The Cold War (documentary)

The Cold War was a BBC documentary on the making of Attack of the Cybermen and was produced by 2|entertain for its DVD release. It focused on the re-imagining Doctor Who for the new season, and consists of interviews with the crew.

People interviewed

 * Eric Saward
 * Matthew Robinson
 * Ian Levine
 * Godfrey Johnson
 * Colin Baker
 * Nicola Bryant
 * Terry Molloy
 * Sarah Berger

Subjects Covered

 * Establishing the Sixth Doctor
 * Changing the format from 25 minutes to 45 minutes and the return to the Saturday evening slot
 * Bringing the Cybermen together
 * The confusion of Paula Moore's true identity, including initially considering bringing back Gerry Davis and Ian Levine's claims to have written the story (which Eric Saward denied)
 * Linking the story to previous Cybermen stories, notably The Tomb of the Cybermen (then a missing story), Cybermen in the Thames (The Invasion), making the story a prequel to The Tenth Planet
 * Complications of the story's themes
 * Bring back the 76 Totter's Lane junkyard (last seen in An Unearthly Child) and Lytton (last seen in Resurrection of the Daleks)
 * Bringing back director Matthew Robinson, having previously worked on Resurrection of the Daleks
 * Casting the guest characters
 * Location filming for the story, including post-production editing on the Telos scenes to give the impression of an alien landscape
 * The creation of the Cryons, which were originally written as a male species but changed to female at the suggestion of Matthew Robinson
 * Studio filming of the story, which took place at BBC Television Centre
 * The story's criticisms for its violent content
 * The cast and crew's reflection of the story