0:00:03 > 0:00:07Coming up...12 Again travels through space and time to celebrate
0:00:07 > 0:00:09over 50 years of Doctor Who.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12If someone starts talking, Mum will go, "Shut up!"
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Wow. That was the best TV show.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Whatever age you are,
0:00:17 > 0:00:20you will always enjoy him, one version of him or another.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22DALEK VOICE: Find them! Find them!
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Find! Them!
0:00:24 > 0:00:28THEY HUM THE DOCTOR WHO THEME BADLY
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Great, isn't it?
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Want to know more? Well...
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Have you ever wondered what Doctor Who was like
0:00:34 > 0:00:37when the stars of the show were your age?
0:00:37 > 0:00:41What were their memories of the Time Lord? Who was their Doctor?
0:00:41 > 0:00:44And which aliens had them hiding behind the sofa?
0:00:44 > 0:00:46They've all played their part in the story
0:00:46 > 0:00:48of one of the world's greatest sci-fi shows,
0:00:48 > 0:00:53but once they were a kid watching Doctor Who just like you.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56So let's travel back to a different dimension with our celebs
0:00:56 > 0:00:58as they become 12 Again.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06They are some of the cast from TV's biggest sci-fi drama.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Well done, Straxy.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Strax and Madame Vastra are friendly but fierce aliens.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13I'm the lizard woman from the dawn of time.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15SHE SCREAMS
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Remain calm, human scum.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Luke Smith appears in the Sarah Jane Adventures and Doctor Who
0:01:21 > 0:01:25as the alien who takes the form of a superhuman...
0:01:25 > 0:01:26with no common sense!
0:01:26 > 0:01:28It's you!
0:01:28 > 0:01:31And Porridge, well, he just likes blowing things up!
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- Porridge?- Activate the desolator.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39But what do Dan Starkey, Neve McIntosh, Warwick Davis
0:01:39 > 0:01:43and Tommy Knight remember most about Doctor Who when they were 12?
0:01:43 > 0:01:45- Knock-knock.- Who's there?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- Doctor.- Doctor Who?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- How'd you know my name?- Wahey!
0:01:49 > 0:01:52It was classic TV. Always left you wanting more.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Wow, that is something cool. It really is.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00She was Leela, the rebellious warrior who accompanied
0:02:00 > 0:02:02the fourth Doctor on his adventures.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04We're safe now. We can rest.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08And he was the seventh incarnation of the Doctor.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Ah, I'm the Doctor
0:02:10 > 0:02:12But how did starring in Doctor Who
0:02:12 > 0:02:13affect Sylvester McCoy
0:02:13 > 0:02:16and Louise Jameson's lives?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18I meet a lot of people now, in their 30s, and they said,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21"Oh, you were my Doctor." And they get excited, still.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25It's quite cool really, quite amazing to think.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28As a 12-year-old, I think I identified
0:02:28 > 0:02:30very strongly with the companion.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Ironic, isn't it, when I became one?
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Ladies and gentlemen, calm thyselves...
0:02:35 > 0:02:38He's CBBC's very own Doctor Who super fan.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40HE HUMS THE DOCTOR WHO THEME
0:02:40 > 0:02:43BANG!
0:02:43 > 0:02:47And he is the impressionist who has every voice for every Doctor.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50This is a galaxy grade interstitial time configuration helix.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54But what did Chris Johnson and Jon Culshaw love most about Doctor Who?
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- AS AN OGRON:- The Ogrons, sounding like
0:02:57 > 0:02:59a slowed-down Harry Hill.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Ooh.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04I've got sonic screwdrivers, the action figures, the DVDs,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07CDs, books, comics...
0:03:08 > 0:03:11All are massive Doctor Who fans today, but what
0:03:11 > 0:03:15are their memories of watching TV's top Time Lord when they were young?
