TV Series· 1963· Science Fiction

Doctor Who

by Donald Wilson, C. E. Webber, Sydney Newman

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Outlander

Book · 1991

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Diana Gabaldon has said she created Jamie Fraser after watching a Doctor Who serial with Jamie McCrimmon, the Doctor's young Highland companion from 1745. She decided on Scotland and the eighteenth century from that episode.

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Doctor Who

The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson, follows the adventures of the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being from a humanoid species known as Time Lords. The Doctor travels through space and time using a time travelling spaceship called the TARDIS, which has an exterior that resembles a British police box. The Doctor encounters various civilisations, which they seek to protect by outwitting foes and solving crises. The Doctor usually travels with a companion.

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