Doctor Who: Project Who?

BBC · BBC Audio

Apr 2008 · BBC Digital Audio · Narrated by Anthony Head and Various

About this audiobook

Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper are among those talking exclusively about the smash hit 2005 TV series Doctor Who in this BBC Radio 2 documentary, presented by Anthony Head. Project: Who? goes exclusively behind the scenes of Doctor Who to discover how the action-packed new BBC1 series was made, with award-winning writer and executive producer Russell T Davies at the helm. Featuring new and exclusive interviews with the cast and creative team, the programme examines why the BBC decided to launch the new television series now, nearly a decade after the Doctor's last small screen adventure. It also explores how the format of the show was developed for a new audience, how the character of the Doctor was cast, and how his adventures are launched and marketed around the globe. Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper - who play the Doctor and Rose - talk about their experiences on the new series, along with executive producers Julie Gardner and Mal Young, writer and executive producer Russell T Davies, writer Mark Gatiss, director Joe Ahearne, producer Phil Collinson and many others. This CD version also contains an additional 30 minutes of material not included in the BBC Radio 2 broadcast.

About the author

Anthony Head is well known for playing Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He also starred in Manchild and played the regular role of Uther Pendragon, Arthur's father, in the BBC series Merlin. On radio, he performed the lead role of Mr Gently Benevolent in the Radio 4 comedy series Bleak Expectations, and guest-starred as Hercules Shipwright in the cult hit Cabin Pressure. On film, he played Chiron in the fantasy adventure Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters and Geoffrey Howe in the Oscar-winning The Iron Lady. He has appeared in Doctor Who (as Mr Finch, in the episode School Reunion) as well as narrating Doctor Who Confidential, voicing Baltazar in the animated Doctor Who serial The Infinite Quest and appearing as the Time Lord Valentine in the special webcast Doctor Who drama Death Comes to Time.