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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second episode of ''The Doctor Who Years'', a three-part musical documentary series charting the history of the "Classic Series" of Doctor Who.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second episode of ''[[The Doctor Who Years]]'', a three-part musical documentary series charting the history of the "Classic Series" of Doctor Who.
 
It was released on the ''[[Doctor Who website]]'' on [[8 April (releases)|8 April]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050411004304/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/cult/news/drwho/2005/04/08/18386.shtml|title=The Seventies|date of source=8 April 2005|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=16 January 2019}}</ref>
 
The style and format of the documentary was based on the BBC television series ''The Rock 'n' Roll Years'' (1984-94). It featured clips and images from every Doctor Who story, in chronological order, as well as various promotional appearances, merchandise and newspaper clippings, accompanied with tongue-in-cheek captions and scored with pop music from the UK Singles Chart at the time.
 
Initially it was only available to stream in RealPlayer (.ram) format, then on [[6 July (releases)|6 July]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] it was made avalable in a second format, Windows Media Video (.wmv), after a website visitor survey in which RealPlayer was heavily criticised.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050713234627/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/cult/news/drwho/2005/07/06/20443.shtml|title=Windows Media: Doctor Who Years|date of source=6 July 2005|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=16 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050720004433/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2005/07/06/20444.shtml|title=Website survey results|date of source=6 July 2005|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=16 January 2019}}</ref>
 
== Lost episodes ==
Black-and-white clips from ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'', ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'' & ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'' were especially colourised for this documentary, whilst production photos were used to illustrate ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''.
 
== Other material featured ==
Other clips featured were:
* [[Continuity announcement#Channel idents|BBC1 ident]] (1972).
* [[Blue Peter]], TX: 25 October 1971 & TX: 5 November 1973.
* Looking In: Behind the Scenes, TX: 7 November 1972.
* [[Nationwide]], TX: 22 June 1973, TX: 31 December 1976 & TX: 22 November 1978.
* [[Pebble Mill at One]], TX: 21 December 1973 & TX: 31 March 1977.
* Billy Smart's Children's Circus, TX: 6 January 1974.
* BBC Points West, TX: 21 November 1974.
* [[Swap Shop]], TX: 2 October 1976.
* The Lively Arts: [[Whose Doctor Who]], TX: 3 April 1977.
* [[Top of the Pops]], TX: 31 December 1978.
 
Press clippings featured were:
* "Who's the girl? She's the doctor's...", c.26-27 June 1973.
* "Who girl bows out", Daily Mirror, 23 October 1976.
* "I'll wear the trousers - Dr Who's new girl", c.2 September 1978.
* [[Radio Times]] covers:
** 3-9 January 1970.
** 2-8 January 1971.
** 1-7 January 1972.
** 30 December 1972-5 January 1973.
** 15-21 December 1973.
 
Images of the following pieces of merchandise:
* [[The Making of Doctor Who]].
* [[TV Action]] [[The Enemy from Nowhere (comic story)|No. 71]] (24 June 1972).
* The first three [[Target Books]]: [[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Daleks]], [[Doctor Who and the Zarbi (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Zarbi]] & [[Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Crusaders]].
* [[Doctor Who Special (1973)|Radio Times Doctor Who Special]].
 
