Doctor Who/Video

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Official YouTube videos from the BBC

'Classic' series, 1963-1989

'The search for Susan'

Clip from the very first episode of 'Doctor Who', broadcast on 22nd November 1963, and showing the first appearance of the original Doctor, William Hartnell. Two curious schoolteachers (played by Jacqueline Hill and William Russell) have followed a strange pupil home on a foggy London night, and are surprised to find nothing more than an old police box sitting in a junkyard. Just then, an old man emerges from the shadows... {{#ev:youtube|ZfvH_bbSqd4}}

'First Doctor regenerates'

Hartnell moved on from Doctor Who in 1966, necessitating a change of lead actor. The programme's startlingly dramatic way of recasting the star would ensure that it would continue for decades. Clip from the final episode of The Tenth Planet, 29th October 1966, showing the final moments of Hartnell's Doctor and the first appearance of Patrick Troughton in the role. This is the only part of the episode that exists in the BBC archives. {{#ev:youtube|l4_egAaI7dQ}}

'K9 plays chess'

Clip from the 1978 serial The Sunmakers, starring Tom Baker as the Doctor, Louise Jameson as his savage companion Leela, and John Leeson as the voice of robot dog K-9. The Doctor and K-9 are playing chess in the console room of his time machine, the TARDIS, just before it lands on Pluto. {{#ev:youtube|WSoC1VUdavE}}

'The Doctor regenerates'

Clip from the 1984 serial The Caves of Androzani, starring Peter Davison in his final adventure as the Doctor, Nicola Bryant as his companion Peri, and introducing Colin Baker as the sixth Doctor. As the Doctor succumbs to poisoning, images of his former companions and his adversary the Master appear before his eyes. {{#ev:youtube|qvAenK95PfQ}}

'New' series, 2005-

'New series overview'

Doctor Who Confidential. Clip from the official documentary series introducing 'Doctor Who'. {{#ev:youtube|MHXIAuavQrs}}

'Analysis of the doctor' [sic]

Doctor Who Confidential. Clip from the official documentary series in which David Tennant and others discuss the tenth incarnation of the Doctor. {{#ev:youtube|iD3IywF3oe0}}

'Iconic monsters'

Doctor Who Confidential. Clip from the official documentary series featuring the 2006 return of one of the series's most famous villains, the Cybermen; then-series executive producer Russell T. Davies explains why the Cybermen were brought back in the new programme. {{#ev:youtube|a19HDdjSuqQ}}

Elisabeth Sladen

'Doctor Who actress Elisabeth Sladen's key moments'

BBC News item on the life of Elisabeth Sladen, who played the Doctor's best-known companion, Sarah Jane Smith, in both the original and new series as well as in The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007-2011). {{#ev:youtube|2jMur1rQdqs}}