Doctor Who

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2010

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Stephen Moffat is the head writer of the lastest series of Doctor Who. Matt Smith plays The Doctor, and Karen Gillan plays his companion. The new version of the beloved sci-fi adventure series is entering its fifth season on the BBC in the UK, and on BBC America in the States.

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0:00.0	I'm Jeff Williams from Brooklyn, New York.
0:02.1	I'm Max from Cambridge.
0:03.4	The Sound of Young America is an independent production
0:06.6	supported by listeners like me.
0:08.6	If you'd like to support the show like I did,
0:10.5	visit MaximumFund.org and click on .8.
0:13.2	I'm Jesse Thorne, live on tape from My House in Los Angeles.
0:16.4	It's the Sound of Young America from MaximumFund.org and PRI,
0:20.6	public radio, international.
0:28.2	In the United States,
0:29.1	most people know this sci-fi series,
0:31.0	Doctor Who, for its hokey special effects.
0:34.0	If they're not a Doctor Who official notto,
0:35.8	they may only have seen reruns of the show
0:38.1	that ran on PBS stations in the 1980s.
0:41.2	In the UK, though, Doctor Who is a cultural force
0:43.7	to be reckoned with.
0:44.9	The Doctor is an icon of sci-fi
0:46.8	who sold over 3 million DVDs and 7 million action figures.
0:51.0	The first run of the show lasted more than 25 years
0:53.5	from 1963 to 1989.
0:56.2	The time-traveling Doctor was then resurrected
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