Doctor Who

2007-10-15T14:20:28Z

194.66.229.8: Paddy Russell is a woman, despite the masculine professional name

BBC television series that ran from 1963 to 1989, was revived in 2005, and is now ongoing.

== Main characters ==
* [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor]]
* The Doctor's [[Companions (Doctor Who)|Companions]]
* The [[Tardis]] ("old girl")

== Episodes ==
There are two main entries for this section, divided for practical reasons:
* [[List of Doctor Who serials]], covering the 26 seasons of the original series, from 1963 to 1989
* [[List of Doctor Who episodes]], covering the new series, begun in 2005 and ongoing, including the Christmas specials

== Notable crew ==
* [[Verity Lambert]], producer of [[List of Doctor Who serials|the first 19 serials]], 1963-1965
* [[Delia Derbyshire]], musician. She arranged, performed and recorded the original theme music using entirely electronic means.
* [[Russell T. Davies]], showrunner of the current series.
* [[Julie Gardner]], executive producer of the current series.

;The list of women who wrote and directed ''Doctor Who'' over more than 40 years is very short. It is as follows...
=== Directors ===
*[[Paddy Russell]], "The Massacre of Saint Bartholemew's Eve", "Invasion of the Dinosaurs", "Pyramids of Mars" and "Horror of Fang Rock"
*[[Julia Smith]], "The Smugglers" and "The Underwater Menace",
*[[Fiona Cumming]], "Castrovalva", "Snakedance", "Enlightenment" and "Planet of Fire"
*[[Mary Ridge]], "Terminus"
*[[Sarah Hellings]], "The Mark of the Rani"
=== Writers ===
*[[Lesley Scott]], credited co-writer of "The Ark" with husband Paul Erickson, although he later claimed that she had made no contribution to the script and that the co-writer credit was to help her get other writing jobs.
*[[Barbara Clegg]], "Enlightenment"
*[[Jane Baker]], co-wrote "The Mark of the Rani", "Terror of the Vervoids", "The Ultimate Foe" and "Time and the Rani", with husband, Pip.
*[[Rona Munro]], "Survival" (final serial of the original series)
''Note: Paula Moore, credited for "Attack of the Cybermen", is a [[pseudonym]]. Ian Levine and Eric Saward developed the story and wrote the script based on a draft by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Woolsey Paula Woolsey].''
;New series:
*[[Helen Raynor]], "The Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks"

== Spin-offs and related titles ==
=== TV spin-offs ===
* [[K-9 and Company]]
* [[Torchwood (TV series)]]
* [[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]
=== Books ===
* The New Adventures, etc.
The first woman to publish an official ''Doctor Who'' spin-off novel was [[Kate Orman]].
=== Parodies ===
* [[The Curse of Fatal Death]]

== External Links ==
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/ Official website]

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