Seasons & episodes

Comparing and contrasting locations used in the story during production with how they appear today. Narrated by Geoffrey Palmer.

A fascinating featurette explaining how the story was restored to its present glory using a combination of black and white film prints, off-air American Betamax video recordings and modern video processing technology. Narrated by IT Williams.

A look at an extraordinary era of musical experimentation within Doctor Who, with special emphasis on the musical scores for Doctor Who and the Silurians and The Sea Devils. Featuring producer Barry Letts, composer Mark Ayres and directors Timothy Combe, Christopher Barry and Michael Briant, with an archive appearance from Radiophonic composer Malcolm Clarke.

Ever thought about joining UNIT, even with the high death count?

A documentary showing how the socio-political climate of the late 1960s helped shape this Doctor Who story. Featuring director Timothy Combe, producer Barry Letts, script editor Terrance Dicks, actors Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney and Peter Miles, new series writer Paul Cornell and former MP Roy Hattersley. Narrated by Geoffrey Palmer.

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Cast and crew look back at the making of the story. With actors Katy Manning, Paul Grist, Bernard Holley and Derek Ware, director Michael Ferguson, co-writer Bob Baker, script editor Terrance Dicks.

Actors Katy Manning and John Levene take a personal trip back to the picturesque village of Aldbourne, 50 years after they recorded the Doctor Who story The Daemons there.

Michael Ferguson, the director of The Claws of Axos, talks about his memories of working on the story in this 15-minute documentary.

S0 · E833IMC Needs You! - The Making of Colony in Space 2011-10-03 · 25 min＋

Cast and crew look back at the making of the story. With Katy Manning, Bernard Kay, Michael Briant, Barry Letts, Terrance Dicks and Graeme Harper.

A new documentary about the making of Terror of the Autons. Actors Katy Manning and Richard Franklin, both of whom made their debuts in this story, recount the production with the help of Jon Pertwee (through an archive interview), Script Editor Terrance Dicks and Producer Barry Letts who, along with new series Producer Phil Collinson, discuss how the series' production regimes differed between the new series and the old.

S0 · E835Now & Then: The Locations of The Claws of Axos 2005-04-25 · 7 min＋

A look back at the Dungeness locations used in 1970 for the recording of this story, comparing and contrasting them to how they appear nearly 35 years later. Narrated by Katy Manning.

The latest in our long-running series visits the filming locations used in the story to see how they have changed over the years.

S0 · E837Plastic Fantastic 1971-01-25 · 11 min＋

How did the writers of Doctor Who and other programmes take something as everyday as plastic and turn it against us? With writers Francesca Gavin, Robert Shearman and new series designer Matthew Savage.

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The cast and crew took back at the making of the story. With actors Katy Manning, Richard Franklin and Damaris Hayman, director Christopher Barry, producer and co-writer Barry Letts, script editor Terrance Dicks and assistant floor manager Sue Hedden. Narrated by Hannah Lucas.

Doctor Who directors Michael Briant, Graeme Harper and Tim Combe take an epic road trip to all the filming locations from Season 8 as they discuss directing the show in the early 1970s.

S0 · E841The Doctor's Moriarty 2011-05-09 · 19 min＋

With the introduction of the Master, the Doctor now had his very own Moriarty, who would be the dark figure behind every story in Season 8, and many more beyond that. This documentary discusses the enduring appeal of the character. With actor Katy Manning, producer Barry Letts, script editors Terrance Dicks and Christopher H. Bidmead and writers Robert Shearman and Joe Lidster.

Shot back in 2009 on location at Dover Castle, this look at the making of the story is made unexpectedly poignant by the appearance of Nicholas Courtney and Barry Letts, who both passed away in the intervening years. Featuring actors Nicholas Courtney, Pik-Sen Lim and Fernanda Marlowe, director Timothy Combe, producer Barry Letts and script editor Terrance Dicks. Narrated by Cameron McEwan.

Peter Day Interview

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S0 · E846Reverse Standards Conversion: The Axon Legacy 2005-04-25 · 11 min＋

A 10-minute documentary which looks at the restoration of this story for DVD. How did NTSC colour videotapes supplied to Canada in the 1970s enable this story to be released completely in colour?

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