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Doctor In Distress, was a charity single meant to be like Band-aid, to bring back Doctor Who from Hiatus

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Part of the bring back the doctor campaign in about 1985 performed by a group of 30 mid-level celebrities under the banner "Who Cares". Participants from Doctor Who included Colin Baker (the Sixth Doctor), Nicola Bryant (companion Peri Brown), Nicholas Courtney (recurring character Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart) and Anthony Ainley (the Master) The musicians who participated included members of the bands Bucks Fizz, The Moody Blues and Ultravox.

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Colin Baker, The Sixth Doctor talks about Micheal Grade, and his being fired

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September 17, 2009 Here's a pretty angry Colin Baker talking to 'The Sun' in 1987 about his sudden removal from 'Doctor Who'. He'd hoped to remain in the role for a number of years, so to get the boot after just two fairly short seasons was clearly a shock.

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the news article stating that Doctor Who was going to be revived

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Tom Baker was the fourth Doctor

Cult science fiction series Doctor Who is returning to TV, 14 years after it was axed.
The much-awaited comeback will be written by acclaimed TV dramatist Russell T Davies - a self-confessed fan.

Davies' credits include hit dramas like Bob and Rose, Queer as Folk, The Second Coming, Touching Evil, and The Grand.

Patrick Troughton 1966-69

He said: "I grew up watching Doctor Who, hiding behind the sofa like so many others.

"Doctor Who is one of the BBC's most exciting and original characters. He's had a good rest and now it's time to bring him back!"

The revival will be produced by BBC Wales, whose head of drama Julie Gardner said: "It will be a thrill to work with him on such a landmark TV series.

"This is very early days and it is unlikely anything will be on screen for at least two years but it is very exciting and I can't wait to get started."

'Scary'

She praised Davies - who was brought up in Swansea but is now based in Manchester - as one of the "leading writers" to come out of Wales.

The Tardis was the Doctor's flying machine

The first Doctor Who - played by William Hartnell - was first seen on 23 November, 1963. He was followed by seven more, before the series was axed in 1989.
Although little has so far been revealed about how the new Doctor Who series will look - or who will be given the starring role - Davies has clear ideas of the way he wants it to feel.

"The new series will be fun, exciting, contemporary and scary," he said.

"Although I'm only in the early stages of development, I'm aiming to write a full-blooded drama which embraces the Doctor Who heritage, at the same time as introducing the character to a modern audience."

Although Sylvester McCoy was the last actor to play the Doctor in the TV series, Paul McGann recreated the role in a TV movie version in 1996.

'Much-loved'

BBC head of continuing series Mal Young, who is overseeing the project, said launching a new era of Doctor Who to a 21st century audience would be a challenge, but one to which the team were looking forward.

"Doctor Who is a much-loved, truly iconic piece of television history," he explained.

"It's time to crank up the Tardis and find out what lies in store for the Doctor, and we're thrilled to have a writer of Russell's calibre to take us on this journey.

Jon Pertwee became the Doctor in 1970

"However, we're at the very early stages of development and further details, including casting, will not be available for some time."
The BBC has said it is far too early to discuss possible storylines, characters, villains or who might play Doctor Who - and no budget has yet been set.

Like previous series, the new one will be aimed at a family audience, but no details are available on when it will be scheduled or the number and length of episodes.

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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Doctor Who returns to TV

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Tom Baker was the fourth Doctor Cult science fiction series Doctor Who is returning to TV, 14 years after it was axed. The much-awaited comeback will be written by acclaimed TV dramatist Russell T Davies - a self-confessed fan. Davies' credits include hit dramas like Bob and Rose, Queer as Folk, The Second Coming, Touching Evil, and The Grand.

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Founded by fans of the original show, Big Finish make lincensed audio dramas, featuring the actors of the original show

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Nick and Benji present... The Chat: UNIT Nemesis: The Dominators. Review: Blakes's 7: Heroes and Villains, Torchwood: War Chest. Behind-the-scenes: Doctor Who Once and Future: A Genius for War. Also: Timeslip: A Life Never Lived.

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Award-winning, full-cast original audio dramas from the worlds of Doctor Who, Torchwood, Blake's 7, Class, Dark Shadows, The Avengers, Survivors, The Omega Factor, Star Cops, Sherlock Holmes, Dorian Gray, Pathfinder Legends, The Prisoner, Adam Adamant Lives, Space 1999, Timeslip, Terrahawks, Space Precinct, Thunderbirds, Stingray, Robin Hood, Dark Season, UFO, Stargate

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The BFI, looking back at the popularity of the Fourth Doctor, near the fiftieth Anniversary of the show.