== Captions ==
* Doctor Who bursts onto UK television screens in colour for the first time
* although 90% of viewers are still watching in black & white.
1970
* Jon Pertwee is the Doctor!
* Does this scene look familiar?
* 35 years before they terrorized Billie Piper, the Autons did the same to residents of Ealing Broadway!
* Caroline John has also joined the series as new companion Liz Shaw.
* This story, "The Ambassadors of Death", was unknowingly topical
* being broadcast as the world held its breath over the Apollo 13 mission.
* The new Doctor is an expert in Venusian Aikido!
1971
* "Terror of the Autons" opens the 1971 series with a new companion
* and a new arch enemy!
* The Autons are back, terrifying the nation's children again.
* The BBC is inundated with complaints and the matter is raised in Parliament!
* The Master appears in every story of the show's 8th season.
* The Brigadier & UNIT are also regulars in Earthbound adventures aplenty.
* The Doctor does escape briefly to the far off world of Uxarieus.
* Coincidentally, so does the Master.
* They interrupt a bunch of Colonists rehearsing for future Soap auditions.
* No, it's not "Doctor Who Confidential".
* It's "The Dæmons"!!
* The series is regularly featured on "Blue Peter", presented here by former companion Peter Purves.
1972
* "The Curse of Peladon" parodies our deliberation over entry into the EEC.
* David Troughton, Patrick's son, appears as King Peladon...
* ...while the Ice Warriors reappear – as goodies this time!
* Viewers' enjoyment is spoiled as the Miners' strike blacks out TV screens in many parts of the UK.
* The first "behind the scenes" Dr Who book is published.
* A Sea Devil emerging from the water becomes one of the most iconic moments in Dr Who history.
* The TARDIS interior gets a refit in "The Time Monster".
1973
* The Three Doctors are united to celebrate the programme's 10th series.
* They face the wrath of Omega, the first of the Time Lords.
* Hero or God, the Doctors beat him. By putting a flute in a box.
* Producer Barry Letts also directed this story.
* That's him on the left.
* They're not chickens.
* They're Drashigs.
* Future companion Ian Marter talks a good fight.
* Target Books publish the first three of a hugely successful series of novelisations.
* Jo Grant falls in love with some bloke she's only just met
* and immediately agrees to let him take her up the Amazon.
* Roger Delgado, alias The Master, is killed in a road accident in Turkey.
* New titles for Season 11
1974
* along with a new companion – enter Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane.
* "The Time Warrior" brings a new monster too – a Sontaran Warrior.
* Nice looking bloke.
* We also learn the name of the Doctor's home planet for the first time.
* As Jon Pertwee announces he will leave at the end of the series, the viewers are treated to Dr * Who's staple diets...
* ''Daleks....''
* ''........and quarries!''
* The Ice Warriors are back to their villainous selves in another political parody on Peladon.
* Pertwee reaches the end of the line.
* His replacement is little known actor Tom Baker, destined not to be little known for much longer.
1975
* Believe it or not, in 1975, Bubble-wrap was new.
* And scary.
* Ian Marter joins the new Doctor on his travels as companion Harry Sullivan.
* This is Davros
* He created this lot.
* Producer Phillip Hinchcliffe and Script Editor Robert Holmes begin to tailor the stories for an older audience.
* The Cybermen return after taking a time-out during Pertwee's era.
* After struggling with illness for some time, William Hartnell dies, aged 67.
* The TARDIS crew start the new Autumn Season in the Scottish Highlands
* where the Zygons are waiting for them
* and so is the Loch Ness Monster.
* The new team's change of emphasis is a great success and the ratings rocket past the 10 million mark.
* The new production team decide to phase out the Earthbound UNIT stories
* and "The Android Invasion" is the last until 1989.
