Argumentative Essay On Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Created in 1963 by Canadian Sydney Newman, Doctor Who is a television show that follows the adventures of the eccentric rebel time travelling alien known as the Doctor and his human companions.
The first series starred William Hartnell as the First Doctor, and Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman, the Doctor’s granddaughter. Since then, there has been ten other incarnations of the Doctor played by ten different actors over thirty-three series.
These series’ have been split into two groups following the cancellation of the TV show in 1989 and its comeback in 2005. The series’ from 1963-89 are one group, commonly called Classic Doctor Who or simply Classic Who. This group also includes the 1996 movie ‘Doctor Who’, starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor. In 2005, the show was re-invented by Phil Collinson and Russel T Davies, with Christopher Eccleston playing the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper playing his human companion Rose Tyler. The second group of series’ includes those that aired from …show more content…
It was produced for the American Fox Network, and McCoy’s Seventh Doctor regenerated into Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor. The film was simply a continuation of the original series, but it failed to collect sufficient ratings in the United States to warrant a new series. In a later interview with Doctor Who Confidential, McCoy said that the film failed in the United States in part because viewers unfamiliar with the history of Doctor Who were confused by the first part of the film, which dealt with regeneration.
In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, the BBC created new Doctor Who-related media projects including several webcast productions in conjunction with Big Finish (an audio production company), including one, Scream of the Shalka, in which Richard E. Grant was introduced as the Ninth Doctor, though his version of the character was quickly changed to non-canon (unofficial)
Created in 1963 by Canadian Sydney Newman, Doctor Who is a television show that follows the adventures of the eccentric rebel time travelling alien known as the Doctor and his human companions.
The first series starred William Hartnell as the First Doctor, and Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman, the Doctor’s granddaughter. Since then, there has been ten other incarnations of the Doctor played by ten different actors over thirty-three series.
These series’ have been split into two groups following the cancellation of the TV show in 1989 and its comeback in 2005. The series’ from 1963-89 are one group, commonly called Classic Doctor Who or simply Classic Who. This group also includes the 1996 movie ‘Doctor Who’, starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor. In 2005, the show was re-invented by Phil Collinson and Russel T Davies, with Christopher Eccleston playing the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper playing his human companion Rose Tyler. The second group of series’ includes those that aired from …show more content…
It was produced for the American Fox Network, and McCoy’s Seventh Doctor regenerated into Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor. The film was simply a continuation of the original series, but it failed to collect sufficient ratings in the United States to warrant a new series. In a later interview with Doctor Who Confidential, McCoy said that the film failed in the United States in part because viewers unfamiliar with the history of Doctor Who were confused by the first part of the film, which dealt with regeneration.
In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, the BBC created new Doctor Who-related media projects including several webcast productions in conjunction with Big Finish (an audio production company), including one, Scream of the Shalka, in which Richard E. Grant was introduced as the Ninth Doctor, though his version of the character was quickly changed to non-canon (unofficial)