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form y separately published work icon Doctor Who (International) assertion series - publisher   film/TV   science fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 1963... 1963 Doctor Who
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Long-running British science-fiction television programme.

Doctor Who ran from 1963 to 1989 in its original incarnation. After a long hiatus, it returned in 2005. Both series are treated as a single series on AustLit, with individual episodes listed as 'original series' or 'new series'.

Notes

  • Contents indexed selectively.

    Only episodes / runs of episodes written by Australian script-writers or with Australian content are individually indexed on AustLit.

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1.1-4 (original series)
form y separately published work icon An Unearthly Child The Tribe of Gum; 100,000 BC Anthony Coburn , United Kingdom (UK) : BBC TV , 1963 Z1688634 1963 series - publisher film/TV science fiction fantasy

Two schoolteachers, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, become concerned by the unusual behavior of their fifteen-year-old student, Susan Foreman. When they follow her home, they meet her mysterious grandfather, the Doctor, and find themselves unwilling passengers on his time ship. The first episode deals with Ian and Barbara's discovery of the Doctor and the TARDIS in a junkyard in contemporary London. The following three episodes are set amid a power struggle between warring Stone Age factions.

Source : 'An Unearthly Child' - Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Unearthly_Child (Sighted 4/05/10)

United Kingdom (UK) : BBC TV , 1963
2.16-21 (original series)
form y separately published work icon The Web Planet Bill Strutton , United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1965 Z1796698 1965 series - publisher film/TV science fiction

Drawn into the orbit of the planet Vortis, the Doctor and his companions (Barbara, Ian, and Vicki) encounter three sets of non-humanoid inhabitants: the Zarbi, the Menoptra, and the Optera. The Zarbi are under the control of a sinister, spider-like central force, the Animus, which uses gold as a conductor for its mesmerising power. After a disastrous ambush of the spearhead Menoptra force attacking the Animus, Barbara manages to destroy it with an act of concentrated willpower. With the Zarbi freed from the Animus's malevolent control, they, the Menoptra, and the Optera are free to live on Vortis, while the Doctor and his companions leave in the TARDIS.

United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1965
5.17-22 (original series)
form y separately published work icon The Enemy of the World David Whitaker , London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1967-1968 9601699 1967 series - publisher film/TV science fiction

In 2018, the 'Australasian Zone' is controlled by the Salamander, a dictator who controls a population frightened by a recent apocalypse–and who bears a striking resemblance to the Doctor.

London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1967-1968
9.10 (new series)
form y separately published work icon Face the Raven Sarah Dollard , United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 2015 9076528 2015 single work film/TV science fiction

'The Doctor and Clara, with their old friend Rigsy, find themselves in a magical alien world, hidden on a street in the heart of London.'

Source: BBC synopsis.

United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 2015
10.3 (new series)
form y separately published work icon Thin Ice Sarah Dollard , London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 2017 11105689 2017 single work film/TV science fiction historical fiction

'London, 1814. The entire city has turned out for the biggest Frost Fair in decades. But beneath the frozen Thames, revellers are disappearing.'

Source: BBC.

London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 2017
11.7 (new series)
form y separately published work icon Kerblam! Pete McTighe , United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 2018 15357940 2018 single work film/TV science fiction

The Doctor receives a mysterious note in a parcel from the galaxy's leading retailer, prompting her, Yaz, Ryan, and Graham to explore the warehouse moon orbiting the planet of Kandoka.

United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 2018

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Works about this Work

y separately published work icon Taxes & TARDIS N. R. Walker , United Kingdom (UK) : Pride Publishing , 2015 9117785 2015 single work novel romance

'Brent is a jock, Logan a geek, these men are a world apart. But if opposites attract, maybe it’s the differences between them that make it worth the fight.

'Brent Kelly is a laid-back tradesman whose only concerns are drinks with friends and which man to bed next. In need of a new accountant to sort out his nightmarish shoebox of tax receipts, he’s referred to Logan Willis.

'He doesn’t expect to be intrigued by the science fiction-loving, geeky guy with dark-rimmed glasses and a TARDIS-blue shirt. So his fascination with the soft-spoken Englishman surprises him, and their mutual attraction is completely unexpected. He most certainly never expects to fall in love.

'One a jock and the other a geek, both men know the differences between them are vast and could cause problems. But in this opposites-attract erotic drama, maybe it’s the differences between them that make staying together worth the fight.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

y separately published work icon Taxes & TARDIS N. R. Walker , United Kingdom (UK) : Pride Publishing , 2015 9117785 2015 single work novel romance

'Brent is a jock, Logan a geek, these men are a world apart. But if opposites attract, maybe it’s the differences between them that make it worth the fight.

'Brent Kelly is a laid-back tradesman whose only concerns are drinks with friends and which man to bed next. In need of a new accountant to sort out his nightmarish shoebox of tax receipts, he’s referred to Logan Willis.

'He doesn’t expect to be intrigued by the science fiction-loving, geeky guy with dark-rimmed glasses and a TARDIS-blue shirt. So his fascination with the soft-spoken Englishman surprises him, and their mutual attraction is completely unexpected. He most certainly never expects to fall in love.

'One a jock and the other a geek, both men know the differences between them are vast and could cause problems. But in this opposites-attract erotic drama, maybe it’s the differences between them that make staying together worth the fight.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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