Gadgetory

we're less than six weeks away from the return of Doctor Who and the first full introduction of the twelfth doctor august twenty-third not coming soon enough let's see how doctor who got to this point in the meantime Doctor Who first aired in 1963 and if you don't discount the cancellation in 1989 and the movies in between it's the longest-running science fiction show ever at the time of its premiere the doctor was played by the age of William Hartnell and over the years the character has regenerated thus allowing the producers to recast the titular hero without having to start the storyline although each doctor is technically a reincarnation of the previous one they each have different looks and personalities the first was essentially your time-traveling grandfather the second was playful and childlike the third was a smooth-talking scientist the fourth and the longest-lived of all was quirky with that wild scarf and so on and so forth after the Seventh Doctor in nineteen eighty nine the series went into hibernation there was an attempt to reboot in 1996 but that pilot was released as a one-off television movie after a 16-year hiatus doctor who is rebooted in 2005 by Russell T Davies the creator of careers poke the series generally referred to as new launched with the Ninth Doctor played by Krista reckless teen but echlin only stayed one season and was promptly replaced by the tenth doctor david tennant davies period ran for four seasons and brought back many of the series most iconic antagonists including the doctors one-time friend the master in 2010 Davey step down and doctor who was passed to Steven Moffat then widely considered one of the show's best episode writers where Davies had tended toward loosely plans sometimes downright goofy plots Moffat created extremely intricate season wide arcs sometimes work Ian plot points from almost every episode and with a new showrunner came a new doctor the eleventh one played by Matt Smith after the series finale Smith appeared in two more specials the day of the doctor premiered last November in honor of the show's 50th anniversary it featured appearances from all previous doctors both living and dead and introduced fans to the war doctor played by John Hurt Smith's final appearance as the eleventh doctor was last year's christmas special the time of the doctor which ended on the introduction of the twelfth doctor played by Peter Capaldi what does the future hold for the new doctor not even the time war can tell but at least he has new kidneys to see wish I can do kidneys