When we think of travelers we causally think of people globe trotting form one country to another. Dr Who is unique in that he travels not only around the world, but also around the universe and through time.
The BBC has produced a special 50th Anniversary Dr Who episode - "The Day of the Doctor" to mark the occasion, and this will be screened in many countries round the world.
Even Google has joined in the anniversary celebration by placing a Dr Who mini-game on its home-page on the U.K., Australia and New Zealand. Internet users cam select one of the eleven Doctors to retrieve all 6 letters of the word Google and return them to the Tardis, the flying phone booth that Dr Who uses for his travels.
Dr Who Facts
- is watched by 80 million viewers in 206 countries round the world - it is in Guinness Book of Records as the longest running and most popular science-fiction show in the world
- the Tardis is unique in that it is bigger on the inside than on the outside
- the 50th anniversary special "The Day of the Doctor", as well as being aired on TV, is being shown in selected cinemas in 3D
- Dr Who has been played by 11 actors
- Tom Baker is the longest serving Doctor as he has appeared in more episodes than any of the other Doctors
- 103 episodes of the 1960's and 1970's are lost, as they were destroyed to save space
- Tenth Doctor David Tennant married Georgia Moffett who played his daughter Jenny in one of the epsiodes. She is the real-life daughter of Peter Davison, who played the Fifth Doctor
- Dr who went from black and white to color in 1970
- the Perth Mint has produced a 1 ounce 99.9% pure silver coin featuring the Tardis. The 10,000 coins minted and retailed for $115 have sold out.- the Dr Who Facebook site has 3,716,238 likes
- the 50th Anniversary Special will be screened two times on Australian ABC1 TV - on Sunday morning and again in the evening
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