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'''''Blue Peter''''' was a popular [[BBC]] children's television programme.
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'''''Blue Peter''''' was a popular [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] children's [[television programme]].


== History ==
== History ==
[[Faction Paradox]] attacked the ''Blue Peter'' garden in [[1996]]. This caused a far more intense psychological reaction than any direct assault on the people's psyche. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]'')
=== 20th century ===
Around the [[1970s]]{{note|See [[UNIT dating controversy]].}}, [[the Master (Terror of the Autons)|the Master]] once appeared on ''Blue Peter'', disguised as "Dr Derek Drake", a popular [[climate change|climate scientist]]. [[The Brigadier]] joked that this meant Dr Drake couldn't ''possibly'' be up to no good. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Terror of the Master (audio story)}})


[[File:Doctor_and_Izzy_in_Blue_Peter_garden.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Izzy Sinclair]] briefly visited the Blue Peter garden in an alternate timeline. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[TV Action! (comic story)|TV Action!]]'')]]
[[Ace]], who left [[Earth]] in [[1987]], wore two [[Blue Peter badge|''Blue Peter'' badges]] on [[Ace's jacket|her]] [[black]] [[bomber jacket]]: one standard blue badge and one silver. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dragonfire (TV story)}} - {{cs|Survival (TV story)}}, et al.) One of them had been awarded for heroic achievement. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)}})


In [[2006]], an [[Slitheen craft|alien ship]] crashed into the [[Thames]]. ''Blue Peter'' presenter [[Matt Baker]] did a feature on how to make an alien ship cake. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'')
[[File:Doctor and Izzy in Blue Peter garden.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Izzy Sinclair]] briefly visit the Blue Peter garden in an alternate timeline. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|TV Action! (comic story)}})]]
[[Faction Paradox]] attacked the [[Blue Peter garden|''Blue Peter'' garden]] in [[1996]]. This caused a far more intense psychological reaction than any direct assault on the people's psyche. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Interference - Book Two (novel)}})


In [[2008]], [[Maria Jackson]] watched an episode in which the presenters [[Gethin Jones]] and [[Konnie Huq]] promoted the [[Bane (Invasion of the Bane)|Bane]]'s [[Bubble Shock!]] soft drink. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]'')
=== 21st century ===
On [[6 March]] [[2006]], an [[Slitheen craft (Aliens of London)|alien ship]] crashed into the [[Thames]]. ''Blue Peter'' presenter [[Matt Baker (in-universe)|Matt Baker]] did a feature on how to make an alien ship cake. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}) Following the feature, a BBC internal memo questioned whether it was appropriate to promote the creation of "space confectionary" for children, due to the worsening international situation as well as stating that it could be seen as pandering to incoming [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Joseph Green]] — the former Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on the Monitoring of Sugar Standards in Exported Confectionery. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)}})


== Other information ==
In the [[2000s]]{{note|No on screen date is given for the first two series of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', outside of ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]'' from the [[Series 2 (SJA)|second series]] being set shortly after [[9 October]] in an undisclosed year. While [[Donna Noble]]'s present from the [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|fourth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is set around the same time as the [[Series 1 (SJA)|first series]] of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', and ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' from the second series of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is explicitly described as being set a year after ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' from the first series, ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s fourth series is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|not consistently dated]], with [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in [[2008]], and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' setting them in about [[April]] to [[June]] [[2009]].}}, [[Maria Jackson]] watched an episode in which the presenters [[Gethin Jones (in-universe)|Gethin Jones]] and [[Konnie Huq (in-universe)|Konnie Huq]] promoted the [[Bane (Invasion of the Bane)|Bane]]'s [[Bubble Shock!]] soft drink. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Bane (TV story)}})
[[Ace]], who left [[Earth]] in [[1987]], wore two ''Blue Peter'' badges on her jacket; one standard blue badge, one silver. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') One of them had been awarded for heroic achievement. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')
:''The actor, [[Sophie Aldred]], had won two ''Blue Peter'' badges in her youth and was entitled to wear them on-screen, according to the BBC's strict regulations regarding the use of ''Blue Peter'' badges. ([[BBC DVD]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon]]'')''


