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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)}})


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]]'')
[[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 [[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]]'')
[[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)}})


== Other information ==
=== 21st century ===
[[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]]'')
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)}})
:''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]]'')''


== Behind the scenes ==
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)}})
=== Overview ===
In real life, ''Blue Peter'' has had a longtime association with ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It was used on many occasions to promote the series and upcoming episodes, monsters and special events, including the debuts of [[Peter Davison]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]], who spoke about taking up the role of the Doctor. Historically, the series has proven valuable for not only featuring contemporary interviews with actors and behind-the-scenes personnel from the series, but for also providing glimpses into production history.


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]].
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 Magazine]]'' explored the programme and its vast connections to ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in its [[DWM 334|334th issue]].
== References ==
[[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)}})


=== Clips from Missing episodes ===
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)}})
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]]''.


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''.
[[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)}})


=== Design a monster competitions ===
== Behind the scenes ==
''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. Contrary to rumour, the [[Kroton]]s did ''not'' originate in a 1967 competition; a design-a-monster competition was held, but the winning design did not appear on the show.
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=== TARDIS design competition ===
== Footnotes ==
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]
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=== 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.
 
=== Guest appearances ===
 
=== ''Doctor Who'' ===
* [[Raymond Cusick]] (possibly didn't personally appear in studio, but was at least referred to by name and picture)
* [[Patrick Troughton]] (the first Doctor to judge a ''Blue Peter'' competition)
* [[Jon Pertwee]]
* [[Dick Mills]] ([[Special Sounds]])
* [[John Nathan-Turner]] ([[Producer]])
* [[Peter Davison]]
* [[Richard Hurndall]] (the [[First Doctor]] in ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
* [[Colin Baker]]
* [[Bonnie Langford]]
* [[Sylvester McCoy]]
* [[Christopher Eccleston]]
* [[David Tennant]]
* [[Elisabeth Sladen]]
* [[Anthony Head]]
* [[Freema Agyeman]]
* [[John Barrowman]]
* [[Russell T Davies]]
* [[Matt Smith]]
* [[Susannah Leah]]
 
===== Non-human characters =====
* A [[War Machine]]
* [[Dalek]]s
* [[Cybermen]]
* [[K9]]
* [[L1]] and [[L3]] robots
* [[Robot Yeti]] (Mark 2)
* [[Sil]]
* [[Sea Devil]]s
* [[Kraal]]s
 
=== ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' ===
 
* [[Elisabeth Sladen]]
* [[Samantha Bond]] - ''In character as [[Wormwood (Invasion of the Bane)|Mrs Wormwood]].''
* [[Yasmin Paige]]
* [[Tommy Knight]]
* [[Daniel Anthony]]
* [[Anjli Mohindra]]
 
=== Episode clips ===
==== ''Doctor Who'' ====
* ''[[An Unearthly Child]]''
* ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' - Clips from currently lost episodes.
* ''[[The War Machines]]''
* ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'' - Regeneration clip from currently lost Episode 4.
* ''[[The War Games]]'' - Five from Episode 10, including reused footage from currently lost [[Fury from the Deep]] (Episode 1).
* ''[[The Three Doctors]]''
* ''[[The Hand of Fear]]''
* ''[[The Ribos Operation]]''
* ''[[The Pirate Planet]]''
* ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]''
* ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''
* ''[[Journey's End]]''
 
=== On DVD ===
Many ''Blue Peter'' segments relating to specific episodes and/or events have been included on DVD releases from [[BBC Video]].
 
==== ''Doctor Who'' ====
* ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' (How to make Dalek cakes)
* ''[[The Romans]]'' (Feature on Roman life)
* ''[[The War Machines]]''
* ''[[The Three Doctors]]'' (Feature on the "[[Whomobile]]" with [[Jon Pertwee]])
* ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'' (Filming on Doctor Who sets)
* ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' (Stolen Daleks appeal)
* ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]''
* ''[[The Stones of Blood]]''
* ''[[The Horns of Nimon]]'' (part 1 of a 2-part retrospective documentary)
* ''[[The Leisure Hive]]''
* ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]''
* ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''
* ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]''
* ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' (part 2 of a 2-part retrospective documentary)
 
==== ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' ====
* From [[Series 1 (SJA)|Series 1]] DVD set: Set visit.
 
=== Blue Peter presenters in ''Doctor Who'' ===
[[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]]''.
 
[[Janet Ellis]] played [[Tika]] in the story ''[[The Horns of Nimon]]''.
 
[[Christopher Wenner]] had a walk-on part in ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]''.
 
[[Sarah Greene]] was unrecognisable as a bubble-wrap clad alien in ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]''.


== 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
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)"])

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)

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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