News about William Hartnell

I have never yet seen an election so drained of true excitement, so lifeless, colourless, sapless and noiseless. There are hardly any posters. I have yet to hear the crackling, braying sound of a loud-speaker van. It was not always so. Back in 1964, would-be prime ministers had to endure the ritual ordeal of the Birmingham Rag Market a few days before the poll.

On Christmas Day, the 15th Doctor Who, played by Ncuti Gatwa, steps into Time Lord's shoes for his first appearance on BBC One, and experts are hoping that his arrival would raise the value of time-traveller collectables by attracting new audiences. Doctor Who began 60 years ago, when William Hartnell, the first doctor, popped his head out of the Tardis. When the Daleks and Cybermen first appeared on our televisions, children would hide behind the couch. But parents were still excited to buy Doctor Who toys and ware after the show concluded.

Doctor Who is returning to BBC One at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday for the latest iteration of Time Lord, with Ncuti Gatwa playing the Time Lord from Christmas Day onwards. For decades, the Doctor has been played by men, with 12 different names, from William Hartnell to David Tennant, all claiming the keys to the TARDIS. In addition, the Lord's companions have predominantly been young white women, particularly Jamie McCrimmon, who was excluded from the few men in the early years.

After the iconic villain Davros made a comeback to the show looking completely different, Doctor Who fans were left furious. On Friday, the Daleks' creator was seen standing up and not disfigured as Julian Bleach reprised his role as a Children In Need special. Davros, a sci-fi character, had been seen in a cell life support unit, but he had been missing since 1975.

As he revealed some of the 14 mysteries this week, Ncuti Gatwa said a Doctor Who legend would be brought back from the dead. When attending the GQ magazine's Men of the Year Awards on Wednesday, the actor, 31, who is expected to make history as the first black male Time Lord, made the admission. On the red carpet of The Mirror, he said, "I shouldn't say this, but I should have shot a scene with the first-ever Doctor, William Hartnell." We end up in the same scene at some point.'

Doctor Who will be available on iPlayer on October 30th, according to the broadcaster. However, four episodes of the hit sci-fi series, which aired back in 1963, will not be included in the back catalog, which will arrive on iPlayer in just weeks' time.

The beloved sci-fi series delighted longtime viewers by bringing back a number of familiar faces from Jodie's last hurrah in The Power of the Doctor, which premiered in October. William Russell, a science teacher Ian Chesterton, a companion of the First Doctor played by William Hartnell, was among those returning to the program.

We have to face it. PETER HITCHENS: We have to face it. Doctor Who was a dismal failure at alerting us of the dangers to come. William Hartnell was a student at the University of On my college days, he ventured into the future and discovered the Daleks, who could not even scale stairs and had no sense of humor. However, he did not find comprehensive schools, and in my opinion, much more frightening than any Dalek. We may not have made the mistake if he had done so.