*car breaks screech* Let's take a slight detour, dear listener...

We've reached the end of the First Doctor's era, and we're not quite ready to say goodbye to William Hartnell!

So, what better than to close his era out with a trip back to where it all started?

This week, we're watching the docudrama An Adventure In Space And Time, made in 2013 for the 50th anniversary, that tells the story of the creation of Doctor Who.

Before the junkyard, the police box, and the teachers, there was simply a Canadian TV exec, an iconic "pushy Jewish bird", a queer pioneer, and a grumpy older actor, who came together to create TV history...

We celebrate the phenomenal stories of William Harnell and Verity Lambert, hail queen Jean Marsh, and cast a critical eye on the most vital part of the whole shebang - the wigs. Eek.

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Find socials, the Song Of The Story playlists, and other fun things here, including Beth in the New York Times, and David on friend of the show Christel Dee's YouTube channel chatting all things Dot and Bubble.

Music by Haydn Wynn

Artwork by Reece Connolly

Photos from The Black Archive

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