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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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  • So: Was David Burton the Doctor?


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    Philip Bates is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum. The history of Doctor Who is fascinating; not just what is, but also what could have been. And one of the biggest wells of ...
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  • Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat.


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    Nature Around the world in the pursuit of toxins : "Zoltan Takacs is an adventurer with a mission. He travels to the far corners of the earth, sometimes flying a small plane, sometimes trekking through remote jungles and wading swamps. In the course of his travels he’s been threatened by pirates, chased by ...
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  • Doctor Who: could Green Wings Mac get a bite at the role? | Media Monkey


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    Green Wings Julian Rhind-Tutt is in the running to replace Matt Smith in Doctor Who , claims the Sun. The paper says the actor – who was also in The Hour and movie Notting Hill – he was considered for the part when David Tennant quit, but lost out to Smith. Skyfall actor Rory Kinnear is the 2/1 favourite to win ...
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  • Doctor Who: could Green Wings Mac get a bite at the role? | Media Monkey


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    Green Wings Julian Rhind-Tutt is in the running to replace Matt Smith in Doctor Who , claims the Sun. The paper says the actor – who was also in The Hour and movie Notting Hill – he was considered for the part when David Tennant quit, but lost out to Smith. Skyfall actor Rory Kinnear is the 2/1 favourite to win ...
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  • Doctor Who: Sheridan Smith reportedly BBC favourite to replace Matt Smith whilst Homeland star David Harewood says the job would be “difficult to turn down”!


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    Another day, another Doctor Who rumour – and today we are exploring the possibility of the 12th Doctor being a woman – again! Ever since current Time Lord Matt Smith revealed his intention to bow out of the hit BBC family sci-fi entertainment show during this year’s Christmas Special, speculation has been rife ...
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  • Review: Prisoners of Time #1


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    Philip Bates is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum. Despite collecting all of IDW’s Doctor Who output, I’m always a bit apprehensive about the Doctor’s journeys into the ...
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  • Robert Banks Stewart


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    With surprisingly little fanfare, Robert Banks Stewart recently published a thriller, The Hurricanes Tail. Why do I say surprisingly? Well, the fact is that Mr Stewart might be described as one of the more successful crime writers of the past half-century. Yet I guess that although plenty of readers will recognise ...
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  • Doctor Who Star Jenna-Louise Coleman Joins Matthew Rhys in BBC Crime Drama


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    She will appear in the three-part "Death Comes to Pemberley," based on P.D. James’ novel that revisits classic Jane Austen characters. read more
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  • Big Finish Day 4 Guests Announced


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    Andrew Reynolds is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum. The Eighth Doctor himself Paul McGann is the headline guest at Big Finish Day 4, which takes place in January 2014. ...
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  • ‘Doctor Who’ News: BBC Urges Fans Not To Reveal Spoilers


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    An error occurred when a number of ‘Doctor Who’ DVD boxed sets were sent out by mistake, three weeks before the season finale. So, apparently there are some US ‘Doctor Who’ fans that have already watched the ‘Doctor Who’ season 7 finale ‘The Name of the Doctor.’ Are these privileged people who have ...
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  • Image of the Day: The Many Faces of Doctor Who


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    Todays image provided by Deviantart user: JeremyTreece -GJ
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  • Farewells.


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    Education In Greetings and Farewells, Anna Buckland best known as the author of The Story of English Literature, collects together speeches from various points in a school year .  I dont know that much about her, but the introduction suggests that she herself gave them during her own career and though they were ...
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  • Doctor Who: 10 Historical Events To Steer Clear Of


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    It is almost fifty years of Doctor Who and we have seen the entire series cover historical events from prehistory to even the World War period. There are however some events in our history that the show should stay away from, even if it may do well with some of the audience. Most of the time, Doctor Who uses ...
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  • Doctor Who: Coronation Street’s Craig Charles (Lloyd Mullaney) sets his sight on being new Doctor, whilst John Hurt rules himself out by joining cast of US supernatural show The Strain!


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    With the whole nation speculating over just who the next Doctor Who will be, a new contender has thrown his hat into the ring – Coronation Street star Craig Charles! With everyone wondering if Matt Smith’s exit will pave the way for the first female Doctor to replace him, Charles, who also starred in the hugely ...
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  • Dominic Cooper would consider ‘Doctor Who’ role


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    Another name that has recently been linked as one of the contenders to take over the lead in ‘Doctor Who’ from Matt Smith is Dominic Cooper.   Speaking in yesterday’s [...]
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  • Louise Jameson Writes Big Finish!


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    Andrew Reynolds is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum. Doctor Who: The Abandoned – the first full cast story to be written by one of the show’s stars, Leela herself Louise ...
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  • Tardis to be blasted into space to mark Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary!


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    It’s been revealed today that couple of Doctor Who fanatics in America have raised £20,000 so that they can see their dream of blasting the Doctor’s Tardis – which is, as Whovians will already know, an acronym for Time and Relative Dimensions In Space – into space become a reality! The wacky fans, who are ...
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  • Torchwoods Eve Myles attending Comic Con.


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    Comic Con have announced that Eve Myles will be attending their Boston function on 3-4th August this year. The news comes after the Boston Comic Con was originally postponed due to the recent terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon. Visitors to the event will be able to meet Myles in person, and autographs will also ...
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  • Doctor Who and the Queen’s Birthday Honours


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    Christian Cawley is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum. The second swathe of letters-after-their-names have been awarded by the UK’s elite ruling class to those that have been ...
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  • Up in Time T-Shirt


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    If you’ve ever wondered about what powers the TARDIS, the Up in Time T-Shirt, which features a light-hearted mashup between Doctor Who and Pixar’s Up, provides an answer. The Doctor’s blue box can fly, float, spin, and occasionally bounce off buildings so it makes perfect sense that balloons would be the source ...
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