10 Ways That Doctor Who Was Better In The 1990s
9. Doctor Who Was Always On TV
While new episodes of Doctor Who were few and far between in the 1990s, there was a surprising amount of Doctor Who on British TV. Each weekend saw the satellite television channel UK Gold screen Doctor Who serials on Saturday and Sunday mornings. These were introduced by Glen Allen, and provided an invaluable beginner's guide for those young fans unlucky enough to have missed out on their own era of the show, but lucky enough to have satellite telly.
The BBC meanwhile mounted several repeat seasons over the years, most notably a 1992-1993 run that aired a serial for each of the seven Doctors. Decades before their return opposite Jodie Whittaker, the Sea Devils were terrifying a whole new generation of kids on Friday nights. On top of this there were various comedy sketches by future Doctor Who writers like Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, and themed nights on BBC2 that included new documentaries and old episodes.
BBC children's television programme Blue Peter even dedicated a whole episode in the late 90s to the show and its burgeoning online community of young fans. Proof that Doctor Who still had a lot of supporters within the corporation, and that an eventual return was surely a foregone conclusion.