Doctor Who is a TV show.
Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC since 1963 . There was an unsuccessful attempt to revive regular production in 1996 with a backdoor pilot , in the form of a television film titled Doctor Who . Doctor Who , also referred to as Doctor Who : The Movie to distinguish it from the television series of the same name , is a British-American-Canadian television film continuing the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . `` The Time of the Doctor '' is an episode of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who , written by Steven Moffat and directed by Jamie Payne , and was broadcast as the ninth Doctor Who Christmas special on 25 December 2013 on BBC One . The Time Lords are a fictional , ancient extraterrestrial people in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who , of which the series ' protagonist , the Doctor , is a member .