10 Ways That Doctor Who Was Better In The 1990s

7. It Was Doctor Who's Most Creatively Vibrant Period

With an absence of new Doctor Who, despite the proven appetite for it, the BBC's commercial arm had to get creative. On top of the releases of classic serials, there were new "Years" tapes that collected clips, and orphaned episodes tied together by a common theme. Each of these was presented by a former Doctor, and so Jon Pertwee hosted The Troughton Years, Peter Davison hosted The Daleks: The Early Years and much more.

A feature-length edit of the Sylvester McCoy classic The Curse of Fenric was also put together, as was the first of many attempts to complete Shada. Outside of the home video market, there were two radio dramas that continued the Third Doctor's adventures, a bizarre video game that starred Anthony Ainley in mind-bogglingly strange FMV sequences.

As the 90s gave way to the new millenium, the BBC also explored the possibilities of continuing the Doctor's story on the internet. The 90s were a creatively vibrant, multimedia extravaganza for Doctor Who. And all of this doesn't even cover the multiple novels and fan films that were also in production. More on which shortly...