Doctor Who Archive

Doctor Who Archive

Lost Media - Doctor Who and the Daleks in Seven Keys to Doomsday

Lost Media - Doctor Who and the Daleks in Seven Keys to Doomsday

Doctor Who and the Daleks in Seven Keys to Doomsday Stageplay No Preservation Status: Lost "A special effects team is tackling the design and construction of neutron blasters, laser swords, electronic force-fields and a crystal-tuned 'Doomsday Weapon." — Porirua Little Theatre promotional flyer, 1984 The gap

Silent Spring and Planet of Giants

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Silent Spring and Planet of Giants

How Rachel Carson's Silent Spring inspired Planet of Giants (1964) - Doctor Who's first political story, and the pesticide scandal Britain lived through.

Lost Media - The Curse of the Daleks

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Lost Media - The Curse of the Daleks

The Curse of the Daleks is a fascinating piece of Doctor Who history - a 1965 stage production that never featured the Doctor at all, and has never been performed since its original month-long run at London's Wyndham's Theatre.

The Klepton Parasites

The Klepton Parasites

The first Doctor Who comic strip was almost a Dalek story - until the BBC rejected it. TV Publications' The Klepton Parasites (1964) introduced John and Gillian Who, and began a comic universe that would run across four Doctors' eras.

The Dalek Book

The Dalek Book holds the distinction of being the first published work in Doctor Who's expanded universe - and it's a fascinating snapshot of Dalekmania at its peak, introducing iconic elements like the Golden Emperor long before the TV show caught up.

Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the sensational new film Dr Who and the Daleks!

Peaceful Thals Ambushed and Lady Penelope Investigates

In an early attempt at breaking the fourth wall, TV Century 21 treated the Peter Cushing films as in-universe historical dramas - alongside crossovers with Thunderbirds, Stingray and the Daleks themselves.

Pugwash Ahoy!

Published in Radio Times in 1965, Pugwash Ahoy! marked the first ever published crossover between Doctor Who and another fictional series - a bizarre meeting between William Hartnell’s Doctor, Captain Pugwash, a Dalek and a Zarbi.

Lost Media - Paint and Draw the Film of Dr Who and the Daleks

Lost Media - Paint and Draw the Film of Dr Who and the Daleks

A look at the rare 1965 Paint and Draw the Film of Dr Who and the Daleks activity book - a strange hybrid of colouring book, puzzle collection and condensed film adaptation now considered effectively lost.

Barbara in Wonderland

Barbara in Wonderland

Long before Doctor Who had annuals, novels or spin-offs, William Hartnell and two Daleks appeared in a surreal Alice in Wonderland parody for Radio Times - creating the very first colour images of the Doctor.

Cadet Sweets - Dr Who and the Daleks

Cadet Sweets - Dr Who and the Daleks

A look at the elusive 1964 Dr Who and the Daleks cigarette cards, their unusual stories, and their place in the earliest years of Doctor Who merchandising.

The Doctor's New Invention

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The Doctor's New Invention

The best way, perhaps, to know if something has become successful in the zeitgeist, is to be parodied. It took Doctor Who a mere 39 days to receive such an honour - a sure way to measure the impact the show immediately had on the general British public.

Season 8 - Full Season Review

Season 8 - Full Season Review

After a long absence, the YouTube channel is back up and in progress. Obviously the archival project is the forefront of my efforts over the past few years, but I like to take some time and enjoy the stuff I am archiving - and for that I started to do the

Welcome to the Doctor Who Archive

Welcome to the Doctor Who Archive

This project has quietly existed in the background for the past decade, and only recently have I begun to share it more widely. So, hello, and welcome. The Doctor Who Archive is a personal passion project I began with one goal in mind: to preserve every piece of Doctor Who-

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