This Day In Broadcast History

On this date in 1963, as the world grappled with the assassination of an American president, the BBC launched a new science fiction series called DOCTOR WHO. It became the longest-running sci fi series in the world and has been since seen by millions of Whovians around the planet.

Today, DOCTOR WHO celebrates its 60th anniversary. But 40 years ago, we celebrated with THE FIVE DOCTORS – a 20th anniversary special that ran on PBS stations mere hours after it debuted across the pond. That’s a feat easily accomplished today with digital broadcasting but back then it was more labor intensive and could have easily gone awry if a station missed a recording.

So hats off to sixty years of adventures in time and space!

Sounds Familiar

“She loved him very much, and the price of great love is great misery when one of you die.” – Robert Crawley, Earl Of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville), referring to Mary and Matthew, DOWNTON ABBEY