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"Doctor Who" follows the adventures of the title character, a rogue Time Lord with somewhat unknown origins who goes by the name "the Doctor". The Doctor is centuries old and, as a Time Lord, has the ability to regenerate in case of mortal damage to the body, taking on a new appearance, personality and (from 2017 onwards) gender identity Sorry. I cannot find the answer based on the context. Sorry. I cannot find the answer based on the context.
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Karen Gillan returned in the fifth series to play Amy Pond.
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what is the fires of pompeii?
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It is the second episode of the fourth series of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who".
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what is its storyline?
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The Tenth Doctor and Donna arrive in Pompeii the day before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79.
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who is the aforesaid person?
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who is the aforesaid actress mentioned in the series?
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She is a Scottish actress, filmmaker and former model.
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where was she born?
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Inverness.
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how did she begin her career as an actress?
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Her early television acting career included guest appearances on several television shows, with her first role being in an episode of ITV crime drama "Rebus".
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what is this latter mentioned?
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It is a puzzle device that combines the use of illustrated pictures with individual letters to depict words and/or phrases.
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The term "rebus" also refers to the use of a pictogram to represent a syllabic sound.
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what is the aforementioned british tv series all about?
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It is a detective drama series based on the "Inspector Rebus" novels.
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The TARDIS exterior was also shrunk to the size of a dollhouse in the serial "Logopolis" (1981), with the Fourth Doctor trapped inside.
Flatline (Doctor Who) | Continuity
After a spectacular fall from grace, high-flying heart surgeon Dr Hugh Knight receives a life-changing punishment from the Medical Tribunal—he is forced to work for a year as a country GP in his former home town of Whyhope. Now the only way to salvage his brilliant career is to work as a lowly GP in an under-resourced, small-town hospital surrounded by estranged family, former friends, crazed colleagues, oddball patients, jealous brothers and a newlywed ex-girlfriend.
Doctor Doctor (Australian TV series) | Premise
The plot revolved around the trials of medical students at St Swithin's hospital in London.
Doctor in the House (franchise) | Plot
The television series would employ a set of characters completely different from the original book series (the film and radio series would use the characters from the books). The major protagonists were: The main antagonist is the well-respected and ill-tempered surgeon Professor (later Sir) Geoffrey Loftus (Ernest Clark). Most of the plot lines revolve around the students' attempts to meet his demanding expectations.
Doctor in the House (franchise) | Characters
"Doctor Who" follows the adventures of the title character, a rogue Time Lord with somewhat unknown origins who goes by the name "the Doctor". The Doctor fled Gallifrey in a stolen TARDIS ("Time and Relative Dimension in Space"), a time machine that travels by materialising into, and dematerialising out of, the time vortex. The TARDIS has a vast interior but appears smaller on the outside, and is equipped with a "chameleon circuit" intended to make the machine take on the appearance of local objects as a disguise; due to a malfunction, the Doctor's TARDIS remains fixed as a blue British police box.
Doctor Who | Premise
The plot revolved around the trials of medical students at St Swithin's hospital in London.
Doctor in the House (TV series) | Plot
The lives of the carelessly incompetent medical team at a hospital in the Parisian suburbs explode in surreal humour as they go about their daily duties.
H (TV series) | Premise
Doctor in the House is a British television comedy series based on a set of books and a film of the same name by Richard Gordon about the misadventures of a group of medical students. It was produced by London Weekend Television from 1969 to 1970. Writers for the "Doctor in the House" episodes were Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie and Bernard McKenna. The series was directed by David Askey and Maurice Murphy among others and the producer was Humphrey Barclay. The external establishing shots were of Wanstead Hospital, London (now Clock Court).
Doctor in the House (TV series) | Introduction
A former alcoholic tries to lead a crusade against drink, but is himself repeatedly tempted by alcohol.
The Physician (1928 film) | Premise
However, science fiction stories came to dominate the programme, and the history-orientated episodes, which were not popular with the production team, were dropped after "The Highlanders" (1967). While the show continued to use historical settings, they were generally used as a backdrop for science fiction tales, with one exception: "Black Orchid" (1982), set in 1920s England.
