{"id":38866,"date":"2023-06-26T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/?p=38866"},"modified":"2023-06-25T17:18:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T16:18:14","slug":"coming-soon-pull-to-open-the-inside-story-of-how-the-bbc-created-and-launched-doctor-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2023\/06\/26\/coming-soon-pull-to-open-the-inside-story-of-how-the-bbc-created-and-launched-doctor-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Soon: Pull to Open, the Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched Doctor Who"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following on from his excellent The Long Game<\/em>, Paul Hayes has written a new book, Pull to Open<\/em>, retelling the origins of Doctor Who<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While The Long Game<\/em> told the story of how Doctor Who<\/em> returning to screens in 2005, Pull to Open<\/em>, takes us all the way back to 1963 and 1964, which saw the show beginning, and iconic elements like the TARDIS (duh) and the Daleks introduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the blurb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When Doctor Who began on Saturday November 23 1963, few could have guessed that it marked the start of perhaps the most extraordinary story in the history of BBC television drama. But there had already been another story, equally extraordinary yet unseen, leading up to the transmission of that opening episode \u2013 the creation of the series itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pull to Open explores the behind-the-scenes saga of Doctor Who in 1963, when a chain of events at the BBC brought together a disparate group to launch what would become one of British TV\u2019s best-loved and most successful programmes. It\u2019s the story of why these events happened; the BBC creative culture into which Doctor Who was born; how television drama was made in the early 1960s; and an insight into the people who started this epic journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drawing from the BBC\u2019s written archives and new interviews with some of those who were there, including Doctor Who\u2019s first director Waris Hussein and original co-star Carole Ann Ford, Pull to Open is a detailed and comprehensive account of the programme\u2019s path to the screen. Immerse yourself in the world of BBC Television in 1963 and discover how a series which was almost cancelled before a single episode was shown survived to cement its place in the popular culture of a nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreword by Toby Hadoke.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This 424-page paperback is released on 24th July 2023, but you can pre-order it from Ten Acre Films<\/a> right now, priced \u00a312.99!<\/p>\n

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After the success of Paul Hayes’ The Long Games comes a volume revisiting Doctor Who’s origins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"Coming Soon: Pull to Open, the Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched #DoctorWho (by @the_questmaster)","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[278],"tags":[159,173,6667,7228,7227,6275,463,2018,1344],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pull-to-Open-The-Inside-Story-of-How-the-BBC-Created-and-Launched-Doctor-Who.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39650,"url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2023\/11\/02\/reviewed-pull-to-open-the-inside-story-of-how-the-bbc-created-and-launched-doctor-who\/","url_meta":{"origin":38866,"position":0},"title":"Reviewed: Pull to Open – The Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched Doctor Who","author":"Frank Danes","date":"2 November 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"This incredible book reveals new information about the genesis of our beloved sci-fi show.","rel":"","context":"In "Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pull-to-Open-The-Inside-Story-of-How-the-BBC-Created-and-Launched-Doctor-Who.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pull-to-Open-The-Inside-Story-of-How-the-BBC-Created-and-Launched-Doctor-Who.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Pull-to-Open-The-Inside-Story-of-How-the-BBC-Created-and-Launched-Doctor-Who.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":40782,"url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2024\/02\/02\/reviewed-doctor-who-fanzine-vworp-vworp-6\/","url_meta":{"origin":38866,"position":1},"title":"Reviewed — Doctor Who Fanzine, Vworp Vworp! #6","author":"Jonathan Appleton","date":"2 February 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"180 pages of Doctor Who wonder!","rel":"","context":"In "Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Vworp-Vworp-6-Cover-A-by-Robert-Hack.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Vworp-Vworp-6-Cover-A-by-Robert-Hack.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Vworp-Vworp-6-Cover-A-by-Robert-Hack.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Vworp-Vworp-6-Cover-A-by-Robert-Hack.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28085,"url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2020\/07\/02\/faq-is-the-bbc-contractually-obliged-to-include-the-daleks-in-every-season-of-doctor-who\/","url_meta":{"origin":38866,"position":2},"title":"FAQ: Is the BBC Contractually Obliged to Include the Daleks in Every Season of Doctor Who?","author":"Simon Danes","date":"2 July 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The Doctor Who Companion\u2019s been receiving a number of frequently asked questions and, in turn, we thought we'd address one of the most frequently asked of said frequently asked questions, to whit: is the BBC contractually obliged to include the Daleks in every season? 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