Some hand-colourised images from episodes of Doctor Who originally produced in black and white by BBC television between 1963 and 1969. The colour information in these images is my own work, all other information therein is copyright BBC and I hope that I do not offend by using them. With thanks for inspiration and assistance to Stuart Humphryes (alias 'Babel_Fish'), Guy Leopold, KKDW and Jim Trenowden - members of the Doctor Who Forum at Outpost Gallifrey.

Cybermen loom over Zoe The Wheel In Space SS Patrick Troughton

Daleks and Mechanoids The Chase R William Hartnell

Cybermen at the South Pole The Tenth Planet S William Hartnell

Outside a Dalek spaceship in London The Dalek Invasion Of Earth K William Hartnell

The Doctor tries out his brand new body The Power Of The Daleks EE Patrick Troughton

The Doctor and The Meddling Monk The Time Meddler S William Hartnell

The Drahvins on patrol Galaxy 4 T William Hartnell

Jamie, Victoria and Travers in Tibet The Abominable Snowmen NN Patrick Troughton

The War Chief The War Games ZZ Patrick Troughton

The War Lord with the War Chief The War Games ZZ Patrick Troughton

A Menoptera The Web Planet N William Hartnell

Menoptera - close up The Web Planet N William Hartnell

The Doctor with Ice Warriors The Seeds Of Death XX Patrick Troughton

A Cyberman menaces Jamie The Moonbase HH Patrick Troughton

What if the new Daleks had the old colours?

What if the old Daleks had the new colours?

William Hartnell in The Army Game The Army Game William Hartnell

Threatening times in Tombstone The Gunfighters Z William Hartnell

The Doctor and Steven in the TARDIS The Celestial Toymaker Y William Hartnell

Sara, Steven and the Doctor in the TARDIS The Daleks' Master Plan V William Hartnell

The Doctor - close-up The Daleks' Master Plan V William Hartnell

Steven and Dodo play for high stakes The Celestial Toymaker Y William Hartnell

The Celestial Toymaker The Celestial Toymaker Y William Hartnell

The Doctor The Savages AA William Hartnell A telesnap from The Savages, which I came across while looking for images from this story in readiness for this week's Colourisation Challenge at the Outpost Gallifrey Doctor Who Forum.

The Doctor, Ian and Vicki in Rome The Romans M William Hartnell I'm really rather pleased with how this one's turned out. It's an object lesson in just how helpful it is to start from a good quality sharp image.

The Thals discuss their options The Daleks B William Hartnell I've been meaning to colourise this one for ages, and today I finally got around to it. Lots of different people, so lots of slightly different skin tones.

The Doctor, Jamie, Zoe and some very high-tech gubbins The Space Pirates YY Patrick Troughton

The Fearsome Macra The Macra Terror JJ Patrick Troughton

The new Doctor, Ben and Polly The Power Of The Daleks EE Patrick Troughton

Zoe, as portrayed by Wendy Padbury Patrick Troughton

That's your lot. The luminance belongs to the BBC, the chroma content and text is (c) Michael Blumenthal - updated 21st July 2005 - 21:10