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7 show to check out if you love (and miss) DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

By Lauren Coates

DC's Legends of Tomorrow -- "Hey World!" -- Image Number: LGN416a_0292br.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Caity Lotz as Sara Lance/White Canary, Nick Zano as Nate Heywood/Steel and Adam Tsekhman as Agent Gary Green -- Photo: Katie Yu/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
DC's Legends of Tomorrow -- "Hey World!" -- Image Number: LGN416a_0292br.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Caity Lotz as Sara Lance/White Canary, Nick Zano as Nate Heywood/Steel and Adam Tsekhman as Agent Gary Green -- Photo: Katie Yu/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. /
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Doctor Who

Likely the most famous title on our list, our second recommendation for Legends of Tomorrow fans is the longest-running sci-fi show in television history: Doctor Who. If you somehow haven’t heard of this British juggernaut, Doctor Who follows the misadventures of The Doctor, a 900+-year-old alien who travels the galaxy seeking adventure with their human companions in a police call box-shaped time machine called the TARDIS.

(That stands for Time and Relative Dimension in Space, if you didn’t know.)

The show recently reached a new milestone when it cast the first-ever female incarnation of The Doctor – oh yeah, did we mention that every few seasons, The Doctor “regenerates” into a different actor? The most recent version of the character, Thirteen, is played by Jodie Whittaker, and her companions are Bradley Walsh (Graham), Mandip Gill (Yaz) and Tosin Cole (Ryan).

As far as similarities to Legends, Doctor Who is probably one of the biggest influences on LoT. Not only do they share an actor (Arthur Darvill played Rip Hunter on Legends and Rory Pond on Who), but Doctor Who pretty much created the monster/alien of the week format that Legends uses. Both shows also use time travel as a backdrop for comedic hijinks and social commentary – Series 11 episode ”Rosa” is a particularly compelling example of how 21st-century heroes can learn from the past.

If you’re interested in giving Doctor Who a try, you can find it on iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, or the BBC America app for Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV.

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