0:03:21 > 0:03:24I've always loved Doctor Who, certainly at the age of 12.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Vividly remember it. I mean, they all started with the tunnel.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32The camera's in there and it's all spinning and it becomes Doctor Who.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Doctor Who turned into a sort of real family treat time
0:03:35 > 0:03:39because Mother never allowed food in the living room
0:03:39 > 0:03:42and we would lay the trolley up with boiled eggs
0:03:42 > 0:03:45and baked beans and toast and things and it was all set,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48ready on our lap and we had this lovely family time watching it.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51There was no talking at all when Doctor Who was on.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52That was the golden rule.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55If someone started talking, Mum would go, "Shut up!"
0:03:55 > 0:03:58I remember the title sequence finishing
0:03:58 > 0:04:02and at the end of the music would be that big explosion...
0:04:02 > 0:04:06and I would feel that anticipation and fear in the pit of my stomach
0:04:06 > 0:04:08and excitement as I wondered what was going to happen now.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Back in the day when I was 12,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Doctor Who was a bit too scary really
0:04:12 > 0:04:14for what you should be watching.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19SHE SCREAMS
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Hid behind the sofa. I mean, I really did.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24It's a bit of a cliche, but I absolutely did.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28In those days, you would have four-part adventures
0:04:28 > 0:04:29and you'd have to wait a week to see it
0:04:29 > 0:04:32so you'd be going, "What's going to happen next?"
0:04:32 > 0:04:33They didn't waste it.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36It was like, "No, you get one dose of this a week
0:04:36 > 0:04:39"and that is your lot," so it always left you wanting more.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43With a nail-biting week to wait to find out what happened next,
0:04:43 > 0:04:47how did our young Doctor Who fans distract themselves?
0:04:47 > 0:04:50I did lots of drawings and I found it in a box last year
0:04:50 > 0:04:52in my mum and dad's attic and it's of a certain character
0:04:52 > 0:04:55I'm quite well acquainted with now, but that's my picture of a Sontaran.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Whoa! Little did he know that 20 years later,
0:04:58 > 0:05:00he would actually become a Sontaran.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03It's all in an afternoon's work.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Whilst Dan was doodling, Jon was getting creative.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10The Doctor Who monsters were eminently recreatable.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Plastic cups from a vending machine made very effective Daleks,
0:05:13 > 0:05:15just stick some Smarties on.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18My action man, I once made him into a Draconian,
0:05:18 > 0:05:21gave him a pointed head
0:05:21 > 0:05:24with lots of little beady bits to make him a Draconian.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Two adapted biscuit tins and a roller-skate
0:05:28 > 0:05:29made a good K-9.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35I just didn't have much to do in those days!
0:05:35 > 0:05:41I proudly had one toy Dalek that I adored more than any other toy.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42He broke last year.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44The poor little thing lost his eye stalk.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47It snapped right off in a box, so I wasn't happy about that.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49(I miss you.)
0:05:49 > 0:05:51That Dalek doesn't miss you, Chris.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55It is not registered in my vocabulary bank.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58But let's find out how it all began
0:05:58 > 0:06:01and who better to ask than the Doctor himself?
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Sylvester remembers the first series being shown in 1963.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08This television programme came on called Doctor Who
0:06:08 > 0:06:12and we just kind of watched it and then slowly became addicted to it.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16We've waited long enough for her. We must go and find her.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Back in the days when everything was black-and-white,
0:06:19 > 0:06:22a 12-year-old Louise watched a very different show.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24That first series,
0:06:24 > 0:06:27he didn't travel all over the universe like he does now.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31It was very much... It was almost geared towards education.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33The great fire of Rome, my dear.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36To think that people will read about that in books for thousands
0:06:36 > 0:06:40and thousands of years and here am I sitting here actually watching it!
0:06:40 > 0:06:41The best history lesson ever.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43You go into a history class, get given a book
0:06:43 > 0:06:45and are told, "Read about this."
0:06:45 > 0:06:48No, watch this bloke go and discover it. That's amazing!
