A Very Unusual Doctor
Doctor Who is one of the most famous TV shows in Britain. It's a science fiction story about an alien 'time traveller' (the Doctor) and his young assistant. They travel through space and time in a very unusual 'spaceship' – it's a blue phone box! To find out more, we have to go back many years (like the Doctor!).
The first Doctor Who show appeared on British screens in 1963. In those days, there were two kinds of phone box – red ones and special blue ones. The blue ones were for emergencies. People used them to call the police, and policemen used them, too. The writers of Doctor Who wanted the Doctor's spaceship to be an everyday object – and they picked a blue phone box (it's called 'the Tardis' in the show). These days, there aren't any blue phone boxes on British streets, but Doctor Who still travels in one!
The Tardis is always the same, but the actors often change. In the story, Doctor Who sometimes disappears, and then reappears with a different body! His assistants sometimes change, too – but his worst enemies don't. Who are they? They are metal robots on wheels, and they are called 'the Daleks'. They look and sound strange (and funny) but they always try to kill the Doctor, so they are terrifying! In the sixties, children watched the Daleks from behind the sofa. These days, they are doing the same!
Adapted from: Workbook - Challenges 2 Pearson Longman
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