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Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

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7.2/10 • 10

1973-01-201h 40m

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Time itself is in peril! The Time Lords and UNIT find themselves besieged by a mythic figure from the Time Lords' past hell-bent on destruction. The only way to defeat him is to break the First Law of Time and let the Doctor help himself — literally...

Directors
Lennie Mayne
Writters
Dave Martin, Bob Baker
Editors
Dave Martin, Bob Baker, Jim Walker

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Jon Pertwee

    Jon Pertwee

    The Doctor

  2. Patrick Troughton

    Patrick Troughton

    The Doctor

  3. William Hartnell

    William Hartnell

    The Doctor

  4. Katy Manning

    Katy Manning

    Jo Grant

  5. Nicholas Courtney

    Nicholas Courtney

    Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

  6. John Levene

    John Levene

    Sergeant Benton

  7. Stephen Thorne

    Stephen Thorne

    Omega

  8. Rex Robinson

    Rex Robinson

    Doctor Tyler

  9. Roy Purcell

    Roy Purcell

    President of the Council

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CinemaSerf

Nov 3, 2024

7/10

This one was commissioned to celebrate ten years of our celebrated Time Lord, and it pitches the "Doctor" (Jon Pertwee) against his most deadly foe yet! Indeed such is the peril faced by the entire galaxy, the folks on "Gallifrey" have broken just about every rule of time there is to provide him with the support of his earlier iterations - Patrick Troughton and William Hartnell. What's the problem? Well it seems that anti-matter is gradually taking over the universe and the process looks like it will quite literally lead to the big bang. With "Jo" (Katy Manning) and the redoubtable "Brigadier" (Nicholas Courtney) on their team, the three must rally together and use all of their accumulated wisdom and guile if they are to defeat their ultimate nemesis - "Omega"! This is one of my favourite outings for the "Doctor" that's well enhanced by a strong and amiable contribution from the sightly eccentric Troughton as they face a baddie that exudes loads of teatime menace. We still get to film in the BBC quarry for some of this, but that is mixed effectively with some decent visual effects and a really solid story that is well paced and poured into four episodes that don't hang around. True - some of the monsters do look like they've just escaped from a wine gum factory, but with timelines crossing and critters appearing and disappearing all over the shop and quite a bit of wit in the script, this makes for an enjoyable hour of time travel adventures, revenge and an annoying recorder (flute not tape). Good fun, this.

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  • Doctor Who: The Three Doctors poster
  • Doctor Who: The Three Doctors poster
  • Doctor Who: The Three Doctors poster
  • Doctor Who: The Three Doctors poster
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
time travel