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| show_name =Doctor Who
| image = [[Image:Doctor Who logo TRB.jpg|300px]]<!-- FAIR USE of Dw2005logo.png: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Doctor_Who_logo_TRB.jpg for rationale -->
| caption = Current ''Doctor Who'' series logo
| format = [[Science Fiction]]<br>[[Drama]]
| picture_format = [[405-line]] black & white (1963–1967)<br>[[576i|625-line]] black & white (1968–1969)<br>[[PAL]] 625-line colour (1970–1989)<br>720x576 [[16:9]] (2005–present)
| runtime = 25 min. (1963–1984, 1986–1989)<br>45 min. (1985, 2005–present)<br>various other lengths
| country = {{UK}}
| network = [[BBC One]]
| first_aired = '''Original Series:'''<br />[[November 23]], [[1963]]
| last_aired = [[December 6]], [[1989]]<br />'''Television Movie:'''<br />[[May 12]], [[1996]]<br />'''Current Series:'''<br />[[March 26]], [[2005]] &ndash; present
| creator = [[Sydney Newman]]<br>[[C. E. Webber]]<br>[[Donald Wilson (writer and producer)|Donald Wilson]]
| starring = '''[[List of actors who have played the Doctor|Various Doctors]]'''<br>[[David Tennant]] <br />'''[[:Category:Doctor Who companions|Various companions]]'''<br>[[Freema Agyeman]]
| num_episodes = 724 (as of [[25 December]], [[2006]])
| list_episodes = List of Doctor Who serials
| opentheme= [[Doctor Who theme music]]
| endtheme= [[Doctor Who theme music]] (Reprise)
| imdb_id= 0056751
| tv_com_id = 355
|}}
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{{main|[[Doctor Who (classic series)]]}}
 
'''''Doctor Who''''' is a long-running [[United Kingdom|British]] [[science fiction on television|science fiction television]] programme (and [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 television movie]]) produced by the [[BBC]] about the adventures of a mysterious [[time travel|time-traveller]] known as "[[Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]]", who explores time and space with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs.
 
The programme is listed in the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of World Records]] as the longest-running science fiction television series in the world<ref>{{cite news
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5390372.stm
| title=Dr Who 'longest-running sci-fi'
| publisher=[[BBC News]]
| date=[[2006-09-28]]
| accessdate=2006-09-30
}}</ref><!-- NOTE: Changed based on Guinness Book of Records - see talk page--> and is also a significant part of British [[popular culture]].<ref>{{cite journal
| date= [[2006-09-14]]
| title = The end of Olde Englande: A lament for Blighty
| journal = [[The Economist]]
| volume =
| issue =
| pages =
| url = http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7912946
| accessdate = 2006-09-18
| }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| title=ICONS. A Portrait of England
| url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/doctor-who
| accessdate=2007-11-10
| }}</ref> It has been recognised for its imaginative stories, creative low-budget [[special effects]] during its original run and pioneering use of electronic music (originally produced by the [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]]). In Britain and elsewhere, the show has become a [[cult television]] favourite on a par with ''[[Star Trek]]'' and has influenced generations of British television professionals, many of whom grew up watching the series. It has received [[#Awards|recognition]] from critics and the public as one of the finest British television programmes, including a [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA Award]] for Best Drama Series in 2006.
 
The programme originally ran from 1963 to 1989. A [[Doctor Who (1996)|television movie]] was made in 1996, and the programme was successfully [[History of Doctor Who#The 2000s|relaunched]] in 2005, produced [[in-house]] by [[BBC Wales]]. (Some development money for the new series is contributed by the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] (CBC), which is credited as a co-producer, although they do not have creative input into the show.) ''Doctor Who'' has also spawned [[Doctor Who spin-offs|spin-offs]] in multiple media, including the current television series ''[[Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.
 
The relaunch of the programme has seen Christmas Day special episodes broadcast between series, the most recent being ''[[The Runaway Bride (Doctor Who)|The Runaway Bride]]''. [[List of Doctor Who serials#Series 3 (2007)|Series three]] of the programme, starring [[David Tennant]] as the Doctor and [[Freema Agyeman]] as his [[:Category:Doctor Who companions|companion]] [[Martha Jones]], will follow in spring 2007 on [[BBC One]].
 
