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Doctor Who is the longest-running sci-fi TV series

It first aired on the BBC on 23 November 1963

Doctor Who first aired on the BBC on 23 November 1963, the day after President Kennedy was assassinated. Guinness World Records lists it as the longest-running science-fiction television programme. The TARDIS looks like a police box, a common street fixture in 1960s Britain.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: It first aired on the BBC on 23 November 1963. The figure is taken from BBC, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.