0:00:34 > 0:00:36Welcome to Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide,
0:00:36 > 0:00:39where we celebrate 50 years of Doctor Who.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41We're going to take a look at the genesis
0:00:41 > 0:00:46of this unconventional hero of sci-fi and his many faces.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Come with me.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04We are at...
0:01:04 > 0:01:06the very beginning!
0:01:06 > 0:01:11Meet the first Doctor, William Hartnell.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16In 1963 he landed on our screens and changed British television for ever.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22But why do you have to destroy?
0:01:22 > 0:01:24"Hm... Well, we are in a pickle, aren't we?"
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- OLD MAN'S VOICE: - Don't mess with me, young man!
0:01:29 > 0:01:32A new birth...of a sun...
0:01:32 > 0:01:36and its planets!
0:01:36 > 0:01:38I watched the very first episode of Doctor Who.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41I'd come in that Saturday from somewhere.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44I leaned on the door when I came in because it was just starting,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47and I was still leaning there 25 minutes later when it finished.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49It was new, it was different,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51it appealed to the young men that we were.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54The character at that stage, we didn't know where he'd come from,
0:01:54 > 0:01:56we didn't know what his back story was.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59So there's a lot of mystery about him.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- Your arrogance is nearly as great as your ignorance.- Open the door!
0:02:02 > 0:02:04We are the masters of the Earth!
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Not for long.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10The show was unlike anything seen on our screens before
0:02:10 > 0:02:14and the character of the Doctor immediately became a TV icon.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Yes, indeed.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17'The look of him, the sound of him,'
0:02:17 > 0:02:22the aura, was naturally authoritative.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25In the modern era, we are used to seeing the Doctor
0:02:25 > 0:02:27being very off-the-cuff...
0:02:27 > 0:02:28Bada-boom!
0:02:28 > 0:02:29..spontaneous...
0:02:29 > 0:02:31You only live once.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33..you know, thinking on his feet.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34Run!
0:02:36 > 0:02:40With Hartnell, everything he seemed to do and everything that went
0:02:40 > 0:02:43right for him seemed to be because of his experience.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45That city down there is a magnificent subject for study
0:02:45 > 0:02:47and I don't intend to leave here
0:02:47 > 0:02:49until I've thoroughly investigated it.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52And as we got to know this elderly alien with his unconventional
0:02:52 > 0:02:55time machine, it became clear that the Doctor
0:02:55 > 0:02:57was far from your typical small-screen hero.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59He was kind of grumpy, he was mysterious.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Oh, child, if only you'd think as an adult sometimes.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03He also seemed...
0:03:03 > 0:03:05difficult.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Geniuses can be a bit rude and a bit blunt.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12William Hartnell definitely had a bit of that in him.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Please stop bothering me.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18- Yes, the first Doctor was rude... - Mind your own business.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- ..patronising...- I can see by your face that you don't understand.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23I knew you wouldn't. Never mind.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26..and despite looking like a pensioner,
0:03:26 > 0:03:27he could certainly handle himself.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- OLD MAN'S VOICE:- Oh, you want to fight, do you? Come on, then!
0:03:31 > 0:03:34I'll just unravel my cravat.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Yes, the first Doc was no day at the beach.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Don't call me Doc. Now, do I make myself clear?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46But over time, he began to mellow and went on to time-travel
0:03:46 > 0:03:50with a host of new friends, or companions, over the years.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Are you going to come with us? - If you'll have me.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54HE CHUCKLES
0:03:54 > 0:03:56He began to develop a softer side,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59and when granddaughter Susan grew up and fell in love...
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Oh, David, I do love you! I do! I do!
0:04:03 > 0:04:07..he sent her off with a memorable and emotional farewell speech.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11There must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Just go forward in all your beliefs
0:04:15 > 0:04:19and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22And soon the first Doctor was saying his own goodbyes,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24leaving as a changed character.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29He enters almost as the villain, and leaves as the eccentric,
0:04:29 > 0:04:30compassionate hero.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35You know, became this hugely popular figure in popular culture,
0:04:35 > 0:04:38and if he has a legacy, it's that the show is still running today
0:04:38 > 0:04:40and that's got to be down to him.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Patrick Troughton had the hard job.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Patrick Troughton was the actor
0:04:49 > 0:04:51who established that the Doctor can change.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55It wasn't somebody pretending to do what William Hartnell did,
0:04:55 > 0:04:57he completely reinvented the character.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00And he took hold of that part,
0:05:00 > 0:05:05flipped it on its side, wiggled its legs in the air and he became
0:05:05 > 0:05:10this wonderful, loving cosmic hobo, who was disarming and charming.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14EXPLOSIONS AND SHOUTING
0:05:16 > 0:05:19I loved Patrick Troughton's Doctor.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Just so subtle and clever and quick-changing.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Interesting.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Funny, and so characterful.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33"Yes, we ARE in trouble, aren't we?"
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Why? What's all this about?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37I don't know, but we've got to be careful.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39We've got to be very, very careful.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44Patrick was a proper character actor.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Now, how can I be a traitor when I don't even know where I am?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Where AM I?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Patrick Troughton's Doctor, he's sort of more recognisable
0:05:52 > 0:05:53to a modern audience, I think.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55He's more the centre of the action.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58If not for Patrick Troughton, there wouldn't be a Matt Smith today.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Oh, you've redecorated!
0:06:00 > 0:06:01I don't like it.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05You've had this place redecorated, haven't you? Don't like it.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08But Troughton wasn't just a clown, he was musical.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10TOOTING
0:06:10 > 0:06:14- Sort of. And he was the first to use...- This is a sonic screwdriver.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Now, where can I demonstrate it?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18His three-year reign came to an abrupt end
0:06:18 > 0:06:21when he was captured by his fellow Time Lords.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24And it was only then that we found out more about who this mysterious
0:06:24 > 0:06:25time traveller actually was.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28You have repeatedly broken our most important law
0:06:28 > 0:06:32of non-interference in the affairs of other planets.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35What have you to say? Do you admit these actions?
0:06:35 > 0:06:39I not only admit them, I am proud of them.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42We start to learn more about the fact that the Doctor
0:06:42 > 0:06:45is a Time Lord, and we learn more about their code.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50All these evils I have fought. While you have done nothing but observe.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52You can observe the affairs of the universe,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55but you can't intervene, you can't join in.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57But the Doctor naturally feels that you should,
0:06:57 > 0:06:59and we learn a lot more about his moral code.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02True - I AM guilty of interference.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06Just as you are guilty of failing to use your great powers to help those in need!
0:07:06 > 0:07:10By way of punishment, his TARDIS was grounded.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12And we also saw the beginnings of the Doctor's love affair
0:07:12 > 0:07:14with our fair planet.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17We have noted your particular interest in the planet Earth.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Earth seems more vulnerable than others, yes.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24For that reason, you will be sent back to that planet, in exile.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26No! No!
0:07:26 > 0:07:29And so ended the story of the second Doctor.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33He's the one who sort of nails exactly how it's going to be,
0:07:33 > 0:07:36so his legacy to the part is huge.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40If he hadn't been so brilliant,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43the show could have just gone by the wayside.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44The audience stuck,
0:07:44 > 0:07:48and that very act of re-creation has allowed the series to live on.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53Our lives are different to anybody else's. That's the exciting thing.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58There's nobody in the universe can do what we're doing.