Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a highly influentilal and regarded British sci-fi TV show shown on BBC1, since 23 November 1963. The show features The Doctor, a mystical time traveller (time lord) who flies in his best gadget of all - the TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space) with a companion. Together they explore the stars and planets, at various points in time. Villians in the show, the best known ones arguably, are the Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, Ood, Slitheen, Ice Warriors, Silurians, Sea Devils, Judoon, The Master, and plenty of others. The show ran for 29 seasons between 1963-1989, and a further six have been made since 2005

The show is a major influence on Harliver.

The Doctor
The Doctor is a mystical time lord from the planet Gallifray. His ship, Time and Relative Dimensions in Space (better known as TARDIS) takes him back and forth. He actually stole the TARDIS from another time lord, making him somewhat of a rogue timelord in his early days. The Doctor does not know his own age, but massive continuity errors from then and now give clashing ages (e.g. 665, 990, 903).

The Doctor has been played by at least 15 people. The Doctor can "regenerate" meaning his body and personality changes following a near death experience (which would of killed him if he were human, or on his 13tth life which his last time). The Doctor has regenerated 10 times and therefore has exsisted in 11 incarnations. But there are more versions of The Doctor, such as Valeyard, which is an aspect between The Doctor's 12th and 13th incarnations. He is evil. Also there is the mystery about the Dream Lord which is apparently another dark manifestation of The Doctor, just like the Valeyard. The Dream Lord has only appeared in one episode, Amy's Choice. Valeyard appeared in Season 23, which is actually one giant story called The Trial of the Time Lord, as well as many different novels and books such as Millennial Rites, The Eight Doctors and Time's Champion. The official Doctor has been played by 11 different actos, one for each incarnation. The first was William Hartnell (1963-1966), followed by Patrick Throughton (1966-1969), Jon Petwee (1970-1974), Tom Baker(1974-1981), Peter Davison (1981-1984), Colin Baker (1984-1987), Sylvester McCoy (1987-1996), Paul McGann (1996-2005), Christopher Eccleston (2005), David Tennant (2005-2010) and Matt Smith (2010-present). In the 1960s Dalek films, The Doctor was renamed Dr. Who (even though this isn't The Doctor's real name) and played by Peter Cushing. Also, for the 1999 comic relief special Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death he was played by Rowan Atkinson.