[Augmented] The Story of Doctor Who - Documentary 40th Anniversary 2003 BBC Special Retrospective 

I remember this being broadcast over Christmas 2003. Back then UK Gold made more of a fuss about the show, as they had a full Dr. Who weekend to mark the anniversary. How things have changed!

It is interesting that this "celebration of" documentary was actually made & aired two years before the "New" Dr Who series hit our screens.

Tom Baker was born to play The Doctor. Love that Man !!!

Doctor Who has always been a most enjoyably go-with-the-flow adventure series. Especially during Tom Baker’s era. Despite all its occasional difficulties and controversies, its magic should never be underestimated. 👍🏻

1st Doctor- Ebenezer Scrooge as a hero 2nd Doctor- English Red Skelton 3rd Doctor- James Bond 4th Doctor- missing Marx brother 5th Doctor- school teacher 6th Doctor- Shakespearean circus ring master 7th Doctor- college professor

This Documentary got me into Doctor Who back in 2003. Was shown over Christmas.

I remember being so scared of the theme tune when i was a kid. Now i get so excited when i hear it. I loves me some dr who!

Ah yes pre-2005, a special time.

The idea that Bill Hartnell's version was grumpy and irascible seems to ignore the 121 episodes after his first thirteen.... his character altered to be a twinkly grandfather type by about episode 13 of the original run, when he realised the value of his new human companions.

I remember being introduced to doctor who in 1999 at 3 years old and when this launched in 2003 I was so excited because it was the closest I came to new content on TV. Crazy to think when you see how the show is now.

In 1963 we'd been watching The Chem Lab Mystery. This ended on Saturday and we were bereft. "What can we look forward to now?" We asked ourselves. Well, we needn't have worried since the first episode of Dr Who replaced it the following Saturday.

As a kid I remember Jon Pertwee's first story the terror of the autons shop dummies come to life

Tom Baker cannot be replaced.

What a Who-oot (despite RU-vid's blocking of images due to "copyright")! Absolutely hilarious, and loving all the insights from the various Drs and companions, and assorted other characters! Peter Davison "doing his best acting", overshadowed by Nicola Bryant's cleavage! The points at which the actor's real personalities became part of the Dr's persona (Troughton's twinkling charm after the real-life grumpiness of Hartnell, Pertwee doing his own stunts, Tom Baker deliberately not reading scripts so he could be perpetually surprised by what was happening, if always in control, Sophie Aldred being terrified by the sea devils as a child, and Nicola Bryant by the cybermen, Peter Davison harking back to the Tomb of the Cybermen, Anthony Hopkins later stealing his Hannibal Lecter laugh from the show, Colin Baker hating his costume, which I for one loved, despite his horrible persona, which almost killed the series... It wasn't all down to the producers, although John Nathan-Turner had already begun that rot, by making Tom Baker take off his scarf (imagine taking away Matt Smith's bowtie before it was his turn to regenerate!), Peter Davison's actual cricketing highlight... Leela as companion: possibly the best Dr/companion chemistry of all time. Interesting what Colin Baker was saying about all the Drs having to stick with more or less the same costume: the Dr has always been not only a gentleman/woman of fashion, but also environmentally friendly as well, not buying into new fashion fads, before the old threads are completely worn out... Sylvester McCoy being a real-life superhero. Love it all; thanks for the memories, BBC!

Damn I remember this, probably haven’t seen this Since 03 so thank you for posting this and allowing me to reminisce on my childhood

I enjoyed Tom talking about how he wished the TARDIS was bigger. When Clara gets lost, I thought all the different places inside were cool.

I loved Doctor who as a kid, it was everything to me ( and star Wars ) . I lived in Tasmania Australia and grew up in the late 70s and 80s and we got constant repeats of John Pertwee, Tom Baker era Who so they were my favourites, and I liked Peter Davison BUT I tried to go back and watch a few episodes recently and honestly I couldn't get through it, it was terrible..... I think I will just let those old memories be just that , old.

Thank you for posting this.

When it was on Netflix (US). I skipped most seasons and just watched random episodes cause of how absurd it was. But now that I've actually watched the show. I've noticed how the Hero treats the villains. He actually tries to be diplomatic. Most heroes would rather fight the villain. But the Doctor actually tries to reason with them.

