The Hartnell Years

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The Hartnell Years was a video containing rare episodes from William Hartnell's time as the doctor, it was presented by Sylvester McCoy and contained the following full episodes:

The Pilot Episode (Unbroadcast, edited). This is the only commercial release of this version of the pilot, which includes several line fluffs and errors; the later DVD release of this episode used a different edit.

The Crusade 3: The Wheel of Fortune (Later re-released when part 1:the lion was discovered)

The Celestial Toymaker 4: The Final Test (Missing "next episode" caption, this was reconstructed for the DVD released)

as well as clips from An Unearthly Child and the arabic dub of The Edge of Destruction.

Behind the scenes

  • This was the first 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 3/06/1991 in the UK, later in the year in the America and on 6/05/1992 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 later released up to 1994, they were


In 1993 the BBC refused to fund production of The Davison Years and The McCoy Years.

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thumb|right|300px|Part one of the specally recorded fotage.

thumb|right|300px|Part two of the specally recorded fotage.

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