Thirty Years in the Tardis (1993)

Country of Origin: UK
Date of Original Broadcast: 29 November 1993
Number of Seasons: N/A
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 50m/90m (expanded version)
Format:
Colour Format: colour
Sound:

DIRECTION

Directed by: Kevin Davies

PRODUCTION
Copyright: © British Broadcasting Corporation and BBC Enterprises Ltd. MCMXCIV [1994] (video version)
Production Company: BBC
Executive Producer: Sue Kerr
TV Version Executive Producer: John Whiston
Produced by: Kevin Davies
TV Version Producers: John Bush, Alexis Giradet, Caroline Wright
TV Version Unit Manager: Judi Wild

DIRECTION
Additional Interviews Directed by: Joanna Bailey, John Bush, Alexis Giradet, David Jeffcock

PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography: John Adderley
Additional Photography: Peter Chapman
Gaffer: Billy Byrne
Electrician: Geoff Brown
Grips: Bob Howland

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Paul Ratcliffe
TV Version Editor: Francis Buchanan, Lynda Featherstone

MUSIC
Original Music and Sound Design: Mark Ayres
Doctor Who Theme Composed by: Ron Grainer

SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
"Who's Who"
Sung by Roberta Tovey with Malcolm Lockyer and his orchestra
Polydor Records 1965

SOUND
Sound Recordists: Mark Ayres, Dick Boulter, Bruce Galloway, Alex Marsden, Nigel Reed, Simon Wilson, Eric Wisby, Tony Wornum
Dubbing Mixers: Mark Ayres, Craig Irving
Special Archive Sound Effects by: Brian Hodgson and Dick Mills of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Paige Bell
Costumes: Colin Lavers, Ken Trew

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Costumes Made by: Robert Allsop, Derek Handley, Stephen Mansfield, David Miller, Susan Moore

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Digital Compositing on VENICE System: Tim Burgess
Matte Painting: Tony Pulham
Cybermat and Auton Visual Effects: Mike Tucker
Motion Control Camera: Pete Tyler

TITLES AND OPTICALS
Opening Titles: Ralph Montagu

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designers: Andrew Howe-Davies, Phil Robinson, Chris Thompson
Dresser: Giles Gale
Essential Info Graphics: Steve Bonnett, Keith Haynes
Poster Art: Tony Clark

OTHER CREW
Programme Consultant: Andrew Pixley
Production Associate: Simon Ashwood
Archive Extracts Research: Ian Levine, Richard Molesworth, Ralph Montagu, Steve Roberts, Paul Vanezis
Extracts Compiled By: Paul Vanezis, Steve Roberts
Researcher: Jane Rundle
Production Assistant: Sheila Casstles
Runner: Claire Harrison
Astons: Simon Ashcroft, Duncan Sutton
Business Affairs: Martin Perrigo
Facilities: Ace Editing; BBC Pebble Mill; Gemini Audio Productions; Rew Broadcast; Touch Animation

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The director wishes to thank: The cast and crew of Doctor Who; Paul Buckland for The Whomobile; Julian Vince for the Emperor Dalek; Pete Tyler; Jim Francis; Andy Hopkinson; Andrew Beech; Mark Short; The Natural History Museum; Quasar, Slough; David Jackson; Delia Derbyshire; Jessica Carney; Gary Russell; Marcus Hearn
Daleks and Monster Costumes Supplied By: Steve Allen, Andrew Beech, David Brian, Tony Clark, Roger Dilley, Steve Gostelow, Mick Hall, Derek Handley, Andy Hopkinson, David Howe, Ian Levine, Alistair Lock, Susan Moore, Mike Tucker, Julian Vince

