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Doctor Who is a BBC science fiction series that centers around the adventures of The Doctor, a time lord from the planet Gallifrey. Throughout The Doctor's travels a number of companions help him on his adventures. To travel in space and time, he uses a ship known as The TARDIS which is in the shape of a police box.

The first run of the program aired on November 22, 1963 and ran until 1989. After a 16-year absence and a TV movie, the show returned to the BBC in 2005 with Russell T. Davies at the helm. Davies had previous success with numerous television shows including Showtime's Queer As Folk. The series is currently on a break and will return with a full season in 2010 with several specials to cover the gap in between starting with the 2008 Christmas special "The Next Doctor".

Thanks to the character's ability to regenerate a new body, a number of actors have played The Doctor over the years, with the longest run going to Tom Baker who played the part from 1974 to 1981.

Most recently in the new version of the show, David Tennant played The Doctor from 2005, taking over the role from Christopher Eccleston, who did only the first season of the new series. Tennant is set to leave the series in 2009.

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• Doctor Who – Seeds of Doom set rumored

  
  The Daily P.O.P. — Authority: 418
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• The Whokulele

  
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  This is just glorious!  New Zealand ukulele player Liz Quilty (Velofille) has created something special - a Doctor Whokulele! Image Credit - Liz Quilty / Velofille - Copyright Even better, Liz has put a host of pictures up showing the full creation process on her  Flickr Page . Thanks to Liz for allowing ...
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• No Drive for Doctor Who

  
  BSCreview — Authority: 128
  No Drive for Doctor Who How would Doctor Who fans feel about the idea of having the director of 2011’s magnificent drama, Drive , direct an episode of the long-running BBC series? You know what, don’t bother answering that. Nicolas Winding Refn was already turned down to direct Doctor Who and I’m ...
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• a kind of Devonshire Rose Tyler

  
  feeling listless — Authority: 417
  Audio After securing Tom Baker’s services and deciding to produce a series that recreates the feel of his 70s adventures, the next logical step for Big Finish is to turn a couple of unused story ideas from back then into full blown adventures for their Lost Stories line. The first in this new box set , The Foe ...
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• Geek Gear: Doctor Who ‘Trust Us Folks’ Shirt

  
  Geeks of Doom — Authority: 622
  The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Doctor Who -themed shirt called "Trust Us Folks" by zerobriant . The sale began at Teefury today, Friday, January 27, 2012, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]
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• T-shirt news for January 27th

  
  Hide Your Arms — Authority: 125
  Doctor Who meets Warner Bros. in this wonderful mashup tee at TeeFury . “Winners in life” is up at Shirt.Woot . Someone needs to hack Duke Nukem into Facebook. Great shirt from RIPT . Qwertee have a Big Bang Theory t-shirt up for sale . Really cool Shredder design at Shirt Punch ...
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• Nicolas Winding Refn talks Drive 2 and Doctor Who

  
  Live for Films — Authority: 507
  Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive was almost ignored in the Oscar nominations. This is not the case in the 1st Live for Films Movie Awards – Go Vote Here. James Sallis has written a sequel to Drive. Called Driven you can read more about that here. Refn was recently asked in an interview about the possibility [...]
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• Every Doctor Who Episode in 10 Minutes

  
  Forever Geek — Authority: 513
  How many episodes of Doctor Who have you actually seen? By episodes, I am referring not only to the sixth series, but to every Doctor Who episode dating from the first time the TV show aired. I was introduced to this addictive show only last year, and even now, I have not seen all the episode in the latest series. ...
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• T-shirt news for January 26th

  
  Hide Your Arms — Authority: 125
  Very nice argyle Star Wars t-shirt today at TeeFury . Seems to me like this is the kind of design that Shirt.Woot should have been selling in the run up to Christmas. RIPT drop a Milton Glaser-inspired Doctor Who t-shirt. Harry Potter Muggle Ale shirt at Qwertee . Those troublesome ...
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• National Television Awards: full list of winners

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  All the awards from the public-voted event, including Doctor Who stars Matt Smith and Karen Gillan Entertainment programme – Michael McIntyres Comedy Roadshow Drama performance female – Karen Gillan, Doctor Who Comedy panel show – QI Newcomer – Jacqueline Jossa Landmark award – David Walliams ...
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• Call to Support Graphic Novel by Paralyzed Doctor Who, Hellblazer Artist

  
  GeekDad — Authority: 689
  A sample of Davidsons art from the Alchemists Easel GeekDad has supported a number of worthwhile Kickstarter projects  that benefit artists but the information on this particular creator and his project one comes directly from DC Comics creator Gail Simone . It’s not quite a Kickstarter project but is rather ...
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• Dalek and Cwidder

  
  Errantry — Authority: 102
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• ‘Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock’ – New Trailer

  
  Blogomatic3000 — Authority: 435
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• 14 Geeky Valentines Day Cards to Show Your <3

  
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• T-shirt news for January 24th

  
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• Geek Gear: Doctor Who ‘Time Lord Magazine’ Shirt

  
  Geeks of Doom — Authority: 622
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• Staggering Stories Podcast #124: Holmesian High Jump

  
  Staggering Stories Podcast — Authority: 94
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• Biggest internet fandoms

  
  Oh No They Didn't! — Authority: 687
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• Twas the Night Before Birthday Party…

  
  Stitching Words, One Thread At A Time — Authority: 410
  Here, for those who requested it, proof that I made a TARDIS cake for Raeli’s birthday party tomorrow. It’s not finished yet, as I plan to have a cupcake light on top, and some decorations around the border, but those will be added tomorrow, so more pics then! (as well as pics of my two lovely girls, dressed as ...
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• Where the Dalek meets the Sea

  
  Errantry — Authority: 102
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