Today is the day

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So the anniversary broadcast is about to start so before it does here are some of the anniversary posts.

BBC of course has a bulk of them - everything from the story of the man who created TARDIS and Dalek sounds to the interview with the man who designed the new TARDIS console room. And a picspam of the Doctor's 50 years and a graphic showing all the Doctor's travels through time.

There are recipes for Doctor Who cocktails and Dalek Bread and 28 Doctor Who presents you can get. Some interesting trivia showing once again that everything is connected in 8 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Doctor Who and the ever important question who the doctor is to you.

I completely agree with io9 - An Adventure in Space and Time was very moving. I was all excited for Verily and Waris to get their break. I was so happy when Verity saw kids doing Daleks and the show was a big hit even though we all knew it was coming. Same with William Hartnell leaving the show - you know it's coming but it so heartbreaking and then that moment when Matt shows up and the first and Eleventh exchange looks through time it's hard not to get all teared up. And it also feels appropriate that both of the main actors - Jessica Raine and David Bradley - starred in Doctor Who before. This is also the story about an unlikely start of an ...... so it's right that the people who tell it were part of it.