WITH

Barry Letts (Doctor Who producer 1969-74)
Terrance Dicks (Doctor Who script editor 1968-74/writer)
Phillip Hinchliffe (Doctor Who producer 1974-77)
Colin Baker (the Sixth Doctor 1984-86)
Verity Lambert (first Doctor Who producer 1963-65)
Jessica Carney (actress) (William Hartnell's granddaughter)
Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman 1963-64)
Toyah Willcox (Doctor Who fan/actress)
Deborah Watling (Victoria Waterfield 1967-68)
Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon 1966-69)
Lowrie Turner (fashion editor, Evening Standard)
Eric Saward (Doctor Who script editor 1981-86/writer)
Jon Pertwee (the Third Doctor 1970-74)
Ian Levine (Doctor Who fan/record producer)
Raymond Cusick (Dalek creator (designer))
Ben Aaronovitch (Doctor Who scriptwriter)
Roberta Tovey (Susan)
Jennie Linden (Barbara)
Sophie Aldred (Ace 1987-89)
Stephen Bayley (design consultant)
Mike Gatting (Doctor Who fan/cricketer)
Gerry Anderson (TV producer)
Jamie [Anderson] (Gerry's son)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah-Jane Smith)
Sadie [Miller] (Elisabeth's daughter)
Nicola Bryant (Peri Brown 1984-86)
Nicholas Courtney (The Brigadier 1968-89)
Julian Humphries (National Army Museum)
Sylvester McCoy (the Seventh Doctor 1987-89)
Ken Livingstone (Doctor Who fan/politician)
John Nathan-Turner (Doctor Who producer 1979-89)
Mary Whitehouse (founder Nat. Viewers and Listeners Assoc.)
Douglas Adams (author, Doctor Who script editor 1978-79)
Mat Irvine (visual effects designer)
Gary Russell (editor Doctor Who Magazine, Marvel Comics UK Ltd.)
Alan Yentob (Controller BBC1)

Narrator: Nicholas Courtney

CAST

Michael Wisher (Dalek voices)
Josh Maguire (the boy)
Toby Aspin, Heather Barker, Daniel Cohen, Barnaby Edwards, Mark Gatiss, Steve Gostelow, Derek Handley, Alistair Lock, Stephen Mansfield, David Miller, Nick Pegg, Adrian Rigelsford, Gary Russell (monsters, Daleks and other nasties)
Steve Austen, Steve Gostelow, Paul Langley, John Morosini-Whelan, Nick Pegg, Kevin Ryan, Paul Slade, Dean Taylor, Graham Tongue (Cybermen)

PLOT SUMMARY

A clip-packed tribute to the long running Doctor Who, full of interviews, recreations and rare footage.

Initially released as a disappointing 50 minute version on TV, the expanded version crammed in a mass of new material and emerged as a wonderfgul tribute to the good Doctor. Packed to the gills with excellent interviews, first rate re-enactments of favourite Who moments and plenty of rare and previously unseen footage, the tape is cleverly passed off as a three part story, complete with individual chapter titles and advert breaks featuring commercials taken from Australian TV as well as the big screen. Included in the mix are silent home movie clips of William Hartnell appearing, in character, at an air show and there are plentiful clips from Crackerjack (1955 - 1984), Blue Peter (1958 - ) and Pebble Mill (1973 - 1986). Behind the scenes footage reveals the making of the Peter Davison / Colin Baker regeneration, Sophie Aldred's brush with death during the making of Battlefield, a clutch of gaffs and off-camera silliness and priceless footage of various Doctors and companions in rehearsals. Add to that previously unseen footage from Battlefield and newly rediscovered footage from previously missing stories and you have the definitive Doctor Who tribute, the ideal companion for any armchair time traveller.

UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC

More Than Thirty Years in the Tardis - extended video version title

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Blue Peter: 20 June 1966
Blue Peter: 14 December 1967
Blue Peter: 5 November 1973
Crackerjack: March 1975
Dalek Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
Doctor Who (1963-1989)
Dr. Who and the Daleks
Food Morning With Anen and Nick: 20 January 1994
Lively Arts, The: Whose Doctor Who (3 April 1977)
Looking In: 7 November 1972
Nationwide: 24 October 1980
Pebble Mill at One: 21 December 1973
Q6: 11 December 1975
Talkback: 3 October 1967
Whicker's World: 27 January 1968

PERIODICALS

Dreamwatch no.2 pp.14-15 (UK)
reviews

Q November 1994 p.197 (UK)
review

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

documentary, television history

Last Updated: 1 February, 2009