{"id":12072,"date":"2013-01-07T08:24:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T13:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=12072"},"modified":"2013-01-07T08:24:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T13:24:12","slug":"blogging-the-first-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/01\/blogging-the-first-doctor.html","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who: Blogging the First Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Here is a round-up of my blogging about the earliest seasons of Doctor Who, as originally portrayed by William Hartnell.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/10\/doctor-who-starting-again-from-the-beginning.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">An Unearthly Child<\/a> (continued in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/10\/doctor-who-100000-bc.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">100,000 BC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/10\/doctor-who-the-firemaker.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Firemaker<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-12073\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2013\/01\/William_Hartnell.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"311\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/10\/doctor-who-the-novelization-of-the-daleks.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Daleks (novelization)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/10\/doctor-who-the-edge-of-destruction.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Edge of Destruction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/10\/doctor-who-marco-polo.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Marco Polo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/10\/doctor-who-the-keys-of-marinus.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Keys of Marinus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/11\/doctor-who-the-aztecs.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Aztecs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/11\/doctor-who-the-sensorites.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Sensorites<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/11\/doctor-who-the-reign-of-terror.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Reign of Terror<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/01\/doctor-who-planet-of-giants.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Planet of Giants<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/12\/doctor-who-the-dalek-invasion-of-earth.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Dalek Invasion of Earth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/12\/doctor-who-the-rescue.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Rescue<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/11\/doctor-who-the-romans.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Romans<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/01\/doctor-who-the-web-planet.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Web Planet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/11\/doctor-who-the-crusade.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Crusade<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/12\/doctor-who-the-space-museum.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Space Museum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/03\/doctor-who-the-chase.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Chase<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/04\/doctor-who-the-time-meddler.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Time Meddler<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/12\/doctor-who-galaxy-4.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Galaxy 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/12\/doctor-who-mission-to-the-unknown.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Mission to the Unknown<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/11\/doctor-who-the-myth-makers.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Myth Makers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/12\/doctor-who-the-daleks-master-plan-the-first-doctor-who-christmas-special.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Daleks\u2019 Master Plan<\/a>\u00a0(see also my post \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/12\/thutmose-and-hyksos-discuss-the-gods.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Thutmose and Hyksos Discuss the Gods<\/a>\u201c)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/11\/doctor-who-the-massacre-of-st-bartholomews-eve.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Massacre of St. Bartholemew\u2019s Eve<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/12\/doctor-who-the-ark.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Ark<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/01\/doctor-who-the-celestial-toymaker.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Celestial Toymaker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/01\/doctor-who-the-gunfighters.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Gunfighters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/01\/doctor-who-the-savages.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Savages<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/01\/doctor-who-the-war-machines-and-the-computer-that-knew-the-doctors-name.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The War Machines<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/01\/doctor-who-the-smugglers.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Smugglers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/01\/doctor-who-the-tenth-planet-and-the-first-regeneration.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Tenth Planet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>William Hartnell also returned to portray the First Doctor in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/07\/doctor-who-the-three-doctors.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Three Doctors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a round-up of my blogging about the earliest seasons of Doctor Who, as originally portrayed by William Hartnell. An Unearthly Child (continued in 100,000 BC and The Firemaker) The Daleks (novelization) The Edge of Destruction Marco Polo The Keys of Marinus The Aztecs The Sensorites The Reign of Terror Planet of Giants The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":12073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[1254,1925,2765,2838,8489,10890,13753],"class_list":["post-12072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-doctor-who-science-fiction","tag-blogging","tag-classic","tag-doctor-who","tag-dr-who","tag-original","tag-science-fiction","tag-william-hartnell"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Doctor Who: Blogging the First Doctor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here is a round-up of my blogging about the earliest seasons of Doctor Who, as originally portrayed by William Hartnell. 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