Feature by PAUL KIRKLEY
Dodo (Jackie Lane) and Steven (Peter Purves) encounter Cyril (Peter Stephens) – a character suspiciously similar to Billy Bunter – in The Final Test, the fourth episode of The Celestial Toymaker (1966).
The front and back of the box containing the first collection of recordings made by the mysterious Randolph. Photos © Mark Ayres.
Slowly but surely, 1960s Doctor Who is coming back to us. Whether it’s the glacial drip of missing film copies, the BBC’s range of audio soundtracks or animated reconstructions like the upcoming Macra Terror, over the decades we’ve been able to piece together an ever more complete picture of the series in its experimental, monochrome infancy.