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This brand-new volume of Doctor Who-related interviews and features from the BBC archives encompasses fifty years of the nation's favorite sci-fi adventure series. This journey through the archives features interviews with several of the actors to have played the Doctor, as well as past companions, producers, sound designers, and many others. Louise Jameson presents another time traveling journey through six decades of radio and TV broadcasting, uncovering rarities from behind the scenes of Doctor Who. Do you remember when the Fourth Doctor called in on Pete Murray's Open House? Or when Louise Jameson was menaced by a Dalek on BBC Radio Bristol? Do you remember when June Whitfield auditioned a Dalek? If these things passed you by in the 1970s and 1980s, now's your chance to catch up! Featuring rare recordings from the BBC archives and beyond, Doctor Who at the BBC: Lost Treasures is full of gems. There are recollections from six lead actors - Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Christopher Eccelston, David Tennant, and Matt Smith - plus their companion costars Louise Jameson, Lalla Ward, Nicholas Courtney, Karen Gillan, and Jenna Coleman and production personnel including Delia Derbyshire, Peter Howell, Pennant Roberts, Russell T. Davies, and Steven Moffat. There are also features on the show's famous theme tune, the recovery of a lost TV episode, the cancellation of Shada, and the legendary exhibition at Blackpool, along with excerpts from a radio program broadcast live from a Doctor Who convention! Louise Jameson (Leela) is your guide on this entertaining tour behind the scenes of the series which has been entertaining us all for an astonishing half century. Presented by Louise Jameson / Written and produced by David Darlington / Executive producer: Michael Stevens / Doctor Who signature tune composed by Ron Grainer; versions arranged by the BBC Radiphonic Workshop and Murray Gold With thanks to Richard Bignell, Christopher Birch, Mark Brunton, Phil Collinge,