10 Doctor Who Facts You Won't Believe Are True

Here's something you probably didn't know - Doctor Who has been around for a very long time!

That's fine, we'll wait for you to put your socks back on after they've just been blown off by that stunning revelation.

In its many years on TV (and several years off it), the legendary sci-fi show has put out hundreds of episodes, and has made an absolutely disgusting amount of money for all involved.

It's also amassed one of the most passionate fanbases in all of entertainment, and what do passionate fanbases love more than anything? Fascinating facts about their favourite show! And some of those facts are so weird, so surprising, so random, that you probably won't believe they're actually real.

But we assure you - they are.

So, from musical inspirations to some truly ambitious castings, let's dig into some Doctor Who trivia that might just have you going "WHAT?!?"

For their first proper adventure together, the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler jetted off to the far-flung future, and a planet called New Earth.

It's Earth... but new. Get it?

The action kicks off with a visit to a mega hospital, before our heroes have to stop a bunch of highly-infected patients from turning everyone in the building into living petri dishes.

In real life, the show itself got into a bit of a tangle too, as the episode was slapped with a legal challenge before it hit the air.

According to showrunner Russell T Davies, the exterior design of the New Earth hospital ran afoul of the "billowing sail" hotel in Dubai. The hospital's similar appearance attracted the attention of the Dubai hotel's lawyers, who got in touch to check if the show had breached copyright.

Obviously, it didn't, and funnily enough, Dubai is so futuristic these days that it almost looks like New Earth itself.