| Doctor Who on Blue Peter |
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 The
BBC children's programme Blue Peter, that was broadcast
on BBC 1 on the 7th April 1999, included an extensive
item celebrating the continuing success of Doctor Who
in an attempt to introduce the programme to a younger
audience. It featured a lengthy look at Doctor Who
using numerous clips from the series and the Doctor Who
theme music instead of the usual Blue Peter arrangement.
The show's three
presenters, Katy Hill, Konnie Huq and Stewart Miles, emerged
from the TARDIS
at the beginning
of the show dressed as Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee and Peter
Davison. The show also included a number of the series
scariest opponents who were paraded, catwalk-style, into
the studio. They included a Cyberman from "Silver
Nemesis",
a Voc Robot from "The
Robots of Death", a Zygon, a Draconian
and three Daleks. Other monsters present in the studio
included a Sontaran, a Haemovore and a Vervoid. The Daleks
were the only creatures with a speaking role even though
the Cyberman did try to strangle presenter Stewart Miles.
A static K9 was also present in the studio and presenter
Katy Hill even had sole use of the Sonic Screwdriver.
A
number of young fans were also interviewed about what
attracted them to the show, and they were shown browsing
some of The Doctor Who web sites including the Official
BBC Doctor Who Web Site.
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| Louise Jameson |
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Actress Louise
Jameson who played former assistant Leela, but who is now more familiar to
viewers as Rosa in EastEnders, also joined the team in the studio. During her
brief interview she confirmed that since Doctor Who has not been on
terrestrial television, since it went off he air in 1989, a whole generation
has grown up without regular exposure to the programme. She agreed that the
show's continued popularity is due to parents, who grew up while the show was
on the air, introducing it to their children.
The
clips shown covered all of the first seven
incarnations of The Doctor. Included was the
famous first regeneration scene from "The
Tenth Planet", Davros being
exterminated by the Daleks, from "Genesis
of the Daleks", the TARDIS
being rocked in space in "Pyramids
of Mars" and Leela's withering
put-down of Mandrel, from "The
Sun Makers".
The show ended with
all three presenters, Louise Jameson and the four young guests entering the
TARDIS which then dematerialised. This just left the monsters to take over the
studio and for the Daleks to announce what will be on the next show.
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