13 Responses to “Happy Anniversary, Doctor!”

1. 1.   Cleon Says:
   November 23rd, 2008 at 2:20 pm

   Happy anniversary, Doctor!

   1963 to 2008, and still kickin’. And they made a big deal out of when Stargate SG-1 made it ten years.

2. 2.   OzAtheist Says:
   November 23rd, 2008 at 2:22 pm

   Happy Anniversary, Doctor.

   Any word yet who is going to be the new Doctor?

3. 3.   Davidlpf Says:
   November 23rd, 2008 at 2:36 pm

   45 years and hardly looks over thirty, years to 45 more years.

4. 4.   sophia8 Says:
   November 23rd, 2008 at 5:55 pm

   It often goes unmentioned that the first DW broadcast was only a day after the death of SF writer Aldous Huxley and the assassination of John Kennedy. And I forget where I read it, but somebody has calculated that the first appearance of the Tardis was at the exact midpoint of time between the shooting of the President and the shooting of Oswald.
   Coincidence? I think not!

5. 5.   Chip Says:
   November 23rd, 2008 at 6:45 pm

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsRTnYwp0T0

   Part 2, etc. – in case someone wants to see what happens next.

6. 6.   Ian Menzies Says:
   November 23rd, 2008 at 9:11 pm

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtG5dK_HaGg

   What are you doing here?

7. 7.   hale-bopp Says:
   November 23rd, 2008 at 11:28 pm

   In Florida, I performed at a local community theater with a director named Geoffrey Todd who had a British accent. I mentioned Doctor Who during a break in rehearsal one night and he said, “Oh, I was on that show all the time in bad plastic monster outfits!” I did two shows at that theater so I got a bunch of Pertwee/Baker stories from him.

   Here’s to many more years and Doctors!

8. 8.   StevoR Says:
   November 24th, 2008 at 1:04 am

   Congratulations Doctor, companions and thansk for theaweome show.

   Somany good memories from the first time I saw it with Tom Baker, Leela and K9 onwards ..

9. 9.   Alex Says:
   November 24th, 2008 at 5:35 am

   Ah!, this brings it all back.
   The days when sink plungers were merely household plumbing devices, trannies were portable radios, London was permanently enveloped in smog and teenaged girls all looked like Helen Shapiro.
   In just half an hour, police boxes grew bigger on the inside, for all time…..

10. 10.   Egaeus Says:
    November 24th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    It’s hard to believe it’s been on for so long. Longer than I’ve been around. Congrats.

    I just recently (!) started watching the new Doctor Who (I didn’t want to start in the middle) and have really gotten back into it. Reading about it on Wikipedia, I was shocked that they destroyed so much of the Dr. Who library. Some people have no sense of history…

    And on that note, will someone please tell me Donna Noble isn’t as annoying in season 4 as she was in the Christmas special. That was more painful than pre-Cybermen Mickey Smith.

11. 11.   Sili Says:
    November 24th, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    One might even call you an euangelist.

12. 12.   TravisM Says:
    November 25th, 2008 at 5:29 pm

    Thanks buddy! I’m gonna have to start watching this. I had seen Dr. Who on PBS for many years and have been lost, but now, with this, from what I can gather, pilot episode, I am HOOKED! Awesome.
    It was great, even though it was in black and white I was captivated! Thank you sir for yet another great addition to my sphere.

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