1976
* The Doctor begins the New Year grappling with "The Brain of Morbius"
* and sees his past lives flash before him.
* The first three you know about. They're the ones on the right.
* The ones on the left bear an uncanny resemblance to members of the production team.
* As the 13th season closes out, the Doctor comes under fire from an enemy
* more deadly than any he has faced on the screen...
* ...in the form of outspoken TV watchdog, Mary Whitehouse.
* Whitehouse is not the only one to complain about the frightening content in "The Seeds of Doom".
* Baker and Sladen appear in the first edition of "Swap Shop" to promote the new series.
* Elisabeth Sladen leaves after 3 years, breaking hearts all over the country.
* Tom Baker successfully lobbies for a story without a companion.
* Writer Robert Holmes takes him back to Gallifrey to shoot the President!
* The Master returns
* in dire need of moisturiser.
* The Doctor drowning in this cliff-hanger is the last straw for Mary Whitehouse.
1977
* The new companion is Louise Jameson, playing a scantily-clad savage, Leela.
* Producer Philip Hinchcliffe departs after 3 hugely successful years at the helm.
* He defends the show publicly against allegations of excessive violence.
* The "Lively Arts" documentary series devotes an edition to Dr Who.
* New Producer Graham Williams is under orders to tone down the violence.
* But in his very first story, every single guest character is brutally murdered.
* K9 is an immediate hit with younger viewers.
* Leela mirrors their enthusiasm and the mechanical dog joins the TARDIS crew.
* The production emphasis changes from horror to humour over the course of the season.
1978
* The show now has a new enemy to fight – spiralling inflation!
* With budgets fixed well in advance, money is even tighter than usual.
* So in this adventure, they decide to make do with paintings instead of sets.
* The Doctor returns to Gallifrey for a well earned Presidency
* but stumbles upon a Sontaran invasion.
* Louise Jameson leaves the series.
* Leela stays on Gallifrey after falling in love with a bloke she's only just met.
* Mary Tamm is the new companion, playing haughty Time Lady Romana.
* She joins the Doctor in a season-long quest to find the Key to Time.
* "The Pirate Planet" is the first contribution from budding writer Douglas Adams.
* Its UK transmission coincides with the series' very first broadcast in the USA.
* "The Stones of Blood" is broadcast during the series' 15th anniversary.
* It is also the 100th Doctor Who adventure.
* Tom Baker makes a celebratory appearance on Nationwide.
* Mankind reach no. 25 in the charts with their disco version of the Dr Who theme
* which has the TOTP studio audience giving it plenty on the dance floor...
* ...apart from Billy NoMates in the middle.
1979
* John Lesson, usually the voice of K9, makes a guest appearance in the flesh
* in a compelling story about green painted men and a giant octopus.
* As the Doctor closes in on the sixth segment of the Key to Time,
* Mary Tamm decides to leave the show after just one season.
* Lalla Ward lets herself in for an interesting few years as Romana II.
* The Daleks are back.
* So is Davros.
* The cast & crew film abroad for the first time.
* Tom & Lalla fall for each other during the production of "City of Death".
* Douglas Adams, who is now Script Editor, ends up writing most of the story.
* Adams persuades John Cleese to make a cameo appearance.
* Baker's Doctor is becoming more and more comedic.
* Producer Graham Williams leaves after three years which have seen the show change direction completely.
* The programme remains popular with the public and children in particular
* but is coming under fire from fans for its excessively comical approach,
* an approach typified by the season's finalé, "The Horns of Nimon".
* Williams' reign ends on a low as "Shada", the last scheduled story of the season
* is abandoned as a result of industrial action within the BBC.


