currently filming in Detroit for his first film role in Ryan Gosling's directorial debut, 'How To Catch A Monster'. Rory Kinnear, David Harewood and Julian Rhind-Tutt have all been rumoured as Matt's replacement on the BBC sci-fi series. Hit play on the video above to see Matt's message. Archive - The Changing Face of Doctor Who - How to regenerate a Time Lord. Archive - The Changing Face of Doctor Who - How to regenerate a Time Lord. Archive - The Genesis of Doctor Who - Creating a science fiction hero. Doctor Who projected onto the side of Sydney's Customs House - video | Television & radio. Doctor Who: American Gangster star Chiwetel Ejiofor hot favourite to become first black Time Lord.
By Hanna Flint PUBLISHED: 11:34 GMT, 3 June 2013 | UPDATED: 15:15 GMT, 3 June 2013 With the announcement that Matt Smith would be leaving the role of Doctor Who at the end of the year, the hunt is on to find the twelfth Time Lord. And so far, British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor has been given 7/1 odds and is the sci-fi fansites' favourite to fill the role, not to mention becoming the first black Doctor in the show's history.
Chiwetel, 35, has already stated that if the series' producers asked him to play the Time Lord, he'd tell them 'yes, of course.' The new Doctor? Asked by Andrew Marr in 2011 whether he'd take on the part, the actor said: 'Yes, of course. Skybet gave BAFTA-winner Chiwetel, the odds taking into account his stellar history on stage and screen, having starred in films American Gangster and Love, Actually, on TV in The Shadow Line and Dancing On The Edge, and having won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor as Othello in 2008 theatre production. Female? WIlliam Hill's favourites. Doctor Who: who should be the next Doctor? - poll | Television & radio.
Doctor Who? Matt Smith's departure sparks fevered speculation | Television & radio. Doctor Who: Matt Smith is to leave his role as the eleventh Doctor at the end of this year, in a Christmas special. Photograph: Dave M Benett/Getty Images It is a debate that hasn't actually run for the entire 900-year span of the Time Lord's life, though it can sometimes feel that way: who should be the next incarnation of the Doctor, and is it time for a woman and/or a non-white actor? The latest outbreak of speculation was sparked by the announcement that Matt Smith , who has held the Tardis keys for the past three years, will bow out with what the BBC described as a "spectacular exit", taking in a November episode marking the show's 50th anniversary, followed by a Christmas special.
Almost immediately bookmakers issued odds on who might be the 12th Doctor, installing Rupert Grint and Russell Tovey as joint favourites for little other apparent reason than, respectively, one co-starred in the Harry Potter series while the other has been previously, and wrongly, linked with the role. Matt Smith cross stitch: make your own Doctor | Life and style. Celebrate 50 years of Dr Who with FREE Matt Smith cross stitch pattern | Cross Stitcher.