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How Does The BBC Know How Many People Are Watching Doctor Who?	2023-11-05
Rogue Planets	2023-11-05
Invasion Earth	2023-11-05
The Smart Tardis	2023-11-05
Time Travel	2023-11-05
The Tardis	2023-11-05
Spot the Difference	2023-11-04

This date in history

• BBC Saturday (23 November 1963)
• Kennedy Assassinated (23 November 1963)
• Mum's the word for Doctor Who (23 November 1963)
• To-day's Television and Radio (23 November 1963)
• Week-end Broadcasting Programmes (23 November 1963)

• The day a Cyberman went shopping in St. Pancras (23 November 1968)

• Dr. Who fans get together (23 November 1979)

• Out-Of-This-World Drink (23 November 1981)

• British science fiction's 'Dr. Who' is subject of ETV special (23 November 1983)
• The Doctors Who Together for a Special (23 November 1983)
• Dr Who shares a November 23 birthday with Sydney radio station 21VS (23 November 1983)
• Dr. Who special will fete 20th (23 November 1983)
• Out of this world (Daily Record) (23 November 1983)
• Time Lord Marches On (23 November 1983)
• Will 7 Million Fans Sing 'Happy Birthday, 'Dr. Who'? (23 November 1983)

• Looking into the future with Dr. Who (23 November 1984)
• Sci-fi fans call for the interplanetary Doctor (23 November 1984)

• Dr. Who is scheduled to land at the Hyatt next weekend (23 November 1985)
• Radio Who (23 November 1985)

• BBC shows are entering U.S. video market (23 November 1986)
• Who convention just what the Doctor ordered (23 November 1986)

• Dr Who becomes Dr No (23 November 1987)
• Headroom Jams 'Doctor Who' Show (23 November 1987)
• Telly Pirate Zaps Dr Who (23 November 1987)
• Whovians join forces in El Paso get-together (23 November 1987)

• A birthday bonanza for the Doc (23 November 1988)
• Happy Birthday Doc! (23 November 1988)
• Happy birthday, dear Doctor! (23 November 1988)
• Inside the Time Lord industry (23 November 1988)
• McWho's Really Coy (23 November 1988)
• On his 25th birthday, Doctor Who duly encounters his Silver Nemesis (23 November 1988)
• Real Ghost of 'Doctor' McCoy (23 November 1988)
• Silver jubilee (23 November 1988)
• Sophie Aldred and Sylvester McCoy, not about to overcome the Cybermen (23 November 1988)
• Sylvester the sci-fi hero strikes silver (23 November 1988)
• Who would have thought (23 November 1988)

• Visions Of Sci-Fi TV Stars Due Here (23 November 1992)

• Who was the real me-and how, says Tom Baker (23 November 2003)

• As queer as Dr Who? (23 November 2004)

• Dark, sexy Torchwood a supernatural delight (23 November 2007)

• Doctor Who nearly flew in a bubble (23 November 2008)

• They won't be shopping: 'Doctor Who' diehards have other plans on Friday (23 November 2011)

• You're smarter for 10 (23 November 2012)

• The Comedian Who Wanted to Be Taken Seriously (23 November 2013)
• The Day of the Doctor approaches (23 November 2013)
• Doctor Doctor ... (23 November 2013)
• Doctor had plenty of time for companions (23 November 2013)
• The Doctor Hits America (23 November 2013)
• Doctor Two (The Sun) (23 November 2013)
• Doctor Who fans celebrate 50th (23 November 2013)
• Doctor Who feeds sci-fi hunger (23 November 2013)
• Fans Invade the Tardis (23 November 2013)
• Fifty years from the start, who is your best Doctor? (23 November 2013)
• Fifty-year journey in time (23 November 2013)
• The Geek Inherits the Universe (23 November 2013)
• The Grumpy Old Man Who Spawned a TV Legend (23 November 2013)
• Happy 50th, Doctor Who (23 November 2013)
• Hey Doc, You Rock! (23 November 2013)
• How Charlie Chaplin Saved Doctor Who (23 November 2013)
• How it all began (23 November 2013)
• I'm the show's Time Lady (23 November 2013)
• The Man in Charge (23 November 2013)
• The Man Who Said 'No' (23 November 2013)
• Masters of Reinvention (23 November 2013)
• No More Ferrets for Me (23 November 2013)
• One for the Ladies (23 November 2013)
• Rob still travelling in his Tardis (23 November 2013)
• Sci-fi superfan's shrine to Doctor (23 November 2013)
• Smith to bid farewell to sci-fi hit Doctor Who (23 November 2013)
• Steven's the man who gives the Doctor orders (23 November 2013)
• Tennant's Extra (23 November 2013)
• The Time Lord Saved Me from the Building Site (23 November 2013)
• Totally Tasteless (23 November 2013)
• The Ultimate Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Quiz (23 November 2013)
• A very special birthday (23 November 2013)
• Who's got my Tardis (23 November 2013)
• Who's obsessed? Fan has date with a Doctor (23 November 2013)
• Who's That Doctor? (23 November 2013)
• Who's Who (23 November 2013)
• You Can't Destroy the Doctor (23 November 2013)

• Who's up for a witch hunt (23 November 2018)

• 20 winter drams to look forward to (23 November 2019)
• The Doctor will scare you now (23 November 2019)
• Tanking (2019) (23 November 2019)

The 8873 articles here are collected mainly from newspapers and general interest magazines. Many articles, news items and advertisements from television industry magazines (such as Variety) can be found at BroaDWcast.

How to search

Most of the articles have been converted to text so you can search for keywords, like dalek or pertwee. Use quotation marks for phrase searching (e.g. "tom baker" or "new york times"). Or browse using these options:

• Articles by date published
• Articles by name of publication or place of publication

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Date of publication

In order to keep the articles in strict chronological order, some dates may be adjusted slightly in tables to accommodate computer sorting. In most cases this will be for monthly publications, e.g. April 2006 becomes 2006-04-01.

Contributions

All contributions are welcome. Please send an email to whovian@cuttingsarchive.org

Contributors

Laura Adler, Larry Charet, Jesse Conrad, Michael T. Dyer, Jill Franklin, John Grochowski, Christopher Hill, Jennifer Adams Kelley, Michelle Meyer-Edley, Jennifer D. Miller, Alan Morton, Jim Paterson, Hawkeye Pierce, Jon Preddle, Dom Robinson, Kathleen Sullivan.

Thanks

Des Plaines Public Library; Northwestern University Library; Ronald Williams Library, Northeastern Illinois University; Oakton Community College Library; The Semantic MediaWiki community; Elmhurst College A.C. Buehler Library, San Francisco Public Library