(2003 TV Movie)

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8/10
Interesting documentary
matthew-5816 April 2005
Warning: Spoilers
The challenge for the BBC in making "The Story of Doctor Who", which celebrated the 40th anniversary of the series, was to avoid a complete repeat of "30 Years in the TARDIS" and I have to say that, although this documentary featured many of the same people as the other documentary and you occasionally get a feeling of deja vu, there is enough sufficiently different to recommend it.

What really distinguishes this documentary is that it features new contributions from all the living actors to have played the character of the Doctor ("30 Years" was notable for the absence of Peter Davison and the most popular of the all the Doctors, Tom Baker).
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8/10
Better than the 50th Anniversary guide to Doctor Who
Aroura647 December 2014
It is time that this programme was given a re-appraisal.

This documentary is better than the 50th Anniversary Guide to Doctor Who, because it dose not have the annoyingly vulgar commentary and padding. This documentary deals with the classic era of the programme. All four of the the existing actors take part, revealing interesting and humorous details about the show. The programme is further enhanced by contributions from Verity Lambert, Nicolas Courtney and Elizabeth Sladen. An interesting and informative guide to the classic era of Doctor Who.

Worthy of note is the opening sequence of the documentary, John Culshaw does a humorous turn as the 4th Doctor Tom Baker.
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5/10
Nothing I Didn`t Already Know
Theo Robertson20 January 2004
As a fan of the classic TV series DOCTOR WHO I was totally underwhelmed by this documentary . It`s just basically a lot of actors talking about their time on the show intercut with clips from the series . The interviews themselves seem to be culled from other documentaries like the Graham Cole ( Best known as PC Tony Stamp from THE BILL who played umpteen monsters under heavy make up ) interview that looks like it`s been pinched from a documentary called CARNIVAL OF MONSTERS a few years earlier and clips are the oft seen ones which every fan like myself will already have on video or DVD , but I guess THE STORY OF DOCTOR WHO was made simply to appeal to the casual viewer and to make the point there will be a new series shown on the BBC in 2005 . In other words it`s a plug
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