Doctor Who | Episodes
Two scenes were filmed for the "Complete Fifth Series" box set, revealing what happened between pairs of regular episodes. The first scene is set between "The Eleventh Hour" and "The Beast Below", and the second is set between "Flesh and Stone" and "The Vampires of Venice".
Doctor Who (series 5) | Supplemental scenes
In "The Girl in the Fireplace" (2006), he draws an analogy between the title and Madame de Pompadour's. In "The Mutants" (1972) an official asks the Third Doctor if he is, in fact, a doctor, to which the Doctor replies "I am, yes"; when asked what he is qualified in, the Doctor replies, "Practically everything." The Fourth Doctor states that his companion, Harry Sullivan, is a Doctor of medicine, while he is "a doctor of many things" ("Revenge of the Cybermen", 1975). The Fifth Doctor claims to be a doctor "of everything" in "Four to Doomsday" (1982), and a message to the same effect is related from the Tenth Doctor in "Utopia" (2007).
The Doctor (Doctor Who) | Alias "The Doctor"
The Doctor's various incarnations have gained numerous recurring enemies during their travels, including the Daleks, their creator Davros, the Cybermen, and the Master, another renegade Time Lord.
Doctor Who | Premise
A sinister doctor treats his Hippocratic Oath about the same way he treats his patients, while two fellow surgeons and a young Assistant District Attorney set out to stop him.
Dr. Death (upcoming TV series) | Premise
In London, a passing John Barrowman informs the three actors that "Doctor Who" filming now takes place in Cardiff. Barrowman abandons his secret wife and children to drive the trio there, singing show tunes all the way and giving them each a copy of one of his CDs. The former Doctors enter the Doctor Who Experience, steal their old costumes, and with the help of Davison's son-in-law David Tennant are able to infiltrate Roath Lock and get onto the set of the 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor". They are initially unsure how to proceed with getting in the special, but end up taking the place of the three Dalek operators after locking them in their room.
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Plot
Doctor at Large is a British television comedy series based on a set of books by Richard Gordon about the misadventures of a group of newly qualified doctors. The series follows directly from its predecessor "Doctor in the House", and was produced by London Weekend Television in 1971. Writers for the "Doctor at Large" episodes were Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Bernard McKenna, Geoff Rowley, Andy Baker, Jonathan Lynn and David Yallop, as well as George Layton (under the pseudonym of "Oliver Fry").
Doctor at Large (TV series) | Introduction
When the skies clear, the TARDIS is seemingly destroyed; all that is left is the Doctor's hat stand.
Frontios | Plot
A scheme by two doctors to establish an alibi for a killing by switching roles in the operating theatre is foiled by the insight of a detective and the chance action of a small boy.
Operation Murder | Premise
Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction series. Doctor Who may also refer to:
Doctor Who (disambiguation) | Introduction
Australian director Jennifer Perrott visited the UK to film the fifth episode, "The Tsuranga Conundrum", along with the seventh episode "Kerblam!". The sixth episode, "Demons of the Punjab", was filmed in the Province of Granada, Spain.
Doctor Who (series 11) | Filming
The episodes were directed by directors who were new to "Doctor Who". Filming began in late July 2009, lasting about nine months. The series was filmed primarily in Wales, except for "The Vampires of Venice" and "Vincent and the Doctor" (which had scenes filmed in Trogir, Croatia). Design changes from the previous series included a new logo, title sequence, variant of the Doctor's sonic screwdriver, interior and exterior of the TARDIS, and a change in the theme music.
Doctor Who (series 5) | Introduction
Deluded Simon Porter, dreams of becoming a doctor - but he has to start from the bottom and be a porter. His plan? Work his way up to be the best porter the NHS has ever seen.
Porters (TV series) | Premise
The Doctor refers to himself as "a madman with a box", reprising Amy's and his own description of himself in "The Eleventh Hour". The Doctor refers to Nephew as "another Ood I failed to save"; in "The Satan Pit" the Doctor commented that he did not have time to save the Ood. Idris' cryptic words, "the only water in the forest is the river", are explained in the mid-series finale, "A Good Man Goes to War".
