Myth Makers
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Myth Makers (disambiguation)
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Myth Makers is a professional series of documentaries about the principal creatives of Doctor Who. It is produced for the direct-to-video market by Reeltime Pictures — with most releases being interviews with a single cast or crew member. There are a number of different hosts for the series, including "voice of the Daleks" Nick Briggs, Robert Dick and notably Sophie Aldred.
Myth Makers was, and is, groundbreaking. It was the first about the production of Doctor Who. Its longevity proves there's an appetite for such information, and it is probably fair to say that it helped pave the way for Doctor Who Confidential, as well as the audio interviews that became commonplace on most Big Finish audio CDs.
Today Myth Makers has reached nearly 150 editions! Many are now being made available through Koch Media in glass-mastered Region Free NTSC DVDs in a series titled The Doctors.
Availability[[edit] | [edit source]]
Most of the Myth Makers early releases were never made available in North America when they were first released, in part due to the expense of PAL to NTSC conversion. However, now all titles are available as NTSC DVD, download and stream from: www.timetraveltv.com.
Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]
VHS[[edit] | [edit source]]
UK[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the United Kingdom, the first 25 releases had at least two, and sometimes three, VHS editions. First edition covers were the only ones to indicate the number of the tape, and it is from this first edition numbering that the numbers of the remaining 32 tapes are inferred.
Nothing in the footage of any video indicated a particular number.
In general, UK editions varied only in that the covers were different. The one exception to this was the Elisabeth Sladen interview which had two editions released simultaneously in April 2001. The "Special Edition" had 15 minutes of additional footage over the normal version.
US[[edit] | [edit source]]
Because the UK numbering scheme was based upon the UK first edition covers, the numbers were meaningless for the US editions, which were always compilations of the UK originals.
The following chart attempts to explain which British tapes were used to comprise the American editions.
DVD[[edit] | [edit source]]
Video on demand[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 2015, Reeltime Pictures relaunched as Time Travel TV, and began to offer old and new releases on DVD and through video on demand service Vimeo, to rent or own. Some new releases issued archival material for the first time.
# | Subject | DVD | VHS | Release Date | Notes |
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1 | Michael Wisher | 7 | 1 | February 2015 | |
2 | John Leeson | 3 | 2 | April 2015 | |
4 | Carole Ann Ford | 22 | 4 | May 2015 | |
5 | Janet Fielding | 29 | 5 | February 2015 | |
6 | Nicola Bryant | 1 | 6 | ||
7 | Wendy Padbury | 41 | 7 | January 2016 | |
8 | Michael Craze | 11 | 8 | June 2015 | |
9 | Sarah Sutton | 24 | 9 | ||
10 | Deborah Watling | 6 | 10 | August 2015 | |
11 | Victor Pemberton | 6 | 11 | February 2015 | |
12 | Ian Marter | 7 | 12 | October 2015 | |
13 | John Levene | 37 | 13 | December 2015 | |
14 | Peter Grimwade | 24 | 14 | June 2015 | |
15 | Jon Pertwee | 15 | 14 | April 2015 | |
16 | Richard Franklin | 16 | 35 | September 2015 | |
17 | Tom Baker | 79 | 17 | February 2015 | |
18 | Doctor Who Magazine 1 - | 13 | 18 | Conducted for DWM's 10th anniversary in 1989 | |
19 | Colin Baker | 26 | 19 | May 2015 | |
