“He’s like fire and ice and rage, he’s like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun, he’s ancient and forever, he burns at the center of time and can see the turn of the universe, and… he’s wonderful.”
Timothy Latimer, regarding the Doctor

Welcome to The Winds of Time. After 7 years of inactivity, it was long-since past time this site Regenerated. This corner of the web has a rather long history behind it, the first version of which I created in early 1996. That original version of this site was small, and located on my university’s server, and has, over the years, been through multiple revamps and has also been moved three times. Despite all the changes, its function remains the same: To Pay homage to one of the greatest sci-fi/fantasy series ever to grace our screens, and to inform not only the new fan, but also casual and long-time fans.

 

The Basics

For those not in the know, Doctor WHO is one of the most popular, and longest running science fiction shows to ever have appeared on television. From 1963 to 1989, Doctor WHO captivated television audiences worldwide. A product of the BBC, those of us in the states weren’t treated to the Doctor’s adventures until the late-seventies, where the show promptly developed a huge cult following.

Due to declining ratings, the BBC ended the series in 1989, and closed down the production office. For the next six years, rumors of big budget films and TV reunions flourished, often spread by the nascent internet, and the torch of the series was largely carried by the Virgin paperback novels, which greatly expanded upon the show’s themes and characters. In 1996, fans were treated to what was intended to be a revival of the series in the form of a 2-hour FOX TV-movie, starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor. However, low American TV ratings made it a one-off showing (despite a very strong showing in the UK), and the good Doctor was once again absent from our TV-screens. The fans would wait once again, for another 8 years.

And then in 2004, the time was finally right. Producer/writer/director Russell T. Davies and the BBC revived the show in grand fashion, with a big budget, and the well-respected actor, Christopher Eccleston playing the Ninth Doctor. Aired in 2005, the renewed series was a smashing success, as the old fans returned in droves, and millions of new fans were born overnight. When the talented David Tennant took over for Eccleston at the end of series one, many were concerned, but they soon found such concerns unwarranted. The show hit the ground running again as it went from strength to strength, becoming even more popular with Tennant’s Tenth Doctor at the TARDIS console as he delivered one memorable performance after another. Tennant’s time has now ended, but the 27-year old newcomer Matt Smith seems poised to keep the momentum going strong, and with the award-winning writer Steven Moffat now helming the show in the place of the departed Davies, he has plenty of help.

After all these years, and in the face of so many changes, we’re still running with the Doctor today.

 

Who Is The Doctor?

“Doctor WHO” is not a name, but a question to which were still learning to answer. We do know that the being who calls himself the Doctor is a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. Hundreds of years old, clownish, brilliant and wise, he travels through time and space in his TARDIS, a ship, which looks like a British Police call box on the outside but is almost infinitely large within. Together with companions from Earth and other planets, the Doctor wanders the cosmos, fighting oppression, outwitting nasty aliens, megalomaniacal computers, and killer robots, and generally making the Universe a more interesting place.

From the Doctor WHO card set, series one Copyright © 1994 Cornerstone Communications, Inc.