In 2005, the BBC relaunched Doctor Who after a
15-year absence from episodic television, with Russell T Davies, Julie
Gardner, and Mal Young as executive producers, Phil Collinson as
producer, and Christopher Eccleston taking the lead role of the Ninth
Doctor.
The revival is a continuation of the original series. The new series is
formatted to a 16:9 widescreen display ratio, and a standard episode
length of 45 minutes. For the first time since the 1965–1966 season,
each episode has a title, and most stand alone as complete stories. The
show also returned to its traditional Saturday evening slot. |