==History==
As a television programme ''Doctor Who'' remained dormant until 2003. In September of that year, BBC Television announced the in-house production of a new series after several years of unsuccessful attempts by BBC Worldwide to find backing for a feature film version. The new incarnation of the series is executively-produced by writer [[Russell T. Davies]] and [[BBC Wales]] Head of Drama / [[BBC Television]] Controller of Drama Commissioning [[Julie Gardner]].
 
The new series debuted with the episode ''[[Rose (Doctor Who)|Rose]]'' on BBC One on [[26 March]] [[2005]] and the show has since been sold to many other countries (see [[#Viewership|Viewership]]). Due to an initial lack of interest by [[United States]] networks, it only debuted on the [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci Fi Channel]] on [[17 March]] [[2006]], one year after the Canadian and UK showings. The BBC subsequently commissioned two more series and Christmas specials. [[List of Doctor Who serials#Series 2 (2006)|Series 2]] has finished its run in the UK and was followed by ''The Runaway Bride'' in December. [[List of Doctor Who serials#Series 2 (2006)|Series 2]] began airing in the US on the [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci-Fi Channel]] on [[29 September]] [[2006]], followed by the CBC on [[9 October]].
 
==Format==
The serial format changed for the 2005 revival, with each series consisting of thirteen 45-minute, self-contained episodes (60 minutes with adverts on commercial channels overseas). This includes three two-parters and a loose story arc per season whose elements are brought together in the season finale. Like the original serial format, two-part episodes have separate titles.
 
''Doctor Who'', having already completed 724 episodes, will surpass the number of individual instalments of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise (726 episodes over five programmes) during the 2007 series.
 
The current series is filmed in 576i25 [[Betacam#Digital Beta|DigiBeta]] widescreen format and then [[filmizing|filmised]] to give a 25p image in post-production using a Snell and Wilcox Alchemist Platinum.
 
==Public consciousness==
 
 
==The Doctor==
{{main|Doctor (Doctor Who)}}
[[Image:10dr19.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The ten faces of the Doctor. <small>Clockwise from top-left: [[William Hartnell]], [[Patrick Troughton]], [[Jon Pertwee]], [[Tom Baker]], [[Peter Davison]], [[Colin Baker]], [[Sylvester McCoy]], [[Paul McGann]], [[Christopher Eccleston]] and [[David Tennant]]</small>]]<!-- FAIR USE of 10dr19.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10dr19.jpg for rationale -->
 
#[[Ninth Doctor]], played by [[Christopher Eccleston]] (2005)
#[[Tenth Doctor]], played by [[David Tennant]] (2005&ndash;present)
 
Other actors have also played the Doctor, though rarely more than once (see the [[list of actors who have played the Doctor]] for details).
 
Despite these shifts in personality, the Doctor has always remained an intensely curious and highly moral adventurer, who would rather solve problems with his wits than through violence.
 
In ''[[Fear Her]]'' (2006), it was revealed that he was once a father.  The 2005 series revealed that the [[Ninth Doctor]] had become the last known surviving Time Lord, and his planet had been destroyed.
 
==Companions==
[[Image:Marthajones.jpg|180px|thumb|[[Freema Agyeman]] appears as the Doctor's newest companion, [[Martha Jones]].]]<!-- FAIR USE of Marthajones.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marthajones.jpg for rationale -->
The Doctor almost always shares his adventures with up to three [[:Category:Doctor Who companions|companions]] (the only exception in the original series being ''The Deadly Assassin'', in which he travels alone). The idea of the companion is to provide a [[audience surrogate|surrogate]] with whom the audience can identify and to further the story by asking questions and getting into trouble. The Doctor regularly gains new companions and loses old ones; sometimes they return home or find new causes — or loves — on worlds they have visited. Some have even died during the course of the series. For further details, see the notes in [[List of Doctor Who supporting characters]].
 
Despite the fact that the majority of the Doctor's companions are young, attractive females, the production team for the 1963–1989 series maintained a longstanding taboo against any overt romantic involvement in the TARDIS: the 2005 series played with this idea by having various characters think that the Ninth Doctor and Rose (played by [[Billie Piper]]) were a couple, which they vehemently denied (see also [[Doctor (Doctor Who)#The Doctor and romance|"The Doctor and romance"]]).
 
