Doctor Who (2004) Season 1 DVD

Doctor Who (2004) Season 1 DVD

The original series started in 1963 on the day of JFK's assassination.  But in 1989 with the market flooded with Star Trek spin-offs and just really bad sci-fi for the masses the BBC canceled the longest running sci-fi series in television history.  So in 2004 when Judy Gardiner of the BBC decided to bring the iconic show back to the BBC (after a failed American/BBC joint production on of all stations, FOX) they made sure the series got a fitting make over to run in leagues of modern sci-fi television.  Russel T. Davies took over the writing of the Doctor Who legend and breathed a little more humanity into our favorite time traveling alien.  The quite successful return to television was headlined by seasoned actor Christopher Eccelston and accompanied by the the feisty pop-tart, Billie Piper who toned down her notorious bad girl fame for the family rated series.  "It won't be quiet.  It won't be safe.  It won't be calm.  (It's) a trip of a lifetime."