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LONDON --- A time-traveling blast from the past --- and the future --- has become one of the biggest hits of Britain's television present. | LONDON --- A time-traveling blast from the past --- and the future --- has become one of the biggest hits of Britain's television present. | ||
Latest revision as of 01:19, 28 July 2023
- Publication: Associated Press
- Date: 2005-05-20
- Author: Beth Gardiner
- Page:
- Language: English
- Notes: Image from St. Petersburg Times
LONDON --- A time-traveling blast from the past --- and the future --- has become one of the biggest hits of Britain's television present.
A BBC update of the hugely popular science fiction series "Doctor Who," complete with killer robots from outer space and a rickety wooden police box that zips through the millennia, has introduced a new generation of viewers to a TV classic that originally ran from 1963 to 1989.
The new season, 13 episodes running through June, is packed with oddball aliens and frequent opportunities for the two heroes to save humankind.
(The old series ran in reruns on PBS in America, although there currently are no plans to air the new shows here.)
So far, spaceships have crashed into Big Ben and the River Thames to presage a takeover of the British government --- the bad guys invaded the bodies of the prime minister and his aides --- and the mysterious Doctor and his young sidekick have zoomed 5 billion years into the future to watch the Earth come to a fiery end.
It's a welcome return for fans who'd been waiting more than 15 years for the comeback of the Doctor --- an alien "Time Lord" who's taken the form of nine different human actors in the course of the show --- and his assistant, this time a working-class London girl named Rose Tyler.
Starring a smooth, charming Christopher Eccleston in the title role and former pop singer Billie Piper as his sidekick, the British Broadcasting Corp. remake stays true to the much-loved original while giving it a contemporary sheen.
"All the 'Doctor Who' furniture is there," said Antony Wainer, spokesman for the 1,500-member Doctor Who Appreciation Society. "That is the formula. And it still survives."
Among Doctor Who mainstays are the Tardis time machine, disguised as a clunky blue 1950s-style police call box, and out-of-this-world villains --- the relentless, robotic Daleks.
Writer Russell T. Davies, who created the groundbreaking television drama "Queer as Folk," revived the series, serving as executive producer and writing many of the episodes. He hopes to bring in viewers who hadn't watched earlier seasons of "Doctor Who," a goal he's clearly achieved --- the show has been a hit with kids.
Davies is taking on a cultural icon. In a 2000 British Film Institute poll, people in the TV industry ranked "Doctor Who" as their third-favorite British show ever. The original was widely exported, winning fans in the United States, Canada and Australia. The new season is being shown in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Italy, but BBC America has no plans to air it for the time being.
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- Title: Brits Still Enjoying 'Doctor Who' Antics
- Publication: Belleville News-Democrat
- Date: 2005-06-01
- Title: Talkin' Bout a New Generation of 'Who'
- Publication: St. Petersburg Times
- Date: 2005-05-23
- Title: Britain revives 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: Lawrence Journal-World
- Date: 2005-05-24
- Title: Doctor Who Makes a Comeback
- Publication: The Times and Democrat
- Date: 2005-05-28
- Title: BBC Updates 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: Rapid City Journal
- Date: 2005-05-24
- Title: BBC has a hit with updated 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: Battle Creek Enquirer
- Date: 2005-05-20
- Title: BBC has a hit with update of 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: Courier-Post
- Date: 2005-05-23
- Title: Brits visting Doctor again
- Publication: The Times-Leader
- Date: 2005-05-23
- Title: BBC travels back in time to revive the hit 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: Los Angeles Times
- Date: 2005-05-27
- Title: New and updated 'Dr. Who' returns to BBC
- Publication: The Home News
- Date: 2005-05-22
- Title: 'Doctor Who' makes a comeback
- Publication: The Odessa American
- Date: 2005-05-21
- Title: 'Who' is on first in BBC update
- Publication: North Adams Transcript
- Date: 2005-05-20
- Title: BBC has a hit (again) on its hands with an updated version of Dr. Who series
- Publication: The Muscatine Journal
- Date: 2005-05-28
- Title: BBC has a hit with update of sci-fi favorite 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: The Desert Sun
- Date: 2005-05-22
- Title: BBC has a hit with update of sci-fi favorite 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
- Date: 2005-05-22
- Title: New 'Doctor Who' a smash for BBC
- Publication: The Dispatch
- Date: 2005-05-29
- Title: BBC has hit with update of sci-fi 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: The Oshkosh Northwestern
- Date: 2005-05-21
- Title: The Doctor is in again on BBC hit sci fi series
- Publication: The Burlington Free Press
- Date: 2005-06-04
- Title: BBC has a hit with update of sci fi favorite 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: The Daily Spectrum
- Date: 2005-05-20
- Title: Doctor Who's comeback
- Publication: Palladium Item
- Date: 2005-05-29
- Title: Reborn 'Who' wows Britain; U.S. run still in future
- Publication: Reno Gazette Journal
- Date: 2005-05-29
- Title: BBC has a hit with update of 'Dr. Who'
- Publication: Waterloo Courier
- Date: 2005-05-23
- Title: Re-invented 'Doctor Who' takes Britain by storm
- Publication: Indiana Gazette
- Date: 2005-05-22
- Title: BBC has a hit with update of sci fi favorite 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: The Evening Sun
- Date: 2005-05-23
- Title: Talkin' about a new generation of 'Who'
- Publication: Tampa Bay Times
- Date: 2005-05-23
- Title: Dr. Who is back
- Publication: Star Gazette
- Date: 2005-05-23
- Title: BBC updates 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: York Daily Record
- Date: 2005-05-22
- Title: BBC's updated 'Doctor Who' a hit the second time around
- Publication: Hoosier Times
- Date: 2005-05-22
- Title: BBC has a hit with 'Doctor Who' update
- Publication: Santa Maria Times
- Date: 2005-06-03
- Title: BBC has a hit with update of sci-fi favorite 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: Springfield News-Sun
- Date: 2005-05-22
- Title: BBC has a hit with update of sci fi favorite 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: The Journal News
- Date: 2005-05-23
- Title: BBC has a hit with sci fi favorite 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: Sioux City Journal
- Date: 2005-05-25
- Title: BBC has a hit with updated 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: Battle Creek Enquirer
- Date: 2005-05-20
- Title: BBC has a hit with update of "Doctor Who"
- Publication: Maryville Journal-Tribune
- Date: 2005-05-20
- Title: BBC show updates 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: The Sentinel
- Date: 2005-05-22
- Title: BBC scores a hit with update of sci fi favorite 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: Stevens Point Journal
- Date: 2005-05-21
- Title: BBC has a hit with update of 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: The Daily Register
- Date: 2005-05-21
- Title: BBC has a hit with update of sci-fi favorite 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: Huntingdon Daily News
- Date: 2005-05-20
- Title: BBC has a hit with update of sci-fi favorite 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: The Orange Leader
- Date: 2005-05-20
- Title: New 'Who' regeneration a hit
- Publication: Chronicle-Telegram
- Date: 2005-05-20
- Title: BBC has a hit with updated 'Dr. Who'
- Publication: The Index-Journal
- Date: 2005-05-23
- Title: BBC has a hit with update of sci fi favorite 'Doctor Who'
- Publication: Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
- Date: 2005-02-22