20 | David Banks | 10 | 20 | November 2015 | |
21 | Mary Tamm | 3 | 21 | January 2015 | |
22 | John Nathan-Turner | 29 | 22 | February 2015 | |
23 | Sophie Aldred 1 | 4 | 23 | October 2015 | |
24 | Jackie Lane | 34 | 24 | December 2015 | |
25 | Barry Letts & Terrance Dicks 1 | 19 | 25 | February 2015 | |
26 | Anneke Wills | 11 | 26 | November 2015 | |
27 | Louise Jameson | 15 | 27 | December 2015 | |
28 | Sylvester McCoy 1 | 40 | 28 | August 2015 | |
29 | Barry Letts & Terrance Dicks 2 | 30 | 29 | April 2015 | |
30 | Caroline John | 38 | 30 | February 2015 | |
31 | Frazer Hines | 23 | 31 | ||
32 | Peter Purves | 16 | 32 | ||
33 | William Russell | 9 | 33 | ||
34 | Verity Lambert | 9 | 34 | ||
35 | Jacqueline Hill tribute | 12 | 35 | October 2015 | |
36 | Mark Strickson | 10 | 36 | May 2015 | |
37 | Roger Delgado tribute | 19 | 37 | January 2016 | |
38 | The Directors 1 - | 14 | 38 | February 2015 | |
39 | Katy Manning | 30 | 39 | November 2015 | |
40 | Shaun Sutton | 8 | 40 | ||
41 | Raymond Cusick | 12 | 41 | ||
42 | Derrick Sherwin | 23 | 42 | January 2016 | |
43 | William Hartnell | 2 | 43 | June 2015 | |
44 | Donald Tosh | 16 | 44 | February 2015 | |
45 | Jack Pitt | 2 | 45 | November 2015 | |
46 | Barry Newbery | 22 | 46 | December 2015 | |
47 | Doctor Who Magazine 2 -
Gary Gillatt, Dez Skinn, Jeremy Bentham, Andrew Pixley, Gary Russell, Sophie Aldred |
13 | 47 | May 2015 | Convention panel conducted for DWM's 20th anniversary in 1999 |
48 | Graeme Harper | 1 | 48 | December 2015 | |
49 | Bob Baker and Dave Martin | 20 | 49 | September 2015 | |
50 | Elisabeth Sladen | 27 | 20 | ||
52 | Yee Jee Tso | 18 | 52 | January 2016 | |
53 | Patrick Troughton | 8 | 53 | July 2015 | |
54 | Tristram Cary | 31 | 54 | June 2015 | |
55 | Andrew Cartmel | 4 | 55 | October 2015 | |
56 | Philip Segal | 18 | 56 | Convention interview from Gallifrey One | |
58 | Raymond E. Feist | April 2015 | Convention interview from FantasyCon 1999
Fantasy author who has not contributed to Doctor Who | ||
59 | Jacqueline Pearce | 5 | February 2015 | ||
60 | Mat Irvine | 15 | |||
61 | Stephen Greif | 5 | May 2015 | Focuses on his Blake's 7 work; Greif did not appear in Doctor Who until The Infinite Quest in 2007. | |
62 | Jeremy Bulloch | June 2015 | |||
63 | Herbert Jefferson, Jr. | July 2015 | Battlestar Galactica actor that has not contributed to Doctor Who | ||
64 | Walter Koenig | August 2015 | Star Trek actor that has not contributed to Doctor Who | ||
65 | Robert May | September 2015 | Lost in Space actor that has not contributed to Doctor Who | ||
66 | Julie Caitlin Brown | October 2015 | Babylon 5 actress that has not contributed to Doctor Who | ||
67 | Gordon Michael Woolvett | November 2015 | Andromeda actor that has not contributed to Doctor Who | ||
68 | Judson Scott | December 2015 | Actor that has not contributed to Doctor Who | ||
69 | John Billingsley | January 2016 | Enterprise actor that has not contributed to Doctor Who | ||
70 | Gareth Thomas | 72 | April 2015 | ||
71 | Peter Tuddenham | 73 | February 2015 | ||
72 | Jan Chappell | 32 | June 2015 | ||
73 | Robert Sloman | 64 | February 2015 | ||
74 | Doctor Who Magazine 3 - | 13 | July 2015 | Conducted in 2003 for DWM's 25th anniversary
Re-release of supplemental content to DWM Myth Makers DVD - shortest release at 8 minutes | |
75 | Dudley Simpson | 21 | February 2015 | ||
76 | Eric Saward | 25 | |||
77 | Louis Marks | 28 | May 2015 | ||
78 | Waris Hussein | 36 | February 2015 | ||
80 | The Innes Lloyd Team | 42 | January 2016 | ||
82 | The Peter Bryant Team | 42 | November 2015 | ||
83 | The Costume Design Team - | 43 | February 2015 | Convention interviews conducted by Gary Russell in 1988 | |
