From the Vaults: Jon Pertwee Era

Covering 3rd January 1970 to 27th December 1974

Items in italics are audio-only.

1970

14th March 1970: The Ambassadors of Death trailer, next Saturday (BBC1) [1’29”, on DVD]

18th August 1970: Visual Effects promo (BBC) [unaired] [6’02”, on Inferno DVD]

29th September 1970: Vision On (Dalek fan film) (BBC1) [1’41”]

30th November 1970: Blue Peter (introducing Noakes the Cat, star of Doctor Who) (BBC1) [0’35”]*

*Noakes had appeared in Planet of Giants 1-3, and would go on to appear in The Dæmons 1.

1971

2nd – 23rd January 1971: Terror of the Autons 1, 4 continuities (BBC1) [0’34”, on BD]

23rd January 1971: The Mind of Evil trailer, next Saturday (BBC1) [1’10”, on BD]

21st February 1971: The House that Dripped Blood (Doctor Who photo on wall) (movie) [0’46”]

6th March 1971: The Mind of Evil 6 continuity (BBC1) [0’16”, on BD]

21st March-18th April 1971: The Space Pirates 1, 3-5 continuities (ABC, Melbourne, Australia) [1’00”]

3rd April 1971: The Claws of Axos 4 continuity [0’27”, on BD]

10th April 1971: Colony in Space 1, 6 continuities (BBC1) [1’15”, on BD]

27th April 1971: …And Mother Makes Three 1.1 Simon’s Holiday (Dalek reference) (ITV) [0’35”]

22nd May 1971: The Dæmons 1 continuity (BBC1) [0’18”, on BD]

19th September 1971: The Morecambe and Wise Show 6.1 (Who’s upset Dr Who and Batman) (BBC1) [0’27”]

18th August 1971: Behind The Scenes (special effects inc Doctor Who) (BBC1) [3’13”, on The Mind of Evil BD]

21st October 1971: Jon Pertwee interview (BBC Radio Solent) [4’04”]

25th October 1971: Blue Peter (Peter Purves, Daleks) (BBC1) [5’32”, three clips, on the Day of the Daleks DVD]

1st November 1971: Blue Peter (Doctor Who doors auctioned) (BBC1) [9’12”, on the Season 8 BD]

9th November 1971: Something for the Children (behind the scenes of Clangers 2.2: The Rock Collector; The Chase clip) (BBC1) [7’20”]

28th December 1971: The Daemons omnibus continuity (BBC1) [1’06”, on BD]

1972

1st January 1972: Day of the Daleks 1, 4 continuities (BBC1) [0’53”, on BD]

28th January 1972: The Curse of Peladon 1 trailer, tomorrow (BBC1) [0’58”, on BD]

6th February 1972: Sunday Best (Terry Nation) (BBC Radio 4) [9’20”, on Day of the Daleks BD]

10th February 1972: Dave Allen at Large (Dalek & TARDIS spoof) (BBC1) [0’41”]

19th February 1972: The Curse of Peladon 4 continuity (BBC1) [0’19”, on BD]

22nd February 1972: Nationwide (Class 1M of Balgowan Primary School, winners of Radio Times Win-A-Dalek competition) (BBC1) [3’25”, on The Sea Devils BD]

25th February 1972: The Sea Devils 1 trailer, tomorrow (BBC1) [1’04”, on BD]

4th March – 1st April 1972: The Sea Devils 2, 6 continuities (BBC1) [3’13”, on BD]

5th March 1972: The Black and White Minstrel Show (Alpha Centauri) (BBC1) [2’11”]

28th March 1972: Today (schoolchildren visit Doctor Who set and tell stories) (BBC Radio 4) [2’09”, on The Sea Devils BD]

8th April – 13th May 1972: The Mutants 1, 6 continuities (BBC1) [0’49”, on BD]

28th May 1971: The Navy Lark 13.10: The Master of Sardinia (Dr Who-Dr No gag) (BBC Radio 2) [0’34”]

24th June 1972: The Time Monster 6 continuity (BBC1) [0’26”, on BD]

2nd July 1973: Whodunnit 1.2 Knife in the Back (Doctor Who fan club gag) (ITV) [0’29”]

23rd September 1972: Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game 2.2 (Daleks-dialects gag) (BBC1) [0’30”]

23rd September 1972: Jon Pertwee at Jennings toy shop opening, Southampton (amateur footage) [1’48”]

7th November 1972: Looking In (behind the scenes of Carnival of Monsters) (BBC1) [1’46”, on BD]

27th November 1972: Blue Peter (BBC Special Effects exhibition inc Sea Devil, Ogron, Draconian) (BBC1) [1.38″, on The Three Doctors BD]

7th December 1972: Nationwide (BBC Special Effects exhibition inc Dalek, TARDIS) (BBC1) [3’26”, on The Time Monster BD]

25th December 1972: The Morecambe and Wise Show Christmas Special (I’ll tell you, Mr Dalek) (BBC1) [0’17”]