The Doctor's Wife | Continuity
After a close call with some security guards which leads to the trio having to hide back on the set, they manage to escape and catch a bus back to London. Davison receives a call and ignores it; it turns out to be former "Doctor Who" executive producer Russell T Davies asking for a part in Davison's project, as he has also been left out of the 50th celebrations.
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Plot
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC since 1963. The programme depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called "the Doctor", an extraterrestrial being, to all appearances human. The Doctor explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Accompanied by a number of companions, the Doctor combats a variety of foes while working to save civilisations and help people in need. The show is a significant part of British popular culture, and elsewhere it has gained a cult following.
Doctor Who | Introduction
The episode also featured the return of the older TARDIS control room from the Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant era. Gaiman had originally wanted to reconstruct a console room from the original series, but the cost proved prohibitive. The set was retained after filming for "The Eleventh Hour", but has since been removed to become part of the Doctor Who Experience exhibit. Actor Arthur Darvill noted the floor of the older set had a cheese grater-like quality to it, so when the scene called for the cast to fall on it, they found it uncomfortable to stay down for a long period of time.
The Doctor's Wife | Filming
The programme is set in Coal Hill Academy, a fictional school that has been featured in "Doctor Who" since the 1963 serial, "An Unearthly Child", and focuses on six of its students and staff members. The sixth formers of Coal Hill Academy all have their own secrets and desires. They have to deal with the stresses of everyday life, including friends, parents, school work, sex, and sorrow, but also the horrors that come from time travel. The Doctor and his time-travelling have made the walls of space and time stretch thin, and monsters beyond imagination are planning to break through and wreak havoc upon the Earth.
Class (2016 TV series) | Premise
The following table dictates the season or series in question; singular specials are not included in episode counts. Not all networks listed aired every episode, a number of them only broadcast specific specials.
Doctor Who Confidential | Series overview
Under the Doctor is a 1976 British sex comedy directed by Gerry Poulson and starring Barry Evans, Liz Fraser and Hilary Pritchard. The screenplay concerns a Harley Street doctor who enjoys a number of dalliances with three of his female patients. It was shot at Isleworth Studios and on location around London.
Under the Doctor | Introduction
Previous showrunner Russell T Davies was also a fan of the sequence.
Doctor Who (series 6) | Broadcast
Four Los Angeles doctors run a practice in this drama that focuses as much on the problems in the American medical system as it does on the patients.
L.A. Doctors | Premise
[in what] was a logical progression for the character".
Doctor Who (2008–2010 specials) | Critical reception
British doctors study medicine at the undergraduate level, so the characters were new to independent living and university life. Ernest Clark, who played the part of Professor Loftus in the television series, also appeared in the original film version of "Doctor in the House". He also played the part of Prof. Sir Loftus' identical twin brother, Capt. Norman Loftus, heading the cruise ship in "Doctor at Sea".
Doctor in the House (franchise) | Notes
The stand-alone nature meant that there were no two-part episodes or series-long story arcs. According to Dan Martin of "The Guardian", Moffat stated that the goal of the series was "compressed storytelling"; Martin remarked that "Asylum of the Daleks" told more than some of the four-parters in the classic series.
Doctor Who (series 7) | Writing
These episodes were not given the Confidential title, and are therefore separate from the series proper. Thirdly, a special DVD-only episode of the series, containing behind-the-scenes information on "The Christmas Invasion", was also made by the production team for release on the set.
Doctor Who Confidential | Series 1 (2005)
Satisfied that the TARDIS console is now working again, the Doctor attempts to depart, only to end up landing in a local rubbish dump.
Inferno (Doctor Who) | Plot
A reporter, a surgeon, a lawyer and a cop bond over a weekly poker game in Baltimore.
Men (TV series) | Premise
In a postscript, Ridgeon attends the one-man exhibition of Louis' works, which are selling well. Jennifer refuses to let him buy a painting and leaves with her new husband.
The Doctor's Dilemma (film) | Plot
The Tower of London had previously served as a UNIT base in "The Christmas Invasion" and was mentioned as such in "The Sontaran Stratagem". The Doctor also mentions having a metallic dog that could hover; this refers to K-9, the robotic dog of the Fourth Doctor.
