"highest score is crowned ""Ultra Geek"". Mark Downey was crowned as the first Sci-Fi on the Rock Ultra Geek on April 1, 2007. Dr. Glyn George, a MUN professor and Doctor Who and Star Trek enthusiast, was crowned on April 20, 2008. He later abdicated his throne, as he became involved in the planning of Sci-Fi on the Rock, retiring from the competition undefeated. Newfoundland's Ultra Geek for 2009, crowned at Sci-Fi on the Rock 3, was Chickie Who. They, too, retired undefeated. Andrew O'Brien was crowned as Newfoundland's fourth Ultra Geek on April 18, 2010. Unlike his predecessors, he"
"Screen Records 3 March 2014. An Adventure in Space and Time An Adventure in Space and Time is a 2013 British biographical television film focusing on the creation of the popular science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"" in the 1960s, with emphasis on actor William Hartnell, who portrayed the original incarnation of the show's main character, the Doctor. It was directed by Terry McDonough, and written by regular ""Doctor Who"" writer Mark Gatiss. It premiered on BBC Two in the United Kingdom on 21 November 2013, and later that year in the rest of the world. David Bradley portrays Hartnell"
"An Adventure in Space and Time An Adventure in Space and Time is a 2013 British biographical television film focusing on the creation of the popular science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"" in the 1960s, with emphasis on actor William Hartnell, who portrayed the original incarnation of the show's main character, the Doctor. It was directed by Terry McDonough, and written by regular ""Doctor Who"" writer Mark Gatiss. It premiered on BBC Two in the United Kingdom on 21 November 2013, and later that year in the rest of the world. David Bradley portrays Hartnell in the film, which later"
"First Doctor The First Doctor is the initial incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". He was portrayed by the actor William Hartnell from 1963 to 1966. Hartnell reprised the role once, in the tenth anniversary story ""The Three Doctors"" (1973), although due to his failing health the story was written so he would not have to appear very extensively. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who travels in time and space in his TARDIS, frequently with companions. At the end of"
"led to him being cast as the First Doctor himself in the 2017 ""Doctor Who"" episodes ""The Doctor Falls"" and ""Twice Upon a Time"" and in a series of audio adventures for Big Finish Productions. In 1966, William Hartnell (David Bradley) is in his dressing room at the BBC. He insults a stagehand who calls him to the set, where the delay caused by his absence is noticed. Hartnell enters in costume, ready to film his last moments as the First Doctor and stands in front of the TARDIS console. Three years earlier, BBC executive Sydney Newman (Brian Cox) is"
"which Newman named """"Doctor Who"""". After much development work, the series was launched on 23 November 1963. The importance of ""Doctor Who"" to British television science fiction cannot be overstated. It lasted for twenty-six seasons in its original form, through which first emerged many of the writers who until the 1980s would create most of the genre's successful British shows. One of the few science fiction series to have become part of the popular consciousness, its success led the BBC to produce other efforts in the genre. Of particular note being its own science fiction anthology series ""Out of the"
"to his first incarnation's initial lack of altruism prior to meeting the Daleks in ""Into the Dalek"". A portrait of the First Doctor is hanging in a UNIT safe house in ""The Zygon Invasion"". First Doctor The First Doctor is the initial incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". He was portrayed by the actor William Hartnell from 1963 to 1966. Hartnell reprised the role once, in the tenth anniversary story ""The Three Doctors"" (1973), although due to his failing health the story was written so he would not have to appear"
"Hartnell's increased role in ""The Reign of Terror"", but felt that Susan was ""at her weakest"". Notes Footnotes Doctor Who (season 1) The first season of British science fiction television programme ""Doctor Who"" was originally broadcast on BBC TV between 1963 and 1964. The series began on 23 November 1963 with ""An Unearthly Child"" and ended with ""The Reign of Terror"" on 12 September 1964. The show was created by BBC Television head of drama Sydney Newman to fill the Saturday evening timeslot and appeal to both the younger and older audiences of the neighbouring programmes. Formatting of the programme"
"April 1963, preceding ""Doctor Who"" by more than seven months (that series debuted on 23 November 1963). Final credits always showed panoramic views over a gigantic city of the future, and never featured any music; only the throb of some industrial machinery, sounding like a gigantic pump or a steam engine, beat in rhythm. The male characters from the planet Venus (Slim for example) presented obvious androgyne features (in contrast to the rustic, virile Martians). Whereas Gerry Anderson had a rocket ship in Fireball XL5 that could travel light years to planets around other stars as though they were just"