0:06:48 > 0:06:52They wanted to get people interested in science.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56The adhesive effect of carbonated H2O and citric acid.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Lemonade to you.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04Turned out to be the most fantastic science fiction programme
0:07:04 > 0:07:08ever made, really. It is. 50 years proves it is so.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10It was gripping stuff.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14And there was no-one more fascinated by The Doctor's adventures
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- than his companions. - Why?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20The Doctor without his companions would be rather incongruous.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22There was a lot of, "What is it, Doctor?"
0:07:22 > 0:07:26So that The Doctor can then explain to the audience.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- A magic talisman? - No, it's a clockwork egg timer.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32There's only so many ways you can say, "What is it?
0:07:32 > 0:07:33"Oh, Doctor, what is it? Doctor?"
0:07:33 > 0:07:35What? Sshh!
0:07:35 > 0:07:37The companion is there to be the viewer,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40to ask the question that the viewers will be thinking
0:07:40 > 0:07:42when they're watching the show.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Why isn't the scanner showing anything?
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Because, well...we're nowhere.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Thank goodness he cleared that up, then(!)
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Still to come, we find out about The Doctor's time machine.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00The TARDIS is The Doctor's time travelling machine/friend.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03It's bigger on the inside than the outside
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- because it's dimensionally transcendental.- Yes.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Originally, a police box was a very important piece of equipment.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Whenever people say to me,
0:08:10 > 0:08:13"We used to have those all around the country at one point."
0:08:13 > 0:08:16I was like, "What, you had time machine dotted on street corners?
0:08:16 > 0:08:18"Bit weird, isn't it? Bit reckless."
0:08:18 > 0:08:22But first, at the centre of it all is the main man himself.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25But what do our Whovians remember about the star of the show,
0:08:25 > 0:08:26The Doctor?
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Erm, I don't even know your name. Doctor...what was it?
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Doctor Who is a Time Lord who has two hearts.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- Hearts-beat?- I say, I don't think that can be right.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42He's always on the side of the underdog.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47He's always an extremely moral, very good character.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50We've got reason to believe there's a great evil at work
0:08:50 > 0:08:51somewhere in this school.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54The Doctor comes from a planet called Gallifrey.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55The reason why I remembered that
0:08:55 > 0:08:59was because I come from a place near Galloway, which is in Scotland.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01- Who are you?- I told you, The Doctor.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04You can never quite really gauge him,
0:09:04 > 0:09:06you don't really know who or what he is.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08I mean, Doctor Who, that's the whole premise.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12- Is that supposed to sound impressive?- Sort of.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16He's mysterious and he's nice and he's just awe-inspiring.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- The entire world revolves around you?- Sort of, yeah.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24He's so selfless and accepting of everybody that he meets.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27At heart, it's just a story of exploration and adventure.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31You could stay here, fill your life with work and food and sleep
0:09:31 > 0:09:34or you could go...anywhere.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Occasionally running into trouble.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- Is it always this dangerous?- Yeah.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41I say occasionally, mostly running into trouble.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43But the great thing about being a Doctor is,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45if you get into too much trouble,
0:09:45 > 0:09:48you have an ingenious way of cheating death.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49Agh!
0:09:49 > 0:09:52When The Doctor comes to the ends of his life,
0:09:52 > 0:09:55it's a very sad time for all of us.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56I don't want to go.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02His body breaks down, all the molecules shift about
0:10:02 > 0:10:05and it's one of these "lights, camera, action" moments
0:10:05 > 0:10:07as he explodes in light...
0:10:09 > 0:10:12..and comes back as a whole new man.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Nngggg-aaargh!