The Power of Three (Doctor Who) | Continuity
The Doctors is a British television series, produced by the BBC between 1969 and 1971. The series was set around a general practice in north London and leading cast members included: Justine Lord, Nigel Stock, Barry Justice, Richard Leech, Isla Blair and Lynda La Plante (billed as Lynda Marchal). Nigel Stock's character, Dr. Thomas Owens, was the lead in a later spin-off series, "Owen, M.D.", which aired between 1971 and 1973.
The Doctors (1969 TV series) | Introduction
He praised Eccleston's performance and named "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances" as the best episodes. Arnold T Blumburg of "Now Playing" gave the series a grade of A-, praising its variety. However, he was critical of Davies' "annoying tendency to play to the lowest common denominator with toilet humor", but felt that from "Dalek" on the series was more dramatic and sophisticated.
Doctor Who (series 1) | Critical reception and response
The Seventh Doctor's outfit – a straw hat, a coat with two scarves, a tie, checked trousers and brogues/wing-tips – was more subdued and suggestive of a showman, reflecting his whimsical approach to life. In later seasons, as his personality grew more mysterious, his jacket, tie and hatband all grew darker. Throughout the 1980s, question marks formed a constant motif, usually on the shirt collars or, in the case of the Seventh Doctor, on his sleeveless jumper and the handle to his umbrella. The idea was grounded in branding considerations, as was the movement starting in Tom Baker's final season toward an unchanging costume for each Doctor, rather than the variants on a theme employed over the first seventeen years of the programme.
The Doctor (Doctor Who) | Clothing
It is set at an inn on the Yorkshire moors. Hotelier Walter Ormond and daughter Janet are looking forward to a busy few days. One guest has already arrived, Oliver Farrant, a headmaster on leave. Oliver falls for Janet. Three women are expected. Dr Gorthler, a professor driven into exile by the Nazis, arrives. Dr Gortler knows about their past and has a way of controlling their future.
I Have Been Here Before | Premise
A drug addicted man takes over a British police station, holding it hostage with a bottle of nitroglycerine. He demands to see Inspector Blomfeld, but the Inspector is away dealing with another case.
The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield | Premise
The opening narration is largely the same as that of the American series, but replaces "district attorneys" with "Crown Prosecutors".
Law &amp; Order: UK | Premise
The title of the episode was chosen as an homage to the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", written by Douglas Adams. Adams was a writer and script editor for "Doctor Who" in the late 1970s. The Doctor asks the crew where their "Dunkirk spirit" is, referring to the evacuation and battle of Dunkirk. A security question on "classical music" concerns Elvis Presley and The Beatles. The Doctor indirectly refers to the remix of "A Little Less Conversation", and name-drops the song "Here Comes the Sun".
42 (Doctor Who) | Outside references
Practices were generally small, often single handed, operating from the doctor's home and often with the doctor's wife acting as a receptionist. When the NHS was established in 1948 there were plans for the building of health centres, but few were built. The British Medical Association in 2019 conducted a survey for GP premises. About half of the 1,011 respondents thought their surgeries were not suitable for present needs, and 78% said they would not be able to handle expected future demands.
General practice | Premises
This premise was expanded upon for the Doctor Who Audio Drama, No Place.
List of unmade Doctor Who serials and films | Century House
Alongside The Mill Health Centre, other regular locations include the police station, The Icon Bar, The Campus Surgery and HMP Letherbank Prison.
Doctors (2000 TV series) | Filming location
The Doctor produces items from a chest of items beginning with C, including a Cyberman chest-plate from "The Age of Steel", the head of a Greco-Roman statue (possibly depicting Caecilius from "The Fires of Pompeii"), and the crystal ball in which the Carrionites are trapped from "The Shakespeare Code" (which he playfully shakes). Early in the episode, the Doctor states his desire to meet Agatha Christie. This is a reference to "Last of the Time Lords". Donna remarks that meeting Agatha Christie during a murder mystery would be as preposterous as meeting "Charles Dickens surrounded by ghosts at Christmas", unknowingly describing the events of "The Unquiet Dead".
The Unicorn and the Wasp | Continuity
A woman marries a doctor, but leaves him to pursue a career on the stage. Eventually they are reunited.
