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The length of time between the completion of the documentary and its DVD release set up an interesting phenomenon. Consumers would have bought a "new" DVD, purporting to be a history of "[[The Doctor]]s", that was lacking coverage of the [[Eighth Doctor]]. They might well have been even more confused by the DVD menu. While the cover had images of only the first seven Doctors, the menu contained a picture of [[Paul McGann]]. His name was never even mentioned in the documentary, as all interviews were completed before he had been cast. Nevertheless, the interview with ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' staff touched briefly on the ''possibility'' of a project for [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Broadcasting]] in the [[United States]]. | The length of time between the completion of the documentary and its DVD release set up an interesting phenomenon. Consumers would have bought a "new" DVD, purporting to be a history of "[[The Doctor]]s", that was lacking coverage of the [[Eighth Doctor]]. They might well have been even more confused by the DVD menu. While the cover had images of only the first seven Doctors, the menu contained a picture of [[Paul McGann]]. His name was never even mentioned in the documentary, as all interviews were completed before he had been cast. Nevertheless, the interview with ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' staff touched briefly on the ''possibility'' of a project for [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Broadcasting]] in the [[United States]]. | ||
==Crew== | |||
Some members of the crew had significance to the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' franchise beyond this single production. As with most BBV projects, the principal creative force behind ''The Doctors'' was [[Bill Baggs]] himself. [[Adrian Rigelsford]] was involved as well, though it is somewhat unclear what, exactly he did. The DVD cover claims he was the writer, but the on-screen credits list him as "consultant". This would seem closer the mark, the piece consisted entirely of interviews. As such it had no narrator, and no obvious opportunity for the employment of a writer in the conventional sense. Nevertheless his influence was fairly obvious. The documentary's coverage of ''[[The Dark Dimension]]'' was almost certainly because Rigelsford had written ''Dimension''. [[Nicholas Briggs]] provided the electronic score. | |||
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