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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.
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>
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.