0:10:15 > 0:10:18The first time you see his face you're, like, studying him
0:10:18 > 0:10:20as close as you can because you're so curious to find
0:10:20 > 0:10:23his little characteristics, his little bits
0:10:23 > 0:10:26and things that make him a great Doctor.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31Ears...yes. Eyes, two. Nose, and I've had worse chins.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Regeneration is possibly the most important pivotal point
0:10:35 > 0:10:40of the whole series because if that hadn't worked,
0:10:40 > 0:10:43we would not have had everything that came after it.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47The first regeneration happened in 1966 when The Doctor,
0:10:47 > 0:10:52William Hartnell, decided to leave and the show needed a new star.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53It may not look much nowadays,
0:10:53 > 0:10:57but that was cutting edge special effects back then.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59That's its magic, you can change the actor,
0:10:59 > 0:11:02because, you know, he's an alien, took on the form.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04He can take on any form of human being.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08For more than 50 years, each generation of Doctor Who fans
0:11:08 > 0:11:11have enjoyed watching their very own Doctor.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14So who was our celebs' favourite Doctor when they were 12?
0:11:15 > 0:11:18To be honest, I adore them all. You're spoilt for choice.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20That's the thing with the character.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Whatever age you are, you'll always enjoy him,
0:11:23 > 0:11:25one version of him or another.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27- Can you stop the bomb, Doctor? - Not now, Barbara.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30We don't know how long this little trick of ours will hold the Daleks.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33As a 12-year-old, I think I rather looked up
0:11:33 > 0:11:35to the William Hartnell character.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39There must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42I thought of him as an educator, as a carer,
0:11:42 > 0:11:46as a sort of slightly eccentric, slightly doddery,
0:11:46 > 0:11:48rather intelligent old man.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Goodbye, Susan. Goodbye, my dear.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56My Doctor Who was Tom Baker, with a very long scarf and a hat.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Yep, that long scarf was his trademark.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01The first one made was nearly four metres long,
0:12:01 > 0:12:04which means that The Doctor was always nice and toasty,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- but it must've got in the way a bit.- Good evening.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Just very cool.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13Sort of like a cosmic university dropout,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15just stumbling into his adventures...
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- AS TOM BAKER:- ..with wide eyes and a big grin.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Exactly, Brigadier. Exactly.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24HE LAUGHS
0:12:24 > 0:12:26And who was Neve's Doctor?
0:12:26 > 0:12:29My Doctor at 12 was Peter Davison.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- Doctor?- Well done.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34At the time, he was the youngest that'd ever played Doctor Who.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37I thought he was quite handsome, actually.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Agh! Quickly, let's get out of here.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I loved the cricket whites and he always had the celery.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- Remember that? - Yes, wearing it on the collar.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Saved his life though, that's why he kept it.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49I think I'm going to get my very own decorative vegetable.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Maybe a carrot?
0:12:51 > 0:12:52Suspense.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54And who was Dan's Doctor?
0:12:54 > 0:12:57- When I was 12, it was Sylvester McCoy.- Who the devil you?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59I'm The Doctor, and this is Ace.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01The Doctor had started to get a bit darker.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Even though he was still a hero,
0:13:03 > 0:13:06we didn't quite know what he was thinking. That was really exciting.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09- Well, how do you know? - I'm very perceptive.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12I wanted to keep the comedic front, silent-movie clowning,
0:13:12 > 0:13:14visually kind of bit of him
0:13:14 > 0:13:17but at the same time, I wanted to make him...mysterious.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18Even dangerous,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21even make the audience uncertain of who he is, really.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24To bring back the WHO, in capital letters.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27And it wasn't just personality traits
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- that Sylvester brought to the role. - TAPS SPOONS RHYTHMICALLY
0:13:30 > 0:13:32It wasn't my idea to play the spoons of The Doctor,
0:13:32 > 0:13:35it was because we had a party one night while we were filming
0:13:35 > 0:13:38and everyone did their party piece.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40And while Sylvester was playing his spoons,
0:13:40 > 0:13:43he was spotted by one of the programme's bosses
0:13:43 > 0:13:44who instantly said...
0:13:44 > 0:13:46"Ooh, you're playing the spoons,
0:13:46 > 0:13:47"we've got to have that as The Doctor!"
0:13:47 > 0:13:50I thought he was joking, but we ended up having it. Ha-ha!
0:13:50 > 0:13:55Who needs a Sonic Screwdriver when you've got celery and spoons?