84 | The Target Books Team -
Ian Marter, Andrew Skilleter, Tony Attwood and Nigel Robinson |
44 | October 2015 | Panel at PanoptiCon 7; conducted by Gary Russell in 1987 | |
85 | The Doctor Who Magazine Team - John Freeman, Tim Quinn, Dicky Howett, Lee Sullivan | 45 | September 2015 | Panel at PanoptiCon 9; conducted by Gary Russell in 1989 | |
87 | Christopher H. Bidmead | 48 | February 2015 | ||
88 | Dick Mills | 49 | |||
89 | The Genesis Team - Peter Miles, Michael Wisher, Roy Skelton | 47 | August 2015 | ||
90 | Graham Williams | 52 | February 2015 | ||
91 | Terry Molloy | 50 | |||
92 | Timothy Combe | 53 | |||
93 | Stuart Fell | 51 | August 2015 | ||
94 | The Directors Volume 2 - Michael Briant, Christopher Barry | 59 | Panel at PanoptiCon 7 | ||
95 | Douglas Camfield | 54 | February 2015 | ||
96 | Peter Miles | 56 | |||
97 | Ian Collier | 55 | |||
98 | Cy Town | 60 | September 2015 | ||
99 | June Hudson | 61 | February 2015 | ||
100 | Julian Glover | 62 | |||
101 | Bernard Archard | 63 | |||
102 | Angus Lennie | 65 | |||
103 | The Music and Sound Team -
Dudley Simpson, Dick Mills, Mark Ayres, Dominic Glynn, Keff McCulloch |
57 | Panels at PanoptiCon 7 and 9; conducted by David J. Howe | ||
104 | Don Houghton | 58 | |||
105 | Flight Through Eternity: The Sixties 1 -
Reg Whitehead, Raymond Llewellyn, Ralph Watson, Sonia Markham, Beryl Braham |
66 | Convention interviews conducted at the Gloucester Guildhall on 14 October 2007 | ||
106 | Flight Through Eternity: The Sixties 2 -
Martin Cort, Peter Roy, George Layton, Anthony Colby, John Greenwood, Christopher Robbie |
67 | April 2015 | Convention interviews conducted at the Gloucester Guildhall | |
107 | Flight Through Eternity: The Sixties 3 -
Peter Craze, Jane Sherwin, Hubert Rees, Terence Bayler, Roy Spencer |
68 | May 2015 | Convention interviews conducted at the Gloucester Guildhall | |
108 | Stephen Gallagher | 69 | February 2015 | ||
109 | Flight Through Eternity: The Three Doctors 1 -
Lyn Ashley, Susanna Carroll, John Carter, Edward de Souza, Fiona Walker |
74 | June 2015 | Convention interviews conducted at the Gloucester Guildhall on 13 April 2008 | |
110 | Flight Through Eternity: The Three Doctors 2 -
Sonny Caldinez, Shirley Cooklin, Prentis Hancock, David Spenser |
75 | July 2015 | Convention interviews conducted at the Gloucester Guildhall | |
111 | Flight Through Eternity: The Three Doctors 3 - | 76 | August 2015 | Convention interviews conducted at the Gloucester Guildhall | |
112 | Flight Through Eternity: The Three Doctors 4 - | 77 | September 2015 | Convention interviews conducted at the Gloucester Guildhall | |
113 | Barbara Clegg | 70 | February 2015 | ||
114 | Telos Publishing | 71 | June 2015 | Interviews conducted for Telos' 10th anniversary | |
115 | Damaris Hayman | 78 | October 2015 | ||
116 | Anthony Ainley | 80 | February 2015 | New release
Convention interview conducted in 2000 | |
117 | Dominic Glynn | 81 | April 2015 | New release | |
118 | Virgin Publishing | 82 | July 2015 | New release
Virgin Publishing event recorded on 28th September 1993 alongside contemporary interview with Peter Darvill-Evans | |
119 | David Fisher | 83 | August 2015 | New release | |
120 | Mike Tucker | 84 | December 2015 | New release
Myth Makers convention interview conducted on 1 June 2014 | |
121 | Philip Hinchcliffe | 85 | January 2016 | New release
Myth Makers convention interview conducted on 1 June 2014, moderated by Tony Jordan | |
122 | Andrew Smith | 86 | February 2016 | New release | |
123 | Nigel Robinson | 87 | March 2016 | ||
124 | Philip Martin | 88 | April 2016 | ||
125 | Andrew Hayden-Smith | 89 | June 2016 | ||
