The Fiftieth Anniversary of Doctor Who will be celebrated on 23 November 2013, and, indeed, throughout all of 2013. It commemorates fifty years since 23 November 1963, the day that the very first episode of televised Doctor Who, "An Unearthly Child," was aired.

There were many ways in which the Whovians are celebrating this joyous occasion. This page lists and describes the many ways in which Doctor Who fans around the globe are honouring that very important first day...

Contents 1 Television 1.1 50th Anniversary Special 1.1.1 Cast 1.2 An Adventure in Space and Time 1.2.1 Cast 1.3 The Doctors Revisited 2 Prose 2.1 Puffin Eshorts 3 Comics 3.1 Hunters of the Burning Stone 3.2 Prisoners of Time 4 Audio 4.1 The Light at the End 5 Merchandise 5.1 Coins and stamps 5.2 Soundtracks 6 Rumours 7 Footnotes

Television Edit

50th Anniversary Special Edit

The Fiftieth Anniversary special, possibly in the form of multiple specials, will air 23 November 2013 and will be presented in 3-D. Steven Moffat, show runner, has confirmed that it is definitely not "one sixty-minute special."^[1] BBC Complaints has assured fans that they "won't be disappointed."^[2] It will feature the return of the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler, as well as of the Zygons. Filming for the special began on 2 April, and completed on 6 May.

Episode Number	Title	Writer	Director	Notes
N/A	TBA	Steven Moffat	Nick Hurran[3]	3-D special [4]

Cast Edit

• The Doctor - Matt Smith
• The Doctor - David Tennant
• Clara Oswald - Jenna-Louise Coleman
• Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
• TBC - John Hurt
• Kate Stewart - Jemma Redgrave
• Osgood - Ingrid Oliver

An Adventure in Space and Time Edit

An Adventure in Space and Time will be a docu-drama about the making of Doctor Who.

Episode Number	Title	Writer	Director	Notes
N/A	An Adventure in Space and Time	Mark Gatiss	Nick Hurran[5]	90-minute drama will tell the story of the genesis of Doctor Who

Cast Edit

• William Hartnell - David Bradley
• Sydney Newman - Brian Cox
• Verity Lambert - Jessica Raine
• Waris Hussein - Sacha Dhawan
• Heather Hartnell - Leslie Manville
• Patrick Troughton - Reece Shearsmith
• Mervyn Pinfield - Jeff Rawle
• Rex Tucker - Andrew Woodall
• Richard Martin - Ian Hallard
• William Russell - Jamie Glover
• Jacqueline Hill - Jemma Powell
• Carole Ann Ford - Claudia Grant
• Delia Derbyshire - Sarah Winter
• Jackie Lane - Sophie Holt
• Peter Hawkins - Nicholas Briggs
• Harry - William Russell
• Alan - Reece Pockney

The Doctors Revisited Edit

The Doctors Revisited is a series of documentaries analysing each respective Doctor. They are set to be broadcast on BBC America monthly, leading up to November, along with a special broadcast of one television story per Doctor.

Episode Number	Title	Subject	Original Broadcast	Broadcast with
1	The Doctors Revisited - The First Doctor	The First Doctor	27 January 2013	TV: The Aztecs
2	The Doctors Revisited - The Second Doctor	The Second Doctor	27 February 2013	TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen
3	The Doctors Revisited - The Third Doctor	The Third Doctor	TBA	TBA
4	The Doctors Revisited - The Fourth Doctor	The Fourth Doctor	TBA	TBA
5	The Doctors Revisited - The Fifth Doctor	The Fifth Doctor	TBA	TBA
6	The Doctors Revisited - The Sixth Doctor	The Sixth Doctor	TBA	TBA
7	The Doctors Revisited - The Seventh Doctor	The Seventh Doctor	TBA	TBA
8	The Doctors Revisited - The Eighth Doctor	The Eighth Doctor	TBA	TBA
9	The Doctors Revisited - The Ninth Doctor	The Ninth Doctor	TBA	TBA
10	The Doctors Revisited - The Tenth Doctor	The Tenth Doctor	TBA	TBA
11	The Doctors Revisited - The Eleventh Doctor	The Eleventh Doctor	TBA	TBA

Prose Edit

Puffin Eshorts Edit

The Puffin Eshorts are a series of short stories released digitally by Puffin Books. Each story is released on the 23rd of each month of 2013, each featuring a different incarnation of the Doctor. The series began in January with a First Doctor story and will proceed chronologically through the Doctors until it culminates with an Eleventh Doctor story in November.

Book Number	Title	Author	Doctor	Release date
1	A Big Hand for the Doctor	Eoin Colfer	The First Doctor	23 January 2013
2	The Nameless City	Michael Scott	The Second Doctor	23 February 2013[6]
3	The Spear of Destiny	Marcus Sedgwick[7]	The Third Doctor	23 March 2013
4	TBA	TBA	The Fourth Doctor	23 April 2013
5	TBA	TBA	The Fifth Doctor	23 May 2013
6	TBA	TBA	The Sixth Doctor	23 June 2013
7	TBA	TBA	The Seventh Doctor	23 July 2013
8	TBA	TBA	The Eighth Doctor	23 August 2013
9	TBA	TBA	The Ninth Doctor	23 September 2013
10	TBA	TBA	The Tenth Doctor	23 October 2013
11	TBA	TBA	The Eleventh Doctor	23 November 2013

Comics Edit

Hunters of the Burning Stone Edit

Hunters of the Burning Stone is a Doctor Who Magazine comic story, DWM's way of celebrating 50 years of Doctor Who. It is most notable for the shocking re-appearance of Coal Hill School, and Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, the First Doctor's first companions, and the first human regulars of the show.

Prisoners of Time Edit

Prisoners of Time is a IDW comic story, IDW Publishing's way of celebrating 50 years of Doctor Who. A multi-Doctor story, featuring all eleven incarnations of the Doctor, one issue will be released every month, each one about a different Doctor, leading up to November, the Anniversary, when the Eleventh Doctor will be featured, and, later, December, when all the Doctors will be brought together.

Audio Edit

The Light at the End Edit

The Light at the End will be a Big Finish audio book, Big Finish Production's way of celebrating 50 years of Doctor Who. A multi-Doctor story, featuring the first eight incarnations of the Doctor, the 100-minute audio story will be released in November 2013. The surviving actors who've played the Doctor in the original series, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann, as well as certain actors who've played their companions, namely, Louise Jameson, Sarah Sutton, Nicola Bryant, Sophie Aldred and India Fisher. Geoffrey Beevers will also return as the Master, as well as stand-in actors making appearances as the first three Doctors.

Publisher's summary:

November 23rd 1963 proves to be a significant day in the lives of all eight Doctors... It’s the day that Bob Dovie’s life is ripped apart... It’s also a day that sets in motion a catastrophic chain of events which forces the first eight incarnations of the Doctor to fight for their very existence. As a mysterious, insidious chaos unfolds within the TARDIS, the barriers of time break apart... From suburban England through war-torn alien landscapes and into a deadly, artificial dimension, all these Doctors and their companions must struggle against the power of an unfathomable, alien technology. From the very beginning, it is clear that the Master is somehow involved. By the end, for the Doctors, there may only be darkness.^[8]

Merchandise Edit

Coins and stamps Edit

Soundtracks Edit

Rumours Edit

• The Special will be a multi-Doctor story, featuring all eleven Doctors. Moffat said that he's "not against it, but [he] think[s], as a gimmick, it outlives its usefulness quite fast." Confirmed, at least David Tennant will be appearing.

Footnotes Edit