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Matt Smith | ... |
The Doctor
(56 episodes, 2010-2015)
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David Tennant | ... |
The Doctor
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(58 episodes, 2005-2015)
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Peter Capaldi | ... |
The Doctor
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(45 episodes, 2008-2017)
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Jenna Coleman | ... |
Clara
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(39 episodes, 2012-2015)
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Karen Gillan | ... |
Amy Pond
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(37 episodes, 2008-2013)
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Billie Piper | ... |
Rose Tyler
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(39 episodes, 2005-2013)
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Paul Kasey | ... |
Ood Sigma
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(35 episodes, 2005-2014)
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Nicholas Briggs | ... |
Dalek
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(35 episodes, 2005-2016)
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Arthur Darvill | ... |
Rory
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(27 episodes, 2010-2012)
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Ruari Mears | ... |
Cyberman
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(22 episodes, 2006-2013)
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Freema Agyeman | ... |
Martha Jones
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(24 episodes, 2006-2013)
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The Doctor, from a race called the Time Lords whose home planet is Gallifrey, travels through time and space in his ship the TARDIS (an acronym for Time and Relative Dimensions In Space) with numerous companions. From time to time he regenerates into a new form (which is how the show has been running since 1963).
As a child I used to love the Dr Who series and apparently I used to hide behind the sofa whenever the Daleks appeared. I think it must have been the voice. But over time the whole idea lost so much of its charm that it became a real pain to watch.
Well all that has changed, Every nostalgic moment I ever had about the doctor has come flooding back with this highly enjoyable reanimation of a childhood favourite, even though I am now well into my thirties.
Christopher Eccleston is great in the lead and Billy Piper makes the archetypal sidekick. This new incarnation is full of the humour and tongue in cheek appeal that I hoped it would be. I just hope it keeps going as it started.
I have to give this a ten even if it's just because it's filmed in my home town of Cardiff, If not for the fact that is gives me a glimmer of what I liked in this series from when I was a very small child.
Thanks to everyone involved and keep it coming.