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Hey, that really shouldn't have worked.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02In 1989, Doctor Who was quietly cancelled
0:14:02 > 0:14:07and there was no new Doctor Who TV series for 16 years
0:14:07 > 0:14:11until 2005 when the Doctor returned with a vengeance.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16With a cool new look and a definite swagger in his step,
0:14:16 > 0:14:20he was Tommy's 12-year-old Doctor.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22DOCTOR WHO LAUGHS
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Christopher Ecclestone playing the Doctor,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27steps out with his leather jacket
0:14:27 > 0:14:30and his big ears and his northern accent.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32PFFRRRRT!
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Excuse me, do you mind not farting while I'm saving the world?
0:14:35 > 0:14:38I remember this scene with Rose and the Doctor and she goes to him,
0:14:38 > 0:14:40"How come you've got a northern accent?"
0:14:40 > 0:14:43If you are an alien, how come you sound like you're from the north?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Lots of planets have a north!
0:14:45 > 0:14:49He had a certain way about him which was quite cocky and arrogant,
0:14:49 > 0:14:51but I loved it.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53If I was to tell you what I was doing to the controls of
0:14:53 > 0:14:57my frankly magnificent time machine, would you even begin to understand?
0:14:57 > 0:15:00- I suppose not... - Well, shut it then.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03And there was one thing that made this Doctor
0:15:03 > 0:15:05slightly different from all the ones before him.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I'm the Doctor, by the way. What's your name?
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- Rose.- Nice to meet you, Rose.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Run for your life!
0:15:12 > 0:15:16For the first time, the Doctor felt his two hearts flutter.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- How long have I been gone? - About 12 hours.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20ROSE LAUGHS
0:15:20 > 0:15:23The Doctor fell in love with Rose, very subtly.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25They don't say, "We're in love,"
0:15:25 > 0:15:28but you can see the two of them really get on and it's very sweet.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Don't you disappear.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Because they never focus on it, it's just there,
0:15:32 > 0:15:34like, you as a viewer can sort of go,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37"I see what's happening with you two, I see what's going on."
0:15:38 > 0:15:42But it was a love that couldn't last and Rose and the Doctor
0:15:42 > 0:15:44were separated in a heart-wrenching episode.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50When they have to say goodbye... It's so horrible!
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- Am I ever going to see you again? - SHE SOBS
0:15:56 > 0:15:57You can't.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00It's really horrible, they are separated by dimensions,
0:16:00 > 0:16:02they will never see each other again.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04I love you.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07Rose Tyler...
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Oh, sorry, I'll cry if I think about it, actually.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16It's really upsetting.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22Oh, how emotional! Someone pass me a tissue!
0:16:27 > 0:16:28Still to come...
0:16:28 > 0:16:32our celebs reveal what made them quiver behind the cushions
0:16:32 > 0:16:34when they watched the show.
0:16:34 > 0:16:35They're terrifying!
0:16:36 > 0:16:37That's horrible!
0:16:37 > 0:16:41- AS A DALEK:- Find them! Find them! Find them!
0:16:41 > 0:16:45And we discover the magic behind the music of Doctor Who.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47The theme tune is so iconic.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50It still works, 50 years later.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52But first, the Doctor may be able
0:16:52 > 0:16:56to travel through multiple universes and dimensions,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59but he wouldn't be able to go anywhere without his TARDIS.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Do you actually live up here, on a cloud in a box?
0:17:04 > 0:17:05I have done for long time now.
0:17:05 > 0:17:10The TARDIS. Time And Relative Dimension In Space.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13That's no more a box than you are a governess.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15- I don't know what it means. - SHE LAUGHS
0:17:15 > 0:17:17It can travel anywhere in time and space.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20It's bigger on the inside than the outside
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- because it's dimensionally transcendental.- Yes.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25'It's like going through
0:17:25 > 0:17:27'the wardrobe in Narnia. There's something...'
0:17:27 > 0:17:31There's a whole brand-new world out there that you can explore.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35It's smaller on the outside.
