Doctor Who - The Five Doctors


General

Medium: DVD
Production Year: 1983
Certification:
Genre: SF; Doctor Who; TV
Region: Region 2
Nationality: UK
Format: PAL
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Cast

Actor/Actress Role
Davison, Peter
Troughton, Patrick
Pertwee, Jon
Baker, Tom
Hurndall, Richard
Hartnell, William
Fielding, Janet
Strickson, Mark
Sladen, Elisabeth
Ford, Carole Ann
Courtney, Nicholas
Ward, Lalla
Ainley, Anthony
Latham, Philip
Sheridan, Dinah
Jerrico, Paul
Banks, David
Hardy, Mark
Mathews, Richard
Hines, Frazer

Other People

Director: Roberts, Pennant; Moffatt, Peter; Nathan-Turner, John
Producer: Nathan-Turnrer, John
Writer: Dicks, Terrance
Composer:
Studio: BBC

Features

Language Tracks: English
Subtitle Languages:
Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital 5.1
Running Time: 102
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Widescreen:
Color Mode: Colour
Director's Cut:

Certifications

  • UK:U

Plot Summary

Yes, "The Five Doctors" is the one that gathers together Hartnell, Troughton, Pertwee, Baker, and Davison, dumps them on some moorland, and lets some of the Doctor's greatest enemies take potshots at them. Except, of course, William Hartnell had passed on by the time this series was made in 1983 (although his replacement Richard Hurndall does an excellent job), and Tom Baker was only featured as a patched-in cameo, apparently prevented from joining in by a temporal thingummy. However, this kind of creakiness comes with the territory and is soon forgotten. The assorted incarnations of the Doctor (together with a scattering of assistants) are drawn together through time and space to battle Daleks, Cybermen, Yeti--those weird androids that keep jumping into the air and disappearing--and many other old foes. They realize that they're on their home planet of Gallifrey and must eventually deal with the legacy of Rassilon, founder of the Time Lords. --Roger Thomas

Comments

Originally Broadcast: 25th November 1983