User:Glimmer721/sandbox/Doctor Who outline

Lead: explains premise (a synposis isn't really needed, there isn't a big continuing story)

History

(Also sort of functions as a typical "plot" section: about how the series has grown, character changes to an extent, number and length of episodes)

1960s

• How it started, intention (the demise of the historical)

Hartnell (exploring, granddaughter, Daleks, etc) and Troughton (monsters, Time Lords) episodes

The series that was in development in the summer of 1963 and was originally going to use the serial "The Giants" written by C. E. Webber as the opening episode. This story was postpone as it was thought to be to be too technically demanding as the story would feature his companions being shrunk to a miniscule size. However key elements of The Giants were incorporated into An Unearthly Child.

William Hartnell was cast as the First Doctor, Carole Ann Ford was chosen to play Susan Foreman (the doctor's granddaughter) with William Russell and Jacqueline Hill playing the role of Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright. After An Unearthly Child was filmed Verity Lambert (producer) and Waris Hussein (director) screened the episode for Sydney Newman, Newman thought that the Doctor was too arrogant and that his granddaughter Susan was too strange. Newman allowed Lambert and Hussein to re-film the episode to address these issues. An Unearthly Child screened on BBC TV at 5:15 on Saturday 23 November 1963, unfortunately the episode was overshadow with the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy.

Although An Unearthly Child had its faults it fulfilled what Neman wanted, semi-educational journeys into the past. Newman considered setting the next story in a futuristic setting, which was to be The Mutants but did not want it to come across as excessive pulp science fiction. Newman at first dismissed the idea of The Daleks calling them "Bug-eyed monsters", Newman was infuriated that Verity Lambert and David Whitaker had directed the program away from its semi-educational journeys, so early on in the program.

The Daleks serial devised by scriptwriter Terry Nation and designer Raymond Cusick, sparked an interest of the public and achieved 10.4 million in television ratings. The is was due to the introduction of the Doctor's new alien adversary the Daleks, which was like anything seen on British television before.

May need more content for 1962-1966

After playing the First Doctor for three seasons Hartnell had a number of medical problems and the Doctor Who production team changing Hartnell retired from the role. He was replaced in 1966 by Patrick Troughton who would now be known as the Second Doctor.

Following the airing of the last episode The Highlanders in January 1967, Patrick Troughton encouraged the move away from historical stories, according to his son Michael, out of an interest in exploring "real science in drama" as well as a desire to further distinguish his era from that of the previous Doctor, William Hartnell.

Need more contents for 1966-1969

Troughton tenure like Hartnells also lasted also for three season, Troughton decided to leave own his own out of fear of being typecast in similar roles.

1970s

Pertwee and the UNIT era

Tom Baker: Hinchcliffe and Williams

In 1970 Jon Pertwee succeeded Troughton as the Third Doctor, Pertwee era began in colour unlike his predecessors which were filmed and aired in Black and white film. Changes were made to the format of the show The Doctor was now stranded on Earth as a punishment by the Timelords and working as a scientific advisor to the military organisation United Nations Intelligence Taskforce.

May need more information 1970-1972

A special episode The Three Doctors was broadcast in 1973 which saw the return of William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton as the First and Second Doctor working alongside Pertwee to defeat Omega. When Omega was defeated the Timelords allowed the Third Doctor to leave Earth as gratitude for saving Gallifrey and the shows original format was restored.

1980s

John Nathen-Turner: Season 18, Davison, Colin Baker, McCoy

Hiatus, cancellation, etc

1990s

Wilderness Years, spin-off media

The TV movie (ultimately a failure)

2000s

Attempts at bringing it back (did intend something for 2000), finally to the 2003 announcement and Davies era

2010s

Moffat/Smith

Characters

The Doctor

Casting would probably be above, so focus on the character himself. What was he intended as? How has this changed? What has stayed the same? How has each incarnation been made different? What has been explored and revealed about the character? etc

Include regeneration, name, meetings of multiple incarnations...costumes?

Companions

Overview of how the role of the companion was intended and how it has changed over time. Mention notable ones as they are notable (Liz was an equal, Sarah Jane for the obvious, K9 was a robot dog, Romana was a Time Lady, Adric was killed off, Ace was the first shot at real character development...also mention UNIT people and other recurring companions)

Adversaries

Overview?

Daleks

Very important, obviously. Nazi parallel

Cybermen

Original conception, capitalized on for monster series, new series

The Master

Overview of incarnations. Moriarty to Doctor's Holmes. Would have been a lot different if Delgado hadn't tragically died...

Themes and genre

A good idea, for the future possibly. May be too long for this article though.

British religious culture

Music

Theme music

Important, overview of various versions...

Incidental music

Not too trivial

Broadcast

United Kingdom

On for most of year in the 60s, then less, moved to autumn (Season 13), hiatus etc...also ratings to an extent it is noteworthy (2005-present ratings have not changed majorly, though viewing patterns have--which should be noted).

International

WP:TVINTL says not to have a long list of channels. Overview like the current article has

Archive

Missing episodes

Like current article has, just cleaned up a bit more

Also color wiping and restoration of Pertwee stories

Main article: Doctor Who missing episodes

Unfortunately none of the 1960s episodes exist on their original videotapes format (all surviving prints being film transfers of 35mm or 16mm prints made by BBC Enterprises made for overseas broadcasters), though some were transferred to film for editing before transmission, and exist in their broadcast form. One of the most sought-after lost episodes of this era is Part Four of the last William Hartnell serial, The Tenth Planet (1966), which ends with the First Doctor transforming into the Second. The only portion of this in existence, barring a few poor-quality silent 8 mm clips, is the few seconds of the regeneration scene, as it was shown on the children's magazine show Blue Peter. With the approval of the BBC, missing episodes are now being made into animations using the original audio. The Tenth Planet episode four has been made into an animation and has been released on DVD on 14 October 2013.

