The Return of Doctor Who
Doctor Who time-jumps to TV again
LONDON, England (Reuters) — Legendary science fiction hero Doctor Who is time jumping once more, set to return to British television more than a decade after he disappeared into space, the BBC said.
The cult series that aired from 1963-89 to become the world’s longest-running science fiction program will return in 2005, but details about the new shows are being kept secret.
“The new series will be fun, exciting, contemporary and scary,” series writer Russell T. Davies said Friday.
“Although I’m only in the early stages of development, I’m aiming to write a full-blooded drama which embraces the Doctor Who heritage.”
The original programs chronicled the adventures of Doctor Who and his many companions who battled countless foes — human, alien and most notoriously the “Daleks” — as they traveled through time and space in a time machine disguised as a police phone box.
Doctor Who has also thrived in print and on stage and has spawned countless devotional Web sites.
A Doctor Who television movie was broadcast in 1996 and it returned to the Internet for a 30-minute Web broadcast in 2001.
Eight actors played the title character during the original series, starting with William Hartnell. The actor who will star as his latest incarnation has not been named.
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