The Pertwee Years



The Pertwee Years was a video showcasing episodes from Jon Pertwee's time as the Doctor. It was presented by Jon Pertwee and contained the following full episodes:

as well as clips from Spearhead from Space, Blue Peter, The doctor Who celebration at longleat, The Five Doctors and title sequence tests.
 * Inferno, Episode 7 (full stroy released in 1994)
 * Frontier in Space, Episode 6 ( full stroy released in 1995)
 * The Dæmons, Episode 5 (Black and white telerecording, later colourized and released in full in 1993)

Behind the scenes

 * This was the third of a series of videos produced by John Nathan-Turner intended to release rare episodes and incomplete seriels, as well as interveiws and other extras that wouldn't have seen a video release at the time.
 * All British releases were handled by BBC Worldwide, Australasian releases by Polygram and American releases by CBS/Fox
 * The video was classified U (in the UK) and PG for 'Low Level Violence and Adult Themes' in Australia.
 * It was released on 02/03/1992 in the UK, later that year in the America and on 20/10/1992 in Australia.
 * The arrangement of the Doctor Who theme used for this and Years releases was originally arranged by Keff McCulloch for the 1989 album Doctor Who: Variations on a Theme.
 * The link for Inferno was later included on the DVD.
 * More of the Blue Peter fotage was later released on the The Three Doctors DVD.

Six similar videos were also released up to 1994, they were
 * The Hartnell Years
 * The Troughton Years
 * Daleks: The Early Years
 * Cybermen: The Early Years
 * The Tom Baker Years
 * The Colin Baker Years

In 1993 the BBC refused to fund production of The Davison Years and The McCoy Years.

thumb|300px|right|Part one of Jon Pertwees specaly recorded links.

thumb|300px|right|Part two of Jon Pertwees specally recorded links