[[Laurence (Telling Tales)|Laurence]] recalled that the Doctor had a companion whose name was the same as a girl on ''Blue Peter''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Telling Tales]]'')
During the time the series ''[[Surrender, Earthlings!]]'' aired on the [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]], ''Blue Peter'' did a feature on how to make a [[Xyz]] from toilet-roll holders, Blu-Tak and two boiled [[egg]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (short story)}})


== Behind the scenes ==
== References ==
=== Overview ===
[[Laurence (Telling Tales)|Laurence]] recalled that the Doctor had a companion whose name was the same as a girl on ''Blue Peter''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Telling Tales (short story)}})
See article ''[[List of Doctor Who segment of Blue Peter]]'' for more information


For many years, the series also had another connection to the franchise in the form of co-host [[Peter Purves]], who appeared on ''Blue Peter'' for many years after his tenure playing [[Steven Taylor]] in Seasons [[Season 2|2]] and [[Season 3|3]].
Upon meeting his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] and [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh]] [[incarnation]]s, the [[War Doctor]] compared the outfits of his future selves to ''Blue Peter'' presenters. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)}})


''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' explored the programme and its vast connections to ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in its [[DWM 334|334th issue]].
[[Missy]] quipped that if she started saving the Doctor's [[companion]]s' lives, they'd put her on ''Blue Peter''. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Masterful (audio story)}})


=== Clips from missing episodes ===
== Behind the scenes ==
A 1973 instalment of ''Blue Peter'' marking the tenth anniversary of ''Doctor Who'' included many excerpts from the [[William Hartnell]] and [[Patrick Troughton]] eras; due to the BBC's then-ongoing practice of junking old episodes, these clips are in many cases the last surviving remnants of these episodes. These include such significant moments as the death of [[Katarina]] in ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' (which was aired on ''Blue Peter'' primarily because it featured then-co-host Peter Purves during his tenure as companion), and the [[regeneration]] of the [[First Doctor]] into the [[Second Doctor|Second]] from ''[[The Tenth Planet]]''.
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=== In non-valid sources ===
These clips survived beyond their initial ''Blue Peter'' broadcast thanks to long-time showrunner [[Biddy Baxter]]'s staunch policy of archiving every episode of ''Blue Peter''.
[[File:Dalek on Blue Peter 1973.png|thumb|right|A [[Dalek (The Dalek Appeal)|Dalek]] appears on [[Blue Peter (in-universe)|Blue Peter]] on behalf of the [[Dalek Supreme Council]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Dalek Appeal (TV story)}})]]Blue Peter was broadcast from within the [[BBC Television Centre (in-universe)|BBC Television Centre]] and presented by [[John Noakes (in-universe)|John Noakes]], [[Peter Purves (in-universe)|Peter Purves]] and [[Lesley Judd (in-universe)|Lesley Judd]]. On one occasion, after two "dark grey" [[Dalek]] props from ''[[Doctor Who (in-universe)|Doctor Who]]'' were stolen, the show aired an appeal for viewers to help track them down, with an intervention from a [[Dalek (The Dalek Appeal)|real Dalek]] of the same model as the stolen units. It explained that the missing Daleks were members of the [[Earth Observation Delegation]], encouraging viewers to assist the "[[humanoid]] [[police]]" in their inquiries. It added that if the abductees are returned unharmed to their people, the Daleks would generously assume that their theft was not a hostile act but simply an "excess of [[hospitality]]". Otherwise, however, the [[Dalek Supreme Council]] would initiate "[[Search and Find Procedure]]", which was likely to result in the [[extermination]] of the culprits; its threatening tone prompted the hosts to assure it that they were unvinvolved in the theft. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Dalek Appeal (TV story)}})
 
