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So, what (or who) is "Doctor Who" anyway?

Doctor Who, the longest running science fiction series in the world, began as a BBC Television series in November 1963 featuring William Hartnell as the Time Lord known only as "The Doctor". Righting wrongdoing and conquering alien threats, The Doctor travels through time in his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space), which resembles a London Police Box. With unique regenerative capabilities, Doctor Who has survived death and changed his physical appearances several times in his many years on television.

Hartnell's "Who" was followed by Patrick Troughton in 1966, Jon Pertwee in 1970, Tom Baker in 1974, Peter Davison in 1982, Colin Baker in 1984, Sylvester McCoy in 1987, and Paul McGann in 1996.

Go to the Archive of archives for a list of all the Doctor Who-related archives on the World Wide Web.

For a listing of the episodes, and a short description of each one, check out Shannon Patrick Sullivan's Story Guide.

Each Doctor has various companions, picked up along his journeys. For more information on the companions, make sure to visit Jim Broderick's Guide to the Companions.

A lot of questions have arisen about the actual dimensions of the TARDIS. For the (un)official specifications, drop by Alstair Roberts's TARDIS Resources page.

A lot of fiction has been written by fans and posted to alt.drwho creative. Most of it has been archived by some of the readers of the group and can be found at:

The ADWC Archive (Currently being updated and may be non-functional)
The ADWC Overflow Page
The Jeri Massi/Third Doctor Homepage
There have also been some "fanfic" stories put on audio tape. Drop by the homepage of the
Doctor Who Audio Dramas to find out more.

For a look at some of the Doctors and of his (their?) companions, jump over to http://www.newwave.net/~greyhawk/doctor.html




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