The Hartnell Years

The Hartnell Years was a video containing rare episodes from William Hartnell's time as the doctor, it was presented by Sylvester McCoy and contained the following episodes:

The Pilot Episode (Unbroadcast, edited)

The Crusade 3: The Wheel of Fortune (Later re-released when part 1:the lion was discovered)

The Celestial Toymaker 4: The Final Test (Missing "next episode" caption, this was reconstructed for the DVD released)

The arrangement of the Doctor Who theme used for this and succeeding Years releases was originally arranged by Keff McCulloch for the 1989 album Doctor Who: Variations on a Theme.

The video was classified U (in the UK) and G (in Australia).It was released on 3/06/1991 in the UK, later in the year in the America and on 6/05/1992 in Australia.

Six similar videos were later released up to 1994, they were: The Troughton Years, The Pertwee Years, Daleks: The Early Years, Cybermen: The Early Years, The Tom Baker Years and The Colin Baker Years. In 1993 the BBC refused to fund production of The Davison Years and The McCoy Years.