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'''''Blue Peter''''' was a popular [[BBC]] children's television program.
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==History==
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[[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. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Interference: Book Two]]'')
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When in [[2006]], a [[Slitheen|alien]] ship crashed into the [[Thames]], ''Blue Peter'' presenter [[Matt Baker]] did a feature on how to make an alien ship cake. ([[DW]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'')
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In [[2008]], [[Maria Jackson]] watched an episode in which the presenter, [[Gethin Jones]] and [[Konnie Huq]] promoted the [[Bane]]'s soft drink [[Bubble Shock]]. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]'')
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'''''Blue Peter''''' was a popular [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] children's [[television programme]].


==Other information==
== History ==
[[Ace]], who left [[Earth]] in [[1987]], appeared to wear a Blue Peter badge on her jacket.  
=== 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)}})


==Behind the Scenes==
[[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 real life, ''Blue Peter'' has had a longtime association with ''[[Doctor Who]]'', being used on many occasions to promote the series and upcoming episodes, monsters, and special events. The series has run a number of contests over the years involving ''[[Doctor Who]]''. The [[Abzorbaloff]] from [[2006]]'s ''[[Love and Monsters]]'' originated from a ''Blue Peter'' "design your own monster" competition. (A longstanding rumour to the contrary the [[Kroton]]s did ''not'' originate from a design a monster competition.)


Historically, the series has proven valuable for not only featuring contemporary interviews with actors and behind-the-scenes personnel from the series, but also providing glimpses into production history. A [[1973]] installment of ''Blue Peter'' marking the 10th anniversary of ''Doctor Who'' included numerous excerpts from the [[William Hartnell]] and [[Patrick Troughton]] eras; due to the BBC's then-ongoing mandate of junking old episodes, these clips are in many cases the last surviving remnants of these episodes. This includes such significant moments from the series as the death of [[Katarina]] in ''[[The Dalek's Master Plan]]'' and the [[regeneration]] of the [[First Doctor]] into the [[Second Doctor|Second]] from  ''[[The Tenth Planet]]''.
[[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)}})


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]] during the Hartnell era.
=== 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 and trivia===
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)}})
When two [[Dalek]] props were stolen, ''Blue Peter'' ran an appeal to bring them back. They were returned within 24 hours of the appeal.


===Guest appearances===
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)}})
====[[Doctor Who]]====
*[[Jon Pertwee]]
*[[Tom Baker]]
*[[Elisabeth Sladen]]
*[[K-9]]
*[[Peter Davison]]
*[[Richard Hurndall]] (the [[First Doctor]] in ''[[The Five Doctors]]'')
*[[Colin Baker]]
*[[Bonnie Langford]]  
*[[Sylvester McCoy]]  
*[[Catherine Tate]] (in character as character of same name from [[wikipedia:The Catherine Tate Show|The Catherine Tate Show]])
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====[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]====
Some time after the death of [[Sarah Jane Smith]], her former ward [[Rani Chandra]] melted the [[Boris Johnson|Prime Minister]] live on Blue Peter, revealing him to be a [[Nestene Consciousness|Nestene Auton]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Here Today (audio story)|Here Today]]'')
*[[Elisabeth Sladen]]
*[[Samantha Bond]] (in character as [[Wormwood (Invasion of the Bane)|Mrs Wormwood]])
*[[Yasmin Paige]]  
*[[Tommy Knight]]
*[[Daniel Anthony]]
*[[Anjli Mohindra]]


===Episode clips===
== References ==
====[[Doctor Who]]====
[[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)}})
*[[The Hand of Fear]]
*[[The War Machines]]
*[[The Five Doctors]]
*[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]
*[[The Dalek's Master Plan]]
:''Clips from currently lost episodes.''
*[[The Tenth Planet]]
:''Regeneration clip from currently lost Episode 4.''
*[[The War Games]]
*[[The Three Doctors]]
*[[An Unearthly Child]]


===On DVD===
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)}})
''Blue Peter'' segments preserved on DVD.


====[[Doctor Who]]====
[[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)}})
*[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]
*[[The Mark of the Rani]]
*[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]] (which filmed on the sets)
*[[The Five Doctors]]
*[[The Invisible Enemy]]
*[[The Three Doctors]]
*[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]
*[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]].
:''How to make chocolate Daleks)
*[[Genesis of the Daleks]]
:''Stolen Daleks appeal.''


====[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]====
== Behind the scenes ==
*From [[Series 1 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Series 1]] DVD set: Set visit.
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=== In non-valid sources ===
[[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)}})


==See also==
== Footnotes ==
*[[DWM Issue 334|''Doctor Who Magazine'' Issue 334]], a ''Blue Peter'' special issue
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==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'']
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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[[edit] | [edit source]]

20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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)"])

Some time after the death of Sarah Jane Smith, her former ward Rani Chandra melted the Prime Minister live on Blue Peter, revealing him to be a Nestene Auton. (AUDIO: Here Today)

References[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Blue Peter (series)

In non-valid sources[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

  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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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