"An Unearthly Child An Unearthly Child (sometimes referred to as 100,000 BC) is the first serial of the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". It was first broadcast on BBC TV in four weekly parts from 23 November to 14 December 1963. Scripted by Australian writer Anthony Coburn, the serial introduces William Hartnell as the First Doctor and his original companions: Carole Ann Ford as the Doctor's granddaughter, Susan Foreman, with Jacqueline Hill and William Russell as school teachers Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton. The first episode deals with Ian and Barbara's discovery of the Doctor and his time-space"
"most notably a nomination for ""Favorite Sci-Fi Show"" in the 2008 People's Choice Awards and the series has been nominated multiple times in the Spike Scream Awards, with Smith winning Best Science Fiction Actor in 2011. The Canadian Constellation Awards have also recognised the series. Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC since 1963. The programme depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called ""the Doctor"", an extraterrestrial being, to all appearances human, from the planet Gallifrey. The Doctor explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. Its exterior"
"History of Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British television science fiction series, produced and screened by the BBC on the BBC TV channel from 1963 to 1964, and on BBC1 (later BBC One) from 1964 to 1989 and since 2005. A one-off television movie, co-produced with Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox Television, was screened on the Fox Network in the United States in 1996. In March 1962, Eric Maschwitz, the Assistant and Adviser to the Controller of Programmes at BBC Television, asked Donald Wilson, the Head of the Script Department, to have his department's Survey Group prepare a"
"circle with an intersecting line. A new opening title sequence was also introduced, however it did not debut until the second episode of the series. History of Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British television science fiction series, produced and screened by the BBC on the BBC TV channel from 1963 to 1964, and on BBC1 (later BBC One) from 1964 to 1989 and since 2005. A one-off television movie, co-produced with Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox Television, was screened on the Fox Network in the United States in 1996. In March 1962, Eric Maschwitz, the Assistant and Adviser"
"Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC since 1963. The programme depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called ""the Doctor"", an extraterrestrial being, to all appearances human, from the planet Gallifrey. The Doctor explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Accompanied by a number of companions, the Doctor combats a variety of foes while working to save civilisations and help people in need. The"
"The Three Doctors (Doctor Who) The Three Doctors is the first serial of the tenth season of the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 30 December 1972 to 20 January 1973. In the serial, the solar engineer Omega (Stephen Thorne), the creator of the experiments that allowed the Time Lords to travel in time, seeks revenge on the Time Lords after he was left for dead in a universe made of antimatter. The Time Lords recruit the time travellers the First Doctor (William Hartnell), the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton), and"
"The Daleks The Daleks (also known as The Mutants and The Dead Planet) is the second serial in the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", which was first broadcast on BBC TV in seven weekly parts from 21 December 1963 to 1 February 1964. Written by Terry Nation and directed by Christopher Barry and Richard Martin, this story marks the first appearance of the show's most popular villains, the Daleks, and the recurring Skaro people, the Thals. In the serial, the First Doctor (William Hartnell), his granddaughter Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford), and her teachers Ian Chesterton (William Russell)"
"British television science fiction British television science fiction refers to popular programmes in the genre that have been produced by both the BBC and Britain's largest commercial channel, ITV. The BBC's ""Doctor Who"" is listed in the ""Guinness World Records"" as the longest-running science fiction television show in the world and as the ""most successful"" science fiction series of all time. The first known science fiction television programme was produced by the BBC's prewar television service. On 11 February 1938, a thirty-five-minute adapted extract of the play ""R.U.R."", written by the Czech playwright Karel Čapek, was broadcast live from the"