27th December 1972: The Sea Devils omnibus trailer, today (BBC1) [0’53”, on BD]

27th December 1972: The Sea Devils omnibus continuity (BBC1) [0’24”, on BD]

29th December 1972: Season 10 trailer, tomorrow (BBC1) [1’16”, on The Three Doctors BD]

29th December 1972: The Three Doctors 1 trailer, tomorrow #1 (1970 theme) (BBC1) [1’01”, on BD]

29th December 1972: The Three Doctors 1 trailer, tomorrow #2 (Delaware theme) (BBC1) [0’51”, on BD]

1973

1st January 1973: Bruce Forsyth and The Generation Game 2.15 The Brain Meets the Mummy’s Ghost (Jon Pertwee) (BBC1) [16’18”]

8th January 1973: Today (Terry Nation) (BBC Radio 4) [4’28”, on Doctor Who at the BBC CD]

16th January 1973: Radio Éireann Session – Thin Lizzy – 1969 Rock (RTÉ Radio, Ireland) [5’41”]*

20th January 1973: The Three Doctors 4 continuity (BBC1) [0’13”, on BD]

20th January 1973: Carnival of Monsters trailer, next Saturday (BBC1) [0’24”, on BD]

17th February 1973: Carnival of Monsters 4 continuity (BBC1) [0’13”, on BD]

24th February – 31st March 1973: Frontier in Space 1, 6 continuities (BBC1) [0’51”, on BD]

March 1973: Wales Today (behind the scenes of The Green Death) (BBC1 Wales) [0’32”, on BD]

27th March 1973: Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads 1.12 Boys’ Night In (remember the police box and the strange Doctor) (BBC1) [0’35”]

7th April – 12th May 1973: Planet of the Daleks 1, 6 continuities (BBC1) [1’14”, on BD]

21st April 1973: Hello Cheeky – Doctor Who and the Bores (BBC Radio 2) [2’37”, on Doctor Who at the BBC CD]

* 1969 Rock is based on the Doctor Who theme. Thin Lizzy had acknowledged this influence on stage.

19th May – 23rd June 1973: The Green Death 1, 5-6 continuities (BBC1) [0’55”, on BD]

24th May 1973: Midweek – Hell’s Angels (watching Planet of the Daleks 3) (BBC1) [1’10”]

27th May 1973: Jon Pertwee at Beaulieu Motor Show (amateur footage) [0’34”]

27th May 1973: BBC News (Jon Pertwee at Beaulieu Motor Show) (BBC1) [0’31”, on The Green Death BD]

28th May 1973: Disney Time (Jon Pertwee) (BBC1) [8’14”]

7th June 1973: Blue Peter (Daleks stolen) (BBC1) [4’22”, on Planet of the Daleks BD]

11th June 1973: Blue Peter (Daleks returned) (BBC1) [8’58”, on Planet of the Daleks BD]

22nd June 1973: Nationwide (Katy Manning) (BBC1) [6’29”, on The Green Death DVD]

4th July 1973: Look North (Jon Pertwee, Jack Kine) (BBC1 North) [8’25”, on season 10 bonus disc BD]

25th September 1973: Armchair Theatre 15.3 A Bit of a Lift (Dr & Mrs Who) (ITV) [0’25”]

November 1973: Radio Times 10th Anniversary Special advert (BBC1) [0’12”]

5th November 1973: Blue Peter (10th Anniversary, Jon Pertwee, Whomobile) (BBC1) [13’41”, on season 10 bonus disc BD]

10th November 1973: Bruce Forsythe and the Generation Game 3.9 (clip of Dalek gag from Round the Horne) (BBC1) [0’23”]

8th December 1973: The Goodies 4.2 Invasion of the Moon Creatures (TARDIS, Jon Pertwee, Recovery 7) (BBC1) [1’20”]

Somewhere between 11th and 15th December 1973: Radio Times advert & Time Warrior trailer (BBC1) [1’12”, on DVD]

11th December 1973 – 5th January 1974: The Time Warrior 1, 4 continuities (BBC1) [0’42”, on DVD]

13th December 1973: The Who’s Tommy (Jon Pertwee as The Doctor) (bootleg vinyl) [71’48”]

21st December 1973: Pebble Mill at One (Patrick Troughton, Bernard Wilkie, Monsters) (BBC1) [20’45”. on Season 10 bonus disc BD]

*later in the same episode is a possible sighting of Mars Probe 7 from The Ambassadors of Death, and for the 2018 release a clip of Star Trek was replaced with a photo of the Third Doctor.

