Behind the Sofa (documentary series)
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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.
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 8 | Katy Manning, Stewart Bevan | Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton | Sacha Dhawan, Anjli Mohindra |
| 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 18 | Tom Baker, June Hudson, John Leeson | Wendy Padbury, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton | |
| Season 19 | Sarah Sutton, Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Matthew Waterhouse |
Mark Strickson, Sophie Aldred | |
| Season 23 | Nicola Bryant, Colin Baker, Bonnie Langford | Frazer Hines, Matthew Waterhouse, Mark Strickson | |
| 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
- The opening theme for the show segues into the Doctor Who theme, however the Doctor Who theme has been digitally slowed without reducing its pitch.
- 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 is the only set where the BBC Worldwide logo appears in the end credits. From season 19 onwards, the credits end with the BBC Studios logo.
- For the Season 24 and Season 8 installments, 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.
