Dr Who
We Will Exterminate Boyo!
Fans of Dr Who and the daleks will be overjoyed to see them return to our screens this year.
It has been written by Russell T Davies and filmed in Cardiff making it an allround Welsh affair.
The new series stars actor Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as his companion Rose Tyler.
The BBC had originally said that the electronic-voiced baddies would be exterminated for the 21st century-sparking waves of protest from Dalek fans. Happily they changed their minds bringing the Daleks to a new generation of children
Did you Know?
That the TARDIS stands for Time and Relative Dimension in Space
That there have been 8 Timelords so far, William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvestor McCoy, Paul McGann
That the Doctor has never travelled alone
When William Hartnell, the original Doctor became too ill to play the part, the show faced a crisis, adapt or die. It adapted by bringing in a new actor and explaining the change as a process of "regeneration"
"If you could touch the alien sand and hear the cries of strange birds and watch them wheel in another sky-would that satisfy you?" the doctor
(the Hermit)