The Handbook: First Doctor (Doctor Who)

The Handbook: First Doctor (Doctor Who) By David J. Howe, Daniel Blythe, Mark Stammers
Publisher: Vi[rgi].,n Publishing 1994 | 354 Pages | ISBN: 0426204301 | PDF | 2 MB

DOCTOR WHO is the world's longest running science fiction television series. Each handbook will provide both a broad overview and a detailed analysis of one phase of the programme's history.

William Hartnell was already a well-known and experienced film and television actor when, in 1963, he took on a new role: a mysterious and crotchety time traveller in a new BBC drama series for children. Nothing else about the programme was as tried and tested; the fictional premise was offbeat, the producer was a young woman at the start of her television career, and the future direction of the series was unknown.

DOCTOR WHO went on to thrill millions of children and adults around the world for three decades. But the foundations of success were laid in the first three years, when the TARDIS and the Daleks became as known and loved as the Beatles.