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Doctor Who Is Back - The Time Lord Returns

There was always something a little risky inA year after its transmission in the UK, the
attempting to continue that venerable BritishSci-Fi channel began airing season one - with
sci-fi franchise, Doctor Who. Reviving athe second season beginning at the end of
show that has run since the early sixties andSeptember  2006.
gathered millions upon millions of loyal
followers can be a dangerous business. DoneSo what developments can we expect with the
correctly, though, it can be very profitable.second season? The first episode, a
60-minute special titled "The Christmas
So, when BBC Wales announced in 2003 thatInvasion", was originally aired in the UK as
they intended to revive Doctor Who, fans meta Christmas special in 2005. Though not
the news with concern and excitement in equaltechnically part of the official second
measures. The Doctor had enjoyed only oneseason it will air on the Sci-Fi Channel as
full-length screen outing since the show wasthe first episode. "The Christmas Invasion"
cancelled in 1989 - the Fox Network's TVwill contain a sub-plot focussed on
movie starring Paul McGann as the eighthintroducing  us  to  the  new  Doctor.
Doctor - and poor ratings left little doubt
that the franchise was truly dead and buried.The main story will focus on an invasion of
the Earth by a violent alien race, the
So, it was with a sense of trepidation thatSycorax. But will the Doctor, weakened by his
the BBC aired the premiere of the first newregeneration, be strong enough to save the
TV series in 16 years. Salford-born actorworld?
Christopher Eccleston (Gone in Sixty Seconds,
28 Days Later) was the unlikely choice forThe new season will show us a different side
the part of the ninth Doctor, along with theto Doctor Who. While Eccleston's Doctor was
even more unlikely choice of 90s songstressdark and melancholic - often displaying
Billie Piper to play his spunky sidekick,disdain for the human race - Tennant's
Rose  Tyler.incarnation has a much more upbeat
personality. Speaking with distinctive
While reviews of the new show were generallyEstuary English, the tenth Doctor is a cheeky
positive, some hardcore Doctor Who followersscoundrel of the highest degree. Usually
were opposed to several changes. A new logolight-hearted and witty, Tennants' character
and a few minor changes to the TARDIS werewill become much closer to the human
enough to generate hate mail and deathcharacters in the show - especially his
threats to members of the production team -companion  Rose.
but, then, cult sci-fi shows have always
acted as lightning rods for those slightlyWe can, however, expect fireworks during the
less  balanced  elements  of  society.second season of Doctor Who. Emotions run
high as The Doctor becomes ever closer to his
In general, however, fans approved of the newcompanion Rose, and he must face up to the
show. Ratings for the first episode, titledfact that the near immortality of a Time Lord
"Rose", hit over ten million in the UK - thecan be a curse as well as a blessing. Can he
per capita equivalent of almost 50 million inbring  himself  to  love  a  mere  mortal?
the US. These ratings were high enough to
spur the BBC to announce that a second seasonMeanwhile, The Doctor must face his eternal
would  be  produced  -  season  27  overall.foes the Daleks - along with another ancient
enemies, the Cybermen. During these battles
Unfortunately, just hours after thishe'll also find help in the form of a face
announcement came news that Eccleston wouldfrom the past - as well as his trusty robot
not return for a second spell as Doctor Whodog,  K-9.
for fear of becoming typecast. His departure
had apparently been planned before filmingThe second season of Doctor Who promises all
ended on the first season, but was not meantthe excitement of the first and more.
to be made public until after the shows hadTravelling through time - and even between
aired. Following much speculation it wasdimensions - The Doctor will continue to
announced in April 2005 that Scottish stagefight the good fight against the enemies of
actor David Tennant would fill Eccleston'sthe universe. Whether he'll be up to the
shoes  for  the  second  season.challenge we'll have to wait and see.



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