== Music list ==
== Music list ==
* "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse
* "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse
* "Come And Get It" by Badfinger
* "Come and Get It" by Badfinger
* "Don’t Cry Daddy" by Elvis Presley
* "Don’t Cry Daddy" by Elvis Presley
* "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkle
* "Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkle
* "Spirit In The Sky" by Norman Greenbaum
* "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum
* "The Pushbike Song" by The Mixtures
* "The Pushbike Song" by The Mixtures
* "No Matter What" by Badfinger
* "No Matter What" by Badfinger
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* "Brown Sugar" by The Rolling Stones
* "Brown Sugar" by The Rolling Stones
* "Another Day" by Paul McCartney
* "Another Day" by Paul McCartney
* "Solely, Solely" by Middle Of The Road
* "[[Soley, Soley]]" by Middle of the Road
* "I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" by The New Seekers
* "I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)" by The New Seekers
* "Son Of My Father" by Chicory Chip
* "Son of My Father" by Chicory Chip
* "Meet Me On The Corner" by Lindisfarne
* "Meet Me on the Corner" by Lindisfarne
* "Without You" by Nilsson
* "Without You" by Nilsson
* "Metal Guru" by T. Rex
* "Metal Guru" by T. Rex
* "One And One Is One" by Medicine Head
* "One and One Is One" by Medicine Head
* "Blockbuster" by The Sweet
* "Blockbuster" by The Sweet
* "Part Of The Union" by The Strawbs
* "Part of the Union" by The Strawbs
* "Power To All Our Friends" by Cliff Richard
* "Power to All Our Friends" by Cliff Richard
* "See My Baby Jive" by Wizzard
* "See My Baby Jive" by Wizzard
* "Giving It All Away" by Roger Daltrey
* "Giving It All Away" by Roger Daltrey
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* "The Ballroom Blitz" by The Sweet
* "The Ballroom Blitz" by The Sweet
* "Dyna-Mite" by Mud
* "Dyna-Mite" by Mud
* "Roll Away The Stone" by Mott The Hoople
* "Roll Away the Stone" by Mott the Hoople
* "Devil Gate Drive" by Suzi Quatro
* "Devil Gate Drive" by Suzi Quatro
* "The Air That I Breathe" by The Hollies
* "The Air That I Breathe" by The Hollies
* "Spiders & Snakes" by Jim Stafford
* "Spiders & Snakes" by Jim Stafford
* "Gonna Make You A Star" by David Essex
* "Gonna Make You a Star" by David Essex
* "Down Down" by Status Quo
* "Down Down" by Status Quo
* "Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth" by Sparks
* "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth" by Sparks
* "Now I’m Here" by Queen
* "Now I’m Here" by Queen
* "Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)" by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
* "Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)" by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
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* "The Last Farewell" by Roger Whittaker
* "The Last Farewell" by Roger Whittaker
* "S.O.S." by ABBA
* "S.O.S." by ABBA
* "Love Is The Drug" by Roxy Music
* "Love Is the Drug" by Roxy Music
* "Golden Years" by David Bowie
* "Golden Years" by David Bowie
* "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
* "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]" by Queen
* "No Regrets" by The Walker Brothers
* "No Regrets" by The Walker Brothers
* "Don’t Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John & Kiki Dee
* "Don’t Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John & Kiki Dee
* "Under The Moon Of Love" by Showaddywaddy
* "Under the Moon of Love" by Showaddywaddy
* "Living Next Door To Alice" by Smokie
* "Living Next Door to Alice" by Smokie
* "Couldn’t Get It Right" by Climax Blues Band
* "Couldn’t Get It Right" by Climax Blues Band
* "Don’t Leave Me This Way" by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
* "Don’t Leave Me This Way" by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
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* "Rockaria!" by Electric Light Orchestra
* "Rockaria!" by Electric Light Orchestra
* "2-4-6-8 Motorway" by The Tom Robinson Band
* "2-4-6-8 Motorway" by The Tom Robinson Band
* "Show You The Way To Go" by The Jacksons
* "Show You the Way to Go" by The Jacksons
* "How Deep Is Your Love?" by Bee Gees
* "How Deep Is Your Love?" by Bee Gees
* "Daddy Cool" by Darts
* "Daddy Cool" by Darts
* "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon
* "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon
* "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty
* "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty
* "Figaro" by Brotherhood Of Man
* "Figaro" by Brotherhood of Man
* "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush
* "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush
* "The Rivers Of Babylon" by Boney M
* "The Rivers of Babylon" by Boney M
* "Summer Nights" by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
* "Summer Nights" by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
* "I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper" by Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip
* "[[I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper]]" by Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip
* "Dr Who" by Mankind
* "[[Doctor Who themed record merchandise|Dr Who]]" by Mankind
* "Oliver’s Army" by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
* "Oliver’s Army" by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
* "Don’t Stop Me Now" by Queen
* "[[Don't Stop Me Now]]" by Queen
* "Video Killed The Radio Star" by Buggles
* "Video Killed the Radio Star" by Buggles
* "Are 'Friends' Electric?" by Tubeway Army
* "Are 'Friends' Electric?" by Tubeway Army
* "Message In A Bottle" by The Police
* "Message in a Bottle" by The Police
* "Since You’ve Been Gone" by Rainbow
* "Since You’ve Been Gone" by Rainbow
* "I Only Want To Be With You" by The Tourists
* "I Only Want to Be with You" by The Tourists
* "Another Brick In The Wall" by Pink Floyd
* "[[Another Brick in the Wall]]" by Pink Floyd
* "I Don’t Like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats
* "I Don’t Like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats
== External links ==
* [https://archive.org/details/the-doctor-who-years/The+Doctor+Who+Years+-+The+70s.mp4 The Doctor Who Years: The Seventies] (archived)


