TV series (Remembrance of the Daleks)

Doctor Who (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks, Everything Changes, PROSE: The Terror of the Umpty Ums) 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) also known as the Doctor, (PROSE: The Terror of the Umpty Ums) who travelled with their 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)

History
On 30 November 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)

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, though the first episode of An Unearthly Child was repeated the next week followed by the second due to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
 * The references to Peter Cushing playing Doctor Who in films is a reference to his character of Dr. Who in the Dalek films. His appearances are considered not a valid source for writing on this wiki.
 * 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 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.
 * The Lethbridge-Stewart series of publications implies that Doctor Omega is the in-universe version of the William Hartnell era of Doctor Who.
 * Other in-universe analogues of Doctor Who include Doctor X, Professor X and Time Surgeon.