Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a Breetish science-feection televeesion programme produced bi the BBC frae 1963 tae the present day. The programme depicts the adventurs o the Doctor, a Time Laird—a space an time-travellin humanoid alien. She explores the universe in her TARDIS, a sentient time-travellin space ship.

Doctor Who
Doctor Who teetle card from 2014 ta 2017
Genre	Science feection Drama
Creautit bi	Sydney Newman C. E. Webber Donald Wilson
Written bi	Various
Directit bi	Various
Starnin	Various Doctors (as o 2018, Jodie Whittaker) Various companions (as o 2018, Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill, and Tosin Cole)
Theme muisic componer	Ron Grainer
Appenin theme	Doctor Who theme muisic
Componer(s)	Various componers (syne 2018, Segun Akinola)
Kintra o oreegin	Unitit Kinrick
No. o series	26 (1963–89) + 1 TV film (1996)
No. o series	11 (2005–present)
No. o episodes	851 (97 missin) (leet o episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Various (as of 2018, Chris Chibnall and Matt Strevens
Camera setup	Single/multiple-camera hybrid
Lenth	Regular episodes: 25 minutes (1963–84, 1986–89) 45 minutes (1985, 2005–present) Specials: Various: 50–90 minutes
Release
Oreeginal network	BBC One (1963–present) BBC One HD (2010–present) BBC HD (2007– present)
Pictur format	405-line Black-an-white (1963–67) 625-line Black-an-white (1968–69) 625-line PAL (1970–89) 525-line NTSC (1996) 576i 16:9 DTV (2005–08) 1080i HDTV (2009–present)
Audio format	Mono (1963–87) Stereo (1988–2008) 5.1 Surround Sound (2009–present)
Oreeginal release	Clessic series: 23 November 1963 (1963-11-23) – 6 December 1989 Televeesion film: 12 May 1996 Revived series: 26 Mairch 2005 – present
Chronology
Related shaws	K-9 and Company (1981) Torchwood (2006–11) The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–11) K-9 (2009–10) Doctor Who Confidential (2005–11) Totally Doctor Who (2006–07) Doctor Who Extra (2014–present) Class (2016)
Freemit airtins
Doctor Who at the BBC