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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The Doctor Who Years: The Seventies was the second episode of The Doctor Who Years, a three-part musical documentary series charting the history of the "Classic Series" of Doctor Who.

It was released on the Doctor Who website on 8 April 2005.[1]

The style and format of the documentary was based on the BBC television series The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1984-94). It featured clips and images from every Doctor Who story, in chronological order, as well as various promotional appearances, merchandise and newspaper clippings, accompanied with tongue-in-cheek captions and scored with pop music from the UK Singles Chart at the time.

Initially it was only available to stream in RealPlayer (.ram) format, then on 6 July 2005 it was made avalable in a second format, Windows Media Video (.wmv), after a website visitor survey in which RealPlayer was heavily criticised.[2][3]

Lost episodes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Black-and-white clips from The Ambassadors of Death, The Mind of Evil & Invasion of the Dinosaurs were especially colourised for this documentary, whilst production photos were used to illustrate Shada.

Other material featured[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other clips featured were:

  • BBC1 ident (1972).
  • Blue Peter, TX: 25 October 1971 & TX: 5 November 1973.
  • Looking In: Behind the Scenes, TX: 7 November 1972.
  • Nationwide, TX: 22 June 1973, TX: 31 December 1976 & TX: 22 November 1978.
  • Pebble Mill at One, TX: 21 December 1973 & TX: 31 March 1977.
  • Billy Smart's Children's Circus, TX: 6 January 1974.
  • BBC Points West, TX: 21 November 1974.
  • Swap Shop, TX: 2 October 1976.
  • The Lively Arts: Whose Doctor Who, TX: 3 April 1977.
  • Top of the Pops, TX: 31 December 1978.

Press clippings featured were:

  • "Who's the girl? She's the doctor's...", c.26-27 June 1973.
  • "Who girl bows out", Daily Mirror, 23 October 1976.
  • "I'll wear the trousers - Dr Who's new girl", c.2 September 1978.
  • Radio Times covers:
    • 3-9 January 1970.
    • 2-8 January 1971.
    • 1-7 January 1972.
    • 30 December 1972-5 January 1973.
    • 15-21 December 1973.

Images of the following pieces of merchandise:

Captions[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Doctor Who bursts onto UK television screens in colour for the first time
  • although 90% of viewers are still watching in black & white.

1970

  • Jon Pertwee is the Doctor!
  • Does this scene look familiar?
  • 35 years before they terrorized Billie Piper, the Autons did the same to residents of Ealing Broadway!
  • Caroline John has also joined the series as new companion Liz Shaw.
  • This story, "The Ambassadors of Death", was unknowingly topical
  • being broadcast as the world held its breath over the Apollo 13 mission.
  • The new Doctor is an expert in Venusian Aikido!

1971

  • "Terror of the Autons" opens the 1971 series with a new companion
  • and a new arch enemy!
  • The Autons are back, terrifying the nation's children again.
  • The BBC is inundated with complaints and the matter is raised in Parliament!
  • The Master appears in every story of the show's 8th season.
  • The Brigadier & UNIT are also regulars in Earthbound adventures aplenty.
  • The Doctor does escape briefly to the far off world of Uxarieus.
  • Coincidentally, so does the Master.
  • They interrupt a bunch of Colonists rehearsing for future Soap auditions.
  • No, it's not "Doctor Who Confidential".
  • It's "The Dæmons"!!
  • The series is regularly featured on "Blue Peter", presented here by former companion Peter Purves.

1972

  • "The Curse of Peladon" parodies our deliberation over entry into the EEC.
  • David Troughton, Patrick's son, appears as King Peladon...
  • ...while the Ice Warriors reappear – as goodies this time!
  • Viewers' enjoyment is spoiled as the Miners' strike blacks out TV screens in many parts of the UK.
  • The first "behind the scenes" Dr Who book is published.
  • A Sea Devil emerging from the water becomes one of the most iconic moments in Dr Who history.
  • The TARDIS interior gets a refit in "The Time Monster".

1973

  • The Three Doctors are united to celebrate the programme's 10th series.
  • They face the wrath of Omega, the first of the Time Lords.
  • Hero or God, the Doctors beat him. By putting a flute in a box.
  • Producer Barry Letts also directed this story.
  • That's him on the left.
  • They're not chickens.
  • They're Drashigs.
  • Future companion Ian Marter talks a good fight.
  • Target Books publish the first three of a hugely successful series of novelisations.
  • Jo Grant falls in love with some bloke she's only just met
  • and immediately agrees to let him take her up the Amazon.
  • Roger Delgado, alias The Master, is killed in a road accident in Turkey.
  • New titles for Season 11

1974

  • along with a new companion – enter Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane.
  • "The Time Warrior" brings a new monster too – a Sontaran Warrior.
  • Nice looking bloke.
  • We also learn the name of the Doctor's home planet for the first time.
  • As Jon Pertwee announces he will leave at the end of the series, the viewers are treated to Dr * Who's staple diets...
  • Daleks....
  • ........and quarries!
  • The Ice Warriors are back to their villainous selves in another political parody on Peladon.
  • Pertwee reaches the end of the line.
  • His replacement is little known actor Tom Baker, destined not to be little known for much longer.

