(Article by Hannah Furness)
The BBC has included the Doctor Who theme tune alongside works by Vivaldi and Brahms on a list of “trailblazers” designed to teach children bout the world of classical music. (Hannah Furness)
Dr Who photo given to us at school for completing a 20 mile Sponsored Walk for Children's charity Dr Barnardo
20 Fascinating Facts About Doctor Who (article by Jennifer M Wood via mentalfloss.com)
1. Dr Who was created as a children's series
2. The Doctor didn't become a Time Lord until 1969
3. The Doctor may or may not be a Doctor
4. The Doctor's first health problems led to the idea of regeneration
5. The Doctor's regeneration is supposed to feel like a bad acid trip
6. Ridley Scott was supposed to design the daleks
7. One of the show's original creators was not happy about the daleks
8. The daleks almost didn't make it into the show's revival
9. Douglas Adams wrote several episodes
10. The Doctor hawked computers in the 1980s
11. It took six years to trademark the Tardis
12. David Tennant became an actor with the specific goal of playing the Doctor
13. Peter Capaldi was a major fan, too (and wouldn't leave the BBC alone)
14. Catherine Zeta-Jones could have been the Doctor
15. Benedict Cumberbatch and Hugh Grant both turned down the chance to play the Doctor
16. Matt Smith auditioned for Sherlock a week before auditioning for Doctor Who
17. A 2008 episode featured a future Doctor and a future companion
18. The tenth Doctor married the fifth Doctor's daughter, who played the tenth Doctor's daughter
19. A proposed movie, starring Michael Jackson, was abandoned
20. More than 100 episodes are lost
No comments:
Post a Comment