INTERVIEW BY MARCUS HEARN
For many fans, the disappointment that followed the broadcast of the Doctor Who TV Movie in 1996 was accompanied by a deep suspicion that the series was never going to return. As if resigned to this fate, in 1999 two fan-led companies began exploring Doctor Who’s past with unprecedented passion and attention to detail. One of these companies was audio producer Big Finish, the other was toy manufacturer Product Enterprise.
In the following years the efforts of both these groups would, ironically, point the way to the programme’s triumphant rebirth.