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Doctor Who at 50 runs at BFI Southbank throughout 2013.

He may be approaching his 50th anniversary in the youthful shape of his 11th incarnation, Matt Smith, but for many fans The Doctor doesn't sport a bow tie, have a penchant for a fez or enjoy an Astronaut's Wife-style relationship with a distaff intergalactic Indiana Jones. Instead he favours large floppy hats, unfeasibly long scarves and his most faithful companion is an annoying robot dog. He's Tom Baker, the fourth incarnation of The Doctor and the actor who enjoyed the longest run in the role and who arguably remains the best loved of any of the original series doctors.

Baker came to the role in 1974 after a spell as a trainee monk, a stint in the Royal Army Medical Corps and a patchy career in film and television which, by the time he inherited the keys to the TARDIS from Jon Pertwee, had faltered, leaving him toiling as a labourer on a building site. But armed only with an infectious grin, a wild mop of hair (his predecessor dismissed him as "all teeth and curls" in 20th anniversary adventure 'The Five Doctors') and a bag of jelly babies he quickly made the role his own, adventuring through space and time for an unrivalled seven years before finally making way for Peter Davison in 1981.

Along the way, he saw the birth of the Daleks at the withered hands of their insane creator Davros in ' Genesis of the Daleks '; channelled Sherlock Holmes as he tangled with giant rats in the sewers, Chinese tongs in the East End and time travelling war criminals in a music hall in 'The Talons of Weng-Chiang'; had repeated troubles with his own people, the Time Lords, in 'The Brain of Morbius', 'The Deadly Assassin' and 'The Invasion of Time'; and for some reason seemed to have a particularly hard time with robots and computers ('Robot', 'The Android Invasion', 'The Robots of Death', 'The Face of Evil', 'Underworld', 'The Androids of Tara').

In the real world, Baker's time on the show was no less eventful. Although viewing figures for his first few years saw the show returning to the levels of popularity it had enjoyed at the height of 'Dalekmania' a decade before, Doctor Who fell foul of television campaigner Mary Whitehouse who took exception to the increasingly violent tone of the stories overseen by producer Philip Hinchcliffe, particularly 'Genesis of the Daleks' which more explicitly than ever linked the titular aliens with Nazism, and 'The Deadly Assassin', one cliffhanger for which featured The Doctor apparently being drowned.

But the public loved Baker and his Fourth Doctor persona was everywhere in the 70s, selling computers and insurance in television ads, launching the series in America (Baker's Doctor was the first to be seen there when the programme was broadcast on PBS stations) and making innumerable public appearances for his growing army of adoring fans.

Baker even turned up on the doorstep of an unsuspecting household in Preston to watch an episode of 'The Deadly Assassin' while passing by after appearing at a Doctor Who exhibition in Blackpool. Such was the public's love for Baker that the family simply invited him in and allowed him to sit quietly watching the television with them.

Baker left the programme in 1981 at the climax of 'Logopolis' after his Doctor unceremoniously fell from a radio telescope while foiling another ill-conceived plan by his old sparring partner The Master (reintroduced in the shape of Anthony Ainley in the previous story 'The Keeper of Traken') and regenerated into Peter Davison. Although he subsequently appeared in documentaries celebrating the programme's continued success, for many years he resisted the call to return to the role that made him a household name.

His 'appearance' in 'The Five Doctors' was confined to a rather laboured plot twist and unseen footage from Douglas Adams ' abandoned serial Shada and his appearance in the best-forgotten 1993 'Dimensions in Time' special for Children in Need was limited to the Fourth Doctor sending a warning to his other selves about the peculiar plan by renegade Time Lady The Rani to trap him in a time loop.

But in July 2009 he relented and began recording audio dramas for both the BBC and Big Finish, reuniting with former companions Louise Jameson as Leela and Mary Tamm as Romana.

Two decades after he last appeared on screen as The Doctor, Baker's popularity in the role shows little sign of waning. I daresay that for many the first mental image conjured by the words Doctor Who are still of the tall, grinning Bohemian with the wild eyes, the hat and the scarf.

