Carnival of Monsters (documentary)

Carnival of Monsters
Subject:	Doctor Who
Broadcast on:	BBC Two
Broadcast with:	Doctor Who Night
Broadcast date:	13 November 1999
Runtime:	29'34"
Key crew
Narrator:	Fenella Fielding
Director:	Michael Wadding
Producer:	Michael Wadding
Executive producer:	Alan Brown

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Carnival of Monsters was a documentary that was broadcast as part of BBC Two's Doctor Who Night on 13 November 1999.

Topics covered

• Rotating wire-frame models
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The programme was split into the following titled segments:

• Autons
  • Clips montage
• Cybermen
  • Weapons 4/5 Strength 5/5 Intelligence 3/5 Fear Factor 83
• Zygons
  • Clips montage
• Robot K-1
  • Weapons 3/5 Strength 5/5 Intelligence 4/5 Fear Factor 51
• Ice Warriors
  • Clips montage
• Morbius
  • Weapons 1/5 Strength 3/5 Intelligence 5/5 Fear Factor 63
• Voc Robots
  • Clips montage
• Sontarans
  • Weapons 4/5 Strength 4/5 Intelligence 3/5 Fear Factor 76
• Sea Devils
  • Clips montage
• Daleks
  • Weapons 5/5 Strength 3/5 Intelligence 5/5 Fear Factor 98

People interviewed

• Roy Skelton, Cyberman Voice / Dalek Voice
• Michael Kilgarriff, Cyberman / Robot K-1
• Graham Cole, Cyberman
• Stuart Fell, Stunt Cyberman / Morbius / Stunt Sontaran
• Terrance Dicks, Writer
• Jim Acheson, Costume Designer
• Raymond Cusick, Dalek Designer
• Anneke Wills, Assistant: Polly
• Colin Baker, 6th Doctor
• John Scott Martin, Dalek
• David Maloney, Director
• Tom Baker, 4th Doctor

Crew

• Narrator - Fenella Fielding
• Editor - Gordon Howe
• Assistant Producers - Christine Kenrick, Stephen McGinn
• Executive Producer - Alan Brown
• Directed & Produced by - Michael Wadding
• BBC Manchester

Music list

• "Doctor?" by Orbital, Album: The Altogether
• "Pictures at an Exhibition, M. A 24: I. The Gnome" by Mariss Jansons & Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Album: Mussorgsky & Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral Works
• "Doctor Who Closing Titles (40” Version)" by Delia Derbyshire & the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
• "Carmina Burana, Introduction, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna" by Michel Plasson & Orféon Donostiarra, Album: Carmina Burana
• "Vlad the Impaler" by Warfare, Album: Hammer Horror (A Rock Tribute to the Studio that Dripped Blood)
• "Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 / Act 1 - 13. Dance of the Knights" by Sir Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Album: Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (Highlights); Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
• "Night on Bald Mountain (Arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)" by Mariss Jansons & Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Album: Mussorgsky & Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral Works
• "End Credits / Doctor Who Theme" by John Debney

Notes

Coming up schedule.

• Between each segment the programme would scroll through various monster names, before pausing on one beginning the next segment.
• The monsters included were - Yeti, Zygons, Zarbi, Voc Robots, Daleks, Fish People, Giant Maggots, Ice Warriors, Kandy Man, Mandrels, Morbius, Mummies, Ogrons, Robot K-1, Sontarans, Autons, Cybermen, Alpha Centauri, Axons and Sea Devils.
• Occasionally there would some typing errors in the list - The Kandy Man, Axnos, Axos, Cyber Men and Robots.
• In the Doctor Who Night coming up schedule it was described as "unnatural history".
• It was repeated on 23 November 2003 as part of UK Gold's Doctor Who @40 weekend.

Home video releases

As of August 2021 this documentary has not been made available commercially.