Adventures in Space and Time
- You may be looking for the 2013 docu-drama.
Adventures in Space and Time was a documentary that looked at the history of Doctor Who, from its initial broadcast to the 1996 television movie. It was produced by BBC Manchester.
Main subject
Beginning with the first episode of Doctor Who, An Unearthly Child, the documentary charts the history of the show, analysing the style of the various eras and incarnations of the Doctor.
The documentary also shows the opinions of several interviewees about the show. Verity Lambert describes it as "part of growing up", several say whether they believed if Doctor Who should come back, and Tom Baker admits that "the BBC keeps sending me copies of the compilations, and I never look at them".
Additional topics covered
In between each segment looking at the stages of the development of Doctor Who, the documentary also looks at various elements that are a seen throughout the series as a whole, including:
- Companions
- Daleks
- Regeneration
- The use of sound effects, and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
- Cliffhanger endings
People interviewed
- Tom Baker, 4th Doctor
- David J. Howe, Dr Who Historian
- Verity Lambert, Producer
- David Maloney, Director
- Carole Ann Ford, Susan
- John Nathan-Turner, Producer
- Anneke Wills, Assistant: Polly
- Dick Mills, Sound Designer
- Wendy Padbury, Assistant: Zoe
- Terrance Dicks, Writer
- Jim Acheson, Costume Designer
- Peter Davison, 5th Doctor
- Colin Baker, 6th Doctor
- Sylvester McCoy, 7th Doctor
Crew
- Narrator - Peter Jones
- Photography - Andy Greenwood
- Sound - Chris Watson
- Super 8 Photography - Alan Doyle
- Editor - Ian Wilson
- Assistant Producers - Christine Kenrick, Stephen McGinn
- Executive Producer - Alan Brown
- Directed & Produced by - Michael Wadding
- BBC Manchester
Notes
It was repeated on 22 November 2003 as part of UK Gold's Doctor Who @40 weekend.
Home video releases
As of August 2021 this documentary has not been made available commercially.
