Out Now, The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years – Behind the Scenes

By John Freeman on November 7, 2023

The latest, and the last, “The Doctors” DVD from Reeltime Pictures goes behind the scenes on the Sylvester McCoy years of “Classic” Doctor Who – and is available to order now.

The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years – Behind the Scenes offers a set of interviews with the production team who brought Doctor Who to life and sent you “behind the sofa”!

Presented by Robert Dick,, “Ace” Sophie Aldred, and “voice of the Daleks” Nicholas Briggs, this special collector’s edition offers over five hours of pure nostalgia, which will give you a whole new insight into the making of your favourite science fiction series.

It includes six documentaries offering in-depth interviews with writers Ben Aaronovitch, Ian Briggs and Stephen Wyatt, director Andrew Morgan, Visual Effects Supervisor Mike Tucker and Composer Keff McCulloch.

• The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years – Behind the Scenes is available now from timetraveltv.com

Previous releases in the series…

The Doctors: The Pat Troughton Years Volume One - Behind the Scenes

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.