1975

  • Believe it or not, in 1975, Bubble-wrap was new.
  • And scary.
  • Ian Marter joins the new Doctor on his travels as companion Harry Sullivan.
  • This is Davros
  • He created this lot.
  • Producer Phillip Hinchcliffe and Script Editor Robert Holmes begin to tailor the stories for an older audience.
  • The Cybermen return after taking a time-out during Pertwee's era.
  • After struggling with illness for some time, William Hartnell dies, aged 67.
  • The TARDIS crew start the new Autumn Season in the Scottish Highlands
  • where the Zygons are waiting for them
  • and so is the Loch Ness Monster.
  • The new team's change of emphasis is a great success and the ratings rocket past the 10 million mark.
  • The new production team decide to phase out the Earthbound UNIT stories
  • and "The Android Invasion" is the last until 1989.

1976

  • The Doctor begins the New Year grappling with "The Brain of Morbius"
  • and sees his past lives flash before him.
  • The first three you know about. They're the ones on the right.
  • The ones on the left bear an uncanny resemblance to members of the production team.
  • As the 13th season closes out, the Doctor comes under fire from an enemy
  • more deadly than any he has faced on the screen...
  • ...in the form of outspoken TV watchdog, Mary Whitehouse.
  • Whitehouse is not the only one to complain about the frightening content in "The Seeds of Doom".
  • Baker and Sladen appear in the first edition of "Swap Shop" to promote the new series.
  • Elisabeth Sladen leaves after 3 years, breaking hearts all over the country.
  • Tom Baker successfully lobbies for a story without a companion.
  • Writer Robert Holmes takes him back to Gallifrey to shoot the President!
  • The Master returns
  • in dire need of moisturiser.
  • The Doctor drowning in this cliff-hanger is the last straw for Mary Whitehouse.

1977

  • The new companion is Louise Jameson, playing a scantily-clad savage, Leela.
  • Producer Philip Hinchcliffe departs after 3 hugely successful years at the helm.
  • He defends the show publicly against allegations of excessive violence.
  • The "Lively Arts" documentary series devotes an edition to Dr Who.
  • New Producer Graham Williams is under orders to tone down the violence.
  • But in his very first story, every single guest character is brutally murdered.
  • K9 is an immediate hit with younger viewers.
  • Leela mirrors their enthusiasm and the mechanical dog joins the TARDIS crew.
  • The production emphasis changes from horror to humour over the course of the season.

1978

  • The show now has a new enemy to fight – spiralling inflation!
  • With budgets fixed well in advance, money is even tighter than usual.
  • So in this adventure, they decide to make do with paintings instead of sets.
  • The Doctor returns to Gallifrey for a well earned Presidency
  • but stumbles upon a Sontaran invasion.
  • Louise Jameson leaves the series.
  • Leela stays on Gallifrey after falling in love with a bloke she's only just met.
  • Mary Tamm is the new companion, playing haughty Time Lady Romana.
  • She joins the Doctor in a season-long quest to find the Key to Time.
  • "The Pirate Planet" is the first contribution from budding writer Douglas Adams.
  • Its UK transmission coincides with the series' very first broadcast in the USA.
  • "The Stones of Blood" is broadcast during the series' 15th anniversary.
  • It is also the 100th Doctor Who adventure.
  • Tom Baker makes a celebratory appearance on Nationwide.
  • Mankind reach no. 25 in the charts with their disco version of the Dr Who theme
  • which has the TOTP studio audience giving it plenty on the dance floor...
  • ...apart from Billy NoMates in the middle.

