Surviving Doctor Who - an A-Z

 was a two part radio program originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra as part of The 7th Dimension and then released on BBC Sounds. Created and presented by Toby Hadoke, the two episodes defined one word or short phrase for each letter of the alphabet, providing relevant facts and information for each. Toby Hadoke also acts as the announcer for BBC Radio 4 Extra. As such, he introduced the program himself. Hadoke also produced a brief trailer for the program which he shared on his Twitter account.

Episode 1

 * Anticipointment
 * Hadoke defined this term as the condition experienced when one's love of something is twinged with a feeling of dread and talks about how pessimistic Doctor Who fans can be.


 * Broken
 * How the Doctor's TARDIS is broken, stuck as a police box, and how this represents how Doctor Who isn't about people who are perfect but instead about someones who's a "shambles".


 * Cliffhangers
 * Cliffhangers and how everyone has their favourite.


 * Diddly-dum
 * The Doctor Who theme tune.


 * Exterminate
 * The Daleks and their fame.


 * Facts
 * A few of Toby Hadoke's favourite facts. Namely, that was originally supposed to design the Daleks, that a clip of The Beatles from a Top of the Pops episode that is now otherwise lost media was used in an episode of The Chase, that The Mutants is mentioned in ' by Salman Rushdie, that the person who punched  on ' composed some music used in The Edge of Destruction, and that Esmond Knight was a high-end guest star in The Space Pirates but that no-one knows what his character looked like due to the episodes in question being missing and no photos being known to exist.


 * Grotesque 7
 * About how Grotesque 7 was the font used in the original end credits of Doctor Who which was later replaced by other fonts such as Futura Bold and Formula 1. Hadoke describes how the credits used to scroll a lot slower in older TV and complains that the current practice of scrolling the credits quickly and speaking over the ending music is "the start of the cultural apocalypse and the final nail in humanity's coffin".


 * Hanky-panky
 * Doctor Who's old rule of "no hanky-panky in the TARDIS" and how this has been broken.


 * I think you'll find
 * How Doctor Who fans enjoy correcting mistakes. Hadoke specificially highlights how someone likely has already contacted him to tell him that the font "Grotesque 13" was actually used for the end credits, not "Grotesque 7". Hadoke explains how this is a common misconception and that, while "Grotesque 13" is the closest electronic font, "Grotesque 7" was the actual analogue font used.


 * Jokes
 * Doctor Who's sense of humour.


 * Kennedy, John F.
 * How John F. Kennedy was assassinated the day before the first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast. Hadoke notes how this fact often suprises the "not we" (people who aren't fans of Doctor Who).


 * Lists
 * How Doctor Who fans like producing lists.


 * Missing episodes
 * How Doctor Who has many missing episodes, how episodes have been returned, how reconstructions have been produced and how the missing status of some stories has helped Hadoke to appreciate them more.

Episode 2
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Episodes used
Audio clips were used from a number of Doctor Who stories. From episode 1, these were: From episode 2, these were:
 * The Greatest Show in the Galaxy - used to introduce "anticipointment".
 * The Trial of a Time Lord - used to introduce "Grotesque 7".
 * The Time Warrior - used to introduce "jokes".
 * The Enemy of the World - used to introduce "missing".

to be added

Credits

 * Written and presented by Toby Hadoke
 * With thanks to Peter Ware and John Deer
 * Producers - Luke Doran and Moy Magaran

Broadcasts
Episode 1 was originally broadcast at 12:45 am on 18 November on BBC Radio 4 Extra. It was later repeated at 4:45 pm, again on BBC Radio 4 Extra, on the same day.

Episode 2 was broadcast similarly the next day, first at 12:45 am on 19 November on BBC Radio 4 Extra and then again at 4:45 pm on BBC Radio 4 Extra on the same day.

BBC Sounds
Both episodes were released onto BBC Sounds after their first broadcast. This release of episode 1, however, suffered from a few issues. Firstly, the final few minutes of the previous program, Maleficium by, were included at the start of the episode (the episode actually starts at around 3:17). Secondly, the end of the episode was clipped off, causing the episode to end abruptly mid-sentence near the end of "missing episode". This was due to the previous program overruning. Episode 2 did not experience any similar issues.

Both episodes were available on BBC Sounds for 30 days after their original broadcast.