Okay, I will give a short description of each episode in this season, but first off I will give a "beginner's guide" to Doctor Who, since this is the first season for many people, especially in this generation. It was the first season I saw when I was 14, and I had lots of questions to ask my mom as she, my brother and I watched the series. Questions such as, "Who's that?" "What's that blue box?" "How is it bigger on the inside?" "Why does that alien have a plunger for a hand?" were asked often. A lot of these questions were asked by character in the show. But, for those of you who are rookie time travellers, I will give the lowdown on the basics of the Christopher Eccleston Whoniverse!
First off, obviously, is the Ninth Doctor himself, played by English actor Christopher Eccleston in the first season
The Doctor is his name, just the Doctor. It was a title given to him by his race, the Time Lords. Time Lords were an ancient race from the planet Gallifrey. They can live to be over 1000 years old, and can cheat death through a process called Regeneration (when a Time Lord regenerates, all the cells in their body die and are replaced by completely new ones). The Doctor is the last surviving Time Lord; his race being exterminated during the Time War, which happened prior to the first episode of the season. He has been travelling alone, last of his kind, for a very long time, popping around time and space until he stumbles into saving the life of...
Rose Tyler, played by Billie Piper
Rose, 19, was a shop worker in London, living with her mother, Jackie Tyler, and dating her boyfriend, Mickey Smith. She was saved by the Doctor from animated plastic mannequins, and after saving the Doctor from falling into a pit of molten plastic, she was hooked on time travel and joined him in his adventures.
Now that you know the two main characters of this season, now it's time to get you all familiar with the Doctor's trusty Time Lord technology!
First of all, of course, is the Doctor's trademark blue box of a time machine, the TARDIS!
The TARDIS, or Time And Relative Dimension In Space, is the Doctor's means of traveling in time and space. It is a Time Lord ship that he stole from them a long while back. Ever since the first episode of the original series in the 1960's, the ever-sturdy "police box" has taken the Doctor anywhere and anywhen he wants to go, and probably even more that he doesn't want to go. The Doctor accidentally fried it's Chameleon Circuit, making it stay stuck looking like a police telephone box from the 1950's. It is supposed to be piloted by 6-7 Time Lords, which is the main reason there is so much crashing and misguided coordinates. But hey, without that there wouldn't be a very interesting plot, would there?
Next up is his favorite tool, the ever trusty Sonic Screwdriver!
This pencil-sized device is the Doctor's tool of the trade. It can unlock or lock any door, manipulate technology, perform medical scans, fix barbed wire, and tweak and fix things like the TARDIS. It has thousands of settings, and can do almost anything the Doctor needs it to do. Oh, except wood. It doesn't do wood.
The final bit of Time Lord swag the Doctor uses in a pinch is his Psychic Paper!
This clever item that the Doctor carries around looks blank to anyone traveling with the Doctor and anyone with psychic training or an exceptionally strong mind. However, to anyone else the Doctor encounters, it will show them exactly what he wants them to see. Whether he needs to be a chimney sweep or a guest to view the end of the world, to most people it will give the Doctor the credentials he needs to sleuth around.
Okay, now that you are acquainted with the Doctor, his companion, and his accoutrements, now on to give a quick description of each episode in the first season with as little spoilers as possible! See you next time!
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