Sixty years ago today, issue 2089 of the Radio Times previewed
a brand new drama series it called Dr. Who, scheduled to begin
on BBCtv at 5.15 pm on Saturday November 23rd 1963.
This article explained that William Hartnell plays the titular Doctor
(his first role for the Corporation), an alien "exile" from the far future,
who cannot control his travels through time and space. He is joined
in his weekly adventures by grand-daughter Susan, and two of her
curious teachers Miss Wright and Mr. Chesterton..
The article concludes by foretelling stories on a dead planet, and
in Cathay: "The whole cosmos is their oyster."
The rest, as they say, is history.
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