Doctor Who 60th Anniversary - Whose Doctor Who (1977)

“Whose Doctor Who” from 1977. This programme was the first in-depth documentary chronicling the long-running BBC TV series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast the day after the airing of the sixth part serial “The Talons of Weng-Chiang” which starred Tom Baker as the then Fourth Doctor, which closed off the fourteenth season of the show. The programme features numerous clips from episodes of Doctor Who, along with interviews of cast and fans, including families, children, students, teachers, psychologists and educationalists, it is presented by Melvin Bragg as part of the, then  BBC's “The Lively Arts" series”. Tom Baker and outgoing producer Philip Hinchcliffe both contributed interviews. Behind-the-scenes footage showed the recording of “The Talons of Weng-Chiang”, as well as rehearsals and pre-production planning. It includes many clips from past Doctor Who stories dating back to the first serial, An Unearthly Child, which aired in 1963. These include footage from Galaxy Four and The Invasion, which no longer exist in their entirety. Clips included from these episodes were shown from 16mm film copies, the original videotapes having been wiped. The use of the Galaxy Four clip from episode 1 ("Four Hundred Dawns") ensured that this remains the only surviving footage of that episode, and was for many years thought to be only surviving footage from the serial as a whole until the full episode 3 ("Air Lock") was recovered in 2011. Original Broadcast Date 27th March 1977.