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The New '10s. Doctor Who is a British television institution, and the longest-running science-fiction series in the world; first airing on BBC TV on 23 November 1963.
Characters. "The Doctor is never alone." As may be expected of a show that's run for forty seasons over six decades, there are plenty of characters here. For an index of the actors and actresses of the Whoniverse who have their own page on this wiki, see here.
The Doctor Who Expanded Universe builds on the TV series, with many different continuities and timelines. The TV series sometimes references or adapts bits of the Expanded Universe. Recaps can be found under: Doctor Who New Adventures (novels starring the Seventh Doctor, set after his TV episodes)
The Doctor remains the same person throughout their lives and maintains the same core mindset and ( for the most part) memories, but different incarnations have different appearances and unique personality traits. Showrunners tend to cast each Doctor as a subversion of the previous one in both attitude and appearance.
In "Pyramids of Mars", the Doctor defeats Sutekh not by disintegrating him in the time vortex, but by trapping him in a time corridor whose exit is placed temporally beyond the end of Sutekh's incredibly long lifespan, the idea being to age him to death before he reaches the exit. This time, the Doctor takes no chances and makes sure he gets ...
Video Game. This page is a landing spot for any officially produced Doctor Who video games. During 2010-11, BBC released a series of Adventure Games featuring the Eleventh Doctor and companion Amy Pond - five games in total. They are considered in-canon with the TV series.
Tropes associated with the television series. 10-Minute Retirement: Played with. At Donna and Fifteen's urging, Fourteen decides to settle down on Earth with the Noble family while Fifteen is off on his own adventures.
The Doctor 's own people. They hail from the planet Gallifrey, and claim to be the universe's first civilization and the mightiest of them all. Time Lords can travel through time and manipulate it to a huge degree.
The Doctor: You know, since we're talking, with mouths — not really an opportunity that comes along very often — I just wanna say you have never been very reliable. The TARDIS: And you have? The Doctor: You didn't always take me where I wanted to go.
Whoniverse. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterrestrial being called the Doctor, part of a humanoid species called Time Lords.
