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Behind the Sofa (documentary series)

Behind the Sofa title card,

You may wish to consult Behind the Sofa (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

Behind the Sofa was a series of videos included in each release of The Collection Blu-ray sets featuring cast and crew members from the show watching serials from the correspondent season.

The series observes various members of the Doctor Who cast and crew - not always those limited to that specific season, and often cutting between different groups - watching a Doctor Who serial in cutdown form and reacting to it, similar to a DVD commentary track. Unlike a commentary track, however, the video is edited to feature specific moments and reactions, or cast/crew sharing specific anecdotes.

Behind the Sofa featurettes were produced for each individual serial, and have been included on each release of The Collection as of March 2024.

Cast[]

Season Boxset Couch 1 Couch 2 Couch 3
Season 2 Carole Ann Ford, Maureen O'Brien, Peter Purves Wendy Padbury, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding Bonnie Langford, Sophie Aldred
Season 8 Katy Manning, Stewart Bevan Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton Sacha Dhawan, Anjli Mohindra
Season 9 Katy Manning, Michael E. Briant Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton Wendy Padbury, Sophie Aldred
Season 10 Katy Manning, Richard Franklin, John Levene Phil Collinson, Pete McTighe, Joy Wilkinson None
Season 12 Tom Baker, Sadie Miller, Philip Hinchcliffe Louise Jameson, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton
Season 14 Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Philip Hinchcliffe Peter Purves, Sophie Aldred
Season 15 Louise Jameson, Betsan Roberts, Toby Hadoke Matthew Waterhouse, Katy Manning Colin Baker, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding
Season 17 June Hudson, Graeme Harper, Mat Irvine Colin Baker, Matthew Waterhouse Nicola Bryant, Katy Manning
Season 18 Tom Baker, June Hudson, John Leeson Wendy Padbury, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton John Leeson, Sean Chapman, Gillian Martell (K-9 and Company only)
Season 19 Sarah Sutton, Peter Davison, Janet Fielding,
Matthew Waterhouse
Mark Strickson, Sophie Aldred None
Season 20 Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Sarah Sutton Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy Katy Manning, Sophie Aldred
Season 22 Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Terry Molloy Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton Sylvester McCoy, Wendy Padbury
Season 23 Nicola Bryant, Colin Baker, Bonnie Langford Frazer Hines, Matthew Waterhouse, Mark Strickson None
Season 24 Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Sophie Aldred Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton Colin Baker, Michael Jayston
Season 25 Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred with Karen Gledhill for Remembrance of the Daleks, Sheila Hancock for The Happiness Patrol, Mark Hardy for Silver Nemesis & Jessica Martin for The Greatest Show in the Galaxy. Wendy Padbury, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding Bonnie Langford, Nicola Bryant
Season 26 Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred Anneke Wills, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton Pete McTighe, Joy Wilkinson

Series notes[]

  • In the editions included with seasons 12, 18 and 19 the opening theme for the show segued into the Doctor Who theme, however the Doctor Who theme had been digitally slowed without reducing its pitch. This is corrected as of the season 10 release, with the theme playing at the correct speed.
  • The Behind the Sofa segments included in the season 12 did not properly format the credit for Mark Ayres as Dubbing Mixer - while the credits otherwise presented the position in italics, "Dubbing Mixer" was presented in the same typeface formatting as the credited names. This error did not occur in later sets.
  • Season 12 was the only set where the BBC Worldwide logo appears in the end credits. From season 19 onward, the credits ended with the BBC Studios logo.
  • For the Season 2, 8, 17, 22 and 24 instalments, which were produced during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-22, guests were seated in their own individual chairs instead of on a sofa. There was also a plastic divider separating them, except for married couple Dhawan and Mohindra.
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