45 Years of Time Travel

Think back... forty-five years ago... not a special date to people of the time... but the birth of a legend... a Time Lord... from the planet Gallifrey... a man... called... the Doctor...

We're only five years away from the big 50, but 45 seems to also be a big number. On this day, as you might have guessed, forty-five years ago, the first ever episode of Doctor Who broadcast on television, with the story 'An Unearthly Child'. How many of you viewing this site now were alive then, sitting down to watch this strange show, just after 5:15pm on the 23rd November in the year 1963? Does that seem a long time ago? Or feel like no time at all? Then back to now, in 2008. The last full episode we have watched is Journey's End that received a fantastic number of viewers, hit the number one spot on television for that week, and the whole show is more popular than it has ever been! Doesn't this make you proud of the show we are now part of in some way? Well, it should!

Since 1963, we have seen 10 Doctors, 9 regenerations, 202 stories, scary and tremendously designed monsters, companions come and go, so much excitement, too much to write, and of course, the Doctor's Tardis. Along with the show itself, the Tardis appeared in the first episode, and has been in most since (or mentioned). Sometimes, though, the 3rd Doctor had to go without it while he was stuck on Earth. The exterior has mostly stayed the same, but the interior (bigger on the inside, in case you hadn't noticed) has changed a lot. Now with a 'coral' layout, it looks amazing. The Doctor has been played by ten actors at the moment. They are William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant. They have all had their own different personalities.

Doctor Who hardly stopped on television up until 1989, when after the first seven Doctors, the show just suddenly stopped. many people thought from then on, there would be nothing. They thought that it was the end of Doctor Who, but they were very wrong. Well, they were right up until 2005, as the TV Movie in 1996 wasn't really a proper Doctor Who 'on tv' show. It was just one night, made by America, with a completely new Doctor and companion, and then nothing happened at the end of that. In the early 2000s there were rumours about the show returning with a head-writer called Russell T. Davies, who had previously written Queer as Folk. Yeah yeah, good joke... In fact it wasn't! The series was confirmed later to be returning in 2005, but nobody really knew what to expect. For once, no wobbly sets, some very professional acting and loads of money poured into the show. Many people thought it was only going to last a year, but then Series 2 came and went, then Series 3 and now Series 4, and now it's the best programme ever (in a Whovian's mind)!

I don't really know what else to put. I haven't had enough time to think about something really special for this post, but go and do something fun today!

And so, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOCTOR WHO!!!!!

Just wait for 50 years... but will this site still be running? Who knows!

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45 Years - What Will You Do?

As the time to celebrate forty-five years of Doctor Who is so very close away (Sunday), we would like to know if you will be doing anything special or something for this important date for Doctor Who. We would really like to know, as I'm sure many people may be doing a few different sort of things on Sunday. You might be just dressing up as the Doctor, making monsters, or even devoting your whole day to the show, maybe seeing how many episodes you can fit in on one day! I hop you all have a good time, and there will be a post on Sunday morning about the event. No official events have actually been confirmed, and we'd know about them sooner if there was, so we can guess we have the day to ourselves. Put you thoughts and ideas of what you will be doing in the comments, and you may be mentioned on the post on Sunday!

SFX Celebrate 45 Years!

SFX are celebrating the forty five years of time travel in style next month. Their next issue, issue 176, will be made avaliable with ten different cover designs. If you haven't already worked it out, each cover will feature a picture of the Doctor in one of his many incarnations. The issue features a special part, dedicated to the history of the show. 'On 23 November 1963, the world met the Doctor for the first time, when An Unearthly Child hit British television screens. Now 45 years and nine more incarnations of the Time Lord later, SFX is set to celebrate the anniversary of Doctor Who's launch in truly cosmic style.'

You might just have to choose your favourite Doctor for your issue, but if you're a large collector, you just might get all of them! That's if you're able to find them all, because you might have to go on a great hunt! The issue will also reveal the first details about this year's Christmas Special, The Next Doctor, thanks to Russell T. Davies talking exclusively to the magazine;

Russell T Davies gives us the first, exclusive word on this year’s hotly anticipated Christmas special (teasingly titled "The Next Doctor"). It sees a rematch between our time-travelling hero and emotionless enemies the Cybermen. "We needed a familiar enemy," shares Davies, who then tells us: "All our Christmas specials have been very different. It’s time to do a smaller, more intimate story – though having said that, the ending is ferociously huge..."

This is part of the interview with him, and also talks about a few things to do with the specials. Also, is massive rundown of Doctor Who’s 45 greatest, most iconic monsters, as decided by the SFX experts. Who will win – the Ice Warriors? The Ood? Or will the Daleks exterminate all opposition to claim their place as the supreme beings in the universe? There may be a surprise in store...

The magazine will be avaliable from Wednesday 22 October, but which cover will you get? Suscribers to the magazine, though, will receive a David Tennant one. You can see all covers with this link, on their website, and see all of them just above.

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