Blue Peter Blue Peter was a popular BBC children ' s television programme . Ace , who left Earth in 1987 , wore two " Blue Peter " badges on her jacket : one standard blue badge and one silver . ( TV : " Remembrance of the Daleks " ) One of them had been awarded for heroic achievement . ( PROSE : " " ) Faction Paradox attacked the " Blue Peter " garden in 1996 . This caused a far more intense psychological reaction than any direct assault on the people ' s psyche . ( PROSE : " Interference - Book Two " ) In 2006 , an alien ship crashed into the Thames . " Blue Peter " presenter Matt Baker did a feature on how to make an alien ship cake . ( TV : " Aliens of London " ) In 2008 , Maria Jackson watched an episode in which the presenters Gethin Jones and Konnie Huq promoted the Bane ' s Bubble Shock ! soft drink . ( TV : " Invasion of the Bane " ) During the time the series " Surrender , Earthlings ! " aired on the BBC , " Blue Peter " did a feature on how to make a Xyz from toilet - roll holders , Blu - Tak and two boiled egg s . ( PROSE : " Not So Much a Programme , More a Way of Life " ) Laurence recalled that the Doctor had a companion whose name was the same as a girl on " Blue Peter " . ( PROSE : " Telling Tales " ) Behind the scenes . Overview . See article " List of Doctor Who segment of Blue Peter " for more information The actor Sophie Aldred , had won two " Blue Peter " badges in her youth and was entitled to wear them on - screen , according to the BBC ' s strict regulations regarding the use of " Blue Peter " badges . ( BBC DVD : " The Horns of Nimon " ) For many years , the series also had another connection to the franchise in the form of co - host Peter Purves , who appeared on " Blue Peter " for many years after his tenure playing Steven Taylor in Seasons 2 and 3 . " Doctor Who Magazine " explored the programme and its vast connections to " Doctor Who " in its 334th issue . Clips from missing episodes . A 1973 instalment of " Blue Peter " marking the tenth anniversary of " Doctor Who " included many excerpts from the William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton eras ; due to the BBC ' s then - ongoing practice of junking old episodes , these clips are in many cases the last surviving remnants of these episodes . These include such significant moments as the death of Katarina in " The Daleks ' Master Plan " ( which was aired on " Blue Peter " primarily because it featured then - co - host Peter Purves during his tenure as companion ) , and the regeneration of the First Doctor into the Second from " The Tenth Planet " . These clips survived beyond their initial " Blue Peter " broadcast thanks to long - time showrunner Biddy Baxter ' s staunch policy of archiving every episode of " Blue Peter " . Design a monster competitions . " Blue Peter " has run contests over the years involving " Doctor Who " . The design for the Abzorbaloff from 2006 ' s " Love & Monsters " originated in a " Blue Peter " " design your own monster " competition , won by nine - year - old William Grantham . Contrary to rumour , the Krotons did " not " originate in a 1967 competition ; a design - a - monster competition was held on " Blue Peter " , but the winning design did not appear on " Doctor Who " . TARDIS design competition . In late 2009 - early 2010 , a " Blue Peter " contest invited viewers to submit designs for a new TARDIS control console to be featured in an upcoming episode . On 17th February 2010 , Matt Smith chose twelve - year - old Susannah Leah ' s design as the winner ; it was announced that Neil Gaiman ' s episode in Series 5 would feature this design in some way . However , the episode ' s funding ran out of money and it was pushed back to Series 6 , when it appeared as " The Doctor ' s Wife " and featured Leah ' s design as the Junk TARDIS console . Impact on casting . " Blue Peter " directly influenced the casting of one character on " Doctor Who " . In 2006 , a viewer contest was held for under - 14s , with the prize being a chance to appear in an upcoming episode . The winner , John Bell , not only appeared in TV : " Utopia " , but in a significant role as Creet , a young boy Martha Jones befriends who later is transformed into a Toclafane . Other information and trivia . When two Dalek props were stolen , " Blue Peter " ran an appeal to bring them back . They were returned within twenty - four hours .