Right, well, I have to confess I didn't watch William Hartnell, I think this is well known by now, because I didn't have a telly, simply enough.
But my earliest memory is of Patrick Troughton, and I think it's true to say that his portrayal influenced me.
Patrick Troughton's story suffered from the junking of the archive material in the 1970s.
So, we've just got some photographs that luckily some people took of the show when it was going out.
And they've stuck them together and I go and do a voiceover and hopefully it will entertain you.
I'm sure it will. It will entertain me.
The late 1960s had the whole world captivated by the progress of the Apollo missions.
A keen planet closely watched humanity attempt to escape the confines of the Earth and reach towards our nearest celestial neighbour.
This worldwide excitement and interest in the Moon was an aspect that producer Innes Lloyd wished to capitalise on.
A lunar base therefore seemed an ideal and somewhat topical setting for a Doctor Who story.
In fact, the BBC had the satisfaction of knowing that they beat NASA to the Moon by more than two years, with the 1967 Patrick Troughton story, The Moonbase.
In late 1966, the landmark story, The Tenth Planet, had made a huge impression when broadcast.
Making both the departure of William Hartnell from the title role and the first appearance of a new race of creatures called Cybermen, created by Dr Christopher Magnus Howard Peddler.
Or Kit Peddler, as he was better known.
Even before the final episode of The Tenth Planet had been broadcast, producer Innes Lloyd had approached Kit Peddler to write a sequel.
Provisionally entitled The Return of the Cybermen, The Moonbase became the second story to feature the adversaries
and called upon a similar formula to its predecessor, The Tenth Planet.
Once again, the Cybermen were found menacing an isolated group of humans.
However, instead of an Antarctic base, we have a Moonbase.
Instead of General Cutler, we have Hobson.
And instead of Z-Bomb, we have the Gravitron.
Kit Peddler was relatively new to writing drama, and his first script for The Tenth Planet had to be completed by script editor Jerry Davis.
This time, Peddler's writing brief was simply to write a new Cybermen story with the stipulation that the action had to take place on the Moon.
And if possible, the story should involve no more than one very large set and only a couple of smaller ones.
Both Innes Lloyd and Jerry Davis felt that this constraint gave a more impressive production as the budget did not have to be spread over many sets.
To give a greater sense of size to the lunar set, director Maurice Barré opted to use forced perspective,
including a distance model of the Moonbase for the travellers to look at, and also a quarter-sized TARDIS built for the show.
Slow motion was also employed to give those on the Moon's surface a graceful and slow movement throughout the story.
This was achieved by over-cranking the camera.
As it turned out, Kit Peddler was hospitalised soon after completing the draft script for The Moonbase.
So, once again, Jerry Davis stepped in to write the final version of the script.
At very short notice, he also had to insert the character of Jamie, who had been taken on as a member of the regular cast only two stories earlier.
To simplify the plot, Jamie was made unconscious for the bulk of the first two episodes,
and shared around the lines of Ben and the other Moonbase crew in the last two episodes.
This story marked the first change of appearance for the Cybermen.
A costly design exercise, but one that the production team felt was necessary.
The Tenth Planet-style cloth-covered face was replaced with a more robotic-looking helmet.
The changing appearance of the Cybermen was a trait that remained throughout the history of the show,
with their design altering almost every time they reappeared.
This resulted in a steady and continuous evolution,
until their final appearance opposite my portrayal of the Doctor in the 25th anniversary story, The Silver Nemesis.
The Moonbase Cybermen now wore a one-piece PVC suit, which included three finger gloves.
To indicate when a Cyberman was speaking, the actor would operate a small spring-loaded device within the helmet to open and close a plate behind the mouth opening.
Actor Peter Hawkins once again provided the voice of the Cybermen.
However, now the Cybermen voices were generated electronically using a vibrating dental plate,
originally developed for people who had undergone laryngotomies.
One final interesting fact is that one of the extras playing the Moonbase Cybermen was actor John Levine,
who was later to become a regular of the show as the popular character Sergeant Benton.
We join the Doctor and his travelling companions Ben, Polly and Jamie as the Doctor wrestles to gain control of the TARDIS.
I'm pleased to present the loose-canon reconstruction of the Patrick Troughton classic, The Moonbase.