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The new first series of British science fiction programme ''Doctor Who'' began on 26 March 2005 with the episode "Rose", which marked the end of the programme's 16-year absence from episodic television following its cancellation in 1989, and the first new televised ''Doctor Who'' story since the broadcast of the TV movie starring Paul McGann in 1996. The finale episode, "The Parting of the Ways", was broadcast on 18 June 2005. The show was revived by longtime ''Doctor Who'' fan Russell T Davies, who had been lobbying the BBC since the late 90s to bring the show back. The first series comprised 13 episodes, eight of which Davies wrote. Davies, Julie Gardner and Mal Young served as executive producers, Phil Collinson as producer. The show depicts the adventures of a mysterious and eccentric Time Lord known as the Doctor, who travels through time and space in his time machine, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s British police box. With his companions, he explores time and space, faces a variety of foes and saves civilizations, helping people and righting wrongs. The first series features Christopher Eccleston as the ninth incarnation of the Doctor, his only series as the Doctor, accompanied by Billie Piper, as his first and main companion Rose Tyler, whom he plucks from obscurity on planet Earth, and to whom he grows increasingly attached. He also travels briefly with unruly boy-genius Adam Mitchell, played by Bruno Langley, and with 51st-century con man and former "Time Agent" Captain Jack Harkness, portrayed by John Barrowman. Episodes in series one form a loose story arc, based upon the recurring phrase "Bad Wolf", the significance of which goes unexplained until the two-part series finale. The series premiere was watched by 10.81 million viewers, and four days after the premiere aired, ''Doctor Who'' was renewed for a Christmas Special, as well as a second series. Series 1 was well received by both critics and fans, winning for the first time in ''Doctor Who'' history a prestigious BAFTA Award. Most surprising was the approval from Michael Grade, who had previously forced an 18-month hiatus on the show in 1985, and had postponed ''Doctor Who'' out of personal dislike on several occasions. The show's popularity ultimately led to a resurgence in family-oriented Saturday night drama. == Series summary == The series introduces the newly regenerated Ninth Doctor (Eccleston) sometime after his involvement in the Time War, which the Doctor claims wiped out all of the Time Lords (save himself) and the Daleks. The Doctor meets Rose Tyler (Piper), a young woman working in a department store in contemporary London. Rose is fascinated by the Doctor and joins him in adventures in space and time with his TARDIS, though her behaviour worries her mother Jackie (Camille Coduri) and boyfriend Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke), particularly after one instance where she goes missing for twelve months. The Doctor and Rose's travels bring them to meet Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), a Time Agent from the 51st century who joins them as a companion. During their travels, they are unaware that the words "Bad Wolf" appear near them on their travels, such as graffiti written on walls. The Doctor becomes aware of the frequent reappearance of the word and suspects it is some sign of things to come that is following them. In the final episodes, the Doctor, Rose, and Jack arrive on Satellite Five in Earth's far future, discovering that the development of humanity has been hindered by the Daleks. The Emperor Dalek explains it had survived the Time War, and has been creating new Daleks by harvesting humans, and now plans to convert the rest of humanity into Daleks. As the Dalek fleet prepares to attack Earth, the Doctor constructs a Delta Wave device that will destroy all lifeforms near Earth, including humans, believing that humanity will survive on via human colonies on other planets. He tricks Rose into the TARDIS and sends it back to the 21st century to protect her, while he and Jack organize human forces to protect the satellite until the Delta Wave can be triggered. In the attack, Jack is killed by the Daleks. Rose is shocked that the Doctor had sent her back. However, when she sees the words "Bad Wolf" in graffiti all around where the TARDIS landed, she takes this as a sign, and tries to open the Heart of the TARDIS to return to help the Doctor. Jackie and Mickey, seeing her devotion to the Doctor, help her to do so, and she is suddenly infused with the energy from the TARDIS. The TARDIS returns to the future, and Rose, with her new god-like powers, vaporizes the Daleks, and brings Jack back to life. She also uses her powers to send the words "Bad Wolf" through space and time as "a message to lead myself here". With the threat neutralized, the Doctor absorbs the energy from Rose before it kills her, and they set course to leave the station, leaving Jack behind. En route, the Doctor reveals to Rose that the energy will kill him but as a Time Lord, he will be able to regenerate, and soon appears to her as the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doctor Who (series 1)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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