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Cult Favorite 'Doctor Who' Coming
Back
LONDON -
The Time Lord and his Tardis are coming back.
A new series of the cult
sci-fi TV series "Doctor Who" is in the works and will be on the
screen within two years, the British Broadcasting Corp. said Friday. Details of who will play
Doctor Who, the dashing Time Lord who uses a blue phone box-style device called
the Tardis to travel through time, are a secret. "Doctor Who is one
of the BBC's most exciting and original characters. He's had a rest and now
it's time to bring him back," said Russell T. Davies, writer of the new
series who is also responsible for hit TV dramas such as Channel 4's
"Queer as Folk." "I grew up watching
Doctor Who and hiding behind the sofa like so many others. The new series will
be fun, exciting, contemporary and scary. "Although only in
the early stages of development I'm aiming to write a full-blooded drama which
embraces the Doctor Who heritage at the same time as introducing the character
to a modern audience." One of the world's
longest running science-fiction series, "Doctor Who" was screened in
Britain from 1963 to 1989 with several actors playing the role, including
William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee (news)
and Tom Baker (news).
The series sold around the world. Charles Mims |
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