Who's on First? Who's on Second? Who's Who?
- Publication: The Wichita Eagle
- Date: 1985-08-05
- Author: Bob Curtright
- Page: 10A
- Language: English
Who's new — that's both the question and the answer beginning today at KPTS, Ch. 8. as faithful fans get a double dose per day of "Doctor Who."
Actually, the new Who is the old Who. Or, at least, an older Who than the Who who is old — make that, familiar — to the Wichita audience. Confused?
Not to worry, says Channel 8's Dave Brewer. who has the whole thing worked out. The "new" Doctor Who is John Pertwee, who played the role immediately before Tom Baker (the Doctor Who Wichita got first about four years ago from England). His series, being launched today. will air at 6 p.m. Monday. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Episodes with Baker and Peter Davison, another of those who have played the Time Lord from Gallifrey during the past 20 years, will be at 5:30 p.m. those four days plus Saturdays. Why that particular order? Brewer says the series have nothing to do with each other, so it makes no difference which comes first.
Pertwee, who has 124 episodes, is actually Doctor Who No. 3, Brewer says. There were two others before him whose episodes are not available in syndication. Baker, the longest-running Who with 176 episodes, is No. 4 and Davison (78 episodes) is No. 5.
For fans who have been tracking the show for years, there is no real jolt when a new actor takes over. As on American soap operas, the character is what goes on forever despite an occasional "facelift." For Doctor Who, however, writers sometimes let him transmogrify spontaneously.
The current Doctor Who in England, where the show originates on the BCC, is Colin Baker. Those episodes are not available in syndication on this side of the Atlantic, Brewer says. Because of funding cutbacks, the BBC suspended production of the new Doctor Who episodes this summer. But Brewer said said the BBC has indicated it will revive the show when money is available.
Considering the popularity in syndication, the suspension seems a little surprising. After "Masterpiece Theatre," the various Doctor Who shows are probably the most widely known British television export. The show is carried in 54 countries.
Spelling correction: Jon Pertwee
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- APA 6th ed.: Curtright, Bob (1985-08-05). Who's on First? Who's on Second? Who's Who?. The Wichita Eagle p. 10A.
- MLA 7th ed.: Curtright, Bob. "Who's on First? Who's on Second? Who's Who?." The Wichita Eagle [add city] 1985-08-05, 10A. Print.
- Chicago 15th ed.: Curtright, Bob. "Who's on First? Who's on Second? Who's Who?." The Wichita Eagle, edition, sec., 1985-08-05
- Turabian: Curtright, Bob. "Who's on First? Who's on Second? Who's Who?." The Wichita Eagle, 1985-08-05, section, 10A edition.
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