Doctor Who started running on November 23, 1963 and hasn’t stopped since. Fifty years of adventure have given us hundred of stories, twelve Doctors and too many monsters to count. Since the Doctor started running there have been many firsts and lasts, comings and goings, tearful farewells and exciting new beginnings. According to WHO OLOGY by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright March 1962 was the first time the British Broadcasting Channel’s new Head of Drama, Sydney Newman, came up with the idea of Doctor Who (Scott and Wright). Between March 1962 and June 1963 the BBC put out surveys of science fiction stories to see how the public would react. They wanted to see if the science fiction they were going to produce was relevant to the generation of people interested in science fiction at the time.
On November 21, 1963 4.4 million people tuned in for the first ever broadcasting of Doctor Who. Doctor Who was not only created to entertain the children of the time but it was also trying to be appealing to the older generation as well. To capture this type of audiences Doctor who began to in cooperate historical figures in the show. Marco Polo was the first ever historical figure on Doctor Who and not long after that episode had aired episodes soon after had some historical lesson behind it. After being on the air for three years with many adventures under his belt the actor who played Doctor who announced he was leaving the show. At this point the show creators realized they wanted their show to continue on and they had to find a way to keep their audience involved even when the actor who played the Doctor changed. According to Cavan Scott and Mark Wright in October 1966 in the closing of The Tenth Planet, the Doctor regenerates for the first ...
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...se newer Doctors. The way that this show is set up allows for Doctor Who to continue on forever. Doctor Who allows for its audience to be able to them to invest themselves in a show that they can probably watch now and for many years to come. There is so much history and information crammed in the last fifty years of this so that no matter when you begin watching this television series it will not be too hard to catch up. Like stated earlier in this paper Doctor Who is not just that kind of show that is long-lived and has a huge audience, it is one of those shows that make people think deep thoughts. Doctor is a one of a kind of show and there is nothing out there like it. this show is great in many ways and will continue to be great for many years as again like stated earlier in this paper “As history will prove, the Doctor still has work to do.” (Scott and Wright)
Jared Diamond Argues that the worst mistake in Human History is the invention and widespread introduction of agriculture, because it has created a plethora of social, economic, and health problems for the word. One example of this is when the article states, “Hunter-Gatherers enjoyed a varied diet, while early farmers obtained most of their food from one or a few starchy crops. The farmers gained cheap calories at the cost of poor nutrition.” This illustrates that the author's main argument is that agriculture was the worst mistake in human history because it shows how agriculture has negatively impacted health of both early farmers and people today by creating mass produced bulk crops that are low in nutrition. Furthermore, another example
For this project I chose to pursue and research the Physician's character in the Canterbury Tales. The actor I chose to cast to play the role as the Physician in a movie was Matt Smith. Smith is an actor of twelve years and has plenty of experience playing an eccentric and mysterious character in the television show, Doctor Who. I selected him because he fit many requirements that I thought best suited the personality and physical traits of the original character that was described in the Canterbury prologue.
Doyle’s detective stories were written to be told by a character to which he could relate. He trained to become a doctor and used this training to influence the profession of the narrator of his Sherlock Holmes stories, Dr. John Watson. It is through the eyes of Dr. Watson that we first see our main character, Sherlock Holmes (Geherin 295). Watson was not the only character inspired by a real-life figure, however. Doyle based the character of Holmes off of his instructor, Dr. Joseph Bell.
It lives on as a fleeting memory in the expansive history that is the city of Chicago, and crosses the minds of few regularly. Stretching roughly a mile in distance, Maxwell Street was once the epicenter of commerce, the birth of culture, and change. From its birth out of the Great Chicago Fire, to the first Jewish immigrants, to it’s final day as a bazaar, it is this rise and decline of Maxwell Street that has aided in cultural differentiation that ultimately gives insight into the urban spacing and transitions in the city of Chicago.
* Tapper, James. "Doctor Who? Unknown actor Matt Smith, 26, announced as David Tennant's replacement." Mail Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Dec. 2013. .