Strangling Peri is one of the scariest and most wonderful thing EVER. TWIN DILEMMA was FANTASTIC!

It's such an odd experience looking back on how the show was seen prior to the revival. On the one hand you had documentaries like Resistance is Useless, which basically took the piss, and on the other you had retrospectives like this, where it was treated with a fond, nostalgic glow. Whatever your thoughts on the direction the modern series has taken (and God knows it splits fans every bit as much as the original series did) there's something very pleasant about revisiting this period of uncertainty in the show's history and knowing there would be whole new generations who'd subsequently fall in love with the programme. Great watching this again. Thanks for uploading!

55:51 those words have never been more true once you get to the Chibnall era The Doctor Who fanbase loves you Verity Lambert ❤

8:35 Wow, Hartnell was really smart.

Thank you :)

Thank you for reuploading! Also, for those keen eyed viewers who have an interest in the title sequences, notice how we see an extended clip of the 6th Doctor's opening titles with a previously unseen star... ;)

I remember when adric died fighting the cyberman and he was blown up I was 13 years old and I cried and it was a first and it was a shock it was Peter Davison's doctor it was magical I loved Davros the daleks leader and the master

They only had a budget of £2,000 😕

7th doctor save the day

I just bought a ton of Dr. Who DVDs ranging from late 60s to mid 80s. Ive never seen the show before. If I start at a random episode, will I be confused the whole time, or do the stories change each year?

2 years before it came back it seemed as dead as ever

What's with the "blocked by copyright" ? How come some clips are and some clips aren't? I'm confused!

17:49 when’s this song from, it feels like it’s either classic rock or trying to be classic rock

Why wasn't Paul McGann featured??

as the ninth doc would say... *Fantastic* I was somewhat appalled by the minimal appearance of Sarah Jane however lol

amazing rendition of Tom Baker!

They didn't even mention McGann.

Dame, the doctor always had a hot girl rolling with him. Even back in the day!

BLOCKED BY COPYRIGHT! BLOCKED BY COPYRIGHT!

Derste doctor ist so wie ich mir nuten forstelle bin seit 2011 fan die neuen auch cool peter capenteler und jody witiker und toll das auch mal schwere Themen kommen wie apatheit 2017 Weinachten das beste imb kino guss an alle fans

i wish the programme wasn't blocked by daleks on the screen mentioning about copyright. It ruined what was a good programme. Is there a version which doesn't show this?

The assholes who keep pushing the copyrights law on and on forever should pay for free internet other ways I'm wondering why do I keep paying for the internet anymore! Internet providers should start asking that question too. Mobile phones or "smartphones" can't be used to watch youtube and honestly I don't want a bloody "smartphone" nothing in my life is that important that it can't wait until I get home to answer my home phone and I kind of like my privacy. If you wonder what brought this on is the bit at 14.28 "blocked by copyright" you can't show a clip from a 60 years old show without being hounded by Googles or Facebook attack dogs. Would be nice if I could afford to pay for all the rubbish made decades ago but I and most of us can't afford to pay for it.

blocked by copyright my arse

wth is this cant be real

I don't mind classic Doctor Who but I have to say bringing it back to tv in the new millennium is a big mistake, especially for a Saturday night schedule on BBC One. It ruined the fantastic high quality Saturday night schedule of just gameshows such as Jim Davidson's Generation Game, Whatever You Want, Big Break Friends Like These, Dog Eat Dog, The National Lottery Stars, JetSet and Winning Lines, Casualty and Parkinson, only to be replaced by this and another crap show Strictly Come Dancing. It's all thanks to Lorraine Heggessey who ruined saturday nights on BBC One and she will never be forgiven for. Doctor Who should've moved to BBC Two and if I was to become controller of BBC One in the future, my first priority would be to axe this, and Strictly Come Dancing and Michael Mcintyre's big show and replace it with gameshows similar to 2001 and bring back The National Lottery. I would also axe The Graham Norton Show and bring children's programmes back to BBC One where they belong.

Thank god a Doctor Who historical documentary made before the woke SHAT that is modern Doctor Who came about. Could watch this all day.