Classic DOCTOR WHO (1963 to 1989) - Behind the Scenes

Dec 26, 2025 4:06 PM

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#14 I'm gonna need to snag that one. For reasons.

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Behind the scenes on the set of Doctor Who "The Invasion" 1969

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This was my Dr Who. It's still a joke in the family always mentioned at family gatherings that when I was 5 or 6, I asked in front of everyone "Why does the weird thingy (Daleks) have a toilet plunger for an arm?" and everyone broke down in a roar of laughter.

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They finally explained that in a short for the 60th Anniversary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfLtAdSgWPQ

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Peter Davison has always been my personal favorite, but, I have to admit, Tom Baker is probably the best.

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I referenced the Tardis at work about a month ago. Nobody knew what I was talking about.

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My partner went to London for a week with my Daughter and asked if I wanted her to bring anything home. I said if you see anything Dr. Who that would be great. She returned home and said she couldn't find anything but hoped I liked the Jelly Babies she bought from a local shop. She had no idea how well she did.

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There was an ep of 'The Avengers' in which Mrs. Peele worked in a toy shop ...

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Great selection. I can name about 1/3 of the episodes these were promotional stills for. Also nice to see how often Television Centre was used for promotions

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My first Doctor. I love this man more than he will ever know. 🥰

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Same 🩷

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Doctor looking at soldier, "it appears to be a world war 1 uniform". Distraught looking soldier "world war what?"

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#1 #mydoctor

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My long ass 4th Doctor scarf is one of my most prized possessions

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Hmm ... the Sarah Jane Smith character in these reminded me of the Leia Organa character in tge early eps of a somewhat later franchise.

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I love David Tennant, but in my heart The Doctor will always be Tom Baker.

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#3 true story: in 2009 a kid came to my door on Halloween dressed as Peter Davidson in his "The Fifth Doctor" suit, down to the celery stalk used as a boutonniere. I asked him, incredulously (we lived in Los Angeles) if he was The Fifth Doctor and he lit the fuck up. Yes! He turned to his parents, patiently waiting at the end of my walkway. "See?!? I TOLD YOU someone would get it!!"

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Not alot of men can carry off a decorative vegetable. ;)

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"I'm The Doctor, I can save the Universe using a kettle and some string. And look at me, I'm wearing a vegetable." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I76p1cZbq4

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#15 now that is an iconic photo for the ages. These were my Dr.'s growing up.

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Look closely and you’ll see that Tom Baker is a wax figure in this photo. He was busy working on something when this photo was taken, so they (iirc) borrowed his wax statue from Madame Tussaud’s museum.

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I believe it was taken on the set of the Five Doctors, which was filmed shortly after Baker was replaced; he wasn't happy about it at the time, and refused to be a part, so they used a still photo and some old dialog to add him in.

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I remember Scarf-Afro Who from PBS when I was a kid.

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I really loved watching British TV and especially Dr. Who despite growing up in Germany ... especially when cable / satellite TV became available in the mid-80s ... Saturday morning cartoons (Transformers, MotU, ...) was awesome ... also SciFi in the 70s / 80s was way different

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The BBC made a drama about the creation of Doctor Who a few years ago, called An Adventure In Space And Time. It was the last ever show recorded at the BBC TV Centre before they moved out and it was redeveloped. It also has a lot of the original actors playing cameos, Will Russell as a security guard, and starred David Bradley as William Hartnell.

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Benedict Cumberbatch's mother top left.

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Don't know why I'm so fond of Tom Baker's Dr Who. He had (in my opinion) the most whimsy.

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And he always had jelly babies.

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His pure boggle-eyed lunacy tempered with the gravitas of what he was doing made the perfect counterbalance. Thank you Mr. Baker.

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My parents loved this because I was a loud kid and ran around like crazy but when this came on channel 2 in Boston, I would sit transfixed and the video, music, and show made me quiet for hours.

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#1 Fun fact: the 4th Doctor's ridiculously long scarf was because they gave a costume designer a bunch of differently colored yarn and asked her to knit a multicolored scarf. They thought she'd use a bit of each skein to make the scarf. When they checked on the progress, they found out she had used ALL the yarn to make it 20 feet long. They thought it was perfectly mad, and only shortened it slightly before using it. https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Doctor%27s_scarf#Behind_the_scenes

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There were actually several scarves, and the longest was when they took two of them and sewed them end to end!

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