Doctor Who
Though I am a recent member of this long running show, I have come to love it. Doctor Who is the longest running Scifi show in the world; just getting ready to celebrate it's 50th Anniversary this coming year. The show started in 1963 and has been running off and on for the past 50 years. The main character in the Show is The Doctor a time traveling alien from a planet called Galifrey. The way the show works, whenever an actor is ready to leave the show the Doctor "regenerates" into a new actor, therefore dying yet living on. The show is about his travels through time and space and the Companions that tag along with him. It's about how he saves whole worlds from other aliens and how he shows the wonders of the universe to those that he chooses to bring along. There have been 11 Doctors so far, since the beginning and the current trend with each regeneration is that the Doctor has gotten younger each time. So far I have only had access to the 9-11th Doctors since the older episodes are very hard to get a hold of or lost. Out of the Doctors I've seen my favorite is the 10th.
Although the Doctor has supposedly 12ish Regenerations; the current writer for the show Moffat may have found a way around that. Also the ship that the Doctor uses to travel in Time and Space is called the T.A.R.D.I.S. which is short for Time And Relative Dimension In Space.
The Doctors
The 1st Doctor
Actor: William Hartnell
Time as Doctor: 1963-1966
The 2nd Doctor
Actor: Patrick Troughton
Time as Doctor: 1966-1970
The 3rd Doctor
Actor: Jon Pertwee
Time as Doctor: 1970-1974
The 4th Doctor
Actor: Tom Baker
Time as Doctor: 1974-1981
The 5th Doctor
Actor: Peter Davison
Time as Doctor: 1982-1984
The 6th Doctor
Actor: Colin Baker
Time as Doctor: 1984-1986
The 7th Doctor
Actor: Sylvester McCoy
Time as Doctor: 1987-1989
The 8th Doctor
Actor: Paul McGann
Time as Doctor: 1996
The 9th Doctor
Actor: Christopher Eccleston
Time as Doctor: 2005
The 10th Doctor
Actor: David Tennant
Time as Doctor: 2005-2010
The 11th Doctor
Actor: Matt Smith
Time as Doctor: 2010-2013 (Leaving during Christmas Special)
The 12th Doctor
*Still being chosen for role*
The Companions
The Main Bad Guys
Daleks
"Exterminate"
Cybermen
"You will be upgraded"
Weeping Angels
"Don't Blink, Blink and You're Dead"
In Conclusion
The show is rather hard to explain in short words but in the basic concept the show is about many things, but most importantly friendship.
The story of Doctor Who is about a lonely traveler, who finds friends to travel with him and how over time he loses them one way or another. Its about how he shows them the wonders of the universe and finds a way to move on after they leave or are lost.
The show is funny, fun, and yet you tear up at times. There are moments you wish would never end.
As the show is starting in on it's way into the 12th Doctor we can only hope that things will continue on their wild and fun ride through time and space.
I have chosen not to go into intense detail about this show as it would take me ages to explain everything but to do a quick brush with some basic facts. Also last but not least I'll touch on a Spinoff from the Doctor Who series: Torchwood
Torchwood
This show is a spinoff from Doctor Who featuring the former companion Captain Jack Harkness as the leader of a reformed Torchwood team who hunts down aliens that come from both space and a place called The Rift and contain them.
The show is currently on Hiatis due to multiple issues in writing and scheduling.
Characters
Captain Jack Harkness
Gwen Cooper
Ianto Jones
Toshiko Sato
Owen Harper
As I rather enjoy this Spinoff I'd love to see this come back someday.
This concludes the end off my second post as to go on any longer would take ages. I am not quite sure as to where I shall go with my next post and ideas are welcome. Thanks for the read, please leave me a comment.
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