0:17:35 > 0:17:42The TARDIS is the Doctor's time-travelling machine/friend.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46It's a living being that used to be able to shape shift and transform,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49but one day got stuck as a police telephone box,
0:17:49 > 0:17:50which I think is hilarious
0:17:50 > 0:17:52and makes it the most iconic part of Doctor Who.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Yes, when the Doctor landed in 1963,
0:17:55 > 0:18:00his spaceship cunningly disguised itself as a police box
0:18:00 > 0:18:02so as to blend into its surroundings.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04It's meant to change its physical appearance.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07With the chameleon circuit, but his is broken.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Yes, it got stuck when he landed in 1963 London.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14As a result, it doesn't blend in with its surroundings.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Oh, I get it.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20The chameleon circuit broke, it can't change its shape,
0:18:20 > 0:18:22it's stuck as a police box.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27All makes perfect sense. Except, what's a police box?
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Originally, a police box was a very important piece of equipment.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32People didn't have phones very much
0:18:32 > 0:18:35and if they wanted to go for the police, they could run
0:18:35 > 0:18:38down to the police box and there was a direct line to the police station.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41And also, it was used by policeman to arrest people,
0:18:41 > 0:18:45so they could actually put them in the police box and lock it.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48But they also used it to keep their capes in or anything,
0:18:48 > 0:18:51or even their lunch. So that's originally what it was.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54The first time I ever saw one of those was in Doctor Who,
0:18:54 > 0:18:56so to me it was always a time machine that was
0:18:56 > 0:19:00bigger on the inside and looked really cool
0:19:00 > 0:19:04and I never quite registered that it was something else before that.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06So whenever people say to me,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09"We used to have those all around the country at one point,"
0:19:09 > 0:19:11I was like, "What, you had time machines
0:19:11 > 0:19:12"just dotted on street corners?!
0:19:12 > 0:19:14"Bit weird, isn't it? Bit reckless."
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Reckless indeed.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19In fact, young Dan actually came across one in real life
0:19:19 > 0:19:22and designed his very own time-travelling vessel.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26This is my drawing of a version of the TARDIS control console.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29There's an infrared scanner, which is scanning...
0:19:29 > 0:19:32I think that's probably me and my cat. I'm not entirely sure.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34I don't think anyone is entirely sure, Dan.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38However, a young Jon had his very own TARDIS in his back garden.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44I viewed my dad's shed as a TARDIS
0:19:44 > 0:19:48and there was a section of it that I painted white
0:19:48 > 0:19:52and stuck some paper plates to the wall and I'd be in the shed
0:19:52 > 0:19:55and then just let your imagination settle
0:19:55 > 0:19:58and then when you feel the moment is right, walk out of the shed...
0:19:59 > 0:20:04..and look around your back garden as if it's an alien world.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07And if you're fighting for good,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10you are inevitably going to come up against the forces of evil
0:20:10 > 0:20:15and the ones all our 12-year-old celebs remember are these bad boys.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20They are the Doctor's ultimate nemesis.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23You are the Doctor!
0:20:23 > 0:20:25You must be exterminated!
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- The Daleks...- The Daleks...
0:20:28 > 0:20:29- Daleks...- Dalek...
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Behold, the restoration of the Daleks!
0:20:35 > 0:20:39The Daleks are probably the most known villains from Doctor Who.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42You are inferior.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43They are terrifying.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Then arrange for the extermination of all human beings.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50The Daleks first appeared in 1963
0:20:50 > 0:20:53and are the most feared race in the universe.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56The Earth will die screaming.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Having had all emotions removed except hate,
0:20:59 > 0:21:02they are the ultimate destroying machines.
0:21:02 > 0:21:03They're insane!
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- AS A DALEK:- They are generally ill disposed towards other species.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07That's horrifying!
0:21:07 > 0:21:09- AS A DALEK:- Find them! Find them! Find them!
0:21:11 > 0:21:12That's horrible!
0:21:15 > 0:21:17The threat of the Daleks is totally maximised when
0:21:17 > 0:21:20you know it's going to exterminate you because it's yelling it!
