Happy 55th Birthday To Doctor Who

Happy 55th Birthday To Doctor Who

A very brief post today, but some sizeable videos to watch as as compensation.

In this anniversary week for 'Doctor Who' we've tried doing something a little different to our usual approach of doing one TV story per Doctor, as it gets a bit predictable once you get to Paul McGann.

Instead we've taken at look at three documentaries in the form of 'Whose Doctor Who' (1977), 'The Making Of Doctor Who' (1988) and the extended release of 'Thirty Years In The TARDIS' (1993).
These all take very different approaches to their subject matter, with arguably the best result being the one made when the show had been off the air for nearly four years.

But we applaud the honesty of the 1988 one, which gives a hint of the pressue the production team were under just to complete 'Silver Nemesis' and maybe these days there would be a few cuts requested from the people responsible for publicity.

And it's odd to see how in 1977, we're in a period where the phrase "fans of 'Doctor Who'" doesn't necessarily mean people who have heard of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society.

Taken on their own terms they are all interesting historical documents, of course, but doing them in order illustrates how attitudes to the show ebbed and flowed over the intervening years.

But the colour for monsters is, and always will be, definitely green!

Our video about 'Whose Doctor Who ' can be seen here.

Warren joins us to talk about 'The Making Of Doctor Who' here.

And you can see us tackling 'More Than 30 Years In The TARDIS' here.

Happy Anniversary 'Doctor Who' - you're looking good on it!

(Written by Andrew Trowbridge)