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"Whose Doctor Who" (a.k.a. 'Whose Dr. Who') is a 60-minute television documentary, (part of the
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's ''The Lively Arts'' series) which was first transmitted on Sunday, 3 April 1977, on
BBC 2. It was produced and directed by Tony Cash; Bill Morton was Executive Producer.
Melvyn Bragg presented the episode.
Format
The programme was the first in-depth documentary chronicling the long-running
BBC TV
BBC Television is a service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the terms of a royal charter, since 1927. It produced television programmes from its own studios from 19 ...
series ''
Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast the day after the airing of the sixth part of ''
The Talons of Weng-Chiang
''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'' is the sixth and final serial of the 14th season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 26 February to 2 April 1977. In the seria ...
'', which closed off the fourteenth season of the show. The programme features numerous clips from episodes of ''Doctor Who'', along with interviews of cast and fans, including families, children, students, teachers, psychologists and educationalists.
Tom Baker
Thomas Stewart Baker (born 20 January 1934) is an English actor and writer. He is well known for his portrayal of the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' from 1974 to 1981.Scott, Danny. (1 ...
and outgoing producer
Philip Hinchcliffe
Philip Michael Hinchcliffe (born October 1944) is a retired English television producer, screenwriter and script editor. After graduating from Cambridge University, he began his career as a writer and script editor at Associated Television befo ...
both contributed interviews. Behind-the-scenes footage showed the recording of ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'', as well as rehearsals and pre-production planning.
It included many clips from past ''Doctor Who'' stories dating back to the first serial, ''
An Unearthly Child
''An Unearthly Child'' (sometimes referred to as ''100,000 BC'') is the first serial of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC TV in four weekly parts from 23 November to 14 December 1963 ...
'', which aired in 1963. These include footage from ''
Galaxy Four'' and ''
The Invasion'', which no longer exist in their entirety. Clips included from these episodes were shown from 16mm film copies, the original videotapes having been
wiped
Lost television broadcasts are mostly those early television programs which cannot be accounted for in studio archives (or in personal archives) usually because of deliberate destruction or neglect.
Common reasons for loss
A significant prop ...
. The use of the ''Galaxy Four'' clip from episode 1 ("Four Hundred Dawns") ensured that this remains the only surviving footage of that episode, and was for many years thought to be only surviving footage from the serial as a whole until the full episode 3 ("Air Lock") was recovered in 2011. See also
''Doctor Who'' missing episodes.
Merchandising
The show was never repeated on the BBC, but has been included on both the original and special DVD releases of ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang''.
On 1 November 2023, the documentary, along with all of Classic Doctor Who, was added to
BBC iPlayer under the Whoniverse section.
Follow-up documentary
In 2020, to coincide with the release of the original documentary on Blu-ray, a new documentary was commissioned as a bonus for the disc set, entitled "Whose Doctor Who Revisited". This was introduced by fan
Toby Hadoke
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. Several contributors to the original documentary reviewed and reminisced the original interviews.
1977 British television episodes
BBC television documentaries
English-language television shows
Works about Doctor Who
Documentary films about television
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