Whose Doctor Who | |
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Genre | Fantasy Arts documentary |
Directed by | Tony Cash |
Starring | Melvyn Bragg, Tom Baker |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 1 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Tony Cash |
Camera setup | Philip Bonham-Carter |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | BBC2 |
Picture format | 4:3 Ratio |
Audio format | Monaural |
Original airing | 3 April 1977 |
Chronology | |
Related shows | Doctor Who |
Whose Doctor Who (a.k.a. 'Whose Dr. Who') was a one-off, 60 minute film documentary, broadcast as part of the BBC's The Lively Arts series strand. It was originally televised on Sunday, April 3, 1977, on BBC2. The programme is made on film, with location interviews.[1]
The programme was the first in-depth documentary chronicling the long-running BBC TV series Doctor Who, being first broadcast the day after the final episode of the show's fourteenth season was transmitted on BBC1. Introduced by Melvyn Bragg, the show featured many clips from episodes of the show transmitted to date, along with interviews of cast and fans, including families, children, students, teachers, psychologists and educationalists. Tom Baker and outgoing producer Philip Hinchcliffe both contributed interviews, while behind-the-scenes footage of the recording of The Talons of Weng-Chiang (the most recently broadcast adventure) from rehearsals and pre-production planning, were included.
The show was never repeated on the BBC, but has been included on both the original and 'special edition' DVD releases of The Talons of Weng-Chiang.
The programme was produced and directed by Tony Cash, with Bill Morton as Executive Producer.
Clips featured in the documentary came from the following Dr. Who episodes: The Web Planet, The Seeds of Death, Doctor Who and the Silurians*, Genesis of the Daleks, An Unearthly Child, The Three Doctors, Robot, Terror of the Zygons, The Daleks, The Mind Robber, Planet of the Spiders, The Time Warrior, The Claws of Axos*, The Invasion, The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Spearhead from Space, Terror of the Autons*, The Hand of Fear, The Seeds of Doom, Pyramids of Mars, The Monster of Peladon, Day of Reckoning, The Krotons, The Space Museum, The Brain of Morbius, The Zarbi, The Time Monster*, The Dæmons, The Waking Ally, Planet of the Daleks, The Face of Evil, Four Hundred Dawns and The Final Phase.
'*'Clips included from these episodes were shown in monochrome, despite the original episode being produced in colour.