Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Created by Verity Lambert, Sydney Newman, Donald Wilson, C. E. Webber

On BBC One, BBC Television

1963–198926 seasons694 episodes25 min7.9 / 10

A sprawling, episodic space-adventure spanning 26 seasons that balances whimsy and wonder with genuine peril, anchored by the Doctor's moral mission and his bonds with successive companions.

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

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