The
fans say ...
The
public say ...
The
look
The
companions
One
for the dads
Hang
on a minute, isn't that? ...
So
we meet again, Doctor!
Up
above the gods
Trial
of a Time Lord
It's
the end ...
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SO
WE MEET AGAIN, DOCTOR: Terry Nation's DALEKS made their debut
in the second ever story, then proceeded to show up every few months
for the next three years, each time launching a new attempt to take
over the Earth, and each time ending up falling foul to metal fatigue
or electric floors or the common cold. Then in The Chase they resorted
to simply pursuing The Doctor round the universe - hardly inspired
stuff, but when it involved not just your usual fleet of pepperpots
but Abraham Lincoln, William Shakespeare, Francis Bacon, Elizabeth
I, Dracula, Frankenstein, a robot Doctor and The Beatles, no-one
was complaining. Peter Butterworth's MEDDLING MONK turned up twice,
both times with his own TARDIS which was pretty neat, and then THE
CYBERMEN were found to be living at the South Pole, but by that
point Doctor Who was dead. Or so it seemed...
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