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There are many adaptations and interpretations on how the English arrived to the Americas and established their colonies. The 2005 film “New World”, written and directed by Terrance Malick, is a film based off the English settlers and how they settled in the Americas in 1607, and the forbidden relationship between John Smith and Pocahontas. Although the film highly exaggerates on some scenes in order to make the history seem more interesting, the film still holds most historical accuracy and is an enjoyable film.
His relationship with his family and his colleagues at work is very good and there is no effect of the disease on his life.
Since the first story of Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr John Watson was published in A Study in Scarlet in 1887, both of them and their stories has been one of the most popular fictional characters. At first, the story did not attract public interest and attention. However, it became a huge success after four years since it was published. This result made Conan Doyle decided to extent the story to a series of sequels(Porter 2012: 5). Actually, Holmes and Watson were featured in fifty-six short stories and published in four novels(Porter 2012: 145). Even though the first story of them is written nearly 130 years, the popularity is not declined. Thanks to modern media, such as television programs and films, and the Internet, the adaptations
God began His greatest work of creation. When God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground"(Genesis 1:26).
In The Landscape of History, John Lewis Gaddis makes a cohesive argument concerning about the debate over the objectivity of truth by stating “objectivity as a consequence is hardly possible, and that there is, therefore, no such thing as truth (Gaddis 29). The question for objective history has long been debated by numerous historians, and the differing viewpoints of history have led to a transition in our ways of thinking in the modern world. Ultimately, the question that this paper focuses on is: to what extent is history objective? Along with this, the relation to historical consciousness and the challenges of living in modernity will also be assessed. This paper will analyze the texts of John Lewis Gaddis, Nietzsche and the Birth of Tragedy, Modernity and Historical Vision, Living in Modernity, and Hermeneutics. Finally, the paper will argue that history is not largely objective, and is fundamentally shaped through the historian’s subjectivity.
In 1887, Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but only in 1891, in A Scandal in Bohemia that Holmes’ stories became very famous, and eventually, Holmes’ adventures got adapted for film. Lately, in 2010 BBC made a series called “Sherlock”, and the first episode is called “A Study in Pink” referring to the first book where Sherlock Holmes was introduced. The TV adaptation is significantly more effective in showing the relationship between Holmes and Watson with changes made to the plot and characters.
“Good show, Watson!” John Watson, and his role model Sherlock Holmes are characters from Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous Sherlock Holmes Series. Young Sherlock Holmes is a movie that recreated the first time that Sherlock and Watson become friends. The characters in this movie, Young Sherlock Holmes, are that of many. Of course there was Sherlock Holmes himself and his apprentice John Watson, but also there was others. Including Sherlock’s love interest, Elizabeth Hardy; the professor, Professor Rathe; and the nurse, Mrs. Dribb. In the movie, it shows the first time Watson and Holmes meet. Right away, Holmes is shown to be a student with very high intelligence. When citizens start having mental breaks and committing suicides, Holmes starts to suspect something. He rushes down to the police station, and tells the lead detective that he believes that something is wrong, but the detective just blows it off. After Sherlock finds a clue that leads him to an egyptian cult, he gets himself and his friends into trouble. Arthur Conan Doyle has written many other works that included important characters such as Sherlock Holmes, Brigadier Gerard and Professor Challenger (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Literary Estate). If the film, Young Sherlock Holmes, is historically correct compared to the novels written by Arthur Conan Doyle, then the film could be used to learning purposes.
History is a story told over time. It is a way of recreating the past so it can be studied in the present and re-interpreted for future generations. Since humans are the sole beneficiaries of history, it is important for us to know what the purpose of history is and how historians include their own perspective concerning historical events. The purpose and perspective of history is vital in order for individuals to realise how it would be almost impossible for us to live out our lives effectively if we had no knowledge of the past. Also, in order to gain a sound knowledge of the past, we have to understand the political, social and cultural aspects of the times we are studying.
I define history as important events that have happened in the past, and the ones that are presently happening. At some time or another everything will be considered history. History tells a story, whether it’s written, painted, carved, or sung; a collection of events that someone explains to you that is usually important.