Doctor Who

British science fiction television series
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Doctor Who

Summary

Doctor Who is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 0.41% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (164,879 views/month, #89 of 21,487).[2]

Key Facts

  • Doctor Who received the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series[3].
  • Doctor Who received the Saturn Award for Best Television Presentation[4].
  • Doctor Who received the Peabody Awards[5].
  • Doctor Who's instance of is recorded as television series[6].
  • Doctor Who's composer is recorded as Murray Gold[7].
  • Doctor Who's commissioned by is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[8].
  • Doctor Who's genre is Q140472311[9].
  • Doctor Who's genre is action television series[10].
  • Doctor Who's genre is time-travel fiction[11].
  • Doctor Who's genre is adventure television series[12].
  • Doctor Who's genre is drama television series[13].
  • The Doctor is named after Doctor Who[14].
  • A cast member of Doctor Who was Sylvester McCoy[15].
  • A cast member of Doctor Who was Samuel Anderson[16].
  • A cast member of Doctor Who was Pearl Mackie[17].
  • A cast member of Doctor Who was Penelope Wilton[18].
  • A cast member of Doctor Who was Jenna Coleman[19].
  • A cast member of Doctor Who was Alex Kingston[20].
  • A cast member of Doctor Who was Arthur Darvill[21].
  • A cast member of Doctor Who was Karen Gillan[22].
  • A cast member of Doctor Who was John Barrowman[23].
  • A cast member of Doctor Who was Catherine Tate[24].
  • A cast member of Doctor Who was Freema Agyeman[25].
  • A cast member of Doctor Who was Noel Clarke[26].
  • A cast member of Doctor Who was Billie Piper[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Character[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Community tags: fiction[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3f32c4cd-04ed-433e-a7a8-81a2ccc0c4c6[31]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Cast members include Sylvester McCoy[15], Samuel Anderson[16], Pearl Mackie[17], Penelope Wilton[18], Jenna Coleman[19], and Alex Kingston[20].

Publication

Genres include Q140472311[9], action television series[10], time-travel fiction[11], adventure television series[12], and drama television series[13].

Reception

Awards received include British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series[3], a class of award[32], in United Kingdom[33], founded in 1992[34]; Saturn Award for Best Television Presentation[4], a Saturn Awards[35], in United States[36]; and Peabody Awards[5], an award[37], in United States[38], founded in 1940[39].

Why It Matters

Doctor Who ranks in the top 0.41% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (164,879 views/month, #89 of 21,487).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

FAQs

What awards did Doctor Who receive?

Honors received include British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series[3], Saturn Award for Best Television Presentation[4], and Peabody Awards[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['am', 'an', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'bs', 'ca', 'ceb', 'ckb', 'cs'
    Derivative work → The Sarah Jane Adventures
    Executive producer → Russell T Davies, Steven Moffat, Chris Chibnall +1
    Sitelink count → 99
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    Genre → Q140472311, action television series, time-travel fiction +2
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  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original broadcaster → BBC One, BBC HD
    Fandom → Doctor Who fandom
    Svkkl authority id → 0371100-Pan-casu-TV-serial
    List of episodes → list of special Doctor Who episodes, list of Doctor Who episodes (1963–present)
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