The Making of a Television Series

offered a detailed examination of making Doctor Who. However, in this instance the word series in the title could rightly have been said to be a synonym for serial, since it specifically offered a look at the making of The Visitation
== Publisher's summary ==
The Making of a Television Series is a celebration of a series that now has almost 100 million regular viewers around the world. It is also a fascinating account of the co-operative effort required to put the intrepid Doctor in orbit each week!
:This blurb was only found on the paperback edition; the hardcover edition had no such summary.
== Subject matter ==
This book was mainly about the making of The Visitation, and how that experience was indicative of the way that Doctor Who was generally produced.
== Contents (not listed) ==
* Introduction by Peter Davison
: Foreword
: Doctor Who
: Producer John Nathan-Turner
: The Star Peter Davison
: Director Peter Moffatt
: Script writer Eric Saward
: Companions Janet Fielding, Matthew Waterhouse and Sarah Sutton
: Designer Ken Starkey
: Location
: Monsters with Monster menagerie photo-spread
: Make-up Carolyn Perry
: Special effects Peter Wragg
: Rehersal
: Recording
: Costume Odile Dicks-Mireaux
: Production associate Angela Smith
: Production Manager Ros Parker
: Production assistant Julia Randall
: Fans
== Notes ==
* This book was designed by Richard Vine with photographs by Richard Farley with the BBC supplying the photos of previous Doctors.
* The photographs of monsters in the double page picture spread appear to have been taken at a Doctor Who Exhibitions including staged sets, a dummy in the Pirate Captain costume, and a Marshman without eyes.
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