Who Peter (documentary)

Who Peter was a Royal Television Society Award-winning, two-part documentary hosted by Gethin Jones and written, produced and directed by Chris Chapman.^{[fn 1][1]} It appeared on two separate Doctor Who DVD releases. In sum, the two parts explored the long relationship of Doctor Who and Blue Peter. The first part — subtitled Partners in Time 1963-1989 — dealt with Blue Peter's role in helping to promote the 1963 version of Doctor Who, while the second part concentrated on the period from the show's cancellation in 1989 through the first Russell T Davies era. Part one was included on The Horns of Nimon release, which, only in Region 2, was an indivisible part of the Myths and Legends boxset. Part two was included on the 2010 re-release of Doctor Who (1996).^[2]

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Since the birth of Doctor Who in the 1960s, it has shared an almost symbiotic relationship with the long-running BBC children's magazine show Blue Peter. In this special documentary, some of those involved look back over the history of that relationship. Presented by Gethin Jones, with new series executive producer Russell T Davies, Blue Peter editors Biddy Baxter and Richard Marson, former presenters Peter Purves and Janet Ellis, writers Robert Shearman and Clayton Hickman, and competition winner Steve Thompson.

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Part Two, A New Regeneration 1989-2009[[edit] | [edit source]]

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The second part of this documentary, exploring the special relationship between Doctor Who and Blue Peter during the 'new series years'. With Russell T Davies, Richard Marson, Edward Russell, Robert Shearman, Clayton Hickman, William Grantham and John Bell. Presented by Gethin Jones.

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"Who Peter" is an obvious pun which has been otherwise used by Blue Peter and Doctor Who for cross-promotion. In the BBC Wales era alone, it has been at least twice used to describe various Blue Peter competitions involving Doctor Who. For instance, it was the name of the event which landed Blue Peter viewer, John Bell, a role in Utopia.^[3] It was also the — arguably unofficial — name of the competition to design a TARDIS console that was seen in series 5.^[4]

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