Readers of Doctor Who Magazine have certainly shown little sign of their affection for the Fourth Doctor abating - since their long-running annual polls began, he has lost out on the 'Best Doctor' accolade only three times, in 1990 to then incumbent Sylvester McCoy and in 2006 and 2009 to David Tennant.

His current 'national treasure' status is due entirely to the seven years he spent as The Doctor, using his own natural eccentricity and wit to forge an unforgettable and truly iconic television hero who resonates with young (and not-so-young) audiences today every bit as much as he did in the 70s.

In his first few minutes in his new incarnation, The Doctor, still suffering from post-regeneration confusion, tells UNIT medical officer Harry Sullivan "You may be a doctor, but I'm the Doctor. The definite article, you might say." And there are few who would argue with that.

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Doctor Who at 50 runs at BFI Southbank throughout 2013. He may be approaching his 50th anniversary in the youthful shape of his 11th incarnation, Matt Smith, but for many fans The Doctor doesn't sport a bow tie, have a penchant for a fez or enjoy an Astronaut's Wife-style relationship with a distaff intergalactic Indiana Jones.

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Fans write in to the BBC after William Hartnell ( The First Doctor) left the show

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BBC - Archive - The Changing Face of Doctor Who - 'Radio Times' Letters Page, 24 November 1966

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Title: Radio Times letters page, 24 November, 1966. Subject: Doctor Who, power of the Daleks, william hartnell. Source: BBC Archive

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Manuscript, documenting what Mary Whitehouse didnt like about the show and why she complained,

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Here are some quotes from Mary Whitehouse, the campaigner who in the 1970's criticised 'Doctor Who' for being too violent. She was particularly upset about 'The Seeds of Doom', 'The Brain of Morbius' and, most famously, the scene where the Doctor was apparently drowned in 'The Deadly Assassin'.

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Doctor Who Wins best drama at BBCTV 60 despite being being off air for 7 years

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BBC AT 60 DOCTOR WHO WINS BEST DRAMA IN 1996

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Noel Edmunds reveals what turned out to be quite a controversial winner in the BBC's 60th Anniversary Bash....

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An IMDB list of the winners of the writers guild awards, where Doctor Who writers on for best children's drama.

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Award-winners and contenders from Writers' Guild of Great Britain (1975)

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A trailer for the Movie adaption of Doctor who's Second serial, 'The Daleks'

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Dr. Who and the Daleks Trailer (American)

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Tv listings for Doctor who's first ever episode

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Jim Cro Crwstyn gyda Sassie Rees yn canu eich hoff hwiangerddi Cyfeilydd, Maimie Noel Jones
Ynghyd a stori
'Y Treisicl Coch' gan Amy Parry-Williams
Storiwr. Nesta Harris
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Y cyflwyno gan Sheila Hew Jones Cynhyrchydd, Evelyn Williams
Children's Television
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News in Welsh.
(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)

with Professor Hermann Bondi, F.R.S.
Models by BBC Visual Effects Department
An Outside Broadcast Science and Feature production from the Royal Institution
A BBC Educational broadcast
Repeated on Monday at 11.15 p.m.
For details of accompanying booklet see page 55

Contributors

Presenter: Professor Hermann Bondi Research: Gerald Leach Producer: Alan Sleath

Let's Speak Italian
A course of thirty lessons for beginners.
Written by Toni Cerutti.
Giorgio goes to the florist to order some flowers for Giulia.
With Marla Landi, Roberto Cardinali, Sergio Gazzarrini
Introduced by Ariella Reggio.
A BBC Educational broadcast
Repeated on Thursday at 11.25 p.m.
For details of accompanying booklet and gramophone record see page 55
(to 12.50)

Contributors

Writer: Toni Cerutti Presenter: Ariella Reggio Designer: Gordon Roland Producer: Peter Montagnon [Actress]: Marla Landi [Actor]: Roberto Cardinali [Actor]: Sergio Gazzarrini

Public Service announcements.

