Doctor Who - The Five Doctors (DVD)

...BBC's twentieth anniversary special for Doctor Who was the second in a line of occasional stories to feature multiple incarnations of the titular character as played by (for the most part) the original actors, and is certainly the most crowded. Taking place by chance in Peter Davison's tenure as the well-mannered, cricket jersey clad Fifth Doctor, writer Terrence Dicks attempts to craft a meaningful plot to intelligently contrive a reason for five ...
...many of the more forgettable Doctor Who stories, doesn't take itself too seriously, despite Dicks' revelations regarding the history of Gallifrey, the home planet of the Doctor and his race of Time Lords. There are also a couple of unavoidable casting issues that the story has to contend with, most glaringly the absence of the Fourth Doctor from the action due to actor Tom Baker declining to return so soon after leaving the show, and the necessary ...

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...second series of the New Doctor Who just three weeks away I felt this a good time to review the special 20th Anniversary story from 1983. The reason I feel the significance to review this story is the fact that many characters from this story are returning for the upcoming series. The Five Doctors ------------------------ The Doctor played by Peter Davison takes his companions to The Eye of Orion, allegedly one of the most calming places in the ...
...has work completed than the Doctor feels a little unwell; his health soon deteriorates dramatically as he collapses to the floor. Across the universe in another time in his retired life the first Doctor played by Richard Hurndall (as the original actor to play the part William Hartnell had died in 1976) is enjoying a stroll through the grounds of a vast garden. As he looks into the sky he sees a giant triangle floating towards him, although he tries ...

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...together each incarnation of the Doctor and trying to integrate them into a single storyline. With each Doctor comes a companion or two, and a notable villain, although Pertwee's Doctor was forced to do battle with Cybermen, depsite never actually encountering them during his tenure as the lead. Already hindered by having to recast the original Doctor, with William Hartnell having passed away many years before, further complications arose when Tom ...
...'Shada' footage and the 4th Doctor makes a slightly more satisfying appearance. So, to the story and Doctors and Villains and locations themselves. Cast as the first doctor was Richard Hurndall, an actor bearing no similarity in either appearance or voice, who decided to play the character as grumpily and snappily as possible, removing the occasional warmth and twinkle that Hartnell brought to the role. Patrick Troughton is as energetic and enthusiastic ...

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...is Crazy-Christian, and I am...a Doctor Who fan! Of course, I soon realised how stupid I looked and put my clothes back on (still metaphorically - well, it was a bit chilly after all.) It seemed to me that there must be a way to get round this. Some way I could let out the obsessive, fan-boy anorak side of me, and, at the same time, maintain the cool, reserved, mature man-about-town image that I’m sure you all associate with me. Then it came ...
...to be You remember Doctor Who, don’t you? That quaint, old black-and-white BBC science-fiction show. It started in the ‘60s, didn’t it, around the same time JFK was shot by that "magic" bullet in Dallas, so it must have been 1963. Remember that theme music? That discordant howl that presaged one of the scariest shows, ever. The Daleks, you must remember the Daleks. Those tin-plated pepperpots, with their sink-plungers and egg-whisk ...

Crazy-Christian 30.04.2001 · Read full review
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...the shows history. DOCTOR WHO: For anyone new to Doctor Who the Doctor is an alien from the planet Gallifrey whos people mastered the art of time and space travel. He travels in a police box known as a TARDIS however his ship is supposed to alter its camouflage every time it lands but the cloaking device stuck when the Doctor landed in London, 1963. The benefits of the TARDIS is that although appearing to have the dimensions of a London Police box, ...
...of Gallifrey. All but one Doctor is successfully taken out of time, the Fourth Doctor having been trapped in the time vortex. While once homely to the Doctor it is far from welcoming this time. Trapped in what is known to all Timelords as the 'Death Zone' the remaining 4 incarnations must endeavour to reach the Dark Tower or what is commonly known as the Tomb of Rassilon, instinctively to find out why they have been brought there and by whom. But ...

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...first five incarnations of the Doctor and their companions out of their respective time streams for reasons unknown. The Doctors find them selves in an abandoned area of Gallifrey (the Doctors home planet) called the Death Zone. They stumble across various monsters from their past and one new one before realising that they are being manipulated in an elaborate game but by whom...... The Five Doctors was the Twentieth anniversary special produced ...
...much on Peter Davidson's 5th Doctor even though he was the incumbent Doctor). They recast the 1st Doctor (William Hartnell had died in 1975) with William Hurndall who does try his best but isn't a patch on Bill Hartnells irascibility. The sniping banter between the 2nd and 3rd Doctors is an extension of the 'act' the both Jon and Pat used to use at their convention appearances to the delight of the audience and also the repartee they established ...

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The Doctor (Peter Davison) has just left the planet Earth, in the 13th Century, England, the time when King John signed Magna Carta. Taking the Doctor with him, The TARDIS carries companions Tegan (Janet Fielding) and Turlough (Mark Strickson). Also aboard the TARDIS, is Kamelion, (voiced by Gerald Flood - although never appeared in The Five Doctors) a new companion. The robot has joined the Doctor, recently under the power of The Master, which he ...
...he has well earned, the Doctor doesn't realise his past incarnations are being took out of their time, along with some of their companions. Leaving the Eye of Orion, the Doctor collapses in the TARDIS console room, while the TARDIS dematerialises on its own accord.... Meanwhile, the First Doctor (Richard Hurndall), along with his granddaughter Susan (Carol Ann Ford) the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) along with now retired Brigadier Gordon Alister ...

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The Doctor (or actually, that should be Doctors) are doing what the Doctor (or Doctors) does best. Grooving along in the branch of the space time continuum marked: "Time Lords only, all other races, keep out." But something is going wrong. For one-by-one, the past selves of The Doctor are being systematically removed from time and space. But who is doing it? And to what purpose? The Doctors all find themselves trapped within an extremely grim reminder ...
...the five incarnations of The Doctor to each go to one of the separate parts of the Death Zone? And why is it so imperative that they must reach the massive and gaunt keep at the centre of the Death Zone, wherein exists the ancient secrets of Rassilon, the legendary first and greatest ever ruler of Gallifrey. But who is behind the attempt to breach the grim secrets of Rassilon? What purpose to they have in attempting to find them out? Why has The ...

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Most people think of Doctor Who nowadays and remember mumbled dialogue, crap monsters, cheesy plots and bad acting. Well, The Five Doctors has them all and more! How about adding the fact that, although its called The Five Doctors, one of the principle actors, and fan favourite Doctor Tom Baker, doesnt take part in the story and another, the first Doctor William Hartnell, is replaced by actor Richard Hurndall due to a severe case of being dead. Throw ...
...decides to capture the Thrid Doctor (Jon pertwee - king of Gurning) AND his car - presumably the car had plans to thwart the evil plans if it were not destroyed also. And so, with all the Doctors in teh same place on the same planet, wouldn't it be fun to throw a load of Daleks and a few Cybermen into the plot. And so Hat Man does that too - only, as the Daleks have a bit of bother on the old uneven ground we only see them in a gaudy Blakes Seven ...

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