A Will of Her Own | Premise
Amy then tells the audience of her fantastic adventures with the Eleventh Doctor, travelling through time and space, alongside her boyfriend/fiancé/husband Rory Williams. This recap featured short clips from series 5, except for "The Beast Below", "Amy’s Choice", "Vincent and the Doctor" and "The Lodger". This prologue was dropped after Amy Pond's departure from the show.
Doctor Who in Canada and the United States | 2011: Series 6
This fact is directly addressed in the original novel "The Monsters Inside", in which Rose and the Doctor joke about the fact that all their adventures to date have taken place on Earth or on neighbouring space stations.
Doctor Who (series 1) | Writing
Prologue videos to selected episodes were released via various online outlets and the Children in Need 2012 appeal.
Doctor Who (series 7) | Prequels
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot is a 2013 comedy spoof and homage to the British science fiction television programme "Doctor Who". It debuted on the BBC Red Button service after the broadcast of "The Day of the Doctor", the official 50th anniversary special. The programme was written and directed by Peter Davison, who stars alongside fellow former Doctor actors Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker, and Paul McGann. It features appearances from more recent stars of the show David Tennant, Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman, and John Barrowman, as well as "Doctor Who" executive producer Steven Moffat, his predecessor Russell T Davies, and numerous others connected to the programme, all playing themselves in a more or less parodic manner.
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Introduction
After stepping out of the TARDIS in modern-day Colchester, the Eleventh Doctor is blown off his feet by a blast of air, and the TARDIS, with Amy still inside, dematerialises into the time vortex and refuses to rematerialise. With Amy's help, the Doctor tracks the disturbance to the upstairs flat of a two-storey house. The Doctor opts to take a room for rent offered by the downstairs tenant, Craig Owens, in order to determine what is present on the upstairs flat without alerting whatever it is to his Time Lord nature. The Doctor notices localised time loops and disturbances aboard the TARDIS that coincide with noises from the upstairs flat.
The Lodger (Doctor Who) | Synopsis
Filming for the series commenced in October 2017 and concluded in August 2018.
Doctor Who (series 11) | Introduction
The following table dictates the season or series in question for the programme as a whole.
List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present) | Series overview
Anthony Head (who played Mr Finch/Brother Lassar in "School Reunion") replaced Gatiss as narrator for this series, whilst David Tennant did the entirety of the series' tenth episode himself. The episode running length was increased to 45 minutes. A 30-minute special was shown as part of the BBC's arts' season, it was narrated by Tom Baker. After the 2007 Christmas Special, an episode was broadcast on BBC Three, again narrated by Anthony Head.
Doctor Who Confidential | Series 3 (2007)
Previously, the Tenth Doctor told the guests at Lady Eddison's manor he was a chief inspector from Scotland Yard in "The Unicorn and the Wasp" (2008), while the Eleventh Doctor told President Richard Nixon he was an undercover operative from Scotland Yard (code-named "The Doctor") in "The Impossible Astronaut" (2011).
The Return of Doctor Mysterio | Continuity
He Jests at Scars... is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". The "Doctor Who Unbound" dramas pose a series of "What if...?" questions.
He Jests at Scars... | Introduction
Taking as his starting point the experience of pain, Dr. Miller analyses the elaborate social process of "falling ill", considers the physical foundations of "disease" and looks at the types of individuals humankind has historically attributed with the power of healing. The series was nominated for two 1979 BAFTAs: Best Factual Television Series and Most Original Programme/Series.
The Body in Question | Premise
An edited version of this scene was later included in “The Pilot”.
Doctor Who (series 10) | Supplemental episode
Former "Doctor Who" script editor and producer Derrick Sherwin admitted on a DVD documentary that the idea of setting more serials on contemporary Earth in the early 1970s was to recall a Quatermass feel. In episode three of the 1988 serial "Remembrance of the Daleks", which is set in 1963, military scientific advisor Alison Williams remarks to her colleague Dr Rachel Jensen, "I wish Bernard was here." Rachel replies, "British Rocket Group's got its own problems." The 1994 "Doctor Who" novel "Nightshade" is about an actor who starred in a thinly disguised version of Quatermass, discovering that the events of the serials are becoming reality.
