The Rise and Fall of Gallifrey (documentary)

The Rise and Fall of Gallifrey is a BBC documentary exploring the history of the Time Lords. It was included on the DVD of The Invasion of Time and is comprised of interviews with the crew.

Doctor Who Classic Series DVD documentaries

For the purposes of this list, a "DVD documentary" is one made especially for the Classic Series DVD range. For this reason, things like studio recordings, film trims/inserts and other documentaries featured on DVD releases are not included below.

First Doctor DVD releases

Creation of the Daleks • Doctor Who: Origins • Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction" • Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS • Masters of Sound • The Sets of Marinus • Remembering The Aztecs • Designing The Aztecs • Restoring The Aztecs • Looking for Peter • Vision On • Secret Voices of the Sense Sphere • Don't Lose Your Head • Robespierre's Domain: Animated Backgrounds Tour • Rediscovering the Urge to Live • Future Memories • Future Visions • Talking Daleks • Script to Screen • Mounting The Rescue • What has "The Romans" ever done for us? • Roma Parva • Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series? • Tales of Isop • Defending the Museum • My Grandfather, the Doctor • The Thrill of The Chase • Cusick in Cardiff • Last Stop White City • Daleks! Conquer and Destroy • Daleks! Beyond the Screen • Shawcraft: The Original Monster Makers • Enter +++ Enter +++ Zero +++ Stop • The Time Meddler Restoration: Before & After • One Hit Wonder • Riverside Story • All's Wells That Ends Wells • The End of the Line? • WOTAN Assembly • Frozen Out • Companion Piece • The Golden Age

Second Doctor DVD releases

Servants and Masters • A Fishy Tale • The Television Centre of the Universe: Part Two • Lunar Landing • The Lost Giants • The Curse of the Cybermen's Tomb • Cybermen: Extended Edition • The Magic of VidFIRE • The Tomb of the Cybermen: Remastering for DVD • Cold Fusion • Beneath the Ice: Animating the Ice Warriors • Treasures Lost and Found • Recovering the Past: The Search for "The Enemy of the World" • Remembering Deborah Watling • Recharge and Equalise • The Fact of Fiction • Highlander: The Jamie McCrimmon Story • Evolution of The Invasion • Flash Frames: Reanimating The Invasion • Love Off-Air • Character Design • Second Time Around: The Troughton Years • Lords of the Red Planet • Sssowing the Ssseedsss: Musings on being an Ice Warrior • Michael Ferguson's Monster Masterclass • Monsters who Came Back for More! • War Zone: The End of an Era • Time Zones: The Truth behind "The War Games" • Shades of Grey • The Doctor's Composer: Part One, 1964-69 • Talking about Regeneration • Sylvia James: In Conversation

Third Doctor DVD releases

Down to Earth • Regenerations: From Black and White to Colour • What Lies Beneath • Going Underground • Colour Silurian Overlay • Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation • Mars Probe 7 • Can You Hear the Earth Scream? • The UNIT Family: Part One • Hadoke v Havoc • Being David Burton • Life on Earth • The Doctor's Moriarty • Plastic Fantastic • The Military Mind • Axon Stations! • Living with Levene • Reverse Standards Conversion: The Axon Legacy • IMC Needs You! • The Devil Rides Out • Remembering Barry Letts • Blasting the Past • A View from the Gallery • The Making of Day of the Daleks: Special Edition • The UNIT Family: Part Two • The UNIT Dating Conundrum • The Cheating Memory • The Peladon Saga: Part One, The Markets & the Miners • Warriors of Mars • Jon and Katy • Hello Sailor! • Mutt Mad • Race Against Time • Dressing Doctor Who: James Acheson • Between Now... and Now!: Science and "The Time Monster" • The Time Monster: Restoration Comparison • Happy Birthday to Who • Was Doctor Who Rubbish? • Destroy All Monsters! • The A to Z of Gadgets & Gizmos • Mary Celeste and other Maritime Mysteries • The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers • The Space War • Roger Delgado: The Master • The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams • The Rumble in the Jungle • Multi-colourisation • The One with the Maggots • Stewart Bevan Interview • Robert Sloman Interview • Visual Effects • Beginning the End • People, Power and Puppetry • Beneath the City of the Exxilons • On the Set of Dr Who and the Daleks • The Peladon Saga: Part Two, The Monsters & the Monarchs • The Final Curtain • John Kane Remembers Planet of the Spiders

