- For the character played by Christopher Lee in the movies, see Inspector Spacetime (character).
Inspector Spacetime | |
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Format: | Science Fiction |
Created by: | Sir Anthony Bonham Pease |
Country of Origin: | United Kingdom |
Starring: | See list of Inspectors |
Original channel: | BTV |
Original language(s): | English |
No. of series: | 33 |
No. of episodes: | 813 (see list of episodes) |
Original run: | 1962–1988 2004–current |
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Inspector Spacetime is the main focus on this wiki. It is a classic British science-fiction programme that premiered on BTV on Saturday, 24 November, 1962 and still entertains us. It concerns the adventures of a time-travelling extraterrestrial detective called the Inspector who patrols the universe in a red phone box, solves mysteries, and saves planets.
Timeline
Year | Event | Date |
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1962 | First episode broadcast, starring Leslie French as the First Inspector | 24 November |
1962 | First appearance of the Blorgons | 22 December |
1964 | Christopher Lee stars in the film Inspector Spacetime vs. the Blorgons | |
1965 | Lee stars in the sequel film Blorgons—Extortion Earth 2150 | |
1965 | First appearance of the Circuit-Chaps | 2 October |
1965 | First Inspector metamorphoses | 30 October |
1965 | Lee debuts on television as the Second Inspector | 6 November |
1966 | First appearance of the Sulphur Soldiers | 12 November |
1968 | Second Inspector metamorphoses | 22 June |
1969 | Bernard Fox debuts as the Third Inspector | 4 January |
1970 | First appearance of the Sergeant (played by Vincent Price) | 3 January |
1972 | First appearance of the Rostraans | 16 December |
1973 | Third Inspector metamorphoses | 9 June |
1973 | Marius Goring debuts as the Fourth Inspector | 29 December |
1977 | Terry Pratchett is hired as script editor | |
1979 | Pratchett leaves programme to return to writing novels full time | |
1980 | Fourth Inspector metamorphoses | 22 March |
1980 | Lynda Bellingham debuts as the Fifth Inspector | 5 January |
1982 | 20th anniversary special broadcast | 20-21 November |
1983 | Fifth Inspector metamorphoses | 19 March |
1983 | Graham Chapman debuts as the Sixth Inspector | 26 March |
1984 | First appearance of the Maharani | 4 February |
1984 | BTV puts production on 18-month "time out" | 31 March |
1985 | Sixth Inspector metamorphoses | 6 September |
1985 | Stephen Fry debuts as the Seventh Inspector | 6 September |
1988 | BTV suspends production "indefinitely" | 3 December |
1992 | 30th anniversary charity special broadcast | 21-22 November |
1999 | Steve Carell stars as the Eighth Inspector in TV movie co-produced by BTV and UPN | 29 May (UK) |
2001 | David P. Russell pitches revived television series to BTV | |
2002 | BTV resolves remaining accounting issues with UPN over co-production of 1999 TV movie | |
2004 | Mark Williams debuts as the Ninth Inspector | 28 March |
2004 | Ninth Inspector metamorphoses | 19 June |
2004 | "Daniel Landlord" (stage name of Christopher Obi) debuts as the Tenth Inspector | 25 December |
2009 | Tenth Inspector metamorphoses | 1 January |
2009 | Stefan Toffat takes over as showrunner after departure of David P. Russell | |
2009 | Travis Richey debuts as the Eleventh Inspector | 4 April |
2012 | Eleventh Inspector metamorphoses | 25 December |
2013 | Debut of the Twelfth Inspector | 31 August |
2016 | Twelfth Inspector metamorphoses | 25 December |
2016 | Niall B. Chrisch takes over as showrunner after departure of Stefan Toffat | |
2017 | Phoebe Waller-Bridge debuts as the Thirteenth Inspector | 8 October |
2020 | BTV announces Pease's return for the programme’s 60th anniversary | |
2021 | Rahul Kohli cast as the Fourteenth Inspector | 8 May |