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The show has been called the world's longest-running television science fiction series. November 23 marks 50 years since the BBC aired the first episode, An Unearthly Child, written by Australian author Anthony Coburn. It was Coburn's idea for the Tardis to resemble a police box after seeing one on Wimbledon Common. | The show has been called the world's longest-running television science fiction series. November 23 marks 50 years since the BBC aired the first episode, An Unearthly Child, written by Australian author Anthony Coburn. It was Coburn's idea for the Tardis to resemble a police box after seeing one on Wimbledon Common. | ||
| − | November 23, 1963, was, however, the day after President Kennedy's assassination. Initial audience reaction was thus muted and the first episode had to be repeated. One critic called the new program a mix of H. G. | + | November 23, 1963, was, however, the day after President Kennedy's assassination. Initial audience reaction was thus muted and the first episode had to be repeated. One critic called the new program a mix of H. G. Wells' The Time Machine and a space-age Old Curiosity Shop. |
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Certainly the first Doctor Who, William Hartnell, resembled a Dickensian figure. The arrival of the daleks in February 1964 led to viewing figures rising over 10 million per episode. | Certainly the first Doctor Who, William Hartnell, resembled a Dickensian figure. The arrival of the daleks in February 1964 led to viewing figures rising over 10 million per episode. | ||
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He examines truth and knowledge, science and religion, space and time, and good and evil with appropriate references to philosophers, such as Hegel, Kant and Heidegger. He also dips into novels, comic strips and audio recordings, as he discusses regeneration and how quantum theory affects our understanding of time travel. One thing is certain, time will never stand still for Doctor Who. | He examines truth and knowledge, science and religion, space and time, and good and evil with appropriate references to philosophers, such as Hegel, Kant and Heidegger. He also dips into novels, comic strips and audio recordings, as he discusses regeneration and how quantum theory affects our understanding of time travel. One thing is certain, time will never stand still for Doctor Who. | ||
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