The Five Doctors
Joe Siegler
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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
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 27, 2023
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
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 608 - The Five Doctors (Serial 6K Story 130) - 23 Nov 1983 #DoctorWho 2/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 27, 2023
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
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 608 - The Five Doctors (Serial 6K Story 130) - 23 Nov 1983 #DoctorWho 3/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 27, 2023
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
