What I am reviewing is the two disk DVD Doctor Who story "The Two Doctors"
As the series had success with The Three Doctors in 1972/3 and The Five Doctors in 1983 for special anniversary editions they decided these were very good storylines but due to the actors not all of them could appear all the time. The show decided to do another story of the Doctor meeting his former self and this was possible due to the enthusiasm of Patrick Troughton. Patrick was always up for apperaring in these stories and loved the show. With the current cast of Colin Baker as the Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri they were joined by Patrick and Frazer Hines who played Jamie from Patricks time as the doctor 1966-69. Also apperaring in the cast was Jacqueline Pearce who you may remember as "Servalan" in Blakes 7 This was not an anniversary show but a story that was in my opinion one of the best of the Colin Baker years 1984-86. Colin had the shortest time reigning as the Doctor (only eight stories) and as the BBC wanted a change
in 1986 they did not renew Colins contract. This story was set in Spain for the location filming with the cast and crew getting a bit of sun while away from England !
Disc 1 The Two Doctors
The Second Doctor and Jamie are looking into unauthorised experiments with time travel aboard the space station Camera which Dastari is carrying out. Whilst looking into this they come under attack from the Sontarans, the Doctor is captured and Jamie manages to escape. At the same time the sixth doctor and Peri materialise with the Tarid on the same planet. He decides to look up Dastari who he has heard about. The Doctor has a strange sense when he arrives as if something is wrong or missing. The Doctor and Peri meet up with a terrified Jamie who has been hiding, he tells them that the Doctor has been killed….
This three part story was broadcast between 16 February - 2 March 1985
Special features
Commentary with Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Frazer Hines, Jaqueline Pearce, and Peter Moffatt. This commentary is very well laid out by the cast and also the enthusiasm that they all put into it. This has lots of information and is worth listing to.
In a fix with the Sontarans - This was the Jim'll fix it special from 1985 with a young boy getting his wish to star in an adventure with the Doctor. Quite unusual but Janet Fielding was in this as Nicola Bryant could not be there. Janets last time in Doctor Who was in the Peter Davison story "Resurrection of the Daleks" This was every boys dream at the time and the lucky boy was Gareth Jenkins.
Disc 2 Special Features
Behind the sofa : Robert Holmes and Doctor Who This was writer Robert Holmes last Doctor Who story and this 45 minute documentary looks back on all his work from the series
Beneath the lights This is a 25 minute studio recording showing the retakes, take outs and behind the scenes of the series
Adventures in time and Spain Production manager Gary Downie takes you through what the production manager does on the show, the sets, the locations, the making of, the setbacks, and much more
Wavelength This is a half hour Radio 4 school programme which was on the making of The Two Doctors. This edition was broadcast 20 September 1984. The cast involved are Colin baker, Nicola Bryant, Patrick Troughton, John Nathan Turner, Peter Moffatt, just to name a few
Photo Gallery This has a detailed set of photos from the story on and off the set and is very enjoyable to look through.
This has easy to navigate screens with footage from the story in the background.
Sadly this was Patrick Troughtons last ever appearance as the Doctor as he died later that year. He was one of the best Doctors and gave all in his appearances.
All in all I found this story to be one of the best of Colin Bakers career and with the guest appearance of Patrick Troughton really made the story. I thought it had a very good storyline and paced out well. The characters are very well done especially the Androgums and I thought that the location filming in Spain had a different angle. The make up for the Sontarans I thought had got a lot better over the years and was good to see these characters again. The episodes had a good 45 minutes each which I thought was another bonus as the show did not have to rush into 25 minute episodes. The performances were very good, I especially liked Pat Troughtons as he brought great enthusiasm every time he played the Doctor again. The sound quality on this is very good being Dolby Digital and picture was excellent. Some of the special features were good and enjoyable and I really like the commentaries, but must admit was not too keen on some of the documentaries, I don't think that they had enough from the actors or enough about making the story. This did warrant a two disk set but I don't think that anyone would watch the special features more than once as they were not enjoyable as some on other disks.
Cast The Doctor - Patrick Troughton Jamie - Frazer Hines The Doctor - Colin Baker Peri - Nicola Bryant Chessene - Jacqueline Pearce Shockeye - John Stratton Dastari - Laurence payne
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Good review. The "other" Baker was my favourite, and I did stop watching after Tom took off his scarf, however, I watched this earlier this year (as a fill in before the David Tennant era started proper!) and thought it was great. Colin Baker got a bit of a rough ride I think, and undeserved. Darren
KarenUK 19.08.2006 20:17
I love this one too and the Dr Who commentaries are always great.
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