The Dark Times (1989-2005)

The Dark Times is an era in human history when the BBC television series Doctor Who was not airing. The series began airing in 1963 and continued until its cancellation in 1989. Then for the next sixteen years, save for one Doctor Who TV Movie in 1996, no episodes of Doctor Who were produced. Then in 2005, Russell T. Davies brought Doctor Who back to BBC Television and the Dark Times were over.