One former companion, [[Sarah Jane Smith]] (played by [[Elisabeth Sladen]]), together with the robotic dog [[K-9 (Doctor Who)|K-9]], appeared in [[School Reunion (Doctor Who)|an episode]] of the 2006 series more than twenty years after their last appearances in the 20th Anniversary story ''[[The Five Doctors]]'' (1983).
 
Beginning in the 2007 episode ''[[Smith and Jones (Doctor Who)|Smith and Jones]]'', [[Freema Agyeman]] will play [[Martha Jones]], the Doctor's next ongoing companion.<ref>{{cite press release | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/07_july/05/agyeman2.shtml | title = Freema Agyeman confirmed as new companion to Doctor Who | publisher = BBC |date= [[2006-07-05]]|accessdate = 2006-07-05}}</ref> Apart from her name, the casting of family members and the information that she will be a medical student, no details are currently available about her character.
 
==Adversaries==
:''See also: [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens]], [[List of Doctor Who villains]]''
[[Image:Daleknew.jpg|thumb|180px|The [[Dalek]]s are perhaps the best-known adversaries faced by the Doctor.]]<!-- FAIR USE of Daleknew.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Daleknew.jpg for rationale -->
When Sydney Newman commissioned the series, he specifically did not want to perpetuate the cliché of the "bug-eyed monster" of science fiction. However, [[list of Doctor Who monsters and aliens|monsters]] were a staple of ''Doctor Who'' almost from the beginning and were popular with audiences.
 
Notable adversaries of the Doctor include the [[Auton]]s, the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] and the [[Slitheen]]. Of all the monsters and villains, the ones that most secured the series' place in the public's imagination were the [[Dalek]]s. The Daleks are lethal mutants in tank-like mechanical armour from the planet [[Skaro]].  Their chief role in the great scheme of things, as they frequently remark in their instantly recognisable metallic voices, is to "Exterminate!", even destroying the [[Time Lords]] in the often described but never shown [[Time War (Doctor Who)|Time War]].
 
 
==Music==
{{main|Doctor Who theme music}}
 
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For the new series in 2005, [[Murray Gold]] provided a new arrangement which featured samples from the 1963 original with further elements added. A [[Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack|soundtrack CD of Gold's music]] for the new series was released on [[4 December]] [[2006]] by Silva Screen Records.<ref>{{cite web
| year = [[2006]]-[[07-17]]
| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/07/17/33953.shtml
| title = Who soundtrack soon
| publisher = [[bbc.co.uk]]
| accessdate = 2006-08-04
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|year =[[2006]]-[[11-01]]
| url = http://www.silvascreen.co.uk/news.htm
| title = Silva Screen announces Doctor Who CD release date
| published = [[silvascreen.co.uk]]
| accessdate = 2006-12-04
}}</ref>.
 
==Viewership==
[[Image:3doctardis.jpg|right|thumb|180px|The image of the [[TARDIS]] is iconic in British popular culture.]]<!-- FAIR USE of 3doctardis.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:3doctardis.jpg for rationale -->
''Doctor Who'' has always appeared on the BBC's mainstream [[BBC One]] channel, drawing audiences of many millions of viewers. The BBC One broadcast of ''[[Rose (Doctor Who)|Rose]]'', the first episode of the 2005 revival, drew an average audience of 10.81 million, third highest for BBC One that week and seventh across all channels. The 2005 series had an average audience of 7.95 million viewers, and the 2006 series achieved an average audience of about 7.71 million in the context of declining year-to-year viewership for all television channels. The episode ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'' managed sixth place in the charts across the week with 9.22 million viewers.<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Spilsbury
| first = Tom
|date= [[2006-09-13]] cover date
| title = Public Image
| journal = [[Doctor Who Magazine]]
| issue = 373
| pages = 8
}}</ref>
 
The revived series has also been shown on [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] and [[UK.TV]].
 
 
A wide selection of serials is available from BBC Video on [[VHS]] and [[DVD]], on sale in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States. Every fully extant serial has been released on VHS, and BBC Worldwide continues to regularly release serials on DVD. The 2005 series is also available in its entirety on [[Universal Media Disc|UMD]] for the [[PlayStation Portable]].
 
