Mateus Honrado's Blog

"Time and the Rani" and "Doctor Who: The Movie" .

"Castrovalva" and "The Twin Dilemma".

"Spearhead from Space" and "Robot".

"An Unearthly Child" and "The Power of the Daleks".

From 1966 to 2025. See for yourself.

As in the classic run in question from 1963 to 1996. First Doctor (William Hartnell) First regular episode: An Unearthly Child  episode 1 (23 November 1963) Last regular episode: The Tenth Planet  episode 4 (29 October 1966) Duration: 1963-66, 1972-73 (guest), 1983 (Richard Hurndall), 2017 (David Bradley) and 2022 (David Bradley) Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) First regular episode: The Power of the Daleks  episode 1 (5 November 1966) Last regular episode: The War Games  episode 10 (21 June 1969) Duration: 1966-69, 1972-73 (guest), 1983 (guest), 1985 (guest) and 1995 (Tony Garner) Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) First regular episode: Spearhead from Space  episode 1 (3 January 1970) Last regular episode: Planet of the Spiders  episode 6 (8 June 1974) Duration: 1970-74, 1983 (guest), 1993 (guest) and 1995 (guest) Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) First regular episode: Robot  episode 1 (28 December 1974) Last regular episode: Logopolis  episode 4 (21 March 1...

By recut, it's the colourised version of his last serial "The War Games" that aired on BBC Four a week ago.

This is to do with the current designation of the show under the return of Russell T Davies. I couldn't care less on what Disney, Davies and BBC calls it, this year's series is series 14 of the revival, not season 1 and also it's the seventh soft reboot of the overall series: 1963: Black and white era 1970: Soft reboot as a result of change to colour television 1987: Soft reboot due to the change of direction after Trial of a Time Lord 1996: Soft reboot due to the Fox TV film 2005: Soft reboot due to being a revival 2010: Soft reboot due to the Steven Moffat era 2018: Soft reboot due to the Chris Chibnall era 2024: Soft reboot due to the RTD2 era

The £10 and £20 bank notes were props with the former using David Tennant's likeness and the latter using producer Phil Collinson's likeness.  

Whoniverse [ Doctor Who ] (BBC, 1963-present) Doctor Who  (1963-89, 1996, 2005-present) Original run (1963-89 and 1996) Doctor Who: The Movie  (1996) Revival run (2005-present) Cushing films (1965-66) Dr. Who and the Daleks  (1965) Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.  (1966) Torchwood  (2006-2011) The Sarah Jane Adventures  (2007-2010) K9  (2009-2010) Class  (2016) Star Trek  (CBS/Paramount, 1966-present) Star Trek: The Original Series  (1966-69, 1973-74) Original run (1966-69) Star Trek: The Animated Series  (1973-74) Films (1979-91) The Motion Picture  (1979) The Wrath of Khan  (1982) The Search for Spock  (1984) The Voyage Home  (1986) The Final Frontier  (1989) The Undiscovered Country  (1991) "The Cage" original pilot (1988) Star Trek: The Next Generation  (1987-94) Films (1994-2002) Generations  (1994) Final Contact  (1996) Insurrection  (1998) Nemesis  (2002) Star Trek:...

William Hartnell (First Doctor) - 1963-1966 (three years) Patrick Troughton (Second Doctor) - 1966-1970 (four years, broadcast period: 1966-1969) Jon Pertwee (Third Doctor) - 1970-1974 (four years) Tom Baker (Fourth Doctor) - 1974-1981 (seven years) Peter Davison (Fifth Doctor) - 1981-1984 (three years) Colin Baker (Sixth Doctor) - 1984-1986 (two years) Sylvester McCoy (Seventh Doctor) - 1987-1996 (nine years, broadcast period: 1987-1990, 1993 and 1996) Paul McGann (Eighth Doctor) - 1996-2005 (nine years, broadcast period: 1996) Christopher Eccleston (Ninth Doctor) - 2005 (one year) David Tennant (Tenth Doctor) - 2005-2010 (five years) and (Fourteenth Doctor) - 2022-2023 (one year) Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor) - 2010-2013 (three years) Peter Capaldi (Twelfth Doctor) - 2013-2017 (four years) Jodie Whittaker (Thirteenth Doctor) - 2017-2022 (five years) Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) - 2023-present (ongoing)