Dimensions in Time

This Story: 30th Anniversary Special. Production Code C280X
Overall: Not counted in episode and story count due to unique status
Airdates: 26 Nov 1993 – 27 Nov 1993
Written by John Nathan-Turner & David Roden
Directed by Stuart McDonald

Notes

• This was the final televised story produced by John Nathan-Turner.  It was also the only story he ever got a writing credit on.  It is generally considered non canonical, although there has never been a formal statement of its canonicity made as far as I know.
• Was the only Doctor Who story ever made in 3D (until the 50th Anniversary Special).  It has never been officially released on home video.  Given it was a charity piece, and nobody got paid for their services, it cannot be released on home video as far as I am aware.
• Was the final use of the title sequence used through Sylvester McCoy’s era.
• Was the only on screen meeting of Colin Baker’s Sixth Doctor & Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.
• Was the only time Tom Baker ever returned to the Doctor Who as the Fourth Doctor (Shada refilming notwithstanding).
• A screen capture of this was used in the 2025 episode “Wish World“, which Russell T Davies said in an in Instagram post was done solely to make this story officially canon.  A screen cap of Russell’s comment is included below.
• Admin note: On 29 May 2025, I moved the embedded posts from Twitter to BlueSky below.  The original tweets (from 31 May 2023) are still available here and here.

Links