As of October 2006, the new series has been, or is currently, broadcast weekly in [[Australia]] ([[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]), [[Belgium]] ([[Één TV Station|één]]), [[Brazil]] ([[People+Arts]]), [[Canada]] (in English on CBC and in French on [[Ztélé]]), [[Denmark]] ([[Danmarks Radio]]), [[Finland]] ([[Yleisradio|TV2]]), [[France]] ([[France 4]]), [[Hong Kong]] ([[Asia Television Limited|ATV World]]), [[Hungary]] ([[RTL Klub]]-owned COOL TV), [[Israel]] ([[Yes Weekend]]), [[Italy]] ([[Jimmy (Italian television channel)|Jimmy]]), [[Japan]] ([[BS-2]], a channel of [[NHK]]), [[Malaysia]] ([[Astro (satellite TV)|Astro Network]]), the [[Netherlands]] ([[Nederland 3|NED 3]]), [[New Zealand]] ([[Prime Television New Zealand|Prime TV]]), [[Norway]] ([[Norsk Rikskringkasting|NRK]]), [[Poland]] ([[TVP 1]]), [[Portugal]] ([[People+Arts]]), [[Russia]] ([[STS TV]]), [[Spain]] and [[Latin America]] ([[People+Arts]]), [[South Korea]] ([[Korean Broadcasting System|KBS]]), the [[United States]] ([[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci Fi Channel]] and [[BBC America]]), [[Greece]] ([[Skai TV]]), [[Style UK]] (part of [[Showtime Arabia]]) for the [[Middle East]], [[North Africa]], and the [[Levant]] territories. The series has also been sold to, but not yet shown in, [[Germany]] ([[Pro 7]]), [[Sweden]] ([[Sveriges Television|SVT]]) and [[Romania]] ([[Televiziunea Română|TVR]]). A special logo has been designed for the Japanese broadcast with the [[katakana]] "ドクター・フー" ([[Romanization of Japanese|romanised]] as ''Dokutaa Huu'').<ref>{{cite web
|title=Turning Japanese
|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/06/30/33368.shtml
|date=[[30 June]] [[2006]]}}</ref>.
 
The 2005 series episodes aired in Canada a couple of weeks after their UK broadcast, a situation made possible by the [[2004-05 NHL lockout|cancellation of the 2004-2005 National Hockey League season]] which left vast gaps in CBC's schedule. For the Canadian broadcasts, Christopher Eccleston recorded special video introductions for each episode (including a trivia question as part of a viewer contest) and excerpts from the ''Doctor Who Confidential'' documentary were played over the closing credits; for the broadcast of ''The Christmas Invasion'' on [[December 26]] [[2005]], [[Billie Piper]] recorded a special video introduction. [[CBC Television]] began airing the 2006 series on [[October 9]] [[2006]] at 8:00 p.m. local (8:30 NT), shortly after that day's [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL) [[Thanksgiving (Canada)|Thanksgiving]] doubleheader in much of the country. The first series is currently being rebroadcast late Tuesday nights/early Wednesday mornings at midnight. Old episodes of ''Doctor Who'' are shown nightly on the Canadian station [[BBC Kids]].
 
Series 2 is currently being broadcast on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States, starting with ''The Christmas Invasion'' on [[29 September]] [[2006]]. Series 1 is also being repeated in the US, this time on [[BBC America]]. The re-run began on [[November 21]], [[2006]].
 
Series 1 is currently being broadcast on [[BBC Entertainment]] in Asia.
 
===Fandom===
{{main|Doctor Who fandom}}
{{Unreferencedsect|date=December 2006}}
 
''Doctor Who'' has amassed a large number of fans from all over the world. For example, ''The Doctor Who Forum'' at the website [[Outpost Gallifrey]] is ranked within the top 300 most active message boards on the Internet<ref>{{cite web
| title=BigBoards.com
| url=http://www.big-boards.com/highlight/1036/
| accessdate=2007-01-01
| }}</ref>. The series is more a mainstream part of [[popular culture]] in its native UK, where it is regarded as a family show and is shown on the main public service broadcasting channel, [[BBC One]].
 
The term Whovian, (similar to [[Trekkie]] for [[Star Trek]]) is used by the press to refer to  ''Doctor Who'' fans, although the term is not often used by fans themselves.
 