Bernard Quatermass | "Doctor Who"
"The Doctor's Wife" is the fourth episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", which was broadcast on 14 May 2011 in the United Kingdom, and later the same day in the United States. It was written by Neil Gaiman and directed by Richard Clark. In the episode, an entity called the House (voiced by Michael Sheen) tricks the alien time traveller the Doctor (Matt Smith) and his companions Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) into being lured to the asteroid the House resides outside the universe by sending a distress call to the Doctor's time machine and spaceship the TARDIS.
The Doctor's Wife | Introduction
The House removes the matrix of the TARDIS and places it in the body of a woman named Idris (Suranne Jones), who proceeds to help the Doctor prevent House from escaping its pocket universe with the TARDIS. "The Doctor's Wife" was originally intended to be produced as part of the previous series, but was pushed back due to budget constraints. Gaiman revised the script many times, having to add and remove characters and events as production saw fit. The episode was filmed in the autumn of 2010 and featured a makeshift TARDIS control room which was the design from a winner of a contest on the children's programme "Blue Peter".
The Doctor's Wife | Introduction
A successful television series "Doctor in the House (TV)", from London Weekend Television, Seven Network (Australia), and the British Broadcasting Corporation followed.
Doctor (film series) | Television series
The Doctor informs Me that the imminent Great Fire of London was caused by the Terileptils, referring to the Fifth Doctor story, "The Visitation" (1982). The Doctor states that he is "on record as being against banter". This is a reference to "Robot of Sherwood" when the Doctor chastises Robin Hood and his Merry Men for their light-hearted banter. The Doctor informs Me that she may come across Captain Jack Harkness, given that his life, like hers, is indefinitely extended. The Doctor already expressed his dislike and avoidance of immortals in a conversation with Jack in Series 3's episode "Utopia".
The Woman Who Lived | Continuity
Controversial topics, such as racism and capitalism, were covered during episodes in the series, and were also met with positive reactions.
Doctor Who (series 10) | Critical reception
The play was adjusted accordingly to conform with the Sixth Doctor's persona.
Doctor Who – The Ultimate Adventure | Introduction
Situation Vacant is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions.
Situation Vacant | Introduction
The Doctor's Dilemma is a 1958 British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Leslie Caron, Dirk Bogarde, Alastair Sim, and Robert Morley. It is based on the 1906 play "The Doctor's Dilemma" by George Bernard Shaw. A satire on the pretensions of the medical profession and their concentration on treating patients who can pay well, it contrasts their world of imperfect science, always bumping up against unknowns, with the boundless spheres of love and beauty.
The Doctor's Dilemma (film) | Introduction
This is a 13-part series (1 hour episodes) on all aspects of medicine and health science, written and presented by Dr Jonathan Miller. Miller considers the functioning of the body as a subject of private experience. He explores our attitudes towards our bodies, our ignorance of them, and our inability to read our body's signals. The first episode starts with vox populi asking where various organs in the body are located. By the final episode we are left in no doubt, as the show became the first in television history to depict the dissection of a human cadaver (i.e. post-mortem examination or autopsy).
The Body in Question | Premise
They all soon find themselves back at the estate, restored to normal.
Night Terrors (Doctor Who) | Synopsis
Throughout both the classic and revived programme, a running joke is that when the Doctor is introduced as just the Doctor, characters reply "Doctor who?" The story arc running throughout the tenure of the Eleventh Doctor involved the oldest question in the universe, revealed in "The Wedding of River Song" to be "Doctor who?", giving the phrase in-universe significance. In "The Name of the Doctor", the Doctor's real name was revealed to be the password used to enter the Doctor's tomb following his death on the planet Trenzalore. The story arc was resolved in "The Time of the Doctor", wherein it was revealed that the question had been projected by the Time Lords across all of time and space through a "crack in the skin of the universe" as a means of contacting the Doctor and seeing whether it was safe to leave the parallel universe in which their planet, Gallifrey, had been left following the events of "The Day of the Doctor".
The Doctor (Doctor Who) | Name
He gave the series 4 and a half stars out of 5.