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Exterminate! Exterminate!
0:21:23 > 0:21:25They've tried to take over the universe
0:21:25 > 0:21:30in over 100 episodes, more than any other aliens ever.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Is that it?
0:21:33 > 0:21:38As the saying goes, if at first you don't succeed, try and try
0:21:38 > 0:21:43and try and try and try and try again.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46You will never defeat us, Doctor.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53And behind all these plans to destroy the Doctor was
0:21:53 > 0:21:57the Daleks' creator, none other than the supreme being Davros.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Let us learn who are our allies and who are our enemies.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Davros. He was good, wasn't he? He was like half a Dalek.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07He was like a Dalek with the lid off.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Let the vengeance begin.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11If I was him, I would have kept the lid on. He was ugly.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14You wouldn't want to look in the mirror and see that,
0:22:14 > 0:22:16so keep the lid on, Davros, be like the others.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Fascinating idea.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21This is the man whose body was deteriorating
0:22:21 > 0:22:25and he was looking for the next step in his race's survival.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26The Kaled race is ended,
0:22:26 > 0:22:28consumed in a fire of war,
0:22:28 > 0:22:30but from its ashes will rise
0:22:30 > 0:22:34a new race, the supreme creature,
0:22:34 > 0:22:35the ultimate conqueror of the universe,
0:22:35 > 0:22:37the Dalek!
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Unlike the other Daleks, Davros has got a face
0:22:39 > 0:22:41and it's not a very nice face.
0:22:41 > 0:22:42You can see him ranting.
0:22:42 > 0:22:47You will tell me! You will tell me!
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Steady on, Davros!
0:22:49 > 0:22:53He always had his hand poised, two fingers to flick a switch.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57That button is either going to summon a Dalek or fire something
0:22:57 > 0:23:00or explode something and it's always just hovering.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03All, he's proper freaky and he's old-school freaky.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Through the Daleks I shall have the power!
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Dude, you need to chill out. Maybe this will calm you down.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14HE HUMS DOCTOR WHO THEME TUNE
0:23:14 > 0:23:16The wonderful Doctor Who theme music.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19THEY SING THE THEME TUNE
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Perhaps the most recognisable theme tune in the world.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26HE CONTINUES SINGING THE THEME TUNE
0:23:26 > 0:23:28The theme tune is so iconic.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32They used to finish with all their "waaah-chhhh" bit at the end.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34THEY SING AND LAUGH
0:23:34 > 0:23:36You know something awesome is about to happen.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Nice rendition, guys, but this is what it actually sounded like
0:23:40 > 0:23:43when it first hit our screens back in 1963.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46MUSIC: Original Doctor Who Theme
0:23:49 > 0:23:52This was one of the first pieces of electronic music
0:23:52 > 0:23:54ever to be heard on TV.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56It was ground-breaking.
0:23:56 > 0:24:02The music still works 50 years later. That music is avant garde.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04If you don't know what "avant garde" means,
0:24:04 > 0:24:08look it up and then tell me, I've no idea.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10The melody was composed by Ron Grainer
0:24:10 > 0:24:12and it was brought to life by
0:24:12 > 0:24:15electronic-music pioneer Delia Derbyshire
0:24:15 > 0:24:18in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, which was basically a room
0:24:18 > 0:24:22filled with lots of scientific sound wave machines and tape recorders.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Sounds complicated? It was.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29The stories you hear of how she made that familiar theme happen
0:24:29 > 0:24:33by wrapping string around a box and twanging it.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35# Bong bong-bong Bong bong-bong... #
0:24:35 > 0:24:36We spend quite a lot of time
0:24:36 > 0:24:38trying to invent new sounds that don't exist,
0:24:38 > 0:24:41sounds that can't be produced by musical instruments.
0:24:41 > 0:24:42Using all of these,
0:24:42 > 0:24:45we can build up any sound we can possibly imagine, almost.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48In the days before synthesisers,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Delia Derbyshire created every note individually
0:24:51 > 0:24:53and then recorded them separately,
0:24:53 > 0:24:56playing them back using a lot of tape decks.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Little did she know that her work
0:24:58 > 0:25:01would inspire one young Doctor Who fan.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06I was obsessed with this when I was a kid
0:25:06 > 0:25:08and I wanted to do my own Radiophonic Workshop type thing,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10so I went round with a tape recorder
0:25:10 > 0:25:11getting lots of everyday noises
0:25:11 > 0:25:13like recording the toilet flushing
0:25:13 > 0:25:17and sort of like the sink and bubbling some water
0:25:17 > 0:25:20and then speeding it up and slowing it down and layering it
0:25:20 > 0:25:22on top of each other, so I had little tape of different tracks,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24of different alien worlds.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27You creative little Sontaran, you!
0:25:27 > 0:25:31And Dan is not the only one who's recreated these iconic sounds.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35Even one of the coolest electro groups of all time, Orbital,
0:25:35 > 0:25:36have remixed it and in 2010
0:25:36 > 0:25:40performed it live with the Doctor himself.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Glastonbury, this is the last song of the evening, people!
0:25:43 > 0:25:44CHEERING
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Let's make this one count!
0:25:46 > 0:25:49MUSIC: Orbital's remix of Doctor Who theme
0:25:51 > 0:25:52Get in, Doctor!
0:25:55 > 0:25:56CHEERING
0:25:58 > 0:26:00So those were our celebs' 12-year-old memories
0:26:00 > 0:26:02of TV's greatest theme tune,
0:26:02 > 0:26:06but what did Doctor Who really mean to them when they were kids?
0:26:06 > 0:26:10I loved it. I loved it. It was a joy to watch.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12It's a great way of making friends with somebody.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14"Have you watched Doctor Who?"
0:26:14 > 0:26:16"Yeah, I have." "I'm a bit of a fan myself."
0:26:16 > 0:26:19It brings people together.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22I have always wanted to be the Doctor.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26I think that is just the kind of life that I would like.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28It is my dream job to be Doctor Who.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31My love for Doctor Who has never gone away.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34It makes me feel like a kid again
0:26:34 > 0:26:37because it's the same thrill it gave me then
0:26:37 > 0:26:40and I can enjoy it now more than ever.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44I LOVE Doctor Who and I think I always will.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48It would have been great at the age of 12 is Doctor Who had been around
0:26:48 > 0:26:52because he could have come with me and jumped off the tall tree
0:26:52 > 0:26:56onto the rhododendron bushes and we could have had such fun.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58If I told my 12-year-old self,
0:26:58 > 0:27:01"You're in Doctor Who!" I'd go, "Wow! What am I doing?"
0:27:01 > 0:27:02I'd have said, "You're a Sontaran."
0:27:02 > 0:27:05He went, "Why am I a Sontaran? Why am I not taller?"
0:27:05 > 0:27:09I think I would probably be quite graceless about it.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10"Why aren't you the Doctor?!"
0:27:10 > 0:27:14If I was looking at my 12-year-old self now,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17and I told her she was going to be a companion on Doctor Who,
0:27:17 > 0:27:21I think she would have just laughed in my face.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25It was classic TV and I actually recently fulfilled a career ambition
0:27:25 > 0:27:29and I'm in a Doctor Who episode and there's Cybermen in it!
0:27:29 > 0:27:30It's so exciting!
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Little did I know when I was hid behind the sofa
0:27:33 > 0:27:37that one day I would be causing that fear
0:27:37 > 0:27:39amongst 12-year-olds throughout the land.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43So what have we learned then?
0:27:43 > 0:27:46There's a time and place for bodily functions.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48PFFFFRRRT!
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Excuse me, do you mind not farting while I'm saving the world?
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Some Doctors need to go back to medical school.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Ears, yes. Eyes, two. Nose.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00And never annoy Davros.
0:28:00 > 0:28:06You will tell me! You will tell me!
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