Celebrity fans include comedians [[Jon Culshaw]], [[David Walliams]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.davidwalliams.com/drwho.htm |title=Doctor Who |accessdate=2006-12-20 |work=davidwalliams.com }}</ref>, [[Mitch Benn]], [[Peter Kay]], [[Mark Gatiss]], [[Stewart Lee]] and [[Matt Lucas]], cricketers [[Mike Gatting]] and [[Graham Gooch]], actors [[David Hewlett]] and [[Eric McCormack]]<ref>{{cite news
|first = Neil
|last = Sean
|title = War on Terror: In It to Win It?
|url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,213663,00.html
|format = near bottom of page
|work = [[Fox & Friends]]
|publisher = [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]
|date= [[2006-09-13]]
|accessdate = 2006-09-13
}}</ref>, singer and actress [[Toyah Willcox]], [[Cedric Bixler-Zavala]] of [[the Mars Volta]], singer [[Meat Loaf]],<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/meat%20loaf%20to%20hit%20the%20tardis_1005162
| title = MEAT LOAF TO HIT THE TARDIS?
| accessdate = 2006-08-16
|date= 2006-08-13
| work = contactmusic.com
}}</ref> Simpsons creator [[Matt Groening]], graphic novelist and fantasy writer [[Neil Gaiman]], horror novelist [[Brian Keene]], and science-fiction writer and critic [[Harlan Ellison]]. [[William Rees-Mogg]], editor of ''[[The Times]]'' newspaper from 1967 until 1981, publicly declared his enjoyment of ''Doctor Who'' on an edition of the BBC's current affairs series ''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' in 1980.<ref name="moggfan">{{cite news|title=Personal Choice|first=Emlyn|last=Williams|authorlink=Emlyn Williams|publisher=[[The Times]]|date=[[1980-11-22]]|accessdate=2007-01-16|pages=9}}</ref> Prompted by this, the actor and dramatist [[Emlyn Williams]] admitted in the pages of ''The Times'' that he too was a keen follower of the series.<ref name="moggfan"/>
 
==List of episodes and serials==
{{main|List of Doctor Who serials}}
 
 
==Adaptations and other appearances==
===Spin-offs===
{{main|Doctor Who spin-offs}}
 
 
Following the success of the 2005 series produced by Russell T. Davies, the BBC commissioned Davies to produce a 13-part spin-off series titled ''[[Torchwood]]'' (an [[anagram]] of "Doctor Who"), set in modern-day Wales and investigating alien activities and crime. The series debuted on [[BBC Three]] on [[22 October]] [[2006]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/whatson/prog_parse.cgi?FILENAME=20061022/20061022_2150_2075_8189_50 Torchwood programme information], BBC Three listings. Retrieved on [[October 15]], [[2006]].</ref> [[John Barrowman]] reprises his role of [[Jack Harkness]] from the 2005 series of ''Doctor Who''. It was shot in Summer and Autumn 2006.<ref>{{cite news
  | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4349120.stm
  | title=Doctor Who spin-off made in Wales
  | publisher=[[BBC News]]
  |date=[[2005-10-17]]
  | accessdate=2006-04-24
}}</ref> [[Eve Myles]], who was in the 2005 ''Doctor Who'' episode ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]'', also stars.<ref>{{cite web
| year =[[2006-02-24]]
| url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/02/24/29846.shtml
| title =Team Torchwood
| publisher =[[bbc.co.uk]]
| accessdate =2006-04-24
}}</ref>
 
A new K-9 children's series, ''[[K-9 Adventures]]'', is in development, but not by the BBC.<ref>{{cite web
| year =[[2006-04-26]]
| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4939144.stm
| title =Doctor Who dog K9 gets spin-off
| publisher =[[BBC News]]
| accessdate =2006-07-26
}}</ref>
 
''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', starring Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, has been developed by [[CBBC]]; a special aired on New Year's Day 2007, and a full series will follow later in 2007.<ref>{{cite press release
| title =Russell T Davies creates new series for CBBC, starring Doctor Who's Sarah Jane Smith
| publisher =[[BBC]]
|date=[[2006-09-14]]
| url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/09_september/14/sarah.shtml
| accessdate =2006-09-14 }}</ref>
 
