Myth Makers

Tom Baker

Ask Doctor Who fans their favourite Doctor is and the majority are likely to name Tom Baker’s portrayal above all othe

Doctor Who Magazine, Vol 1

Intrepid Nicholas Briggs delves into Doctor Who Magazine’s past, studies its production and looks to the future. Alon

Colin Baker

Colin Baker is walking his dog and Nicholas Briggs is shopping, when they are both teleported to a strangely familiar lo

David Banks

We travel to Brighton with Nicholas Briggs to catch up with David Banks, the man behind the Cyberleader mask. We find ou

Mary Tamm

Mary was beginning to get very tired of sitting on the bank, and of having nothing to do… So she was considering in he

John Nathan Turner

John Nathan-Turner was the longest serving and probably the most well known producer Doctor Who has had. From the produ

Sophie Aldred

Although she didn’t know where the TARDIS would go, Ace always knew what she wanted to do when it got there. For her M

Jackie Lane

Dorothea (Dodo) Chaplet had a far greater impact than her brief time as The Doctor’s assistant would suggest. She was

Barry Letts & Terrence Dicks, Vol 1

Producer Barry Letts and Script Editor Terrance Dicks were the creative force that shaped Jon Pertwee’s era as The Doc

Anneke Wills

The South Pole, the Moon, Atlantis and even Gatwick Airport are just some of the places visited by Polly, the archetypal

Louise Jameson

Louise Jameson is one of the most accomplished and successful people to have portrayed an assistant in Doctor Who. As Le

Silvester McCoy

How can a personality like Sylvester McCoy be contained within the format of Myth Makers? Point the camera at him and s

Barry Letts & Terrence Dicks, Vol 2

For the first time ever, Myth Makers decided to shoot a second interview with one of its subjects. Last time, Nicholas B

Caroline John

Frazer Hines

Frazer Hines is one of the most well-known and popular actors to have appeared on television, best known for his roles a

Peter Purves

Peter Purves is instantly recognised by millions as a presenter of children’s and factual television programmes, the m

William Russell

After fifty years ‘in the business’ William Russell may well have thought he’d seen it all… but not a Myth Maker

Verity Lambert

Directly involved in creating the very basis of the programme’s success and steering it through the first years of pro

Jacqueline Hill

Those who worked with her fondly remember Jacqueline Hill as a kind and generous colleague. She had a long and varied ca

Mark Strickson

When TURLOUGH first appeared alongside PETER DAVISON's Doctor in MAWDRYN UNDEAD he was out to kill him - not the best st

Roger Delgado

Roger Delgado appeared in only eight Doctor Who stories, but today he is fondly remembered as creating one of the most e

The Directors Vol. 1: Christopher Barry & Paul Bernard

Directing any television programme is demanding enough, Doctor Who brings its own special challenges. Between them, Chr

Katy Manning

Until this Myth Makers, most Doctor Who fans (when asked about Katy Manning) would have said, ’Where is she?’ Well

Shaun Sutton

During his long and varied career, Shaun Sutton has been an actor, writer, producer, director and ultimately Head of BBC

Raymond Cusick

If there is one designer who contributed most to the early success of Doctor Who it was surely Raymond Cusick. Ray worke

Derrick Sherwin

Derrick Sherwin joined the Doctor Who production office during the latter days of Patrick Troughton’s tenure as the se

William Hartnell

As the very first Doctor, William Hartnell created the character that made Doctor Who a success. No other actor made suc

Donald Tosh

Donald Tosh joined the Doctor Who production team as Script Editor (then titled Story Editor) in 1965. He and John Wiles

Jack Pitt

Who might you ask is Jack Pitt? He was actually one of the extras who inhabited the legion of monsters seen in Doctor W

Barry Newbury

In the early days of television designers were experimenting in ways that are difficult to comprehend today. In this My

Doctor Who Magazine, Vol. 2

Through a variety of different owners, editors, writers, artists and contributors - Doctor Who Magazine (DWM) has review

Graeme Harper

In the seventies, Graeme worked as an Assistant Floor Manager at the BBC and worked on three Jon Pertwee Doctor Who adve