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Intimidated by the long history of Doctor Who? No need. You're always able to jump right in with the latest season, and enjoy it as a brand new show! These four concepts are probably all you'll actually need.
It does not mean that all content is appropriate for all ages.
You can certainly choose to enjoy Doctor Who as purely a television series. But did you know that there are far more stories told in the comic and audio form than exist in the whole television catalogue? Luckily, there's no such thing as canon in this fandom. So you can enjoy exactly the kind of Doctor Who you prefer. And we'll be here to cover it all!
Episodes 1 & 3 of The Daleks' Master Plan - The Nightmare Begins and Devil's Planet were recently recovered by Film Is Fabulous, thanks to the estate of an anonymous deceased collector. The first recovery of missing episodes in over a decade, the episodes have now been released digitally in the UK on BBC iPlayer as part of the Whoniverse collection and in the US on the official Classic Doctor Who YouTube channel. You can find out more about the story itself here!
Try out a random article from the Tardis Wiki! Like the Fourth Doctor's randomiser, this will take you anywhere in time and space... mostly Earth in the 20th or 21st centuries. Who knows what you'll find?
The Early Adventures are full-cast audio dramas recreating various TARDIS crews accompanying the First and Second Doctors. The First Doctor is voiced by William Russell or Peter Purves, depending on whether Ian Chesterton or Steven Taylor travels with the Doctor. The Second Doctor is always voiced by Frazer Hines since Jamie McCrimmon was his constant Companion.
The Weeping Angels of Mons was a story from Titan's Tenth Doctor range that finds the Tenth Doctor and his companion Gabby Gonzalez facing off against Weeping Angels during World War I. It was released during the centenary of the "war to end all wars".
The First Adventure was a video game released in late 1983 for the BBC Micro. The title was, fittingly, the first officially licensed Doctor Who video game. Months earlier, an unlicensed game titled Doctor Who Adventure had appeared in Computer & Video Games, a gaming zine. The First Adventure featured the Doctor travelling through several areas to save his companion, with most levels being based on other popular games of the time.
Curious about the Doctor's many incarnations? Click a face below to learn about one of the Doctor's numbered regenerations!
