On the one hundred and thirteenth edition of Reality Bomb we’re celebrating the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who with a special episode that asks one simple but important question: “What is an essential element of Doctor Who?”

Over the next two episodes, we’ll have the perspectives of 20 fans on this question, some new, some from the past, as they talk about the diverse elements that makes Doctor Who the amazing program that it is. In the first part, we have:

• Essential #1: Possibility with Lisa Gledhill
• Essential #2: The TARDIS with Max Kashevsky
• Essential #3: Storylines with Sanjay Lago
• Essential #4: Hope (part one) with Priya Deonarain
• Essential #5: Adventure with Pauline Serizel
• Essential #6: Cliffhangers with Tom Dickinson
• Essential #7: Silliness with Martin Belam
• Essential #8: Tom Baker with Bill Evenson
• Essential #9: Timelessness with Alex Kennard
• Essential #10: Companions with Kim Rogers