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Live comedy picks
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Videos
Doctor Who fans might be waiting a long time for the next series of their sci-fi hit.
But comedian Alasdair Beckett-King has materialised into the void, with his take on what new episodes might look like - based on all the last ones.
His video, entitled Every Episode of Popular Time Travel Show, has already attracted almost 30,000 views on YouTube in just over an hour.
In the caption he says: ‘As the first person ever to spoof Doctor Who, I decided not to bother doing an impression of 13 different actors, and just wore a jaunty hat instead.’
Every Episode of Popular Time Travel Show
From Alasdair Beckett-King
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