Behind the Sofa was a series of videos included in each release of The Collection Blu-ray sets featuring cast and crew members from the show watching serials from the correspondent season.
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The series observes various members of the Doctor Who cast and crew - not always those limited to that specific season, and often cutting between different groups - watching a Doctor Who serial in full and reacting to it, similar to a DVD commentary track. Unlike a commentary track, however, the video is edited to feature specific moments and reactions, or cast/crew sharing specific anecdotes.
Behind the Sofa featurettes were produced for each individual serial, and have been included on each release of The Collection as of March 2021[update].
Cast
| Season Boxset | Couch 1 | Couch 2 | Couch 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 2 | Carole Ann Ford, Maureen O'Brien, Peter Purves | Wendy Padbury, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding | Bonnie Langford, Sophie Aldred |
| Season 8 | Katy Manning, Stewart Bevan | Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton | Sacha Dhawan, Anjli Mohindra |
| Season 9 | Katy Manning, Michael E. Briant | Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton | Wendy Padbury, Sophie Aldred |
| Season 10 | Katy Manning, Richard Franklin, John Levene | Phil Collinson, Pete McTighe, Joy Wilkinson | None |
| Season 12 | Tom Baker, Sadie Miller, Philip Hinchcliffe | Louise Jameson, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton | |
| Season 14 | Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Philip Hinchcliffe | Peter Purves, Sophie Aldred | |
| Season 15 | Colin Baker, Louise Jameson, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding | Matthew Waterhouse, Katy Manning | Betsan Roberts, Toby Hadoke |
| Season 17 | June Hudson, Graeme Harper, Mat Irvine | Colin Baker, Matthew Waterhouse | Nicola Bryant, Katy Manning |
| Season 18 | Tom Baker, June Hudson, John Leeson | Wendy Padbury, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton | None |
| Season 19 | Sarah Sutton, Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Matthew Waterhouse |
Mark Strickson, Sophie Aldred | |
| Season 20 | Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Sarah Sutton | Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy | Katy Manning, Sophie Aldred |
| Season 22 | Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Terry Molloy | Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton | Sylvester McCoy, Wendy Padbury |
| Season 23 | Nicola Bryant, Colin Baker, Bonnie Langford | Frazer Hines, Matthew Waterhouse, Mark Strickson | None |
| Season 24 | Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Sophie Aldred | Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton | Colin Baker, Michael Jayston |
| Season 26 | Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred | Anneke Wills, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton | Pete McTighe, Joy Wilkinson |
Series notes
- In the editions included with seasons 12, 18 and 19, the opening theme for the show segued into the Doctor Who theme, however the Doctor Who theme had been digitally slowed without reducing its pitch. This is corrected as of the season 10 release, with the theme playing at the correct speed.
- The Behind the Sofa segments included in the season 12 did not properly format the credit for Mark Ayres as Dubbing Mixer - while the credits otherwise presented the position in italics, "Dubbing Mixer" was presented in the same typeface formatting as the credited names. This error did not occur in later sets.
- Season 12 was the only set where the BBC Worldwide logo appears in the end credits. From season 19 onward, the credits ended with the BBC Studios logo.
- For the Season 24, Season 8 and Season 2 instalments, which were produced during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-21, guests were seated in their own individual chairs instead of on a sofa. There was also a plastic divider separating them, except for married couple Dhawan and Mohindra.