
With various companions, the Doctor combats foes, works to save civilisations, and helps people in need.īeginning with William Hartnell, thirteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor in 2017, Jodie Whittaker became the first woman to officially play the role on television. The TARDIS exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. The Doctor explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. Katy Manning, who plays Jo Grant in the story, provides linking narration, and in a bonus interview she also remembers her involvement in its original production.Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. Is the Curse of Peladon about to strike those who form a union with the Federation? Has the Royal beast Aggedor risen to defend the planet's independence? And could one of the delegates actually be working to double-cross the others? The Doctor and Jo must work fast to solve these and other questions, and at the same time stay alive. Confined together in the Citadel, they struggle to counter myth and superstition with logic and reason. Amongst the other delegates are hermaphrodite hexapod Alpha Centauri, half-automaton Arcturus, and two Ice Warriors – whose species the Doctor knows as old adversaries. King Peladon's Chancellor has died in mysterious circumstances, and his High Priest is vehemently opposed to the Federation's advances. Mistaken for Federation delegates from Earth, the Doctor and Jo become involved in a series of dramatic events at the conference.


of TARDIS!' The TARDIS arrives on the storm-lashed planet of Peladon, just as it is being assessed for its suitability to join the Galactic Federation.
