The Doctor Who Years: The Seventies (documentary)

 was the second episode of The Doctor Who Years, a three-part musical documentary series charting the history of the "Classic Series" of Doctor Who.

It was released on the Doctor Who website on 8 April 2005.

The style and format of the documentary was based on the BBC television series The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1984-94). It featured clips and images from every Doctor Who story, in chronological order, as well as various promotional appearances, merchandise and newspaper clippings, accompanied with tongue-in-cheek captions and scored with pop music from the UK Singles Chart at the time.

Initially it was only available to stream in RealPlayer (.ram) format, then on 6 July 2005 it was made avalable in a second format, Windows Media Video (.wmv), after a website visitor survey in which RealPlayer was heavily criticised.

Lost episodes
Black-and-white clips from The Ambassadors of Death, The Mind of Evil & Invasion of the Dinosaurs were especially colourised for this documentary, whilst production photos were used to illustrate Shada.

Other material featured
Other clips featured were:
 * BBC1 ident from 1972.
 * Blue Peter TX: 25 October 1971 & TX: 5 November 1973.
 * Looking In: Behind the Scenes TX: 7 November 1972.
 * Nationwide TX: 22 June 1973, TX: 31 December 1976 & TX: 22 November 1978.
 * Pebble Mill at One TX: 21 December 1973 & TX: 31 March 1977.
 * Billy Smart's Children's Circus TX: 6 January 1974.
 * BBC Points West TX: 21 November 1974.
 * Swap Shop TX: 2 October 1976.
 * The Lively Arts: Whose Doctor Who TX: 3 April 1977.
 * Top of the Pops TX: 31 December 1978.

Press clippings featured were:
 * "Who's the girl? That's The Doctor's..."
 * "Who girl bows out", Daily Mirror, 23 October 1976.
 * "I'll wear the trousers - Dr Who's new girl"
 * Radio Times covers from 3-9 January 1970, 2-8 January 1971, 1-7 January 1972, 30 December 1972-5 January 1973 & 15-21 December 1973.

Images of the following pieces of merchandise - The Making of Doctor Who, TV Action No. 71 (24 June 1972), the first three Target Books: Doctor Who and the Daleks, Doctor Who and the Zarbi & Doctor Who and the Crusaders, and the Radio Times Doctor Who Special.

Music list

 * "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse
 * "Come And Get It" by Badfinger
 * "Don’t Cry Daddy" by Elvis Presley
 * "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkle
 * "Spirit In The Sky" by Norman Greenbaum
 * "The Pushbike Song" by The Mixtures
 * "No Matter What" by Badfinger
 * "Rose Garden" by Lynn Anderson
 * "Brown Sugar" by The Rolling Stones
 * "Another Day" by Paul McCartney
 * "Solely, Solely" by Middle Of The Road
 * "I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" by The New Seekers
 * "Son Of My Father" by Chicory Chip
 * "Meet Me On The Corner" by Lindisfarne
 * "Without You" by Nilsson
 * "Metal Guru" by T. Rex
 * "One And One Is One" by Medicine Head
 * "Blockbuster" by The Sweet
 * "Part Of The Union" by The Strawbs
 * "Power To All Our Friends" by Cliff Richard
 * "See My Baby Jive" by Wizzard
 * "Giving It All Away" by Roger Daltrey
 * "Daydreamer" by David Cassidy
 * "The Ballroom Blitz" by The Sweet
 * "Dyna-Mite" by Mud
 * "Roll Away The Stone" by Mott The Hoople
 * "Devil Gate Drive" by Suzi Quatro
 * "The Air That I Breathe" by The Hollies
 * "Spiders & Snakes" by Jim Stafford
 * "Gonna Make You A Star" by David Essex
 * "Down Down" by Status Quo
 * "Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth" by Sparks
 * "Now I’m Here" by Queen
 * "Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)" by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
 * "Bye, Bye Baby" by Bay City Rollers
 * "The Last Farewell" by Roger Whittaker
 * "S.O.S." by ABBA
 * "Love Is The Drug" by Roxy Music
 * "Golden Years" by David Bowie
 * "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
 * "No Regrets" by The Walker Brothers
 * "Don’t Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John & Kiki Dee
 * "Under The Moon Of Love" by Showaddywaddy
 * "Living Next Door To Alice" by Smokie
 * "Couldn’t Get It Right" by Climax Blues Band
 * "Don’t Leave Me This Way" by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
 * "When I Need You" by Leo Sayer
 * "Rockaria!" by Electric Light Orchestra
 * "2-4-6-8 Motorway" by The Tom Robinson Band
 * "Show You The Way To Go" by The Jacksons
 * "How Deep Is Your Love?" by Bee Gees
 * "Daddy Cool" by Darts
 * "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon
 * "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty
 * "Figaro" by Brotherhood Of Man
 * "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush
 * "The Rivers Of Babylon" by Boney M
 * "Summer Nights" by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
 * "I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper" by Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip
 * "Dr Who" by Mankind
 * "Oliver’s Army" by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
 * "Don’t Stop Me Now" by Queen
 * "Video Killed The Radio Star" by Buggles
 * "Are 'Friends' Electric?" by Tubeway Army
 * "Message In A Bottle" by The Police
 * "Since You’ve Been Gone" by Rainbow
 * "I Only Want To Be With You" by The Tourists
 * "Another Brick In The Wall" by Pink Floyd
 * "I Don’t Like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats