The day after the final episode of Talons was shown, Melvyn Bragg presented, in an edition of the regular BBC2 show, The Lively Arts, Whose Doctor Who, a documentary exploring the impact of Doctor Who and the history of the series. Featuring clips from a number of Doctor Who episodes, we were treated to a series of vox pops with children (in some shocking seventies fashions) and parents, educationalists and other authoritative adults, including clean up TV campaigner Mary Whitehouse. Bragg discussed the appeal of the long-running series and how it developed from actor to actor.
It's a very formal feeling programme that is low on humour, but quite in depth. It's also interesting to see footage from the effects work in the series (particularly Dick Mills and the Radiophonic Workshop).
It's a kind of early Doctor Who Confidential if you like, and at the time such an in depth look at a series like this was almost unheard of and was compulsory viewing on that otherwise cold Sunday evening of April 3rd.
I remember watching it at the time but some of you here would only have seen it on the Talons DVD, what do you think of it, and what kind of impact do you think it would have had back then as we watched the rehearsals for Talons of Weng Chiang?
