Doctor Who at the BBC Volume 2

This first release in the series of Doctor Who at the BBC releases featured a series of made-for-audio features/documentaries released by BBC Audio.

This first release narrated by Nicholas Courtney, (and later in the series Elizabeth Sladen), most entries in the series feature audio clips from numerous TV and radio interviews and parodies of Doctor Who over the years, initially involving the original series, and later moving into the revival.

Running Time: 50 minutes

Production Credits
Presented by Elisabeth Sladen Written and produced by Michael Stevens Technical presentation by Mark Ayres Consultant Andrew Pixley

Publisher Summary
Elisabeth Sladen presents another time-travelling journey through the history of Doctor Who on BBC radio and television

Our good friend the Doctor may continually jump from the past to the present and back to the future, but he’s never really gone away. Since 1963 he has had a massive influence on our popular culture – as this second volume of rare material indicates.

Doctor Who has long been a favourite source of inspiration, for comedy performances including The Mary Whitehouse Experience, I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and Dead Ringers. It has also provided an endless source of features for programmes such as Nationwide, ‘’Pebble Mill at One, Woman’s Hour and Talkback'''. All of these and more are featured here.

We hear from no less than seven of the first eight actors to play the Doctor on TV: Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann all talk about what it’s like to play the role, and the effect it has had on their lives. The Doctor’s companions are also well featured, with Elisabeth Sladen, Louise Jameson, Matthew Waterhouse and John Leeson popping up in interviews recorded during their time on the programme.

The issue of violence in Doctor Who is discussed by producer John Nathan-Turner, Kit Pedler and some very angry parents; director Paul Joyce takes us behind the scenes on the series; and there’s a plethora of news items about the Doctor’s many returns since 1989. So hold on to your hats – the latest journey starts here!

CD 1 Track Listings

 * Injury Time, BBC Radio 4, 27th July 1982
 * Featuring Jimmy Mulville


 * Blue Peter, BBC 1, 27th November 1967
 * Featuring Valerie Singleton, Peter Purves, John Noakes


 * Mary Whitehouse’s Best Experience So Far, BBC Radio 1, 6th October 1990
 * Featuring Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis


 * Talkbalk, BBC 1, 6th September 1967
 * Featuring David Coleman, Kit Pedler


 * Newsbeat, BBC Radio 1, March 1989
 * Featuring Jon Pertwee, Stuart Maisner


 * Newsbeat, BBC Radio 1, 14th May 1996
 * Featuring Terry Nation, Geoffrey Sax, Andrew Eaton


 * I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, BBC Radio 4, 4th December 1993
 * Featuring Humphrey Lyttelton, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Willie Rushton, Graeme Garden


 * Newsbeat, Radio 1, 26th September 2003
 * Featuring Dominick Byrne, David Bickerstaff, Terry Malloy


 * Wavelength, BBC Radio 4, 20th September 1984
 * Featuring Patrick Troughton


 * BBC news, BBC Radio 4, circa 29th March 1987


 * Simon Bates, BBC radio, March 1992
 * Featuring Simon Bates, Jon Pertwee


 * Radio Lives, BBC Radio 4, 31st October 1996
 * Featuring Tenniel Evans, Peter Bryant, Ingeborg Pertwee, Daniel Pertwee


 * Wogan’s World, BBC Radio 4, 9th March 1975
 * Featuring Terry Wogan, Elisabeth Sladen


 * Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4, 26th January 1977
 * Featuring Sue MacGregor, Tom Baker


 * Nationwide, BBC 1, 26th October 1976
 * Featuring Bob Welling, Tom Baker, Louise Jameson


 * Pebble Mill at One, BBC 1 May 1977
 * Featuring Danny McLeod, Tom Baker, Louise Jameson


 * Playground, BBC Radio 1, 23rd October 1980
 * Featuring David Rider, Matthew Waterhouse


 * Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4, 28th December 1981
 * Featuring Tony Barnfield, John Leeson


 * Dead Ringers, BBC Radio 4,27th April 2001
 * Featuring Jon Culshaw, Tom Baker


 * Dead Ringers, BBC Radio 4, 13th July 2000
 * Featuring Jon Culshaw

CD 2 Track Listings

 * The John Dunn Show, Radio 2, 5th September 1980
 * Featuring John Dunn, Tom Baker


 * Wogan’s World, BBC radio 4, 9th March 1975
 * Featuring Terry Wogan, Elisabeth Sladen


 * Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4, 26th January 1977
 * Featuring Sue MacGregor, Tom Baker


 * The Robbie Vincent Show, BBC Radio London, November 1983
 * Featuring Robbie Vincent, John Nathan-Turner


 * View from the Boundary, BBC Radio 4, 20th August 1994
 * Featuring Vic Marks, Peter Davison


 * Wavelength, BBC Radio 4, 20th September 1984
 * Featuring Andy Peebles, Colin Baker


 *  'Round Midnight, BBC Radio 2, 14th December 1988
 * Featuring Brian Mathew, Sylvester McCoy


 * Movies & Shakers, BBC Radio Scotland, 1 November 1996
 * Featuring Siobhan Synnot, Paul McGann


 * Today, BBC Radio 4, 27th September 2003
 * Featuring Sarah Montague, Jon Humphrys, John Lytle, Clayton Hickman


 * Nationwide, BBC 1, 13th May 1976
 * Featuring Michael Barratt


 * I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, BBC Radio 4, December 1987
 * Featuring Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden