Doctor Who continues to show some Americans not familiar with it, just how great it is. That in 2013 it begins its Golden Anniversary year notwithstanding, the shows rise in popularity here since its return in 2005 after a sixteen-year hiatus has been nothing but not surprising long-time fans like me, who've been watching the show since 1980 when my local PBS station in Chicago, WTTW, was airing it. This past summer, Matt Smith (the current Doctor) and the series graced the cover of Entertainment Weekly, the premier and largest read magazine dealing with pop culture, TV and the movie industry in the United States. It was the first time that has happened in the magazines 22 year history.
Now the series will grace the upcoming issue of the 60 year-old stalwart TV Guide Magazine, as it was victorious in the magazine's third annual "Fan Favorites" cover contest (last years winner was the NBC comedy series Community, which has a parody of Doctor Who called Inspector Spacetime).
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