"William Hartnell, and unused footage to represent Tom Baker. This was a full-length, 90-minute film, the longest single episode of ""Doctor Who"" produced to date (the television movie ran slightly longer on broadcast where it included commercial breaks). In 1993, for the franchise's 30th anniversary, another charity special, titled ""Dimensions in Time"" was produced for Children in Need, featuring all of the surviving actors who played the Doctor and a number of previous companions. It also featured a crossover with the soap opera ""EastEnders"", the action taking place in the latter's Albert Square location and around Greenwich. The special was"
"Planet of Giants Planet of Giants is the first serial of the second season in the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", which was first broadcast in three weekly parts from 31 October to 14 November 1964. In the serial, the First Doctor (William Hartnell), his granddaughter Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford), and teachers Ian Chesterton (William Russell) and Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill) are shrunk to the size of an inch after the Doctor's time machine the TARDIS arrives in contemporary England. The Doctor and Susan head inside a laboratory to find Ian and Barbara after the two parties"
"the mid-1950s most of the country was covered, transmitting a 405-line interlaced image on VHF. When the ITV was launched in 1955, the BBC Television Service (renamed ""BBC tv"" in 1960) showed popular programming, including comedies, drama, documentaries, game shows, and soap operas, covering a wide range of genres and regularly competed with ITV to become the channel with the highest ratings for that week. The channel also introduced the science fiction show ""Doctor Who"" on 23 November 1963 - at 17:16 - which went on to become one of Britain's most iconic and beloved television programmes. BBC TV was"
"November. British shows have tended toward shorter series in recent years. For example, the first series of long-running science fiction show ""Doctor Who"" in 1963 featured forty-two 25‑minute episodes, this dropped to twenty-five by 1970 to accommodate changes in production and continued to 1984. For 1985 fewer but longer episodes were shown, but even after a return to shorter episodes in 1986, lack of support within the BBC meant fewer episodes were commissioned leading to only fourteen 25‑minute episodes up to those in 1989 after which it was cancelled. The revival of ""Doctor Who"" from 2005 has comprised thirteen 45‑minute"
"Doctor Who (season 3) The third season of British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"" began on 11 September 1965 with the story ""Galaxy 4"" and ended on 16 July 1966 with ""The War Machines"". Only 17 out of 45 episodes survive in the BBC archives; 28 remain missing. As result only 3 serials are complete. William Hartnell continues his journey as The First Doctor, accompanied by companions Vicki (Maureen O'Brien) and Steven Taylor (Peter Purves). In the third story ""The Myth Makers"", Vicki departed and was replaced by Katarina (Adrienne Hill). Katarina's tenure was brief, the character being killed"
"Mr. X who traveled through time and space in his ""Whatsis Box"" teaching children about history. Newman oversaw this series while working as head of programming for the CBC. Newman maintained a guiding influence over ""Doctor Who"" until he left the BBC in 1967 and was in talks with the BBC in 1986, when the show was foundering, to reformat the show and take the role of executive producer. The series made its North American premiere in January 1965 on CBC with the broadcast of William Hartnell's first 26 episodes, fourteen months following their first airing on the BBC. The"
"in 1963, no one could have predicted that the programme's popularity would ensure its survival for twenty-eight record-breaking years. In that first story we learnt only that the Doctor and his granddaughter Susan had left their home planet, under something of a cloud, in a remarkable time-travelling craft called the TARDIS that looked — at least on the outside — like a police telephone box. The Doctor and the TARDIS have remained the constant elements in a television saga that has seen many changes over the decades. As the years passed we learnt more and more about the Doctor's background,"
"co-wrote most of the episodes, ran from 1959 to 1964. It featured fantasy and horror as well as science fiction, with each episode being a complete story. Critics have ranked it as one of the best TV programs of any genre. ""The Jetsons"", while intended as comedy and only running for one season (1962-1963), predicted many inventions now in common use: flatscreen television, newspapers on a computer-like screen, computer viruses, video chat, tanning beds, home treadmills and more. In 1963 the time travel themed ""Doctor Who"" premiered on BBC Television. The original series ran until 1989 and was revived in"
