Four Doctor Whos seen here at the Hammersmith Ark for the opening of an exhibtion to celebrate 30 years of Dr Who. Left to Right Jon Pertwee, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Peter Davison. 27th April 1993. MacDonald, Alisdair/Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it at Newscom: mrpphotos288746.
I have to admit, in all my life I have never seen an episode of Dr. Who…terrible right? I have many friends who are addicted to it and have expressed their great admiration for the amazingness that is Dr. Who, but I could just never bring myself to start watching. The intimation of starting a TV series that is over 40 years old in the middle was just too great. However, after doing a little bit of research on the plot I think I just might have to become a die-hard fan.
For those of you who, like me, have never seen Dr. Who let me give you a little bit of run down. The story revolves around a human-looking alien known as the Doctor (hence the series title Dr. Who, I’d imagine) who can time travel. In order to jump from time period to time period he uses a sentient machine called the TARDIS, which stands for Time And Relative Dimension In Space. The TARDIS looks just like a blue police box. (For all you non-British people out there, a police box is pretty much like telephone booth but bigger. Don’t worry, we have pictures.) So the Doctor uses the TARDIS to travel to different time periods and with the aid of several earth folk, including a pretty female assistant of course, explores time and saves the world.
Throughout the series’ many years running there have been eleven Doctors. This is because each time the Doctor dies, he is regenerated into a different body and sometimes even has a different personality. This little graphic sums it up pretty well, and I highly recommend taking a gander at it.
In celebration of Dr. Who and the amazing feat of British television that it is (and on the eve of the Nov. 23 anniversary of the first episode of Dr. Who airing), we decided it would be fun to show some great pictures of the show’s eleven Doctors.
William Hartnell actor who played the part of the First Dr Who. Daily Mirror Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it at Newscom: mrpphotos050968.
on Pertwee returns as Dr. Who when a new series of adventures begins on BBC-1 at 5.50 pm Saturday January 1st and for the first time, he faced the deadliest monsters of them all - the Daleks. Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it at Newscom: mrpphotos251022.
Dr. Who actor Tom Baker seen here with his new assistant played by Louise Jameson. October 1976. Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it at Newscom: mrpphotos259624.
On location filming Dr Who. Actor Patrick Troughton filming in Snowdonia with the Yeti monsters. 15th September 1967. Hussey, Dennis/Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it at Newscom: mrpphotos279002.
Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor with Jean Marsh as Morgaine whilst on location filming for the Dr Who story Battlefield. 16th May 1989. Slater, Arnold/Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it at Newscom: mrpphotos288723.
Actor CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON and musican/actress BILLIE PIPER in London to shoot the new TV series of Dr. Who. Eccleston starred as the ninth doctor in the series. CPB001/NB001/ZBP/ZUMA Press/Newscom. Find it at Newscom: zumaphotos757983.
British actor PETER DAVISON who plays the Doctor in the BBC Television Series Dr Who. BBC/ZUMA Press/Newscom. Find it at Newscom: zumaphotos786351.
Actor Colin Baker, who plays Doctor Who in the BBC science fiction programme, photographed with his assistant Nicola Bryant who plays Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown during filming at Butser Ancient Farm Project, Butser Hill, Hampshire for the story The Mysterious Planet, part of the larger Trial of A Time Lord narrative. 10th April 1986. Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it at Newscom: mrpphotos288407.
David Tennant 'Dr Who' screening of the christmas episode 'Voyage of the Damned' at the Science Museum London, England - 18.12.07. JMAA WENN Photos/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: wennphotostwo699645
Karen Gillan and Matt Smith Photocall for the BBC series 'Dr. Who' at the Lowery Theatre Manchester, England - 31.03.10. SSE/ZDS WENN Photos/Newscom. Find it at Newscom: wennphotostwo425370.
Man, these pictures really make me feel like I need to use my Thanksgiving vacation to get into Dr. Who! I only have about…forty years of episodes to catch up on right?
Still need more Dr. Who in your life? Lucky for you we have more pictures back at Newscom.
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