Doctor Who Infostamp

A repository of obscure Doctor Who facts and trivia. Inspired by @MarioBrothBlog.

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Although the Eleventh Doctor never encountered the Master, Matt Smith's first and last appearances in #DoctorWho were in episodes featuring an incarnation of the villanous Time Lord.

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WHAT IF RTD DIDN’T GET THE RIGHTS TO THE DALEKS? 😱

The BBC entered fierce negotiations to use the Daleks in 2005. Russell T. Davies has suggested that, if they’d failed, the Ninth Doctor would have fought the Cybermen in The Parting of the Ways instead. #DoctorWho

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@TharriesYT There’s never been a TARDIS team better than Nine, Rose and Jack.

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Russell T. Davies planned to reveal that the Doctor ending Harriet Jones's career early in The Christmas Invasion (2005) created a "gap" in history that the Master exploited to become Prime Minister. #DoctorWho

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The Tenth Doctor's brown suit appears in 72.9% of episodes in which he appears, whereas the blue suit appears in 27%. #DoctorWho

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Ingrid Oliver, who plays UNIT scientist Osgood, was almost the voice of Apple's digital assistant Siri. #DoctorWho

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When Russell T Davies agreed to come back to #DoctorWho, one of his first conditions was “an office” as he never got one back in 2005.

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Which other streaming platforms did Russell and the BBC talk to? We’ll likely never know.

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Russell T Davies has revealed how he pitched #DoctorWho to Disney+ and other "potential streaming partners".

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The strange history of "https://t.co/8leXiOVUtN"

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Here’s a comparison to the Disney+ version. #DoctorWho

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It seems that the BBC upload of the new Doctor Who trailer freezes the image on the logo to avoid cutting to the Disney+ ident. You can even hear the ‘click’ sound effect that Disney uses. #DoctorWho

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@BadWolfArchives Nobody:

BBC iPlayer:

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@tsayelle *IBS

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So these scenes are set a week apart.

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When Matt Smith was cast as the Doctor, even his grandfather was asked for autographs, becoming “famous in the village through Matt.” #DoctorWho

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The Tenth Doctor almost met recurring newsreader Trinity Wells in The End of Time (2009). According to Russell T Davies, it was cut because “it was just too in-jokey.” #DoctorWho

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Ncuti Gatwa hadn't completely decided how to play the Fifteenth Doctor until working with Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday. According to Ncuti, "it was Millie that kind of finalized what my Doctor would be." #DoctorWho

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@hiddenhush It was, but it’s unlikely it will ever be released. @digitalspy interviewed Doctor Who’s casting director and they said this.

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