**recorded and pressed onto a bootleg vinyl; for more information see the article in Record Collector 364 (2009) below:

1974

6th January 1974: Billy Smart’s Circus (Jon Pertwee, Whomobile) (BBC1) [1’43”, on Invasion of the Dinosaurs DVD]

29th January 1974: Vision On (dancing Daleks) (BBC1) [1’17”]

March 1974: Crackerjack 18.12 (Doctor Who credits gag) (BBC1) [037″, short clip appears on Thirty Years in the TARDIS]

15th March 1974: Behind the scenes of Planet of the Spiders (BBC1 South) [unknown program] [1’02”]

2nd May 1974: In Vision (The Monster of Peladon 6 on far right monitor) (BBC2) [1’01”]

18th May 1974: Hares Goodwood British Leyland Test Day at Goodwood Motor Circuit (Elisabeth Sladen) (BBC South) [1’31” video footage from BBC One South ‘South Today’ showing an extract from an in-character performance by Sladen followed by a short interview, and 7’53” audio exists with the full performance.]

23rd May 1974: Blue Peter (recorded on Robot set due to strike) (BBC1) [2’14”, on BD]

24th May 1974: Whodunnit 2.1 The Last Act (Doctor Whodunnit gag) (ITV) [0’24”]

25th May 1974 Planet of the Spiders 4 continuity (BBC1) [0’30”]

30th September 1974: Morning Sou’west (Phillip Hinchcliffe on location of The Sontaran Experiment) (BBC Radio 4) [2’55”, on BD and Doctor Who at the BBC CD]

12th October 1974: Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game 4.4 (letter from Doctor Who fan) (BBC1) [1’12”]

22nd November 1974: Points West (behind the scenes of Revenge of the Cybermen) (BBC1) [5’56”, on BD]

24th December 1974: Crackerjack Christmas Special (TARDIS, Terry Walsh as Doctor Who) (BBC1) [6’56”]

26th December 1974: Planet of the Spiders omnibus trailer, tomorrow (BBC1) [1’39”]

Beyond the TARDIS: The Pertwee Era

Somewhere between 1966 and 1973: Foster Grant Sunglasses advert (Roger Delgado) [1’02”]

1970: Motorway Fog PIF (Patrick Troughton) [0’31”]

12th February 1970: Top of the Pops 7.7: Lennon, Ono and The Plastic Ono Band – Instant Karma (Peter Davison in audience) (BBC1) [3’24”]*

19th February 1970: Top of the Pops 7.8: Lennon, Ono and The Plastic Ono Band – Instant Karma (Peter Davison in audience) (BBC1) [3’29”]*

26th February 1970: Top of the Pops 7.9: Dave Clark Five – Everybody Get Together (Peter Davison in audience) (BBC1) [4’04”]*

3rd August 1970: Blue Peter (makeup truck) (BBC1) [6’54”, on The Mind of Evil BD]

1st September 1970: Deep End (police box from Dalek movies) (movie) [0’59”]

21st September 1970: Blue Peter (history of the Aztecs) (BBC1) [5’56”, on The Aztecs: SE DVD]

*all filmed on the same day (with Lennon and Yoko changing clothes between performances to disguise this). Davison can be spotted in the second and third video (per the screengrabs) but has not yet been identified in the first.

28th September 1970: Blue Peter (CSO demonstration) (BBC1) [4’16”]

25th March 1971: Nationwide (Kit Pedler on pollution) (BBC1) [5’23”]

14th April 1971: This is Your Life (Jon Pertwee) (ITV) [27’04”]

25th April 1971: Clangers 2.2: The Rock Collector (clip used in The Sea Devils 1) [9’31”]

1972: The Sun advert (Jean Marsh) [0’50”]

14th Octobter 1972: Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game (Jack & Deborah Walting) (BBC1) [4’41”]

28th December 1972: Nationwide (Jon Pertwee on folding caravan) (BBC1) [1’04”, on The Three Doctors BD]

1973: Bisto advert (Pertwee family) [0’30”]

4th January 1973: Blue Peter (Roman banquet) (BBC1) [7’16”, on The Romans BD]

8th January 1973: Jon Pertwee’s folding caravan (British Movietone) [1’05”]

7th October 1973: Serendipity 1.2: Dyeing and Printing (Katy Manning) (BBC1) [25’29”]

21st October 1973: Serendipity 1.4: Gemstones (Katy Manning) (BBC1) [23’47”]

18th November 1973: Serendipity 1.8: Carving (Katy Manning) (BBC1) [25’49”]

19th December 1973: Land of the Lost 1.16: The Hurricane (time machine is bigger on the inside) (NBC, USA) [0’27”]

24th December 1973: Elton John’s Christmas Concert – Daniel (clip used in Love & Monsters)* [3’38”]

14th May 1974: The Fatal Floor PIF (version 1) (Patrick Troughton) [0’35”]**

14th May 1974: The Fatal Floor PIF (version 2) (Patrick Troughton) [0’31”]**

* This concert was broadcast on BBC Radio 1 as part of ‘John Peel’, and BBC 2 as part of ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’. Although the entire concert was recorded, the televised version started partway through the fifth song, missing Daniel entirely. Its appearance in Love & Monsters appears to be its television debut. A December 2021 televised repeat even used the ‘Old Grey Whistle Test’ edit, still missing the opening songs.

**the difference between the two is the freeze frame at the end.