Doctor Who (French Trafalgar, British Waterloo)

Doctor Who is a long running American TV show and movies that has been ongoing since 1971. While it's first incarnation was a cult hit, it would take until 1997 and the enormously successful Doctor Who movie for it to reach a wider audience, and continues to find success to this day.

History
In 1970, Paramount Studios released Doctor Who to theaters, with actor Marlon Brando as the "Doctor", a humanoid, renegade alien from a species called the Time Lords from the planet Galifrey that has sworn himself to protect the Earth from alien and time related threats. The first enemy that the Doctor faces becomes one of the most feared Doctor Who villains of all time, the Daleks.

The movie was a moderate success, and it convinced American Television (ATV) to invest in a full series of the TV show, starting in Fall 1971.

First Doctor: Marlon Brando (1970 - 1973) Second Doctor: William Shatner (1973 - 1979) Third Doctor: Mark Hamill (1979 - 1985) Fourth Doctor: William Sadler? (1985 - 1989)