Fourth Doctor DVD releases

Are Friends Electric? • The Tunnel Effect • A New Frontier • Roger Murray-Leach Interview • Built for War: The Sontaran Story • Genesis of a Classic • The Dalek Tapes • The Tin Men and the Witch • Cheques, Lies and Videotape • Interview with the Time Lord • Scotch Mist in Sussex • Remembering Douglas Camfield • The UNIT Family: Part Three • A Darker Side • Planetary Performance: Acting in Doctor Who • Hidden Hinchcliffe • Osirian Gothic • Serial Thrillers • The Village that Came to Life • Life After Who: Philip Hinchcliffe • Getting a Head • Designs on Karn • The Brain of Morbius Set Tour • A letter to Robert Holmes • Podshock • Playing in the Green Cathedral • So What Do You Do Exactly? • The Secret of the Labyrinth • Bigger on the Inside • Beneath the Masque of "The Mask of Mandragora" • Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who • The Matrix Revisited • The Gallifreyan Candidate • The Frighten Factor • Into the Wild • The Sandmine Murders • Robophobia • The Last Hurrah • Moving On • The Foe from the Future • Victoriana and Chinoiserie: References in "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" • Music Hall: The Talents of Ones who Sang • Limehouse: A Victorian Chinatown • Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction • Paddy Russell: A Life in Television • Dreams and Fantasy • Visual Effect: The Modelwork of The Invisible Enemy • After Image • Running from the Tax Man • The Doctor's Composer: Part Two, 1970-79 • Into the Unknown • Out of Time • The Rise and Fall of Gallifrey • The Elusive David Agnew • A Matter of Time • The Ribos File • Parrot Fashion • Weird Science • Getting Blood from the Stones • Hammer Horror • Stones Free • The Humans of Tara • Double Trouble • There's Something About Mary... • Philip Madoc: A Villain for all Seasons • Defining Shadows • Rogue Time Lords • Terror Nation • Paris in the Springtime • Christopher Barry: Director • Team Erato • The Nightmare of TV Centre • Going Solo • Who Peter: Part One, Partners in Time 1963-1989 • Read the Writer • Taken Out of Time • Strike! Strike! Strike! • Being a Girl • A New Beginning • From Avalon to Argolis • Synthesizing Starfields: Redesigning the Titles • June Hudson's Leisure Wear • Meglos Men • The Scene Sync Story • Jacqueline Hill: A Life in Pictures • Entropy Explained • All Aboard the Starliner • K-9 in E-Space • E-Space: Fact or Fiction? • The Vampire Lovers • Leaves of Blood: Literary Vampires • The Blood Show • The Frayling Reading • The Dreaming • The Boy with the Golden Star • Lalla's Wardrobe: A Frockumentary • Being Nice to Each Other • The Return of the Master • A New Body at Last

Fifth Doctor DVD releases

Directing Castrovalva • Being Doctor Who: In conversation with Peter Davison • The Crowded TARDIS • Dream Time • Peter Grimwade: Directing with attitude… • Grim Tales • The Television Centre of the Universe: Part One • Scoring The Visitation • Writing a Final Visitation • Black Orchid: Film Restoration • Putting the Shock into Earthshock • Mouth on Legs • Anti-Matter from Amsterdam • The Omega Factor • Snake Charmer • In Conversation: Chris Bailey & Rob Shearman • Who Wants to Live Forever? • Breaking Point • Origins of the Universe • Winner Takes All • Single Write Female • The Story of the Guardians • Casting Off! • Re-Enlightenment • Finding Mark Strickson • Finding Sarah Sutton • Kamelion: Metal Man • Magna Carta: The Dawn of Democracy • Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 • The Ties that Bind Us • The Depths • They Came from Beneath the Sea • Mat's Models: Relics from the Irvine workshop • Return to Little Hodcombe • Making the Malus • Driven to Distractation • Resurrection of the Daleks: On Location • Casting Far and Wide • Come in Number Five • The Flames of Sarn • Return to the Planet of Fire • Designs on Sarn • Calling the Shots • Remembering Anthony Ainley • Planet of Fire Factoids • Chain Reaction