1979

  • John Lesson, usually the voice of K9, makes a guest appearance in the flesh
  • in a compelling story about green painted men and a giant octopus.
  • As the Doctor closes in on the sixth segment of the Key to Time,
  • Mary Tamm decides to leave the show after just one season.
  • Lalla Ward lets herself in for an interesting few years as Romana II.
  • The Daleks are back.
  • So is Davros.
  • The cast & crew film abroad for the first time.
  • Tom & Lalla fall for each other during the production of "City of Death".
  • Douglas Adams, who is now Script Editor, ends up writing most of the story.
  • Adams persuades John Cleese to make a cameo appearance.
  • Baker's Doctor is becoming more and more comedic.
  • Producer Graham Williams leaves after three years which have seen the show change direction completely.
  • The programme remains popular with the public and children in particular
  • but is coming under fire from fans for its excessively comical approach,
  • an approach typified by the season's finalé, "The Horns of Nimon".
  • Williams' reign ends on a low as "Shada", the last scheduled story of the season
  • is abandoned as a result of industrial action within the BBC.

Music list[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse
  • "Come and Get It" by Badfinger
  • "Don’t Cry Daddy" by Elvis Presley
  • "Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkle
  • "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum
  • "The Pushbike Song" by The Mixtures
  • "No Matter What" by Badfinger
  • "Rose Garden" by Lynn Anderson
  • "Brown Sugar" by The Rolling Stones
  • "Another Day" by Paul McCartney
  • "Soley, Soley" by Middle of the Road
  • "I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)" by The New Seekers
  • "Son of My Father" by Chicory Chip
  • "Meet Me on the Corner" by Lindisfarne
  • "Without You" by Nilsson
  • "Metal Guru" by T. Rex
  • "One and One Is One" by Medicine Head
  • "Blockbuster" by The Sweet
  • "Part of the Union" by The Strawbs
  • "Power to All Our Friends" by Cliff Richard
  • "See My Baby Jive" by Wizzard
  • "Giving It All Away" by Roger Daltrey
  • "Daydreamer" by David Cassidy
  • "The Ballroom Blitz" by The Sweet
  • "Dyna-Mite" by Mud
  • "Roll Away the Stone" by Mott the Hoople
  • "Devil Gate Drive" by Suzi Quatro
  • "The Air That I Breathe" by The Hollies
  • "Spiders & Snakes" by Jim Stafford
  • "Gonna Make You a Star" by David Essex
  • "Down Down" by Status Quo
  • "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth" by Sparks
  • "Now I’m Here" by Queen
  • "Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)" by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
  • "Bye, Bye Baby" by Bay City Rollers
  • "The Last Farewell" by Roger Whittaker
  • "S.O.S." by ABBA
  • "Love Is the Drug" by Roxy Music
  • "Golden Years" by David Bowie
  • "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
  • "No Regrets" by The Walker Brothers
  • "Don’t Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John & Kiki Dee
  • "Under the Moon of Love" by Showaddywaddy
  • "Living Next Door to Alice" by Smokie
  • "Couldn’t Get It Right" by Climax Blues Band
  • "Don’t Leave Me This Way" by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
  • "When I Need You" by Leo Sayer
  • "Rockaria!" by Electric Light Orchestra
  • "2-4-6-8 Motorway" by The Tom Robinson Band
  • "Show You the Way to Go" by The Jacksons
  • "How Deep Is Your Love?" by Bee Gees
  • "Daddy Cool" by Darts
  • "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon
  • "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty
  • "Figaro" by Brotherhood of Man
  • "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush
  • "The Rivers of Babylon" by Boney M
  • "Summer Nights" by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
  • "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper" by Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip
  • "Dr Who" by Mankind
  • "Oliver’s Army" by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
  • "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen
  • "Video Killed the Radio Star" by Buggles
  • "Are 'Friends' Electric?" by Tubeway Army
  • "Message in a Bottle" by The Police
  • "Since You’ve Been Gone" by Rainbow
  • "I Only Want to Be with You" by The Tourists
  • "Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd
  • "I Don’t Like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats

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Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. The Seventies. bbc.co.uk (8 April 2005). Retrieved on 16 January 2019.
  2. Windows Media: Doctor Who Years. bbc.co.uk (6 July 2005). Retrieved on 16 January 2019.
  3. Website survey results. bbc.co.uk (6 July 2005). Retrieved on 16 January 2019.