See panel
Details of next week's Grandstand are shown on page 55

by Anthony Coburn.
An adventure in space and time.
with William Hartnell as Dr. Who, William Russell as Ian Chesterton, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright, Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman
See page 7

Contributors

Writer: Anthony Coburn Title Music: Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Incidental Music: Norman Kay Story Editor: David Whitaker Designer: Peter Brachacki Associate Producer: Mervyn Pinfield Producer: Verity Lambert Director: Waris Hussein Dr Who: William Hartnell Ian Chesterton: William Russell Barbara Wright: Jacqueline Hill Susan Foreman: Carole Ann Ford

Blog posts that mention this programme:

Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan
BBC radio's world-famous Goons in a new puppet series for television.
This week's adventure is: The Canal
Television adaptation by Maurice Wiltshire
Produced by Tony Young of Grosvenor Films for BBC-tv

Contributors

Voice: Peter Sellers Voice: Harry SecombeVoice/script: Spike Milligan Television adaptation: Maurice Wiltshire Producer: Tony Young

A new disc - a Hit or a Miss?
Comment and opinions on the latest pop releases.
This week's panel: Cilla Black, Sid James, Don Moss, Anna Quayle
In the chair, David Jacobs

Contributors

Panellist: Cilla Black Panellist: Sid James Panellist: Don Moss Panellist: Anna Quayle Chairman: David Jacobs Programme devised by: Peter Potter Presented by: Neville Wortman

Written by Arthur Swinson.
A series created by Ted Willis.
Starring Jack Warner

Contributors

Writer: Arthur Swinson Series created by: Ted Willis Film Cameraman: Arthur Smith Film Editor: Valerie Best Designer: Austen Spriggs Director: David Askey Production: Ronald Marsh P.C. George Dixon: Jack Warner Mary Crawford: Jeannette Hutchinson Det-Sgt Andy Crawford: Peter Byrne Sgt Flint: Arthur Rigby Mr Enderby: Charles Lamb Cadet Michael Bonnet: Paul Elliott Inspector Bob Cherry: Robert Cawdron Mr Holdsworth: Richard Coleman Dino Pia: John Bennett Pam: Elizabeth Chambers Skerritt: Donald Morley Margaret: Betty England Det-Constable Lauderdale: Geoffrey Adams Mrs Venables: Mary Hignett W.P.C. Alex Johns: Jan Miller P.C. Jones: John Hughes Bill: Paul Taylor Don: James Beck Carol: Sandra Caron W.P. Sgt. Chris Freeman: Anne Ridler Mrs Rose: Dorothy Darke

New adventures of Dale Robertson as Special Agent Jim Hardie.
With Jack Ging, William Demarest
Former confederates of reformed outlaw Dave Heweitt use his affection for a crippled girl to force him to assist with a bank robbery.

Contributors

Jim Hardie: Dale Robertson Beau McCloud: Jack Ging Jeb Gaines: William Demarest

A Western.
Starring John Payne, Faith Domergue and Rod Cameron
Pioneers moving west along the Santa Fe trail are facing a full-scale Indian uprising. But in spite of the desperate odds a wagon-train scout, Kirby Randolph, is determined to settle his own score with the treacherous Indian Chief who is responsible for the attacks.

Contributors

Director: William Witney Kirby Randolph: John Payne Aurelie St Clair: Faith Domergue Jess Griswold: Rod Cameron Sam Beckman: Slim Pickens Ptewaquin: Irene Tedrow Satank: George Keymas

by Harry Driver and Jack Rosenthal
Starring Elsie Waters and Doris Waters
with Ann Lancaster
See page 7

Contributors

Writer: Harry Driver Writer: Jack Rosenthal Incidental music composed and conducted by: Ron Grainer Designer: John Cooper Production: Douglas Moodie Cissy: Doris Waters Flo: Elsie Waters Amanda: Ann Lancaster Cyril, bus driver: Michael Balfour Sydney, conductor: James Beck Frank, commissionaire: Arthur Lovegrove Other char: Betty Aubrey Other char: Grace Newcombe Other char: Betty Cardno Mr Thornton: Derek Nimmo

It's over, let it go - but not before it's been mutilated with relish by David Frost and Millicent Martin, Kenneth Cope, David Kernan, Roy Kinnear, Bernard Levin, Al Mancini, Lance Percival, William Rushton.
(It is regretted that no ticket applications can be considered for this show.)

Contributors

Presenter: David Frost Singer: Millicent Martin Performer: Kenneth Cope Performer: David Kernan Performer: Roy Kinnear Interviewer: Bernard Levin Performer: Al Mancini Performer: Lance Percival Performer: William Rushton Musical numbers staged by: David Harding Musical Director: Dave Lee Designer: Stuart Durant Producer: Ned Sherrin

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BBC Television - 23 November 1963 - BBC Genome

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