126 | Jessica Martin | 90 | July 2016 | ||
127 | Daphne Ashbrook | 91 | September 2016 | ||
128 | Doctor Who Magazine 4 - Dez Skinn, Marcus Hearn, Alan Barnes, Tom Spilsbury and Peter Ware | 92 | November 2016 | New release
Convention panel conducted for DWM’s 500th issue in 2016 | |
129 | Matthew Waterhouse | 93 | April 2017 | New release | |
130 | Trevor Martin | 94 | October 2017 | New release
Released posthumously after the actor's death | |
131 | Jon Davey | 95 | December 2017 | New release | |
132 | Wally K Daly | 96 | January 2018 | ||
133 | Kai Owen | 97 | February 2018 | ||
134 | Angela Bruce | 98 | April 2018 | ||
135 | Lisa Bowerman | 99 | |||
136 | Michael Keating | 100 | June 2018 | ||
137 | David Gooderson | 101 | July 2018 | ||
138 | Stewart Bevan | 102 | October 2018 | ||
139 | Michael Jayston | 103 | November 2018 | ||
140 | Bonnie Langford | 104 | January 2019 | ||
141 | Geoffrey Sax | 105 | March 2019 | ||
142 | Paul McGann | 106 | April 2019 | ||
143 | Eric Roberts | 107 | June 2019 | ||
144 | Nabil Shaban | 108 | August 2019 | ||
145 | Christopher Ryan | 109 | September 2019 | ||
146 | Stephen Thorne | 110 | New release
Released posthumously after the actor's death | ||
147 | Prentis Hancock | 111 | October 2019 | New release | |
148 | Nick Joseph | 112 | November 2019 | ||
149 | Shane Rimmer | 113 | August 2020 | New release
Released posthumously after the actor's death | |
150 | The Peter Davison Years -
Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse, Gerald Flood |
114 | New Release | ||
152 | Geoffrey Beevers | 115 | |||
153 | Colin Spaull | 116 | September 2021 | ||
154 | Paul Lavers | 117 | |||
155 | Brian Croucher | 118 | December 2021 | ||
156 | Margot Hayhoe | 119 | February 2022 | ||
157 | John Black | 120 | June 2022 | ||
158 | Pete McTighe | 121 | New Release
Myth Makers Live! convention interview conducted on 26 March 2022, moderated by Sophie Aldred | ||
159 | Matthew Robinson | 122 | July 2022 | New Release | |
160 | Paul Cornell | 123 | New Release
Myth Makers Live! convention interview conducted on 26 March 2022 | ||
161 | Stephen Wyatt | 124 | September 2022 | New Release | |
162 | Derek Ritchie | 125 | November 2022 | New Release
Myth Makers Live! convention interview conducted on 26 March 2022, moderated by Robert Dick | |
163 | Jeff Cummins | 126 | December 2022 | New Release | |
164 | Gary Russell | 127 | New Release
Myth Makers Live! convention interview conducted on 26 March 2022 | ||
165 | Robert Shearman | 128 | January 2023 | New Release
Myth Makers Live! convention interview conducted on 26 March 2022, moderated by Lisa Bowerman | |
166 | Dan Starkey | 129 | New Release
Myth Makers Live! convention interview conducted on 26 March 2022, moderated by Robert Dick | ||
167 | Keith Jayne | 130 | February 2023 | New Release | |
168 | Glen McCoy | 131 | March 2023 | ||
169 | Chris Clough | 131 | May 2023 | ||
170 | Ben Aaronovitch | 132 | June 2023 | ||
171 | Andrew Morgan | 133 | July 2023 | ||
172 | Ian Briggs | 134 | September 2023 | ||
173 | Annette Badland | 135 | February 2024 | ||
174 | [[Kate Esteal|Kate Easteal Template:Sic]] | 136 | March 2024 | ||
175 | Simon Williams | 137 | |||
176 | Sylvester McCoy 2 | 138 | April 2024 | ||
177 | Sophie Aldred 2 | 139 | |||
178 | [[Kevin Davies|Kevin Jon Davies Template:Sic]] | 140 | June 2024 | ||
179 | Michael Troughton | 141 | August 2024 |
Music[[edit] | [edit source]]
Mark Ayres, a composer for the Doctor Who series during its final seasons, was commissioned to write music for the videos, and this later resulted in the release of a soundtrack album, Myths and Other Legends on Silva Screen Records (FILMCD 088).