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* [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor]]
* [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor]]
* The Doctor's [[Companions (Doctor Who)|Companions]]
* The Doctor's [[Companions (Doctor Who)|Companions]]
* The [[Tardis]] ("old girl")
* The [[Tardis]] ("old girl"/"Sexy")


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





Revision as of 21:10, 4 October 2011

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

Main characters

Episodes

There are two main entries for this section, divided for practical reasons:

Notable crew


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 Paula Woolsey.

New series
  • Helen Raynor, "The Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks"

Spin-offs and related titles

TV spin-offs

Books

  • The New Adventures, etc.

The first woman to publish an official Doctor Who spin-off novel was Kate Orman.

Parodies

External Links

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