BFI panels videos and info, and newly discovered old DW scripts by Anthony Coburn
Videos of An Unearthly Child screening, with commentary from Mark Gatiss, Waris Hussein, William Russell, Carol Anne Ford etc.
Videos of Tomb of the Cybermen screening, with commentary from Anneke Willis, Deborah Watling etc.
The 20th April will see The Robots of Death and the 4th May The Caves of Androzani.
Unseen scripts, such as discarded drafts for the pilot of Doctor Who by Anthony Coburn (the man who's idea it was for the TARDIS to be a police box) have been found!
The scripts were early drafts for the first episodes - the collection includes two versions of the first episode and an alternative episode two, and another three scripts as well as the Masters of Luxor stories, which were replaced by the original Dalek serial.
"You can see that the template for the Daleks came from Anthony. You can see in these episodes a device to unlock Tardis, which became the sonic screwdriver, and the science and regeneration and renewal of the body, which were all created in Anthony's mind. This find completes the genesis of Doctor Who from Anthony Coburn's imagination. The drafts explain the mystery of Doctor Who, his origins, his people and all the background.
"It explains the Tardis's original name, the planet Doctor Who came from and that his granddaughter - Susan in the programmes, but Suzanne in the scripts - was a princess saved from another world."
Ummm, wow?!
Videos of Tomb of the Cybermen screening, with commentary from Anneke Willis, Deborah Watling etc.
The 20th April will see The Robots of Death and the 4th May The Caves of Androzani.
Unseen scripts, such as discarded drafts for the pilot of Doctor Who by Anthony Coburn (the man who's idea it was for the TARDIS to be a police box) have been found!
The scripts were early drafts for the first episodes - the collection includes two versions of the first episode and an alternative episode two, and another three scripts as well as the Masters of Luxor stories, which were replaced by the original Dalek serial.
"You can see that the template for the Daleks came from Anthony. You can see in these episodes a device to unlock Tardis, which became the sonic screwdriver, and the science and regeneration and renewal of the body, which were all created in Anthony's mind. This find completes the genesis of Doctor Who from Anthony Coburn's imagination. The drafts explain the mystery of Doctor Who, his origins, his people and all the background.
"It explains the Tardis's original name, the planet Doctor Who came from and that his granddaughter - Susan in the programmes, but Suzanne in the scripts - was a princess saved from another world."
Ummm, wow?!