Ok, so it should be clear that I'm a huge fan of the British Sci-Fi television show "Doctor Who" The thing is...not too many people that I know don't really know what Doctor Who is. In the easiest way I can possibly explain, since the show get's confusing at times, I'll say this: The show is about an alien humanoid who goes by the name of "The Doctor". He is of the "Time Lord" race, which as the name should tell you, involves Time Travel. This is where the show's iconic time travel machine, also know as the TARDIS, (Time and Relative Dimension In Space) comes in. Taking the shape of a police box, the Doctor usually travels with a companion (In the classic series, it was both male and female companions, or sometimes just male or female. For the new series, the standard seemed to be a female companion, though for Seasons 6 and the first half of Season 7, it was husband and wife duo Amy and Rory Pond-Williams.)
The show first aired on November 23rd, 1963 - 50 years ago! The show's first Doctor was played by actor William Hartnell, and when Hartnell's health was starting to decline, he had decided to leave the show, but the show needed a way to continue. But somehow, somebody got a creative idea for the show. Why not have the Doctor facing death, and have him cheat it by turning into another man? In William Hartnell's last episode, the episode ended with the Doctor, in his last moments suddenly changing into the Second Doctor, played by Patrick Troughton. And this went on for many more Doctors, with the show now on it's 11th Doctor! (Played by Matt Smith)
Now that the show is for it's 50th Anniversary, there's something special planned for the celebration. For a special movie-length episode of Doctor Who, Fan-Favorites David Tennant and Billie Piper (Who played both the 10th Doctor and companion Rose Tyler, both my favorites in the series.) will join Matt Smith's Doctor and his current companion Clara Oswald (Played by Jenna Louise Coleman) and John Hurt (You may remember him from the famous sci-fi movie Alien, where he was the victim of the infamous chest bursting alien scene.) as an unknown, never before seen, or mentioned incarnation of the Doctor. (Many believe that he fills the gap between the 8th Doctor, and the 9th Doctor's regeneration. After the 8th Doctor's first and only appearance in a 1996 attempt to revive the show for American audiences, which failed due to bad ratings. The show wasn't revived again until 2005, with the 9th Doctor, not showing the 8th Doctor's regeneration into the 9th.)
Now one thing I have to mention is the lack of publicity for the Anniversary Special. There's been plenty of interviews for the special between John Hurt, David Tennant and Matt Smith, but for some reason, we don't have a trailer for the special. But here's the thing: There was a trailer for the 50th Anniversary showed by certain fans at the San Diego Comic Con in July by current show-runner Steven Moffat, but Moffat has refused to show the trailer to fans outside of the convention. This, not surprisingly, has caused an outcry between many fans, all over the world. My thoughts on the situation? I find this completely understandable. I'm upset about this, because it seems to be discriminating against fans of the series who couldn't even afford to go to the convention, or the Doctor Who panel where this was shown. Not only that, but this was shown only in America, and not in the UK, where most of the show's fan-base seems to be. I think it's very unfair to exclude a fan-base in a country where the show even started. If it wasn't for them, where would this show be? Now, I'm hoping that we do get a trailer soon, but maybe Steven Moffat is waiting to surprise the fans with the lack of a trailer to excite them for the adventure that's to come? Who knows? Only time will tell...
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