TV series (Remembrance of the Daleks)

Doctor Who (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks, Everything Changes) was a BBC science fiction series first broadcast at 5:15 pm on Saturday 30 November 1963. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks, PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)

The show followed the character of Doctor Who (PROSE: Salvation) who traveled with his associates in the TARDIS. (TV: In the Forest of the Night) As well as Doctor Who, the main character also appeared in several other pieces of work such as two films featuring Daleks including Daleks: Invasion Earth and a 1980 science fiction film Prey for a Miracle. In all films the character was portrayed by Peter Cushing. (PROSE: A Visit to the Cinema, Salvation, The Day of the Doctor, We are the Enemy)

The show was, in part based on the Doctor's adventures. The Doctor was personal friends with Cushing whom he even lent his coat for the part. UNIT stored VHS tapes of the two Dalek films in the Black Archive which the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors both enjoyed whilst there. (PROSE: The Day of the Doctor)

In 1963, a TV announcer introduced the first episode. Ace had the television on in Mrs Smith's house but rushed out of the room in time to only hear the first syllable of the name. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)

In 2007, a poster advertising a Doctor Who exhibition could be seen in Cardiff. (TV: Everything Changes)

In 2008, a space portal opened up between the Doctor's TARDIS and the Royal Albert Hall during the Proms. Through the hole, the Tenth Doctor passed sheet music for his new composition, "Ode to the Universe", to the orchestra. He then asked the orchestra to play the song, and for Ben Foster to step down in favour of the Doctor's conduct of the orchestra himself using his sonic screwdriver. A Graske snuck through the portal, armed with the Doctor's water pistol with which he threatened Foster, the orchestra, and the audience. He was pulled back from Albert Hall, into the TARDIS, when the Doctor reversed the polarity of the neutron flow. The audience were told by the Doctor to listen to the music inside of them before he closed the hole and left.

The Doctor seemed unaware the event was actually a Doctor Who at the Proms. A replica of the TARDIS with the words "Bad Wolf" next to it stood behind the orchestra and at least one audience member held a toy Dalek made from balloons. (TV: Music of the Spheres)

By the 2010s Cushing had been replaced as the lead actor. When the Earth became overgrown with trees a London bus had an advertisement for Doctor Who on its side. It featured the TARDIS and individuals closely resembling the Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald. An unknown source rated the show four stars out of five commenting "A-MAZE-ING ENTERTAINMENT!". (TV: In the Forest of the Night)

In 2596, Chris Cwej and Clarence watched re-runs of a show that lasted thirty years and consisted largely of the main characters running up and down corridors and being captured. (PROSE: Twilight of the Gods)

Behind the scenes

 * In the real world Doctor Who was first broadcast a minute late at 5:16 pm and a week earlier on 23 November.
 * The references to Peter Cushing playing Doctor Who in films is a reference to his character of Dr. Who. His appearances are considered not a valid source for writing on this wiki, however.
 * Steven Moffat had wanted a poster of the Cushing films in The Day of the Doctor but could not afford the rights. This was not a problem in the novelisation.
 * The Doctor Who poster seen in Everything Changes was originally a production error.
 * The bus seen in In the Forest of the Night was cardboard as it was too hard to transport a real bus into the forest. The advert seen on the bus was a fan-made poster for series 8 of Doctor Who made by Logan Fulford.
 * In the 2013 Doctor Who at the Proms the show existing in the the Doctor's universe is also referenced through the use of an advertising board, as is their presence at the Proms.