Doctor Who: 10 Obscure Facts You Never Knew
This is for all Doctor Who fans out there – these ten obscure facts that you probably didn’t know are dedicated to you.
The facts included range from New Series facts to things that happened in the classic series, from appearances by future Who stars in movies, to the cancellation of the original run of the show itself. Everything and anything from the Whovian canon is up for inclusion, just as long as you probably did not know about it.
As ever, some may already know the following facts, but most won’t know them all.
10. There Was Almost A Doctor Who Animated Series
And no, I’m not talking about Scream of The Shalka’s possible spin off.
Back in the late ‘80s, Canadian animating company Nelvana got the rights from the BBC to produce an animated Doctor Who series. The company are infamous for animating The Care Bears...
The facts included range from New Series facts to things that happened in the classic series, from appearances by future Who stars in movies, to the cancellation of the original run of the show itself. Everything and anything from the Whovian canon is up for inclusion, just as long as you probably did not know about it.
As ever, some may already know the following facts, but most won’t know them all.
10. There Was Almost A Doctor Who Animated Series
And no, I’m not talking about Scream of The Shalka’s possible spin off.
Back in the late ‘80s, Canadian animating company Nelvana got the rights from the BBC to produce an animated Doctor Who series. The company are infamous for animating The Care Bears...
- 3/30/2013
- by Will Barber- Taylor
- Obsessed with Film
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