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'''The Troughton Years''' was a video containing rare episodes from [[Patrick Troughton]]'s time as the Doctor. It was presented by [[Jon Pertwee]] and contained the following full episodes:
'''The Troughton Years''' was a video containing rare episodes from [[Patrick Troughton]]'s time as the Doctor. It was presented by [[Jon Pertwee]] and contained the following full episodes:


*[[The Abominable Snowmen]], Episode 2 (includes a breif edit because of a "hole" in the audio.)
*[[The Abominable Snowmen]], Episode 2 (includes a breif edit because of a "hole" in the audio, this was restored for the [[Lost in Time|DVD]] using syllables from nearby episodes.)
*[[The Enemy of the World]], Episode 3
*[[The Enemy of the World]], Episode 3
*[[The Space Pirates]], Episode 2
*[[The Space Pirates]], Episode 2

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The Troughton Years was a video containing rare episodes from Patrick Troughton's time as the Doctor. It was presented by Jon Pertwee and contained the following full episodes:

as well as clips from: The Tenth Planet, The Web of Fear, The Three Doctors, The Five Doctors and The Two Doctors.

Behind the scenes

  • This was the second of a series of videos produced by John Nathan-Turner intended to release rare episodes and incomplete seriels, as well as interveiws and other extras that wouldn't have seen a video release at the time.
  • All British releases were handled by BBC Worldwide, Australasian releases by Polygram and American releases by CBS/Fox
  • The video was classified U (in the UK) and G (in Australia).It was released on 03/06/1991 in the UK, later that year in the America and on 04/03/1992 in Australia.
  • The arrangement of the Doctor Who theme used for this and succeeding Years releases was originally arranged by Keff McCulloch for the 1989 album Doctor Who: Variations on a Theme.

See also

Six similar videos were also released up to 1994, they were


In 1993 the BBC refused to fund production of The Davison Years and The McCoy Years. thumb|300px|right|Part one of the links by Jon Pertwee


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thumb|300px|right|Part two of the links by Jon Pertwee