2. The Impact on Popular Culture

The series has influenced on popular culture of Great Britain and the world. Many of its elements are recognizable even by people who have not watched the show.

1. Daleks. An absolute evil

The Daleks were created by the writer Terry Neyshenom and the design was invented by the designer Raymond Cusick BBC. They appeared in December 1963 in the second series of "Doctor Who", known as «Daleks».

They immediately got a huge hit with viewers appearing throughout the series as well as being one of the main characters in the two films of the 1960s. They have become synonymous in the same series "Doctor Who" as well as the doctor, and their behaviour and the famous phrase “Exterminate!” has become a part of British popular culture.

"Hiding behind the sofa as soon as there are far" is cited as an element of British cultural identity, but a survey in 2008 showed that 9 out of 10 British children were able to identify the remote correctly. In 1999, Daleks appeared on postage stamps dedicated to the popular culture of Britain. In 2010, the readers of science fiction magazine SFX voted for the Dalek as the greatest monsters of all times, ahead of Japanese film Godzilla and the hero of Tolkien's Gollum from "The Lord of the Rings."

The word "Dalek" has been included in major English dictionaries, including the "Oxford English Dictionary", which defines it as a "type of robot that appears in the" Doctor Who, "the science-fiction television program, BBC, that is used metaphorically." The word is sometimes used metaphorically to describe people usually in power who act like robots, unable to move away from the inherent program.

2.2. Music culture. Timelord rock

The series has had a huge impact on music culture. Since the series' renewal on BBC, a genre has developed under the name 'Trock' (a term created by YouTuber and (at the time) unsigned musician Alex Day, aka Nerimon) meaning Timelord Rock.

Propagated mainly via the Internet on sites such as YouTube Trock songs include references to the show's theme tune as well as to the characters and plots from the show. The American Trock band, Time Crash, also produces music exclusively related to the characters, episodes, and plot lines of the show releasing their first EP in August, 2012.

But the most famous is the Trock band Chameleon Circuit - British rock band, formed in August, 2008. The distinctive feature of the team is the theme song: both released to Chameleon Circuit album devoted to the "Doctor Who."

Their debut album, Chameleon Circuit, which coincides with the name of the band, was released on June 1, 2009. In early 2011, the work began on a second album, Still Got Legs, which was released on July 12, 2011. At the moment, the band consists of five members, each of whom is an active YouTube-blogger and a fan of Doctor Who.

Coming up with the concept of Chameleon Circuit, frontman Alex Day has been inspired by the passage of Wizard rock. The adherents of these musical writing songs were based on the book series of the universe of Harry Potter. Alex hit on the idea to create such a group, but in the format of the popular British television series "Doctor Who." The newly formed genre was called timelord rock.

“Pink Floyd” have been big fans of the series and even called their stage equipment "Daleks." In their song "One of These Days" you can hear a fragment of the main theme of the show.