Doctor Who, the BBC's long running science fiction series, marks 50 years this year. However, I believe it's only been known to American audiences less than that.
My first introduction to the good Doctor was at the end of the Tom Baker era in the early 80's. The PBS affiliate here picked up the show to run on Sunday afternoons for a while, following along with each succeeding Doctor until the station could no longer afford to run the program. Today's audience is acquainted anew with the Doctor via BBC America's revival, which aired for a time on SyFy as well. During this modern era, singer-actress Kylie Minogue, still better known here for her flirtation with the pop charts in the late 80's, joined the cast for a season.
Marvel Comics got in on the action by devoting 4 issues of Marvel Premiere, one of their anthology books, to reprints of the Doctor's exploits---using Tom Baker's likeness, I should note---first published in England. Too bad it didn't get further than that. Then again, given how Marvel is constantly rebooting their franchise titles to #1 every few years, they would've cheapened the Doctor's appeal by doing that to his book, too.
Now, let's take a trip all the way back to the beginning, and up to the recent present. With news that the Doctor is about to regenerate again (the part's been recast), the following video will present the openings to each series, as it's known in the UK, up to the most recent season that aired on BBC America.
I'm only acquainted with the Tom Baker version, barely saw any Bruce Davison episodes. Based on what I've seen, I will give a rating of B.
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