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Old 12-30-12, 02:40 PM   #1
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Default 50 Years of Doctor Who

On November 23, 1963, the first episode of Doctor Who was shown on the BBC. The show was about a mysterious traveller in time and space known only as the Doctor, who could change everything about him when near death to survive, and his time machine, the TARDIS, which looked like a London police box on the outside, but was a colossal space ship inside. The show was moderately successful at first, but ratings skyrocketed during the second serial, where the Doctor met his most famous and deadliest foes-the Daleks.
The show ran, amazingly, from 1963 to 1989, by which time eight actors had played the Doctor's seven incarnations. The show briefly returned in 1996 as a TV movie, but only returned as a weekly TV show in 2005, when the BBC finally realised what utter jerks they had been to cancel the show. Doctor Who is more popular than ever these days, and shows no signs of being cancelled anytime soon!
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Old 12-30-12, 03:48 PM   #2
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Who is this person your referring too?
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Yes.
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Yes.

And I can copy you Jimbuna!

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Who?
You know.....Who! That's who.
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You know.....Who! That's who.
No idea Who your referring to
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On November 23, 1963, the first episode of Doctor Who was shown on the BBC.
Would that not make today 49 years 1 month 8 days?
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Would that not make today 49 years 1 month 8 days?
This is a countdown thing
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Would that not make today 49 years 1 month 8 days?

People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff.
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It just so happens that in my regular rotation I'll be watching 'Blink' tomorrow.

One of my all-time favorites!
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It just so happens that in my regular rotation I'll be watching 'Blink' tomorrow.

One of my all-time favorites!
It's the second-greatest Doctor Who story according to the latest survey!
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Fire up the TARDIS Bolly!

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Classic Dr Who marks the passing of...

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Derek Martinus, who directed some of Doctor Who's best known episodes between 1965 and 1970, featuring the first three Doctors, has died aged 82.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26789825

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Kate O'Mara who played the part as the, Time Lord The Rani.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26809417
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