"Doctor Who merchandise The long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"" has since its beginnings in 1963 generated many hundreds of products related to the show, from toys and games to picture cards and postage stamps. This article is not an exhaustive list of merchandise but attempts to present a flavour of the type of material that has been produced. This entry mainly concentrates on ""official"" spin-offs, that is to say, material sanctioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation, which produces the series. Featuring William Hartnell as The Doctor. Gameplay involves players attempting to avoid the Daleks while travelling around"
"as the longest-running science fiction television show in the world, the ""most successful"" science fiction series of all time—based on its over-all broadcast ratings, DVD and book sales, and iTunes traffic— and for the largest ever simulcast of a TV drama with its 50th anniversary special. During its original run, it was recognised for its imaginative stories, creative low-budget special effects, and pioneering use of electronic music (originally produced by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop). In 1975, Season 11 of the series won a Writers' Guild of Great Britain award for Best Writing in a Children's Serial. In 1996, BBC television"
"limited vinyl edition. 23 November 1963 proves to be a significant day in the lives of all eight Doctors… It's the day that Bob Dovie's life is ripped apart… It's also a day that sets in motion a catastrophic chain of events which forces the first eight incarnations of the Doctor to fight for their very existence. As a mysterious, insidious chaos unfolds within the TARDIS, the barriers of time break apart… From suburban England through war-torn alien landscapes and into a deadly, artificial dimension, all these Doctors and their companions must struggle against the power of an unfathomable, alien"
"story has at times been called World's End, most notably in the frontispiece of its novelisation. This is the title of the first episode and was applied to the story as a whole by the 1973 ""Radio Times"" 10th anniversary special and several lists that copied it. The story begins in the real World's End area of Chelsea in London. William Hartnell is absent from episode four, bar a single shot in the reprise from episode three. The Doctor appears briefly at the beginning of the episode with Hartnell's stand-in, Edmund Warwick, shot from behind, groaning and falling over. Hartnell"
"roadster. A special edition of the DVD, with new bonus features, was released in the UK on 13 February 2012 in the third of the ongoing ""Revisitations"" DVD box sets with additional bonus features. The Three Doctors (Doctor Who) The Three Doctors is the first serial of the tenth season of the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 30 December 1972 to 20 January 1973. In the serial, the solar engineer Omega (Stephen Thorne), the creator of the experiments that allowed the Time Lords to travel in time, seeks revenge"
"is notable for having Ridley Scott, future director of such films as ""Alien"" and ""Blade Runner"", as designer. ""Out of the Unknown"" made its debut on Monday, 4 October 1965 at 8pm on BBC2, with Wyndham's “No Place Like Earth” selected as the opening story. Science fiction and fantasy was popular on television, with ""Doctor Who"", ""The Avengers"", ""Thunderbirds"", ""The Man from UNCLE"" and ""Lost in Space"" all notable hits at the time. ""Out of the Unknown"", however, would offer more adult, cerebral fare. Initial audience and critical reaction was mixed, but improved as the series went on with “Andover"
"first appeared in the serial ""Spearhead from Space"" (1970), then reappeared on-screen in ""Terror of the Autons"" (1971). ""Doctor Who"" originally ran from 1963 to 1989, when it was cancelled after its twenty-sixth season. Television producer Russell T Davies had been lobbying the BBC in an attempt to revive the show from the late 1990s, and reached the discussion phase in 2002. It was announced in September 2003 that Doctor Who was returning and would be produced by BBC Wales via a BBC press release. The format of the programme was changed to 45-minute episodes, lightening the pace. Davies was"
"When fans started compiling reference books in the mid-1970s, it was this latter document which formed the basis of many lists. The story was referred to alternatively as ""Dalek Cutaway"" and ""Mission to the Unknown"" on many occasions, whilst the production code went vacant until the discovery of the design documents stating ""T/A"". In more recent years the exploration of the BBC's written archives has exposed the problems of the title and production code. This is the only ""Doctor Who"" story that does not feature the character of the Doctor or the TARDIS at all. Despite this, William Hartnell is"