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Totally Doctor Who
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| Totally Doctor Who | |
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| Genre | Children's programme |
| Starring | Kirsten O'Brien, Barney Harwood |
| Country of origin | UK |
| No. of episodes | 13 (as of 28 March 2007) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Simon Hall |
| Running time | 28 mins. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC One |
| Original run | 13 April 2006 – Ongoing |
Totally Doctor Who is a children's programme produced by the BBC to accompany the science fiction series Doctor Who. It aired on BBC One at 5:00pm on Thursdays as part of the CBBC strand, and was repeated at 6:30pm on Fridays and then again on Saturdays on the CBBC Channel, just prior to the BBC One airing of the new episode of Doctor Who. The first episode was broadcast on 13 April 2006.
The programme ran concurrently with the 2006 series of Doctor Who. There was no episode in conjunction with the 2006 Christmas special, but a new series to run at the same time as the 2007 series has been commissioned. This will air every Monday after the broadcast of that weeks' episode, at 5:00 pm on BBC1 with the introduction of Kirsten O'Brien to replace Liz Barker who left television presenting to become a full time mother [1].
The programme is produced by Simon Hall, whose previous work includes Beckham’s Hotshots.
Contents |
| Episode Number | Guest Stars | Guests’ Roles |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noel Clarke | Mickey Smith |
| 2 | David Tennant | Tenth Doctor |
| 3 | Noel Clarke | Mickey Smith |
| 4 | David Tennant Joe Pickley |
The Doctor Kenny (School Reunion) |
| 5 | Camille Coduri Jessica Atkins |
Jackie Tyler Young Reinette (The Girl in the Fireplace) |
| 6 | Camille Coduri Andrew Hayden-Smith |
Jackie Tyler Jake (Rise of the Cybermen) |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | Rory Jennings | Tommy (The Idiot's Lantern) |
| 9 | MyAnna Buring | Scooti (The Impossible Planet) |
| 10 | Ronny Jhutti | Danny (The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit) |
| 11 | Russell T Davies | Head Writer and Executive Producer for Doctor Who |
| 12 | Abisola Agbaje | Chloe Webber (Fear Her) |
| 13 | Elisabeth Sladen Raji James |
Sarah Jane Smith (School Reunion) Dr Rajesh Singh (Army of Ghosts and Doomsday) |
The filing cabinet contains letters, drawings and creations made by the viewers. It has a weathered, wooden-looking exterior, with Gallifreyan text on the front and is designed to look like the Doctor's TARDIS. It also has the properties of a TARDIS because it appears to be bigger on the inside (however, it is quite obviously fed through the wall; made ever more obvious by the fact that the wall behind it is semi-transparent!). If a piece of work is featured on the show, its author receives a Totally Doctor Who branded mug.
The show features 'behind the scenes' segments detailing the creation process of certain parts of a recent Doctor Who episode: for example, underwater filming for a weightless scene in The Impossible Planet, or documenting the making of a TARDISODE.
In the "Companion Academy" segment, a number of children compete in the style of a reality show to win a day behind-the-scenes during the filming of Doctor Who. The competition was originally restricted to 7- to 12-year-olds, but was subsequently extended to include ages 13 and 14. One of the judges for this segment is Clayton Hickman, current editor of Doctor Who Magazine.
The title is a pun on the word guru. It is a Doctor Who trivia challenge between two children or a child and an actor, with a prize from one of the guests (usually a signed script or promotional photo) though both contestants receive a Totally Doctor Who goodie bag for taking part. The format of the challenge changed after the first episode, in which the loser had to give the winner a cherished possession.
At the end of the programme the presenters and guests review the show. Liz and Barney then show a preview of the next new episode of Doctor Who.
One segment in the 2007 series of Totally Doctor Who will be a 13-part animated Doctor Who story titled "The Infinite Quest".[2][3] The cartoon will star David Tennant and Freema Agyeman, voicing the Doctor and Martha respectively. Anthony Head will voice a character named "Baltazar - Scourge of the Galaxy", and Toby Longworth will also provide voices. The cartoon is produced by Firestep, written by Alan Barnes and directed by Gary Russell.
- ^ .BBC One Listings - bbc.co.uk
- ^ "Who's a Toon ?", 2007-01-26. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
- ^ Methven, Nicola, Polly Hudson. "DOCTOR TOON!", Daily Mirror, 2007-01-26. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
- Announcement on BBC Doctor Who website
- Mad about The Doctor, local coverage of two young fans from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire who were featured on the programme
- It's Behind Who!, local coverage of a boy from Torrisholme, Lancashire who participated in the "Who-ru" challenge
- The McGovern Twins, the website of the twins from Derby, who participated in the Who-ru. A clip of their television appearance is available.