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Text 6: A monster success story
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Text 6: A monster success story

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A short introduction to Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a sci-fi show about the Doctor; one of an alien race known as the Time Lords, species who can travel in time and 'regenerate' (change their faces) before death. 
The Doctor travels in a great vessel called the TARDIS; it is infinitely vast, and infinitely powerful, and if destroyed, is capable of not just destroying the universe, but erasing every aspect of time itself. The TARDIS, however, appears as a classic British police telephone box,
something which you no longer see on the streets, and is therefore questioned
by the majority of his companions. It is bigger on the inside than you'd imagine,
with a collection of whimsical passages and rooms, such as a library, a swimming
pool, and even a giant wardrobe.

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Doctors Who
Classic series: 1963 - 1996 (Doctors 1 - 8)

Modern series: 2005 - 2021 (Doctors 9 - 13)

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Now let's read the text

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Sample questions
Get ready for some sample questions.

Remember that you're allowed to look things up in the text, so use your reader!

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What would these phrases mean?

- having cut his teeth
- from frocks to shocks
- against the grain
- he has also penned Survivors

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Why was there an 'apparent shortage of specialist writers', according to Laura Mackie?

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What's the biggest difference between British and American audiences, according to this paragraph?

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What does 'after we reach our threshold of Jane Austen remakes' mean?

Can you give an example of 'reaching a threshold' in your own life?

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What are 'slasher flicks'? Remember that you need to answer in English.

Can you give an example of a 'slasher flick' you know?
Do you like 'slasher flicks'?

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