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A New Beginning
(25'48")
A look at the dawn of the John Nathan-Turner produced episodes of
Doctor Who, with contributions from June Hudson, Lovett Bickford,
Christopher H Bidmead, JN-T (footage shot for the BBV 'The Doctors'
documentary), John Leeson, Val McCrimmon, Tom Baker, Sid Sutton and
Peter Howell.
- Hudson on JN-T's youth, Bickford on his showmanship and
Bidmead on his knowledge.
- Nathan-Turner on the "it'll do" mentality.
- Bidmead talks about meeting Barry Letts and JN-T for the
first time and telling them Doctor Who was silly, Leeson about
the valid criticisms of the show, JN-T on the slapstick
elements and McCrimmon on the silliness.
- JN-T and Bidmead discuss the return to the show's roots and
Letts' involvement.
- Bidmead and JN-T cover the real science in the show and
removing "magical objects" such as K.9. Leeson joins them to go
further into the reasons.
- Tom Baker explains why K.9 had been successful, and why he
hated it, along with further contributions from Leeson, Bickford
and Bidmead.
- Discussion turns to Tom, with all the contributors looking
at how he'd taken over the show.
- Howell, Sutton and JN-T on the reasons for changing the
title sequence and the inspirations behind the new visuals and
music, with clips from
The Music Arcade putting
it into perspective.
- JN-T then explains why he didn't ask Dudley Simpson to
return and Howell his aims with the new incidental music.
Bickford and Howell specifically discuss The Leisure Hive.
- Hudson offers her opinions of Bickford, and Bickford returns
her compliments. She also speaks of her excitement at designing
the new costume for the Doctor.
- Bickford and JN-T discuss the former's directing style and
overall look he brought to the four episodes.
- Bidmead talks about Quantel and Bickford about whether or
not they overspent on it.
Interviewers: Richard Molesworth, Roger Legree
Footage & Stills Courtesy of BBC Television, BBV, Paula Bentham, Ian
Levine, Anthony Mahoney
Camera: Paul Rawson, John Kelly, Ross Fall
Sound: Mark Windsor-Hampton
With Thanks to Bill Baggs, Sue Cowley, Clare Finnett, Derek Handley,
Roger Mogale, Peter Ware
Consultant: Andrew Pixley
Sound Restoration: Mark Ayres
Colourist: Jonathan Wood
Producer: Ed Stradling
(C) BBC Worldwide
BBC MMIV
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From Avalon to Argolis (14'16")
A look at the writing and script-editing of The Leisure Hive, with
contributions from David Fisher, Christopher H Bidmead and John
Nathan-Turner (footage shot for the BBV 'The Doctors' documentary).
Under discussion are how Fisher and Bidmead came to the story, JN-T's
philosophy of the series, Barry Let's input, JN-T's creative ideas,
Lett's idea to set the episode on a planet devoted to leisure, new
technology being crowbarred in, the pods, whether or not to research
everything, who introduced Tachyonics, Lovett Bickford's direction,
the opening shot, working with Tom Baker and overall memories of
pride.
Discussing 'The Leisure Hive' were David Fisher, Christopher H
Bidmead, John Nahan-Turner
Music: Peter Howell, BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Rights Clearances: Jason May
Archive Material Courtesy of BBV
Camera: Paul Rawson
Sound: Mark Windsor-Hampton
With Thanks to Bill Baggs, Paula Bentham, David Darlington, Tom
Spilsbury, Doctor Who Magazine
Designed and Edited by Steve Broster
Produced and Directed by Richard Molesworth
BBC Worldwide (C) BBC MMIV
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Information Text
By Richard Molesworth
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Synthesising Starfields (9'14")
A short piece looking at the new music and opening title sequence,
tieing together new interviews with Peter Howell and Sid Sutton,
with a 1982 interview with Howell from
The Music Arcade.
With Thanks to Peter Howell, Sid Sutton
Interviewer: Richard Molesworth
Camera: Paul Rawson, John Kelly
Sound: Mark Windsor-Hampton
Additional Thanks to Matthew Fuller, Graeme Nattress
Editor: Steven Bagley
Producer: Ed Stradling
BBC Worldwide
(C) BBC MMIV
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June Hudson's Leisure Wear: Summer 1980 (6'49")
An interview with June Hudson in which she discusses her love of
working on sci-fi, the inspirations for the Argolins, making the
most of the budget, draping rather than fitting, working with the
actors, the Foamasi costumes and 60s suits, the amount of time spent
on the Foamasi, Romana's outfit and why Lalla loved it, contrasting
the yellow of the city to Tom's plum colours and the importance of
good costuming.
Camera: Paul Rawson
Sound: Mark Windsor-Hampton
Music: Peter Howell, BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Rights Clearances: Jason May
Producer: Richard Molesworth
Edited and Directed by Steve Broster
BBC Worldwide (C) BBC MMIV
Blue Peter
Photo Gallery (5'59")
64 colour and b/w photos.
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Commentary
With Lalla Ward, Lovett Bickford and Christopher H Bidmead.
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Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Audio
Isolated Music
Two alternate soundtrack options
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