Between about 1964 and 1973, large amounts of older material stored in the BBC's various video tape and film libraries were either destroyed due to the corporation no longer having the rights to repeat the episode some episodes were wiped to make new shows due to the cost of video tapes or episodes suffered from poor storage which led to severe deterioration from broadcast quality. This included many old episodes of Doctor Who, mostly stories featuring the first two Doctors: William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton. In all, out of the 253 episodes episodes produced during the first six years of the programme 97 are not held in the BBC's archives (most notably seasons 3, 4, & 5, from which 79 episodes are missing). In 1972, almost all episodes then made were known to exist at the BBC, while by 1978 the practice of wiping tapes and destroying 'spare' film copies had been brought to a stop.

Some episodes have been returned to the BBC from the archives of other countries who bought prints for broadcast, or by private individuals who acquired them by various means. Early colour videotape recordings made off-air by fans have also been retrieved, as well as excerpts filmed from the television screen onto 8 mm cine film and clips that were shown on other programmes. Audio versions of all of the lost episodes exist from home viewers who made tape recordings of the show. Short clips from every story with the exception of Marco Polo, "Mission to the Unknown" and The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve also exist.

In addition to these, there are off-screen photographs (telesnaps) taken by photographer John Cura, who was hired by various production personnel to document many of their programmes during the 1950s and 1960s, including Doctor Who. These have been used in fan reconstructions of the serials. These amateur reconstructions have been tolerated by the BBC, provided they are not sold for profit and are distributed as low-quality VHS copies.

"Official" reconstructions have also been released by the BBC on VHS, on MP3 CD-ROM, and as special features on DVD. The BBC, in conjunction with animation studio Cosgrove Hall, reconstructed the missing Episodes 1 and 4 of The Invasion (1968), using remastered audio tracks and the comprehensive stage notes for the original filming, for the serial's DVD release in November 2006. The missing episodes of The Reign of Terror were animated by animation company Theta-Sigma, in collaboration with Big Finish, and became available for purchase in May 2013 through Amazon.com. Subsequent animations made in 2013 include The Tenth Planet, The Ice Warriors and The Moonbase.

In December 2011, it was announced that part 3 of Galaxy 4 and part 2 of The Underwater Menace had been returned to the BBC by a fan who had purchased them in the mid-1980s without realising that the BBC did not hold copies of them.

On 10 October 2013, the BBC announced that films of eleven episodes, including nine missing episodes, were found in a Nigerian television relay station in Jos. Six of the eleven films discovered were the six-part serial The Enemy of the World, from which episodes 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 were missing. The remaining films were from another six-part serial, The Web of Fear, and included the previously-missing episodes 2, 4, 5, and 6. Episode 3 of The Web of Fear is still missing.

Home media

Video, DVD, etc

Reception

Overview of pros and cons of each era, by reliable sources.

Controversies

Mary Whitehouse, etc! Some new series things have come up as well (see Doctor Who (series 5))

Awards

Pretty much what is in the article now, just make sure is up to date with references

Cultural impact and fandom

United Kingdom

Mostly "public consciousness" etc. Include Blackpool Illuminations here. I also read "Whovian" has entered some dictionary recently...

• http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Whovian
• http://www.combom.co.uk/2012/08/whovain-added-to-oxford-english.html (is it really OED or is that a specific reference work?)
• http://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/whovian.html

Doctor Who Magazine, etc

International

Mostly English-speaking countries; more if can find. Fan clubs and magazines too

Spoofs and cultural references

Move here from "Adaptions" (and clean up)

Museums and exhibitions

Ditto. Needs way more info though. The Doctor Who Experience is a thing, right?

What about the stage shows?

Merchandise

There is probably way too much to cover...mention how it started (Dalekmania?) and major companies?

Games? (not video games)

Adaptions and spin-off media

Spin-offs

Stage, TV, books (Bernice Summerfield, Faction Paradox) audio...just focus a bit more on production

Include Confidential, Totally, other documentaries??

Charity episodes

Not sure this fits here, but not sure where else without rearranging things...also would be good to cover mini-episodes like from Eleventh Doctor DVDs..."Dimensions in Time" and "Curse of Fatal Death" do fit as spin-offs though, so maybe it's fine

Audios

BBC: Genesis hour-long record, other BBC releases (some broadcast on radio?), new series audios, also soundtracks and novelisation audiobooks

And Big Finish: how they started, got to keep license but just for classic Doctors, etc

Books

Novilisations, the annuals...other early stuff from the classic series? Then Virgin New Adventures (continued story), Missing Adventures, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures, Past Doctor Adventures (sort of is continuining), New Series adventures

Also short story stuff? Know they were published in classic era and Wilderness years, now there are ebooks

Also nonfiction: official guidebooks? And plenty of unofficial ones...

Comics

Doctor 1-3 comics were published somewhere...4-present appear in Doctor Who Magazine, which have been collected in graphic novels. Also IDW's run in America

Video games

80s, 90s, and much more in 2010s