Before Star Trek - even before Lost In Space - there was “The Doctor.”

Doctor Who was first produced by The British Broadcasting Company in 1963 and
aired continuously with new episodes until 1989. After 1989, there have
been radio programs; publications, a TV movie, and Flash-animated stories.

This makes Doctor Who unquestionably the longest running science fiction
program in broadcast history. The BBChas done a great job of
maintaining an active Doctor Who site. Another good resource is Outpost Gallifrey One.

U.S. fans of the TARDIS may have gotten hooked on episodes that aired on
local public television stations. The Doctor encountered aliens,
monsters, new worlds and a steady stream of companions. The most
enduring? K-9, a robotic dog.

To start you properly on the road to Gallifrey, there is A Brief History Of Time (Travel), a fan
based site that does a nice job of getting you up to speed on the
history of the show. Then take a side trip to the Doctor Who Information Network, which is
devoted to all things relating to Doctor Who and the fans who support the
program.

The Doctor Who Image Archives has 7,000 plus images of the world(s) of The Doctor. For a
historical look at over 40 years of writing and publications about the
series, visit Cuttings Archive.

And they say Star Trek fans are in too deep.

Well, you can’t keep a good (or bad) Time Lord down for long. The
British Broadcasting Company is producing new episodes of Doctor Who. That
is the good news. If you live near the Canadian border or can get
Canadian Broadcasting on satellite it is even better news. The CBC has video trailers in
QuickTime and Windows Media format.

The bad news is that those living in the U.S. can’t view the new
episodes. I’m thinking if all the U.S. Who-Heads wrote their local PBS
station asking very nicely if they would air the new series, with an
implied kickback at fundraising time, we could start America on the path
of rejoining the world community.

Out On the Stoop is a Web guide created for members of the group mind,
former and current students, clients, and interested spirits everywhere. Published when the mood strikes and/or the blood boils.

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