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RE: "Hmmm, a robot dog and a phone booth that is a time travel machine" Close but no cigar. It is a police call box. Bill and Ted (Excellent Adventure & Bogus Journey) were the ones who travelled in a phone box. As to the robot dog, he got pensioned off years ago. The Dr boxed him up and sent him to South Croydon (a London suburb) where he attempted his own spin off series. Unfortunately this only got as far as the pilot episode, which is a shame because although "K9 & Co" was total crap, it's human star was Elisabeth Sladen, and that is a good enough reason to watch it in my opinion.
And remember, you Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr Who for the re-emergence of your own Star Trek. They ripped off so many ideas from Dr Who that I doubt if the new series (next generation etc) would have run more than a few episodes without Dr Who to plunder for ideas.
RE: "my brother's favourite, Red Dwarf" And without that to rip off wholesale, there would never have been "Star Trek Voyager".
Also If you are looking at British Sci Fi, don't forget our 70's radio serial "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy". Movie version in your local film theater now.
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