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Directed by: Peter Moffatt
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Written by: Terrance Dicks
Summary
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.
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Special Features
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
Plot
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.
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