=== Design a monster competitions ===
''Blue Peter'' has run contests over the years involving ''[[Doctor Who]]''. The design for the [[Abzorbaloff]] from 2006's ''[[Love & Monsters]]'' originated in a ''Blue Peter'' "design your own monster" competition, won by nine-year-old William Grantham. Contrary to rumour, the [[Kroton (species)|Kroton]]s did ''not'' originate in a 1967 competition; a design-a-monster competition was held on ''Blue Peter'', but the winning design did not appear on ''Doctor Who''.
 
=== TARDIS design competition ===
In late 2009-early 2010, a ''Blue Peter'' contest invited viewers to submit designs for a new TARDIS control console to be featured in an upcoming episode. On 17th February 2010, [[Matt Smith]] chose twelve-year-old [[Susannah Leah]]'s design as the winner; it was announced that [[Neil Gaiman]]'s episode in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] would feature this design in some way. However, the episode's funding ran out of money and it was pushed back to Series 6, when it appeared as ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]'' and featured Leah's design as the [[Junk TARDIS]] console. [http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/02/blue-peter-competition-winner-announced.html] [http://www.denofgeek.com/television/880521/neil_gaiman_interview_all_about_writing_doctor_who.html] [http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/the-doctors-wife-bts-new-clip-19842.htm]
 
=== Impact on casting ===
''Blue Peter'' directly influenced the casting of one character on ''Doctor Who''. In 2006, a viewer contest was held for under-14s, with the prize being a chance to appear in an upcoming episode. The winner, [[John Bell]], not only appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', but in a significant role as [[Creet]], a young boy [[Martha Jones]] befriends who later is transformed into a [[Toclafane]].
 
=== Other information and trivia ===
When two [[Dalek]] props were stolen, ''Blue Peter'' ran an appeal to bring them back. They were returned within twenty-four hours.


=== Blue Peter presenters in ''Doctor Who'' ===
== Footnotes ==
*[[Peter Purves]], prior to his presenting stint on ''Blue Peter'', was an actor. He was cast as [[Morton Dill]] and then as [[companion]] [[Steven Taylor]] opposite [[William Hartnell]]'s [[First Doctor]] in ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]''. Purves's presence on ''Blue Peter'' is directly credited with the fact that some footage from his era on ''Doctor Who'' survives due to being used in the show.
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*[[Janet Ellis]] played [[Teka]] in ''[[The Horns of Nimon]]''.
*[[Christopher Wenner]] had a walk-on part as a [[Roundhead]] soldier in ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]''.
*[[Sarah Greene]] was unrecognisable as [[Varne]] in ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]''.
*[[Gethin Jones]] played a [[Cyberman]] and [[Dalek]] in ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]''/''[[The Age of Steel]]'' and ''[[The Stolen Earth]]''/''[[Journey's End]]'' respectively.


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/bluepeter/drwho/index.shtml BBC Cult TV page on the ''Doctor Who''-''Blue Peter'' connection]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/bluepeter/drwho/index.shtml BBC Cult TV page on the ''Doctor Who''-''Blue Peter'' connection]
* [http://www.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/linkedshows/bluepeter.html Screencaps of ''Doctor Who'' stars on ''Blue Peter'']
* [http://www.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/linkedshows/bluepeter.html Screencaps of ''Doctor Who'' stars on ''Blue Peter'']
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Blue Peter (in-universe)
You may be looking for the real world series.

Blue Peter was a popular BBC children's television programme.