===Charity episodes===
[[Image:Curseoffataldeath.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[Rowan Atkinson]] as the Doctor and [[Julia Sawalha]] as Emma in the [[parody]] ''[[Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'']]<!-- FAIR USE of Curseoffataldeath.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Curseoffataldeath.jpg for rationale -->
In 1993, coinciding with the series' 30th anniversary, a charity special entitled ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'' was produced in aid of Children in Need, featuring all of the surviving actors who played the Doctor and a number of previous companions. Not taken seriously by many, the story had the [[Rani (Doctor Who)|Rani]] opening a hole in time, cycling the Doctor and his companions through his previous incarnations and menacing them with monsters from the show's past. It also featured a crossover with the soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]'', the action taking place in the latter's [[Albert Square]] location and around [[Greenwich]], including the ''[[Cutty Sark]]''. The special was one of several special 3D programmes the BBC produced at the time, using a 3D system that made use of the [[Pulfrich effect]] requiring glasses with one darkened lens; the picture would look perfectly normal to those viewers who watched without the glasses.
 
In 1999, another special, ''[[Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death]]'', was made for [[Red Nose Day]] and later released on [[VHS]]. An affectionate [[parody]] of the television series, it was split into four segments, mimicking the traditional serial format, complete with [[cliffhanger]]s. (The version released on [[video]] was split into only two episodes.) In the story, the Doctor ([[Rowan Atkinson]]) encounters both [[Master (Doctor Who)|the Master]] ([[Jonathan Pryce]]) and the [[Dalek]]s. During the special the Doctor is forced to regenerate several times, with his subsequent incarnations played by, in order, [[Richard E. Grant]], [[Jim Broadbent]], [[Hugh Grant]], and [[Joanna Lumley]]. The script was written by [[Steven Moffat]], who contributed two scripts to the 2005 series and one for the 2006 series.
 
As noted above, on [[November 18]], [[2005]], an untitled [[Doctor Who: Children in Need|7-minute "mini-episode"]], set in the immediate aftermath of ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'' and leading directly into ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'', was shown as part of the Children in Need [[telethon]].
 
===Spoofs===
{{main|Doctor Who spoofs}}
 
 
In the comic ''[[Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man]] #10''—in a storyline dealing with time-travel and alternate universes—the words “[[Bad Wolf]]” can be seen written on the wall. 
 
 
===Merchandise===
{{main|Doctor Who merchandise}}
Since its beginnings, ''Doctor Who'' has generated many hundreds of products related to the show, from [[toy]]s and [[game]]s to collectible [[picture card]]s and [[postage stamp]]s. These include [[board game]]s, [[card game]]s, [[gamebook]]s, [[computer game]]s and [[action figure]]s.
 
Many games have been released that feature the [[Dalek]]s. See [[Dalek#Computer games|Dalek computer games]].
 
==Awards==
The revived series has received particular recognition from critics and the public.  In 2005, at the [[National Television Awards]] (voted on by members of the British public), ''Doctor Who'' won "Most Popular Drama", Christopher Eccleston won "Most Popular Actor" and Billie Piper won "Most Popular Actress".  The series and Piper repeated their wins at the 2006 National Television Awards, and David Tennant won "Most Popular Actor".<ref>{{cite news
| title = Dr Who scores TV awards hat-trick
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6104048.stm
| work = [[BBC News]]
| publisher = [[bbc.co.uk]]
|date= [[2006-10-31]]
| accessdate = 2006-10-31
}}</ref> A scene from ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'' won "Golden Moment" in the BBC's "2005 TV Moments" awards,<ref>{{cite web
| year =December 2005
| url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/tvmoments/winners.shtml
| title =2005 TV Moments
| publisher =[[bbc.co.uk]]
| accessdate =2006-04-24
}}</ref> and ''Doctor Who'' swept all the categories in [[BBC.co.uk]]'s online "Best of Drama" poll in both 2005<ref>{{cite web
| year =December 2005
| url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bestof2005/
| title =Drama Best of 2005
| publisher =[[bbc.co.uk]]
| accessdate =2006-04-24
}}</ref> and 2006.<ref>{{cite web
| year =January 2007
| url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bestof2006/
| title =Drama Best of 2006
| publisher =[[bbc.co.uk]]
| accessdate =2007-01-16
}}</ref> The programme also won the ''[[Broadcast magazine|Broadcast Magazine]]'' Award for Best Drama.<ref>{{cite web
| year =[[2006-01-26]]
| url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/01/26/29141.shtml
| title =Doctor Who wins Broadcast Award
| publisher = [[bbc.co.uk]]
| accessdate =2006-04-24
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| year =2006
| url =http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/awards/content_frames.asp?content=winners
| title =2006 Winners
| publisher =[[Broadcast magazine|Broadcast Magazine]]
| accessdate =2006-04-24
}}</ref> Eccleston was awarded the TV Quick and TV Choice award for Best Actor in 2005; in the same awards in 2006 Tennant won Best Actor, Piper won Best Actress and ''Doctor Who'' won Best-Loved Drama.<ref>{{cite news
|title = Street is best soap at TV awards
|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4218078.stm
|work = [[BBC News]]
|date= [[2005-09-06]]
|accessdate = 2006-09-05
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|title = Doctor Who lands three TV awards
|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5314890.stm
|work = [[BBC News]]
|date= [[2006-09-05]]
|accessdate = 2006-09-05
}}</ref>
 
