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Doctor Who Was Once Meant to Teach History

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The massively popular British television show Doctor Who is globally famous for battling deadly metallic aliens and robotic exterminators. However, when it first launched in 1963, BBC executives strictly mandated it as a dry educational program meant simply to casually teach wandering children about pivotal historical events.

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