Doctor Who: A New Dimension (CON episode)

Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Broadcast on:	BBC One
Broadcast with:	Rose
Broadcast date:	26 March 2005
Runtime:	27'04"
Key crew
Narrator:	David Tennant
Doctor Who Confidential
Next →	Bringing Back the Doctor

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Doctor Who: A New Dimension was a special documentary made by the Doctor Who Confidential production team and broadcast before Rose.

Doctor Who: A New Dimension was broadcast on BBC One prior to its related episode, rather than after it on BBC Three. It was not shown under the Doctor Who Confidential banner, though it has been generally considered "episode 0" of the series because it shares Confidential's production team and covers similar subjects.

It was narrated by David Tennant in his first involvement with the Doctor Who television programme. He later played the Tenth and the Fourteenth Doctors.

Rose was followed by the first standard Doctor Who Confidential episode, Bringing Back the Doctor.

Aspects of production covered

• Bringing Doctor Who back onto TV after a nine year absence.
• Russell T Davies's decision to have Christopher Eccleston cast as the Ninth Doctor.

Additional topics covered

• Coverage and reaction to the new Doctor.
• Previews of the production from episode one to six.
• Discussion of what the world was like during each era of the Doctor.

People interviewed

• Christopher Eccleston, The Ninth Doctor
• Billie Piper, Rose Tyler
• Julie Gardner, Head of Drama, BBC Wales
• Russell T Davies, Head Writer, Doctor Who
• Will Cohen, Visual Effects Producer
• Peter Davison, The Fifth Doctor
• Colin Baker, The Sixth Doctor
• Sylvester McCoy, The Seventh Doctor
• Mark Gatiss, Writer, Doctor Who
• Phil Collinson, Producer, Doctor Who
• Simon Edge, Feature Writer, Daily Express
• Ben Lawrence, Deputy Editor, Total TV Guide
• Jon Peake, Editor, TV Quick
• Katy Manning, Jo Grant
• Tom Baker, The Fourth Doctor
• Noel Clarke, Mickey Smith
• Camille Coduri, Jackie Tyler
• Nicola Methven, TV Editor, Daily Mirror
• Charlotte Church, Singer

Music list

• "All These Things That I've Done" by The Killers (also used in CON: Sins of the Fathers)
• "Can't Stand Me Now" by The Libertines
• "My Way" by Sid Vicious
• "Run" by Snow Patrol (also used in CON: The Last Battle)
• "Millennium" by Robbie Williams
• "Blue Monday" by New Order
• "Stand and Deliver" by Adam and the Ants
• "Ghost Town" by The Specials (also used in TV: The Rings of Akhaten)
• "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• "The Final Countdown" by Europe (also used in CON: Bringing Back the Doctor)
• "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham!
• "99 Red Balloons" by Nena
• "Theme from S-Express" by S'Express
• "I Owe You Nothing" by Bros
• "Pump Up the Volume" by M|A|R|R|S
• "Chocolate" by Snow Patrol
• "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" by The Killers (also used in CON: Bringing Back the Doctor)
• "Get It On" by T. Rex
• "Hey Joe" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• "Blockbuster" by Sweet
• "Space Oddity" by David Bowie (also used in CON: Bringing Back the Doctor)
• "Atomic" by Blondie
• "Brass in Pocket (I'm Special)" by The Pretenders
• "Nu Flow" by Big Brovaz
• "Flawless (Sono's Tuxedo Mix)" by The Ones
• "My Generation" by The Who (also used in CON: Bringing Back the Doctor)
• "Keep On Running" by The Spencer Davis Group (also used in CON: Friends Reunited)
• "Top of the Pops Theme (1969)"
• "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks
• "I Feel Fine" by The Beatles
• "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye
• "All or Nothing" by Small Faces
• "Last Post on the Bugle" by The Libertines

Crew

Executive Producer   Mark Cossey

Executive Producers for Dr Who   Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and Mal Young

Produced & Directed by Gilliane Seaborne & Adam Page
Title Music Arrangement - Murray Gold, Andy Coles

General production staff Junior Researcher - Alexander Gratton Production Co-Ordinator - Caroline Harris, Hannah Simpson Production Manager - Catherine Gosling, Zoë Scott Researcher - Geoff Evans, Zoë Rushton	Camera and lighting department Camera - Eric Huyton, Nick Jardine, Chris Pain Runner - Maxine Hughes, Hannah Williams Special and visual effects Colourist - Chris Packman Countdown Graphics - Lee Binding Titles - Rheea Aranha	General post-production staff Editor - Sven Brooks, Tom Appleby, Lee Buers, Ian Pitch, Ian Hunt, Rob Mansell Sound Dubbing - Steve Hudson Sound - Richard Maxwell, Kevin Meredith, Roger Van Koningsveld

BBC Wales
© BBC MMV
Not every person who worked on this episode was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.

Home video releases

• For years A New Dimension was unavailable commercially anywhere, until 2024 when it was added BBC iPlayer's Whoniverse as a separate title from Confidential.