''Doctor Who'' was nominated in the Best Drama Series category at the 2006 [[Royal Television Society]] awards,<ref>{{cite news
  | url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,,1714821,00.html
  | title=RTS Programme Awards - Nominations
  | publisher=[[The Guardian]]
  |date=[[2006-02-21]]
  | accessdate=2006-04-24
}}</ref> but lost to [[BBC Three]]'s medical drama ''[[Bodies (TV series)|Bodies]]''.<ref>{{cite news
  | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4808172.stm
  | title=Bleak House wins TV drama award
  | publisher=[[BBC News]]
  |date=[[2006-03-15]]
  | accessdate=2006-04-24
}}</ref>
 
''Doctor Who'' also received several nominations for the 2006 [[Broadcasting Press Guild]] Awards: the programme for Best Drama, Eccleston for Best Actor (David Tennant was also nominated for ''[[Secret Smile]]''), Piper for Best Actress and Davies for Best Writer.  However, it did not win any of these categories.<ref>{{cite web
| year =[[March 31]] [[2006]]
| url =http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/awards/2006.html
| title =Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2006
| publisher =[[Broadcasting Press Guild]]
| accessdate =2006-04-24
}}</ref>
 
Several episodes of the 2005 series of ''Doctor Who'' were nominated for the [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form]]: ''[[Dalek (Doctor Who episode)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Father's Day  (Doctor Who)|Father's Day]]'' and the double episode ''[[The Empty Child]]''/''[[The Doctor Dances]]''. At a ceremony at the Worldcon ([[64th World Science Fiction Convention|L.A. Con IV]]) in [[Los Angeles]] on [[27 August]] [[2006]], the Hugo was awarded to ''The Empty Child''/''The Doctor Dances''.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.locusmag.com/2006/News/08_HugoCampbellWinners.html
| title = Hugo and Campbell Awards Winners
| work = [[Locus (magazine)|Locus Online]]
| accessdate = 2006-08-27
|date= [[2006-08-26]]
}}</ref> ''Dalek'' and ''Father's Day'' came in second and third places respectively.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://cluebytwelve.net/Hugos2006/07_Dramatic_Short.htm
| title = Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
| work = 2006 Hugo Award & Campbell Award Winners
| accessdate = 2006-08-28
|date= [[2006-08-26]]
}}</ref>
 
The [[British Academy Television Awards]] (BAFTA) nominations, released on [[March 27]] [[2006]], revealed that ''Doctor Who'' had been shortlisted in the category of Best Drama Series. This is the highest-profile and most prestigious British television award for which the series has ever been nominated.  ''Doctor Who'' was also nominated in several other categories in the BAFTA Craft Awards, including Best Writer ([[Russell T. Davies]]), Best Director ([[Joe Ahearne]]), and Break-through Talent (production designer [[Edward Thomas (designer)|Edward Thomas]]). However, it did not eventually win any of its categories at the Craft Awards.
 
