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1963: The first episode of the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who aired, and the show became a landmark of British popular culture.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Actually British television is almost completely free of religion. We have one token programme on BBC on a Sunday morning called The Big Questions which usually has a few religious types on a talk show format discussing topical issues with secular people. It’s pretty lightweight stuff and would be more likely to dissuade viewers from belief in god than converting them. Then there is another one, also on BBC on Sunday afternoon called Songs of Praise...which as you’ve probably guessed is half an hour of hymn singing and chatting to people about their faith...pretty lukewarm and very British!
I remember watching the very first Dr. Who episode on the Beeb in 1963, it was a Saturday and was scheduled in the Children’s TV slot at 5pm...teatime here. I was 18 at the time!!
Marionville
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Nov 24, 2019
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How cool! Do you remember what you thought of it when you saw that first episode?
@Lauren No..but I must have liked it because I continued watching each episode! William Hartnell played the first Doctor...he had long white hair and was rather elderly.
@Marionville I once had gone back and watched some earlier episodes but I thought they were pretty primitive so I didn't watch many. Maybe I was unfair and should give them a try again.
@Lauren By today’s technology they probably are extremely primitive...I haven’t watched any of the very early episodes recently.
It's still one of my favorites!
Lauren
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Nov 23, 2019
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) still prefer any Dr. Who episode over any Disney movie.
@Spinliesel Oh absolutely! I'm a #10 fan girl, but I love most of the current doctors.
@Lauren I was totally enamored with Tom Baker for the longest time, but then came David Tennant and Peter Capaldi and everything was wild and exciting again. Capaldi was a great surprise to me, but then I saw him as the totally evil Angel Islington in Neil Gaiman's television series Neverwhere.
@Spinliesel It did become wild and exciting again, didn't it? It took me an episode or two to adjust to Peter Capaldi, but now I'm a fan. I don't think he gets the credit he deserves. I haven't seen Neverwhere yet, but I'll add it to my list (I loved the book). Did you by chance see Gaiman's Good Omens? It was a joy.
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