Doctor Who

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Doctor Who is a television show that has, since 2010, become a popular, global multimedia franchise, created and controlled by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Its central premise is that of a mysterious character, who calls themselves the Doctor, who travels throughout space-time in their time machine, which is known as a TARDIS, which is an anagram for Time and Relative Dimension in Time. The TARDIS disguises its exterior as a 1960s Police Box but its dimensions are much greater within. The Doctor is a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey and is able to live for much longer amounts of time than human beings. Upon death, the Doctor, and his race, are able to regenerate into a completely new body. Not only does this change physical appearance, this has the possibility to change personality, gender and race. 2017 saw the groundbreaking moment when the Thirteenth Doctor was introduced, the first official Doctor to be played by a woman, not including spoofs or parodies.

Another vital part of Doctor Who is the companions that tend to travel with the Doctor. These companions tend to represent all corners of human society, and occasionally the Doctor has travelled with aliens and robots. While the Classic Series (1963 to 1989) is deemed by many fans to be very "monster of the week", the New Series (2005 to present) is favourited by a lot of fans nowadays and is liked due to its melding of older values of the show plus a soap-opera vibe that tends to focus on the families of the companions that are left behind, and the fallout of what being a companion means to those people.

This franchise spawned many spin-offs, such as Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, K9 and Class, as well as allowing for numerous non-televised ranges, such as comics, novels and audios. The most prolific spin-off media, without a doubt, would be Big Finish Productions, who have been actively producing Doctor Who related media since 1999.