![]() ![]() The show originally ran from 1963 to 1989 (with an 18-month hiatus in 1985-6 caused by Executive Meddling, during which it "rested" and saw only a radio drama air), before being pulled from the airwaves after the conclusion of its 26th season the BBC has always insisted that the show was merely placed on hiatus, but the general understanding is that it had actually been cancelled. ![]() The show also frequently changes companions - over its history, only a relative handful have ever actually stayed longer than one or two seasons - and once again, the change in companion is also treated as something of a relaunch, especially in the 2005-present era, where the stories are more frequently told from their perspective. ![]() As a result, the same character has appeared in the series from the very beginning, but their new personality and new tastes give the show a distinctly different atmosphere with each regeneration, leading the producers to treat the introduction of a new Doctor as a soft relaunch of the series. Part of the longevity of the series is that when the actor playing the Doctor leaves, the show gets around this by killing the character off, only to "regenerate" the Doctor into a new form played by someone else. The Doctor is a renegade of sorts, having left their home planet of Gallifrey, and travels around the universe in a living and sentient time machine, the TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space), and meets many foes, ranging from heavily armoured robots to killer microbes to Eldritch Abominations to members of the Doctor's own race, the Time Lords. The premise of the show is (somewhat) simple enough: it follows the adventures of a humanoid alien - the Doctor - and their various companions through time and space. Created by Canadian television producer Sydney Newman ( The Avengers), it takes place in and established the Whoniverse, which has a continuous and constantly adapting story involving many different timelines, and also spawned the truly vast Doctor Who Expanded Universe. 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. ![]()
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