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''Doctor Who'' in Australia refers to the history and culture surrounding the British Broadcasting Corporation science fiction programme ''Doctor Who'' since its first broadcast in Australia in January 1965. From its origins Australians have had many links to ''Doctor Who'': two Australian writers played key roles in the series' gestation - C.E. "Bunny" Webber and Anthony Coburn, Coburn having worked on the pre-production and first story; the iconic Doctor Who theme music was written by Australian musician Ron Grainer; one-time Australian ballet composer Dudley Simpson wrote incidental music for many stories during the 1960s and 1970s; and the actress Janet Fielding played popular companion Tegan in the 1980s. Additionally, the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) was one of the first and longest term purchasers of the series from the BBC, initially planning its Australian debut for May 1964, only six months after the UK premiere. In 1979 the ABC organised a nationwide promotional tour by then-current Doctor Tom Baker and, in 1983, it co-funded the 20th anniversary special ''The Five Doctors''. Australia was also a key market for the many products licensed by BBC Enterprises and the success of the series in Australia was an important factor in its worldwide penetration; English-speaking countries in the Asia-Pacific region generally bought whatever episodes the ABC had cleared for its own use, and BBC Enterprises' office for the entire region was in Sydney and dealt with the censors and marketing. ==Australian contributions to ''Doctor Who''== Australians have played significant roles in the creation of ''Doctor Who'' ever since 1963. The Australian author C.E. Webber was instrumental in establishing the series' premise, while the first ''Doctor Who'' story to air, ''An Unearthly Child'', was written by fellow Australian author Anthony Coburn. Another Australian, Bill Strutton, wrote the 1965 serial ''The Web Planet''. The Doctor Who theme music was written by Australian composer Ron Grainer. In the early 1980s the Australian bush band Bullamakanka adapted the theme for their track "Doctor Who Is Gonna Fix It", which paid homage to the series and its place in the ABC's early-evening weekday schedule and was released by BBC Records in November 1983.〔A Tweed Heads based band (Northern N.S.W.), report "Dr Who Coup For Oz Band", in unspecified newspaper clipping, probably the Sydney ''Sun'', in approx. May 1983.〕 Also significant for his musical contribution to ''Doctor Who'' is Australian composer Dudley Simpson, who wrote the incidental music for a great number of stories during the 1960s and 1970s. On his retirement in the 1980s he returned to Australia and has appeared at numerous Australian Doctor Who-related events. The composer Tristram Cary, who lived in Australia for many years until his death in April 2008, also wrote incidental music for several serials. More visibly, many Australians – or Britons with some connection to Australia – have appeared on-screen in ''Doctor Who''. The 1963 serial ''The Daleks'' featured several Australian actors: John Lee played Alydon, while Robert Jewell and Kevin Manser made their first contributions as Dalek operators, roles they revisited numerous times throughout the 1960s. Ilona Rodgers played Carol in the 1964 serial ''The Sensorites'' - Rodgers relocated to Australia in the late-1970s, then to New Zealand in the mid-1980s. Australian actor Ray Barrett played Bennett/Koquillion in the 1965 serial ''The Rescue''. Australian actor David Nettheim and the South African-born Australian actor Bill Kerr both portrayed Australian characters in the 1967 serial ''The Enemy of the World''. New Zealand-born actress Louise Pajo played Gia Kelly in the 1969 serial "The Seeds of Death" - Pajo completed her training in the UK before relocating to Australia during the 1970s. Katy Manning played companion Jo Grant 1971–73 and later lived in Australia for many years, becoming an Australian citizen and the patron of the Doctor Who Club of Australia. Australian actor Kevin Lindsay played Cho-Je in ''Planet of the Spiders'', as well as various Sontarans in both ''The Time Warrior'' and ''The Sontaran Experiment''. Australian actress Janet Fielding played companion Tegan 1981–84, while Fielding's contemporary Mark Strickson played companion Turlough 1983–84 - Strickson lived in Australia for many years before settling in New Zealand. British actress Liza Goddard played Kari in the 1983 serial ''Terminus'' - Goddard moved to Australia with her family in 1965 after her father's appointment as the ABC's Head of Drama and later starred in the first two seasons of ''Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'', before returning to the UK in 1969. Australian singer and actress Kylie Minogue played Astrid Peth in the 2007 Christmas special ''Voyage of the Damned'' and Australian actor Peter O'Brien played Ed Gold in the 2009 special ''The Waters of Mars''. Australia itself has also featured in ''Doctor Who'' more than once, though without ever having been filmed or produced locally. The Second Doctor 1967–68 serial ''The Enemy of the World'' was set on and near an unnamed Australian beach in 2018 and featured a cast of characters who were supposed to be Australian, though virtually all were played by British actors. As well, in the Fifth Doctor 1982 serial ''Four To Doomsday'', the main villain, Monarch, was said to have visited Earth in the distant past, gathering 'samples' of the local people as he went; included in his collection was an Aboriginal tribal elder and his tribesmen, following Monarch's visit to the Australian continent. 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 in Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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