Doctor Who at the BBC: The Tenth Doctor
Doctor Who at the BBC: The Tenth Doctor was the 2007 installment in BBC Audio's annual Doctor Who at the BBC CD documentaries. Presented by Elisabeth Sladen, this release followed the pattern of most of the others in featuring audio clips of radio and TV interviews and features relating to Doctor Who.
While previous releases dealt with primarily the 1963-89 era of the series, The Tenth Doctor, as the name suggests, focuses on the series between 2005 and the announcement of David Tennant's casting as the Tenth Doctor, and the end of 2006 and the telecasts of DW: The Runaway Bride and SJA: Invasion of the Bane.
Although released annually since 2003, there was no 2008 issue of Doctor Who at the BBC; the series resumed in 2009 with Doctor Who at the BBC: A Legend Reborn.
Publisher summary
Elisabeth Sladen presents an exciting collection of interviews and behind-the-scenes features from the hit BBC One series starring David Tennant.
The actress behind the much-loved Sarah Jane Smith is your guide through the exciting, surprising and often funny mix of radio and TV features, all based around the worlds of contemporary Doctor Who.
Travel behind the scenes in the company of David Tennant, Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman, Catherine Tate, Sarah Parish, Jessica Hynes, Thomas Sangster, and many other stars of Series Two and Three.
Learn more about how Doctor Who is made from Russell T Davies, Susie Liggat and Edward Thomas - and eavesdrop on an unusual phone call to Executive Producer Julie Gardner!
Along the way you'll enjoy many fascinating Doctor Who-related items from Blue Peter, Breakfast, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Front Row and Jo Whiley Meets Doctor Who, plus a host of extracts from BBC Radio Wales's very own Doctor Who - Back in Time series!
With laughter from the Dead Ringers and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue teams thrown in, and a bonus peek at The Sarah Jane Adventures, this exclusive CD is guaranteed to provide two hours of enjoyment for Doctor Who fans young, old, and in-between!
Production credits
- Presenter: Elisabeth Sladen
- Writer: Andrew Pixley
- Producer: Michael Stevens
- Technical presentation: Steven David Jones
- Doctor Who theme composed by Ron Grainer, arranged by Murray Gold
Clips featured (in order of appearance)
- Front Row, BBC Radio, 27th December 2005
- Front Row, 8th December 2005
- Back in Time: New Doctor, New Danger, BBC Radio Wales, 23rd December 2005
- Breakfast, BBC One, 21st December 2005
- Dead Ringers: "Christmas at Doctor Who's" parody, BBC Two, 23rd December 2005
- Back in Time: Adventures in Sound, BBC Radio Wales, 29th April 2006
- Blue Peter, BBC One, 24th April 2006
- Breakfast, BBC One, 27th April 2006
- Richard Evans, BBC Radio Wales, 22nd December 2006
- I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue Doctor Who parody, BBC Radio 4, 27th June 2005
- Newsbeat, BBC Radio 1, 5th July 2006
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, featuring Billie Piper, BBC One, 20th October 2006
- Back in Time: Jingle Hell, BBC Radio Wales, 24th December 2006
- Jo Whiley Meets Doctor Who, BBC Radio 1, 25th December 2006
- Blue Peter feature on Invasion of the Bane, BBC One, 11th December 2006
Interviews featured
This list is not complete:
- Elisabeth Sladen
- David Tennant
- Billie Piper
- Freema Agyeman
- Catherine Tate
- Russell T Davies
- John Leeson
- Samantha Bond
- Yasmin Paige
- Jessica Hynes
- Sarah Parish
- Julie Gardner
- Susie Liggat
- Nicholas Briggs
- Edward Thomas
- Thomas Sangster
Notes
- The 2-CD set includes a false ending. After saying goodbye, Sladen is heard hiding behind in the studio before sneaking in the first installment of "The Sarah Jane Adventures at the BBC", leading into the Blue Peter feature on the Invasion of the Bane special.
- The BBC Audio CD liner notes list some individuals such as Sophia Myles and Tom Baker as being heard on some of the clips, when they are not.
- During the Jo Whiley feature, several words are bleeped out (in the original broadcast) as they Whiley was recording behind the scenes of the filming of DW: Human Nature/The Family of Blood. The word most frequently bleeped is "scarecrow".