Trials and Tribulations

In 2004 a documentary was commissioned by the BBC looking back at the Philip Hinchcliffe era of British Television Series Doctor Who and what made those years some of the most popular in the series history.

Cast and crew look back at the making of Terror of the Zygons.

The team behind the reconstruction of Planet of Giants explain how it was put together.

Sylvester McCoy recalls the time when he received the part of the Doctor whilst working alongside Timothy Dalton.

A retrospective documentary looking at Graham Williams' three-year tenure as Doctor Who producer.

A look at the complex production of the Doctor Who story Underworld, with particular emphasis on the difficulties in achieving the bluescreen virtual studio sets.

A look at the radical changes made to Doctor Who by John Nathan-Turner for his first story as producer, which opened the programme's eighteenth year on BBC1.

Actress Janet Fielding talks about playing the role of the popular character Tegan Jovanka and her time on Doctor Who.

A look at the making of the Doctor Who story, The Time Monster.

Cast and crew look back at the making of Snakedance. With actors Peter Davison and Janet Fielding, director Fiona Cumming, writer Christopher Bailey, script editor Eric Saward, designer Jan Spoczynski, and new series writer Robert Shearman.

A 45-minute look at the making of City of Death, and in particular, the contribution of writer and script editor Douglas Adams.

The cast and crew look back at the making of The Armageddon Factor.

An overview of the Third Doctor era, with new interviews and archival contributions.

A look back at the somewhat troubled production of Nightmare of Eden with three of the behind-the-scenes crew who worked on it.

Michael Hayes talks about his directing career on Doctor Who.

The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord was the umbrella title for a series of four 2|entertain documentaries. Each covered a different story within the larger fourteen-part serial The Trial of a Time Lord. An instalment of the series was found on each DVD of the The Trial of a Time Lord box set.