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Doctor Who: The Five Doctors - 25th Anniversary Edition

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors - 25th Anniversary Edition

Starring: Peter Davison , Jon Pertwee , Patrick Troughton

Directed by: Peter Moffatt

Produced by: John Nathan-Turner

Written by: Terrance Dicks

Originally broadcast to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Doctor Who in 1983, The Five Doctors was a 1 1/2 hour Special starring Peter Davison with Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Richard Hurndall.

Item Number: 14692

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Format:
DVD Fullscreen
Region:
1 - More Details
Run time:
About 1 1/2 Hours
Number of Discs:
2
Special Features:

Subtitles in English for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired

Disc 1
Audio Commentary by Carole Ann Ford (Susan), Nicholas Courtney (the Brigadier), Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane) and Mark Strickson (Turlough)

Celebration -  A look back at Doctor Who's 20th anniversary celebration in 1983 (52 mins)

Trails and continuities (19 mins)

Photo gallery (8 mins)

Special hidden feature

Disc 2
Audio Commentary by Peter Davison (the Doctor) and writer Terrance Dicks

The Ties That Bind Us Documentary  - examining the links to the show's past and future in The Five Doctors (26 mins)

Five Doctors, One Studio -  A studio recording of the only occasion when all of the Doctors were together on set (18 mins)

Outtakes (6 mins)

(Not So) Special Effects - A look at a typical day's work for the visual FX crew on Doctor Who (9 mins)

Publicity clips From Saturday Superstore, Blue Peter,

Nationwide and Breakfast Time (29 mins)

Easter Egg

Isolated music track on both versions

DVD-ROM feature: Radio Times listings

Production Notes Subtitle Option

Digitally remastered picture and sound quality

Originally broadcast to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Doctor Who in 1983, The Five Doctors was a 1 1/2 hour Special starring Peter Davison with Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Richard Hurndall. A time scoop is bringing the various incarnations of the Doctor as well as some old friends and old enemies-Daleks, Cybermen, Yeti, even the Master-to the Death Zone of Gallifrey, while the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) is trapped in the time vortex. This edition is the first to include both the broadcast and enhanced versions. Extras include audio commentary tracks, reminiscences of the 20th Anniversary celebrations, behind-the-scenes with four Doctors, and much more. Digitally remastered picture and sound quality.

The Doctor's past incarnations are taken out of time by a forbidden time scoop device. The fourth Doctor becomes trapped in the vortex but the others find themselves, together with a number of their old companions, with the fifth Doctor and his companions in the Death Zone on their home planet Gallifrey.
Here they face a Dalek, a Yeti, a quicksilver Raston Warrior Robot and numerous Cybermen. Also present is the Master, who has been summoned by the High Council of Time Lords to help the Doctor. It turns out that President Borusa is the mysterious operator of the time scoop. He aims to use the Doctors to breach the defences of the Dark Tower - Rassilon's tomb - so that he can enter there and claim immortality.
When he does so, however, he is condemned by Rassilon to eternal existence in the form of a living statue.

The Doctor --- Peter Davison
The Doctor --- Jon Pertwee
The Doctor --- Patrick Troughton
The Doctor --- Richard Hurndall
The Doctor --- Tom Baker
The Doctor --- William Hartnell
Jamie --- Frazer Hines
Liz Shaw --- Caroline John
Romana --- Lalla Ward
Sarah Jane Smith --- Elisabeth Sladen
Susan Foreman --- Carole Ann Ford
Tegan --- Janet Fielding
Turlough --- Mark Strickson
Voice of K9 --- John Leeson
Zoe --- Wendy Padbury
Captain Yates --- Richard Franklin
Chancellor Flavia --- Dinah Sheridan
Commander --- Stuart Blake
Crichton --- David Savile
Cyber Leader --- David Banks
Cyber Lieutenant --- Mark Hardy
Cyber Scout --- William Kenton
Dalek Operator --- John Scott Martin
Dalek Voice --- Roy Skelton
Guard --- John Tallents
Lord President Borusa --- Philip Latham
Rassilon --- Richard Mathews
Raston Robot --- Keith Hodiak
Sergeant --- Ray Float
Technician --- Stephen Meredith
The Brigadier --- Nicholas Courtney
The Castellan --- Paul Jerricho
The Master --- Anthony Ainley


Directed by Peter Moffatt
Costumes by Colin Lavers
Film Editing by M A C Adams
Incidental Music by Peter Howell
Produced by John Nathan-Turner
Script Editing by Eric Saward
Title Music by Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, arranged by Peter Howell
Written by Terrance Dicks

A clip of William Hartnell as the Doctor, taken from season two's The Dalek Invasion of Earth: Flashpoint, is used as an opening pre-titles sequence.