History

20th century

Around the 1970s[nb 1], the Master once appeared on Blue Peter, disguised as "Dr Derek Drake", a popular climate scientist. The Brigadier joked that this meant Dr Drake couldn't possibly be up to no good. (AUDIO: Terror of the Master [+]Loading...["Terror of the Master (audio story)"])

Ace, who left Earth in 1987, wore two Blue Peter badges on her black bomber jacket: one standard blue badge and one silver. (TV: Dragonfire [+]Loading...["Dragonfire (TV story)"] - Survival [+]Loading...["Survival (TV story)"], et al.) One of them had been awarded for heroic achievement. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)"])

The Eighth Doctor and Izzy Sinclair briefly visit the Blue Peter garden in an alternate timeline. (COMIC: TV Action! [+]Loading...["TV Action! (comic story)"])

Faction Paradox attacked the Blue Peter garden in 1996. This caused a far more intense psychological reaction than any direct assault on the people's psyche. (PROSE: Interference - Book Two [+]Loading...["Interference - Book Two (novel)"])

21st century

On 6 March 2006, an alien ship crashed into the Thames. Blue Peter presenter Matt Baker did a feature on how to make an alien ship cake. (TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"]) Following the feature, a BBC internal memo questioned whether it was appropriate to promote the creation of "space confectionary" for children, due to the worsening international situation as well as stating that it could be seen as pandering to incoming Prime Minister Joseph Green — the former Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on the Monitoring of Sugar Standards in Exported Confectionery. (PROSE: The Secret Lives of Monsters [+]Loading...["The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)"])

In the 2000s[nb 2], Maria Jackson watched an episode in which the presenters Gethin Jones and Konnie Huq promoted the Bane's Bubble Shock! soft drink. (TV: Invasion of the Bane [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Bane (TV story)"])

During the time the series Surrender, Earthlings! aired on the BBC, Blue Peter did a feature on how to make a Xyz from toilet-roll holders, Blu-Tak and two boiled eggs. (PROSE: Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life [+]Loading...["Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (short story)"])

References

Laurence recalled that the Doctor had a companion whose name was the same as a girl on Blue Peter. (PROSE: Telling Tales [+]Loading...["Telling Tales (short story)"])

Upon meeting his tenth and eleventh incarnations, the War Doctor compared the outfits of his future selves to Blue Peter presenters. (PROSE: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)"])

Missy quipped that if she started saving the Doctor's companions' lives, they'd put her on Blue Peter. (AUDIO: Masterful [+]Loading...["Masterful (audio story)"])

Behind the scenes

Main article: Blue Peter (series)

In non-valid sources

A Dalek appears on Blue Peter on behalf of the Dalek Supreme Council. (TV: The Dalek Appeal [+]Loading...["The Dalek Appeal (TV story)"])

Blue Peter was broadcast from within the BBC Television Centre and presented by John Noakes, Peter Purves and Lesley Judd. On one occasion, after two "dark grey" Dalek props from Doctor Who were stolen, the show aired an appeal for viewers to help track them down, with an intervention from a real Dalek of the same model as the stolen units. It explained that the missing Daleks were members of the Earth Observation Delegation, encouraging viewers to assist the "humanoid police" in their inquiries. It added that if the abductees are returned unharmed to their people, the Daleks would generously assume that their theft was not a hostile act but simply an "excess of hospitality". Otherwise, however, the Dalek Supreme Council would initiate "Search and Find Procedure", which was likely to result in the extermination of the culprits; its threatening tone prompted the hosts to assure it that they were unvinvolved in the theft. (TV: The Dalek Appeal [+]Loading...["The Dalek Appeal (TV story)"])

Footnotes

  1. ↑ See UNIT dating controversy.
  2. ↑ No on screen date is given for the first two series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, outside of The Day of the Clown from the second series being set shortly after 9 October in an undisclosed year. While Donna Noble's present from the fourth series of Doctor Who is set around the same time as the first series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, and The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith from the second series of The Sarah Jane Adventures is explicitly described as being set a year after Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? from the first series, Doctor Who's fourth series is not consistently dated, with TV: The Fires of Pompeii, TV: The Waters of Mars, and AUDIO: SOS setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in 2008, and PROSE: Beautiful Chaos setting them in about April to June 2009.

External links

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