On Sunday [[May 7]] [[2006]] the main BAFTA award winners were announced, and ''Doctor Who'' won both of the categories it was nominated for, the Best Drama Series and audience-voted Pioneer Award. Russell T. Davies also won the [[Dennis Potter]] Award for Outstanding Writing for Television.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4982648.stm
|title=Doctor Who is Bafta award winner
|publisher=[[BBC News]]
|date=[[2006-05-08]]
|accessdate=2006-05-08
}}</ref>
 
On [[April 22]] [[2006]], the programme won five categories (out of fourteen nominations) at the lower-profile [[BAFTA Cymru]] awards, given to programmes made in Wales. It won Best Drama Series, Drama Director ([[James Hawes]]), Costume, Make-up and Photography Direction. Russell T Davies also won the [[Sian Phillips]] Award for Outstanding Contribution to Network Television.<ref>{{cite news
  | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4934216.stm
  | title=Doctor leads Bafta Cymru winners
  | publisher=[[BBC News]]
  |date=[[2006-04-22]]
  | accessdate=2006-04-24
}}</ref>
 
==See also==
*[[Lengths of science fiction film and television series]]
*[[Doctor Who chronology]]
*[[Doctor Who in America]]
*[[Doctor Who in Australia]]
 
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==External links==
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===Official sites===
{{seealso|Doctor Who tie-in websites}}
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho BBC ''Doctor Who'' website] including [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/04/01/30852.shtml trailer for series 2]
*[http://www.bbcamerica.com/genre/drama_mysteries/doctor_who/doctor_who.jsp BBC America ''Doctor Who'' website]
*[http://www.cbc.ca/doctorwho/ CBC ''Doctor Who'' website]
*[http://www.scifi.com/doctorwho SciFi Channel ''Doctor Who'' website]
 
 
 
===Reference sites===
 
====General information====
*[http://scifipedia.scifi.com/index.php/Doctor_Who Doctor Who] at [http://scifipedia.scifi.com/index.php/Main_Page Scifipedia]
*[http://www.monitorduty.com/mdarchives/2006/04/alan_kistlers_p_8.shtml Alan Kistler's Profiles on DOCTOR WHO]
*[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/454592/index.html British Film Institute Screen Online]
*[http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/D/htmlD/doctorwho/doctorwho.htm Encyclopedia of Television]
 
===''Doctor Who'' universe===
*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/ The ''Doctor Who'' Reference Guide] &mdash; synopses of virtually every television episode, novel, audio drama, comic strip and spin-off video based upon the series
*[http://www.whoniverse.org/ The Whoniverse] &mdash; a guide to the fictional aspects of ''Doctor Who''
* [http://www.lofficier.com/dwindex.html The Doctor Who Universal Databank] A somewhat unreliable A-to-Z Encyclopedia of the ''[[Whoniverse]]'', although only covering the 1963–1989 series.
*[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Tardis Index File] Contains mostly in-universe information.
 
===Images===
*[http://www.shillpages.com/dw/dwia.htm Steve Hill's ''Doctor Who'' Image Archive]
*[http://www.throup.org.uk/doctor_who.php The Doctor Who Logo Collection]
 
===Production information===
*Internet Movie Database:
**{{imdb title|id=0436992|title=Doctor Who (2005&ndash;?)}}
*[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/ Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel)] — a complete and exhaustive production history of ''Doctor Who''
*[http://www.doctorwholocations.org.uk/ Doctor Who Locations] — [[Google Earth]] compatible database of locations where episodes were filmed
 
===Miscellany===
*[http://www.cuttingsarchive.org.uk/ ''Doctor Who'' Cuttings Archive] &mdash; hosts a large number of press cuttings and articles from 1963 onwards.
 
===General fan sites===
*[http://www.gallifreyone.com Outpost Gallifrey] (see also [[Outpost Gallifrey]]) — a large ''Doctor Who'' news and information site with reviews, articles, and a discussion forum.
*[http://www.drwho-online.co.uk Doctor Who Online] — a large UK ''Doctor Who'' news site with reviews, articles, and a discussion forum.
 
===Links===
*[http://www.gallifreyone.com/webguide.php The ''Doctor Who'' Web Guide] &mdash; an index of ''Who''-related web sites
*[http://dmoz.org/Arts/Television/Programs/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/D/Doctor_Who/ DMOZ ''Doctor Who'' page]
 
 
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