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SF Tidbits for 11/19/08
SF Signal —
... The BBC has posted a huge archive collection of Doctor Who documents and images detailing the show's origins. Check out The genesis of Doctor Who. [via ...
Before the TARDIS
Planet Gallifrey —
... You can see all the new archived stuff right here And below is an article covering this new addition! Dusted Off ...
TV science-fiction: The origin of ‘Doctor Who’
Futurismic —
... For those of us who like to know where things came from, the BBC Archive Project has posted some amazing memos and reports revealing the thought processes that led to Doctor Who. Typewritten pages with skeptical scrawls reveal conversations with Brian Aldiss and Kingsley Amis. (Imagine such a consultation today.) Wondering if sf could work on tv at all, the network looked at stories like Poul Anderson’s Guardians of Time and C.L. Moore’s “No Woman Born” as possible projects. They almost went with “The Troubleshooters,” ...
Genesis of Doctor Who
Doctor Who Hideout l The End of Time - 25/12/09 —
... The BBC Archive have uploaded various details and images connected to the genesis of Doctor Who. This section includes documents exchanged between C E Webber and Sydney Newman in which they outline what was simply referred to as ‘Dr.Who’ in 1962. This recent publication by BBC Archive is for Doctor Who’s upcoming forty fifth anniversary this Sunday. To view the Doctor Who section in the BBC Archive, visit here.
Katherine MacLean and the cutting edge of biology
Biology in Science Fiction —
... One of the things I love about the internet is how it had made it possible to see original historical documents from around in the world. Take, for example, the BBC Archive collection of documents related to "The Genesis of Doctor Who." We get to read the original in-house reports discussing bringing science fiction to the BBC. Of course we know that they ended up producing ...
BBC Archives - Doctor Who
Watching Doctor Who —
... So…have you ever wondered about the origins of our beloved show? Well, now you can read all about it. The BBC Archives have released documents from the conceptual beginning of the show. Did you know that The Doctor’s granddaughter Susan was originally a human girl named Biddy? The ...
How the Doctor Became the Doctor
Tor.com —
... has a terrific article about the original concept notes for Doctor Who that are now available digitally on the BBC Archive Project. The concept notes, written in 1962 by Cecil Webber (the BBC’s children’s writer), reveal the uncertainty about this new project. “We are not writing science fiction...neither are we writing fantasy...in brief, avoid the limitations of any label.” Another document in the archive details what kinds of science fiction stories the BBC considered suitable for adaptation—no robots, no “BEMs” (Bug-Eyed Monsters), no outlandish ...
BBC posts early Doctor Who documentation
TV Squad-Torchwood —
... Doctor Who is an interesting show, both in terms of content and origins. The BBC has posted some of the original documents highlighting the origin of the show and its characters. ...
The Week In Geek (One Month To Christmas Special)...
HeroPress —
... (6) Travel Back In Time With Doctor Who: The BBC has set-up an online archive of old Doctor Who material, so that fans can explore the behind-the-scenes origin of the long-running show. ...
