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The Five Doctors

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on February 27, 2023July 4, 2024
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The Five Doctors

This Story: Season 20, Story 7. Production Code 6K
Overall: Story 130, Episode 608 (was a 90 min special)
Airdates: 23 Nov 1983 (US, 25 Nov 1983 UK)
Written by Terrance Dicks
Directed by Peter Moffatt

Notes

  • As originally broadcast, this was a single 90 minute special.  However, in syndication, it is split up into four parts (with really bad cliffhangers).  I am using the original broadcast format (of one “episode”) for my review.
  • In 2019 I wrote a review of this story for the Doctor Who website, “The Doctor Who Companion”.  You can read that here.

Links

[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 608 - The Five Doctors (Serial 6K Story 130) - 23 Nov 1983 1/3

This is a landmark for me. When first started watching #DoctorWho originally, this was the first one I watched, so getting here in the Marathon is a big point for me. It's the 20th anniversary pic.twitter.com/YDPrBvRe8M

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 27, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 608 - The Five Doctors (Serial 6K Story 130) - 23 Nov 1983 #DoctorWho 2/3

special which featured all five Doctors. The story is kind of wonky in places, it basically serves as a giant fanservice thing to get all the cameos on screen. Don't care - was fun! pic.twitter.com/BDagR4alQQ

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 27, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 608 - The Five Doctors (Serial 6K Story 130) - 23 Nov 1983 #DoctorWho 3/3

We finally get Pertwee w/a Cyberman. Hartnell had to be recast as he died 8yrs prior. We got a new console in this ep, and the concept of a new regeneration cycle originated here. pic.twitter.com/MGBwYjMZbX

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 27, 2023
Richard Hurndall as the First Doctor
Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor
Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor
Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor
Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor

 

Anthony Ainley as the Master
Janet Fielding as Tegan
Philip Latham as Borusa
The newly revealed Tardis console
UNIT is secret, so be sure and post a “Keep Out” sign.
The Master with the Cybermen

 

Richard Franklin & Caroline John as Mike Yates & Liz Shaw
Frazier Hines & Wendy Padbury as Jamie & Zoey
Party in the Tardis
The Third Doctor & Sarah Jane in Bessie
The First Doctor & Susan discover the Tardis
The Raston Warrior Robot dispatches the Cybermen
An amusing picture from promo pictures for Five Doctors. It irritated Liz Sladen as she felt it was disrespectful to Tom Baker.

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