FEATURE BY DAVID J HOWE
Producer John Nathan-Turner proudly clutches the series’ Saturn Award and a copy of Doctor Who: The First Adventure, a game written for the BBC Microcomputer.
Following the development of Doctor Who merchandise provides plenty of clues as to how the show was faring in the wider world. Indeed, it’s telling that, as the 1980s progressed, there was a definite move away from mass-market releases and a dramatic increase in smaller, ‘cottage industry’ type product. Either way, these years could boast only a few items of note, with the meteoric rise of computers being responsible for most of the innovations.