Doctor Who: What's The Best Spinoff Show?
Doctor Who is not only a British institution, but a global science fiction mainstay. Beginning in 1963 before going off-air in 1989, only to be revived in 2005 and still going strong today, the show has become a pop culture phenomenon. The main show features the regenerating Time Lord traveling across space and time in the T.A.R.D.I.S, bringing along companions, usually from different periods in Earth's history, for perilous adventures.
With the phenomenal popularity of the show, it was only a matter of time before spinoffs happened. The series has a huge expanded media universe, from audio dramas, to books, to comics, and even occasional video games. Along the way, there have also been a few television spinoff series. Some have been short-lived, while others carried on for multiple seasons. Let's dive into these shows before discussing which is the best Doctor Who spinoff.
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While there have been a few very successful series based on the core show, there have also been a few that either didn't connect with audiences after a season or just never got off the ground. In total, there have been four live-action spinoffs based on the original series all featuring either former companions or key recurring characters from the run of the main show.
The first attempt at a spinoff show came in 1981, and was called K9 and Company. The premise was based on everyone's favorite robot dog K9 and beloved companion Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen). The show also saw Sarah Jane get her own companion, a young man called Ian who was studying computers and math. Ian's study subjects tied into the beginning of the rise of the popularity of computers, and would have potentially played a large
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