Toby Hadoke

Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.

Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles while wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama. Allied with a team of unusual but brilliant people, they went on to create the longest running science fiction series ever made.

A novice monk from the north of England is expelled from his order and relocates to London, where he struggles with his spiritual goals, earthly temptations and personal ideals. In the capital, he finds work as a jobbing journalist but is soon drowning in a sea of betrayal and misplaced affection.

Behind-the-scenes stories from the long-running sci-fi drama. There are tales of stunts that went dangerously wrong and secrets of how the crew brought monsters to life, as well as revelations about how some storylines proved to be so scary the BBC were forced to re-edit episodes.

Toby Hadoke takes a humorous look at the history of robots, with particular reference to their appearances in Doctor Who.

The Doctor visits his old Time Lord friend Chronotis in Cambridge, 1979. But the ruthless Skagra has also arrived to retrieve a book that will help unlock one of the Time Lords' greatest secrets: what is Shada? Filming for this story was never finished, and in this version the unfilmed material is completed via animation.

A documentary looking back at the life and career of Dursley McLinden (Mike Smith in the 1988 Doctor Who serial Remembrance of the Daleks), who sadly died of AIDS in 1995 aged just 30.

A look at the making of the Doctor Who story, The Time Monster.

Intrepid comedian and Doctor Who fan Toby Hadoke heads to Salisbury to spend the weekend with one of the show's most unusual actors. John Levene played Sergeant Benton on-screen for nearly a decade, but these days is a very enigmatic figure. Now Toby has 48 hours to get to know the man, and figure out what makes him tick.

A look at the making of the Doctor Who (1963) story "The Abominable Snowmen" (1967).

Toby Hadoke delves into the life of director Lennie Mayne

Looking for Peter was a documentary about Peter R. Newman, writer of The Sensorites, and was included on the 2012 DVD releases of that story.

Toby Hadoke meets the producers and grown-up stars of the first ever Doctor Who documentary.

Toby Hadoke visits Brian Clemens widow and sons to discusses his life and career.

Toby Hadoke gets an insight into the life of Adric actor Matthew Waterhouse when he moves in for the weekend.

Rising to fame amid the 1980s alternative comedy boom, Ian Cognito was one of the UK's most popular comedians. His performances left audiences in hysterics - but behind the laughter was a troubled and often controversial figure. This is the story of the comedy scene that nurtured a comedic genius, and the real life of a man famed for his outlandish sense of humour.

Blending expert testimony with newly contextualised archive, Enemy from Space reveals how Kneale’s ideas about authority, alienation and technological dread still ripple through today’s genre cinema and TV. The result is a concluding chapter that’s both celebration and re-appraisal. designed to cap the Hammer box set with a thoughtful, contemporary perspective on a towering, sometimes misunderstood figure.

The team behind the reconstruction of Planet of Giants explain how it was put together.

Who was Nigel Kneale? Toby Hadoke investigates the man and his influence

Brave Doctor Who cast members tackle their original recipes from the official 1985 cookbook.