Sixth Doctor DVD releases

Look 100 Years Younger • The Star Man • The Cold War • The Cyber Story • Human Cyborg: The Cybernetic Experiments • The Cybernetic Autonomous Dalek • Nice or Nasty? • The Idiot's Lantern • Lords and Luddites • Playing with Time: Scoring Doctor Who • Behind the Sofa: Robert Holmes and Doctor Who • Adventures in Time and Spain • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly • Revelation Exhumed • The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord (1, 2, 3, 4) • The Lost Season • Now, Get Out of That: Doctor Who Cliffhangers • Trials and Tribulations

Seventh Doctor DVD releases

The Last Chance Saloon • 7D FX • Helter-Skelter • Lakertya • Hot Gossip • Eye-Sore • The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoy • Horror on the High Rise • Casting Sylvester: The Missing Piece of the Jigsaw • Hugh and Us • Fire and Ice • The Big Bang Theory • Back to School • Remembrances: Referencing the Past • Davros Connections • Happiness Will Prevail • When Worlds Collide • Industrial Action • The Show Must Go On • Lost in the Darkness: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy's Missing Model Shots • Storm Over Avallion • Past and Future King • Watertank • From Kingdom to Queen: Jean Marsh in Doctor Who • Light in Dark Places • Shattering the Chains • Recutting the Runes • Costume Design: Ken Trew • Doctor Who: Endgame • Cat Flap: Part One, Conception & the Casualty Connection • Cat Flap: Part Two, Cats, Comedians & Quarry • Little Girl Lost

Eighth Doctor DVD releases

The Seven Year Hitch • The Wilderness Years • Who Peter: Part Two, A New Regeneration 1989-2009 • Philip Segal Interview • Matthew Jacobs' earliest memory of Dr Who

Other DVD releases

K9 and Company	The K-9 Files • K-9: A Dog's Tale

More than 30 Years in the TARDIS	Remembering Nicholas Courtney • Those Deadly Divas • Richard Martin's memories of Verity

Scream of the Shalka	Carry On Screaming • The Screaming Sessions • Interweb of Fear

Multi-part series

Directing Who	Michael Ferguson on The Claws of Axos • with Barry Letts • with Michael Hayes • Ken Grieve • Peter Moffatt • Then & Now with Graeme Harper

Doctor Who Stories	Suddenly Susan • The Lambert Tapes • Peter Purves • Anneke Wills • Frazer Hines • Dalek Men • Elisabeth Sladen • Tom Baker • Louise Jameson

dr. forever!	The Celestial Toyroom • Love and War • The Apocalypse Element • Lost in the Dark Dimension • The Unquiet Dead

Girls! Girls! Girls!	The 1960s • The 1970s • The 1980s • Boys! Boys! Boys!

Now and Then	The Dalek Invasion of Earth • The War Machines • The War Games • Doctor Who and the Silurians • The Mind of Evil • The Claws of Axos • Day of the Daleks • Invasion of the Dinosaurs • Planet of the Spiders • Pyramids of Mars • The Seeds of Doom • The Masque of Mandragora • The Talons of Weng-Chiang • The Androids of Tara • Shada • Black Orchid • The Awakening • The Mark of the Rani • Now and Then on the Trail of a Time Lord

On Target	Terrance Dicks • Malcolm Hulke • Ian Marter

Stripped for Action	The First Doctor • The Second Doctor • The Third Doctor • The Fourth Doctor • The Fifth Doctor • The Sixth Doctor • The Seventh Doctor • The Eighth Doctor • The Daleks

The Doctor's Strange Love	The Krotons • Nightmare of Eden • Dragonfire • The TV Movie

Tomorrow's Times	The First Doctor • The Second Doctor • The Third Doctor • The Fourth Doctor • The Fifth Doctor • The Sixth Doctor • The Seventh Doctor • The Eighth Doctor

See also: Title cards • DVD special features • Easter eggs

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