Doctor Who (series 3) | Critical reception
The street scenes with Tish at the start of the episode were filmed on Queen's Street in Cardiff in October. The overall shape of the hospital was also modified to resemble the more square shape of St Thomas' Hospital. Early in the episode, a shot of the front of Singleton Hospital is seen where part of the building has been removed and an image of the London Eye added to make it appear that the hospital is in the location of St. Thomas'.
Smith and Jones (Doctor Who) | Filming
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor was originally a BBC Two television programme looking at the state of health care in Britain with a combination of factual reporting and satire, presented by Phil Hammond. In 2013, a new BBC Two television series with the same name was launched, presented by a team comprising: medical journalist Michael Mosley, Chris van Tulleken, Saleyha Ahsan and surgeon Gabriel Weston.
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor (TV series) | Introduction
Principal photography for the series began on 18 July 2004 on location in Cardiff for "Rose". The series was filmed across South East Wales, mostly in or around Cardiff. Each episode took about two weeks to film. The start of filming created stress among the production team because of unseen circumstances: several scenes from the first block had to be re-shot because the original footage was unusable; the Slitheen prosthetics for "Aliens of London", "World War Three", and "Boom Town" were noticeably different from their computer-generated counterparts; and, most notably, the BBC came to a gridlock with the Terry Nation estate to secure the Daleks for the sixth episode of the series, to be written by Rob Shearman.
Doctor Who (series 1) | Filming
Similarly the Meddling Monk's TARDIS, and the Master's TARDIS during the Pertwee era, always followed roughly the same design as the Doctor's TARDIS, mostly because these last were obviously the same sets as were used for the Doctor's TARDIS, slightly redressed. The TARDIS interior was completely redesigned again for the 1996 "Doctor Who" TV movie, and the new series that began broadcasting in 2005. Even then the central console was retained, and the new television series includes the geometric patterns on the walls.
Peter Brachacki | Doctor Who
Within the fictional narrative, the Doctor is a Time Lord with somewhat unknown origins who travels through time and space in a stolen dimensionally transcendental – "bigger on the inside" – time machine: the TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) which takes the exterior form of a 1963 police telephone call box, and retains the appearance throughout the programme. Human companions accompany the Doctor through his adventures who serve as audience surrogate characters to ask questions which allow the Doctor to provide relevant exposition. "Doctor" is a self-selected alias. In later episodes of the revived programme, specifically under show runner Steven Moffat, the story arcs surrounding events in the Doctor's future implied serious consequences in the event of the Doctor's true name being spoken, the nature of these finally being revealed in "The Time of the Doctor".
The Doctor (Doctor Who) | Character biography
His pitch competed against three others: Dan Freedman's fantasy retelling, Matthew Graham's Gothic-styled pitch, and Mark Gatiss's reboot, which made the Doctor the audience surrogate character, instead of his companions. Davies also took cues from American fantasy television series such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Smallville", most notably "Buffy"s concepts of series-long story arcs and the "Big Bad". In August 2003, the BBC had resolved legal issues over production rights which had surfaced as a result of the jointly produced Universal Studios–BBC–20th Century Fox 1996 "Doctor Who" film, and the Controller of BBC One Lorraine Heggessey and Controller of Drama Commissioning Jane Tranter approached Gardner and Davies to create a revival of the series to air in a primetime slot on Saturday nights, as part of their plan to devolve production to its regional bases.
Russell T Davies | "Doctor Who" and beyond (2005–present)
Doctor Curt is a pathologist who appears frequently in the Rebus series. He is junior to the formidable Sandy Gates, although both men are eminent figures in their profession. His fearless sense of humour is a precision instrument
List of Inspector Rebus characters | Doctor Curt
On 19 April 2013, the title and poster for "The Name of the Doctor" were released. The prologue to the finale, "She Said, He Said" was released on on BBC Red Button and on-line. Viewers using Red Button were able to access the prologue between 7:40 until midnight every evening, until "The Name of the Doctor" aired on .
Doctor Who (series 7) | Promotion
The twenty-sixth season of British science fiction television series "Doctor Who" began on 9 September 1989 with the serial "Battlefield", after a regular series of four serials was broadcast finishing with "Survival" which was the final episode of "Doctor Who" to air before a 16-year absence from episodic television following its cancellation.
