The Doctor Who Years: The Eighties (documentary)

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The Doctor Who Years: The Eighties was the third and final episode of The Doctor Who Years, a three-part musical documentary series charting the history of the so-called "Classic Series" of Doctor Who.

It was released on the Doctor Who website on 21 May 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 tounge-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]

Other material featured

Other clips featured were:

Press clippings featured were:

  • "Will the cruel Beeb really kill off K9?", The Sun, 7 June 1980.
  • "Time's up, Doctor And the new Who could be a woman", Daily Star, 25 October 1980.
  • "Peter Who?", Daily Record, 5 November 1980.
  • "Tell me, Doctor, who's Who and who is not?", 1983.
  • "Colin's the new Dr Who", Daily Star, 20 August 1983.
  • "Dr Who is axed in a BBC plot", The Sun, 28 February 1985.
  • "Dr Who down-Graded!", Daily Mail, 28 February 1985.
  • "Now for Dr Who on radio", c.10 June 1985.
  • "One last chance for timeless Dr Who", 1985 or 1986.
  • "Colin Baker quits as the Doctor", Glasgow Herald, 19 December 1986.
  • "Why I'll never forgive gutless Grade, by axed Dr Who", The Sun, 6 January 1987.
  • "Who do you do, Doctor", Daily Mirror, 3 March 1987.
  • "McCoy, That's Who", The Sun, 3 March 1987.
  • "Doctor Who is the real McCoy", Today, 3 March 1987.
  • "Dr Who and the battle of Coronation Street", The Guardian, 1987.
  • "Jubilee spree for Doctor Who", The Guardian, 16 November 1988.
  • Radio Times cover from 19-25 November 1983.

Images of the following pieces of merchandise - The Doctor Who Celebration: Twenty Years of a Time Lord Commemorative Programme, Radio Times Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Special, Daily Star "Save Doctor Who" sticker, and Doctor Who Bulletin No. 26 (September 1985).

A publicity photo was used to illustrate the BBC Radio 4 audio drama Slipback.

Music list

  • "Enola Gay" by Orchestral Manouvres In The Dark
  • "Ashes To Ashes" by David Bowie
  • "Feels Like I’m In Love" by Kelly Marie
  • "The Tide Is High" by Blondie
  • "Fade To Grey" by Visage
  • "Imagine" by John Lennon
  • "Kids In America" by Kim Wilde
  • "Vienna" by Ultravox
  • "It Must Be Love" by Madness
  • "Don’t You Want Me" by The Human League
  • "The Land Of Make Believe" by Bucks Fizz
  • "I’ll Find My Way Home" by Jon & Vangelis
  • "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by Tight Fit
  • "See You" by Depeche Mode
  • "Poison Arrow" by ABC
  • "A Town Called Malice" by The Jam
  • "Mickey" by Toni Basil
  • "You Can’t Hurry Love" by Phil Collins
  • "Down Under" by Men At Work
  • "Africa" by Toto
  • "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson
  • "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" by Bonnie Tyler
  • "Blue Monday" by New Order
  • "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club
  • "Moonlight Shadow" by Mike Oldfield
  • "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel
  • "Relax" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
  • "Wouldn’t It Be Good" by Nik Kershaw
  • "Radio Ga Ga" by Queen
  • "99 Red Balloons" by Nena
  • "Doctor! Doctor!" by Thompson Twins
  • "Robert De Niro’s Waiting" by Bananarama
  • "It’s Raining Men" by The Weather Girls
  • "Like A Virgin" by Madonna
  • "I Want To Know What Love Is" by Foreigner
  • "Run To You" by Bryan Adams
  • "The Boys Of Summer" by Don Henley
  • "Every Time You Go Away" by Paul Young
  • "We Close Our Eyes" by Go West
  • "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears For Fears
  • "And She Was" by Talking Heads
  • "Thorn In My Side" by Eurythmics
  • "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby & The Range
  • "Walk Like An Egyptian" by Bangles
  • "The Final Countdown" by Europe
  • "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin
  • "Caravan Of Love" by The Housemartins
  • "It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way" by The Blow Monkeys
  • "Alone" by Heart
  • "What Have I Done To Deserve This?" by Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
  • "You Win Again" by Bee Gees
  • "China In Your Hand" by T’Pau
  • "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" by Belinda Carlisle
  • "Doctorin’ The Tardis" by The Timelords
  • "A Little Respect" by Erasure
  • "One Moment In Time" by Whitney Houston
  • "Orinoco Flow" by Enya
  • "Waiting For A Star To Fall" by Boy Meets Girl
  • "If I Could Turn Back Time" by Cher
  • "Ride On Time" by Black Box
  • "Listen To Your Heart" by Roxette
  • "Never Too Late" by Kylie Minogue
  • "Nothing Ever Happens" by Del Amitri

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Who Years: The Eighties. bbc.co.uk (21 May 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.
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