Staff Recommendation - Doctor Who Complete First Series

Doctor Who - Complete First Series

Longtime fans of the British television series Doctor Who, as well as viewers new to this time-traveling adventure series, will appreciate this season-long boxed set of the 2006 episodes featuring Christopher Eccleston as The Doctor and Billie Piper as his new companion Rose Tyler. The series actually began in 1963, and concluded its 26th continuous season in 1989 (not counting occasional specials and/or films). An all-new production team revived the series in 2006, but rather than calling it the "27th season" they called this the "first series". Unlike the cheesy special effects of the 1960s and 1970s, this series is mostly state-of-the-art, and features excellent acting performances, especially from Eccleston and Piper. Long-time fans will appreciate that the new producers are very conscious of decades' worth of continuity, while still wanting to put a new fresh spin on the series. All in all, a spectacular rebirth for one of television science fiction's legends. Bravo! -- recommended by Scott C. - Bennett Martin Public Library/Reference

[Numerous books are also available in the library collection that feature Doctor Who; also: additional Doctor Who books ]

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