Doctor Who (season 26) | Introduction
The plot focuses on the fictionalised, disgruntled Davison, Baker and McCoy, who become embroiled in misadventures as they attempt to sneak onto the set of the official "Doctor Who" 50th anniversary special. "The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot" was nominated for the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form), (along with "The Day of the Doctor", "An Adventure in Space and Time", "The Name of the Doctor", and episodes of "Game of Thrones" and "Orphan Black").
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Introduction
The Four Doctors is a Big Finish Productions full cast audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It is free to subscribers of "The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories".
The Four Doctors | Introduction
E. Webber oversaw the development of this new series, which Newman named ""Doctor Who"".
British television science fiction | Creation of "Doctor Who" and ITV
It is about Dr Stephen McCabe, Sydney doctor who takes a working holiday with the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia. When the doctor who runs the practice is injured, McCabe must step up in his absence as he deals with a variety of crises.
Back of Sunset | Premise
In the year 1900, a doctor stands up to the corrupt leader of a religious community.
A Time to Speak | Premise
Sexton Blake investigates the death of a top classical musician.
Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor | Premise
In addition to Song, the series continues story threads from the fifth series, most notably the Silence, the cause of the TARDIS exploding in "The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang".
Doctor Who (series 6) | Introduction
The Doctor is the title character in the long-running BBC science fiction television programme "Doctor Who". Since the show's inception in 1963, the character has been portrayed by thirteen lead actors (as 13 total Doctors have appeared through the course of the British series). In the programme, "the Doctor" is the alias assumed by a millennia-old alien called a Time Lord who travels through space and time in the TARDIS, frequently with companions. The transition to each succeeding actor is explained within the show's narrative through the plot device of "regeneration", a biological function of the Time Lord race that allows a change of cellular structure and appearance with recovery following a potentially fatal injury.
The Doctor (Doctor Who) | Introduction
The "Faction Paradox" line was based on ideas created for BBC Books' line of "Doctor Who" novels, and contained many ideas and characters which had their roots in "Doctor Who" novels or television. However, many of these concepts were changed for legal and creative reasons — for example, the Time Lords became the "Great Houses".
Chris Cwej | After the Doctor
Frontios is the third serial of the 21st season of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC1 from 26 January to 3 February 1984. Set in the far future, the serial involves the alien Gravis (John Gillett) enslaving the last surviving humans to mine the planet for use as a spaceship for the Gravis.
Frontios | Introduction
The series remained at once-weekly Saturday broadcasts. All episodes were 25 minutes long, with the exception of Part 14, which ran for 28 minutes. This unique running time was the result of a plea by John Nathan-Turner to his superiors at the BBC that the serial's final episode needed the additional three minutes to conclude the story properly. Although there were now 14 episodes in the season, the total running time was significantly reduced since the episodes were just over half as long.
Doctor Who (season 23) | Serials
Medical drama set at a hospital in Seattle where a group of young doctors are about to begin their residencies.
Medicine Ball (TV series) | Premise
A BBC historian has suggested that by cancelling completely instead of finishing what little was required the management could demonstrate that the strikes had consequences
Doctor Who (season 17) | Serials
Additionally, the son of Rowan Williams (former Archbishop of Canterbury), is a fan and Williams invited Richard Dawkins to Lambeth Palace; in part because Dawkins's wife, Lalla Ward played the Fourth Doctor's companion, Romana.
Doctor Who fandom | List of celebrity fans
It was first broadcast on a Sunday, the only non-Christmas episode of the revived series to air outside the usual Saturday evening slot. Critical reception was generally positive. Sam Wollaston of "The Guardian" complimented the episode for showing "a side to the Doctor ... that we haven't really seen before – indecisive, confused, at times simply plain wrong" and Tennant's tenure of the part overall as bringing "humanity and humour to the part" Though Robert Colville of "The Daily Telegraph" criticised "the glaring inconsistencies", he complimented the scenario for "allow[ing] us to watch Tennant wrestle with his conscience and curiosity ...
Doctor Who (2008–2010 specials) | Critical reception