Planet-x.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Newly released documents, which reveal the 1960s conception of Doctor Who, show how nervous the BBC was about producing a sci-fi show, writes Tom Geoghegan. The Doctor without his time-travelling police box is difficult to imagine, but its creators initially proposed he journey through space in an invisible machine covered in light-resistant paint
Quantum Tea (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
Newly released documents, which reveal the 1960s conception of Doctor Who, show how nervous the BBC was about producing a sci-fi show, writes Tom Geoghegan. The Doctor without his time-travelling police box is difficult to imagine, but its creators initially proposed he journey through space in an invisible machine covered in light-resistant paint. When BBC producers were devising the show in...
I Am A TV Junkie, A Blog For The Cl (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
This is some remarkable stuff . Especially for fans of the original series, but it seems as if these archived items have had their effect on the current incarnation of Doctor Who as well. BBC News : Newly released documents, which reveal the 1960s conception of Doctor Who, show how nervous the BBC was about producing a sci-fi show, writes Tom Geoghegan. The Doctor without his time-travelling...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Pictures from rehearsals have been published for the first timeDUSTED OFFThe Magazine delves into the archives Newly released documents, which reveal the 1960s conception of Doctor Who, show how nervous the BBC was about producing a sci-fi show, writes Tom Geoghegan. The Doctor without his time-travelling police box is difficult to imagine, but its creators initially proposed he journey through...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Pictures from rehearsals have been published for the first timeDUSTED OFFThe Magazine delves into the archives It's hard to believe given its current ratings success, but newly-released documents show the creators of Doctor Who were very nervous their show would fail, writes Tom Geoghegan. It's hard to imagine the Doctor without his time-travelling police box, but its creators initially proposed...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
By Tom Geoghegan BBC News Magazine When Lewis Hamilton was eight and winning his first karting races he was tipped as a future Formula One champion, a prediction that came to glorious fruition on Sunday in Brazil. So what marks an eight-year-old as a potential champion? A top footballer or tennis player was probably scoring spectacular goals or hitting cross-court winners when a child. But eight-year-olds...
