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The BBC Tried To Ruin Doctor Who – Before It Even Began [Doctor Who]
io9.com - 11/20/2008
The BBC Tried To Ruin Doctor Who – Before It Even Began [Doctor Who]
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The BBC has released the earliest planning documents for its time travel dramedy Doctor Who – and they pitched a show very different from the one we love. This treasure trove of notes from 1963, online for the first time, includes the BBC's three unbreakable rules for good science fiction ...
BBC NEWS | Magazine | Doctor Who (before the Tardis)
news.bbc.co.uk - 11/19/2008
BBC NEWS | Magazine | Doctor Who (before the Tardis)
— news.bbc.co.uk — Newly released documents, which reveal the 1960s conception of Doctor Who, show how nervous the BBC was about producing a sci-fi show, writes Tom Geoghegan. The Doctor without his time-travelling police box is difficult to imagine, but its creators ... (more) BBC NEWS | Magazine | Doctor Who (before the Tardis)

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kasterborous.com - 11/23/2008
Opinion: Doctor Who 45 Years of Time and Space
— kasterborous.com — 45 years ago... a day of portentous significance in the annals of English speaking culture. The birth of Doctor Who was quiet, almost anonymous. A few listings in papers and the Radio Times alerted viewers to the broadcast that was the latest show ... (more) Opinion: Doctor Who 45 Years of Time and Space

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TubeTalk with Barrowman
planetgallifrey.blogspot.com - 11/28/2008
TubeTalk with Barrowman
— planetgallifrey.blogspot.com — DigitalSpy has a great interview with Barrowman about Doctor Who & Torchwood. John Barrowman is keeping himself busy. This month he's releasing a shamefully catchy new single, as well as finishing work on the upcoming third series of ... (more) TubeTalk with Barrowman

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How the Doctor Became the Doctor
Tor.com — ... . 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 settings.  io9.com has more in-depth coverage, especially on the Beeb’s wariness of science fiction. ...

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