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Brian Cox tests the Doctor – The Science of Doctor Who preview – BBC Two

As you may already know from the trailer, Brian Cox takes a trip with the Doctor and challenges the science of the TARDIS.

For one night only, Professor Brian Cox takes an audience of celebrity guests, including Charles Dance and Rufus Hound, and members of the public on a journey into the wonderful universe of the Doctor, from the lecture hall of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Drawing on the latest theories as well as 200 years of scientific discoveries and the genius of Einstein, Brian tries to answer the classic questions raised by the Doctor – can you really travel in time? Does extra-terrestrial life exist in our galaxy? And how do you build something as fantastical as the TARDIS?
Credits

Presenter Brian Cox

Participant Matt Smith

Executive Producer Andrew Cohen

Producer Milla Harrison-Hansley

Participants: Charles Dance, Rufus Hound, Al-Khalili, Dallas Campbell

Broadcasts

BBC Two Thu 14 Nov 2013 21:00 and Fri 22 Nov 2013 23:05

 

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