Rediscovering the Urge to Live

A documentary celebrating the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who, featuring new interviews, rare archive footage and recently discovered material.

Behind-the-scenes stories from the cast and crew across 50 years of Doctor Who.

A look at the unmade story, The Foe from the Future, which formed the basis of The Talons of Weng-Chiang.

A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors.

A 45-minute look at the making of City of Death, and in particular, the contribution of writer and script editor Douglas Adams.

A 30-minute documentary looking at the writing and production of The Pirate Planet.

The cast and crew look back at the making of The Armageddon Factor.

Twenty years ago, Doctor Who began filming in Wales. This fun and insightful documentary gives inside secrets from the cast, crew and writers, past and present.

The cast and crew of Frontios reflect on the making of this story.

A look at the radical changes made to Doctor Who by John Nathan-Turner for his first story as producer, which opened the programme's eighteenth year on BBC1.

Featuring cast and crew interviews, recreated sets, and newly shot 16mm film inserts starring the Cybermen.

A detailed look at the reasons why Doctor Who ended in 1989, and what plans were being made by the Production Team had there been a season 27 of the series in 1990 and what might have happened.

The cast and crew of The Ribos Operation look back at the making of the story.

A potted history of the many errant Gallifreyans to have appeared in the show.

Toby Hadoke gets an insight into the life of Adric actor Matthew Waterhouse when he moves in for the weekend.

The cast and crew look back at the making of The Androids of Tara.

Continuing his search for inspiration, Zed resumes his studies of twentieth-century television's Doctor Who. What he finds will have a profound effect...

Cast and crew look back at the making of The Stones of Blood.

This documentary examines Tom Baker's introduction as the Doctor and the making of his first story, Robot.

In the far future, the remaining population of an oxygen-depleted planet Earth lies in enforced stasis in The Field of Dreams. Looking for ideas to help him re-connect to his captive audience, Zed, a young scenariosmith, turns to the world of Doctor Who for inspiration...