20th Anniversary Special, Serial 6K: 1 x 90min episode, 25th November 1983, Writer: Terrance Dicks, Director: Peter Moffat, Script Editor: Eric Saward, Producer: John Nathan-Turner
UK Number 1 this week: "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel
This clip from The Dalek Invasion of Earth is *perfect*. Hartnell at the height of his powers & beautifully written. All together now, "One day I shall come back..."
Very possibly the single most quotable episode of Doctor Who ever, I reckon.
Definitely prefer the sepia tinted copy of the clip on the broadcast version to the plain black and white on the Special Edition.
Definitely prefer the sepia tinted copy of the clip on the broadcast version to the plain black and white on the Special Edition.
50dw50@50dw50 i was surprised how bad his teeth were when i first saw it
MAW Holmes@MAW_H Good to get some proper Billy to get the party started... although it does draw attention to the "economy pack" a little...Leads brilliantly into the 80s theme arrangement too.
Simon Pittman@LibraryPlayer And so begins the mind probe goodness! Love the classic title music! :-)
The Special Edition has us straight into the Death Zone, from the beginning, with the mystery of what's in the Dark Tower blown immediately. We lose that lovely musical segue from the theme to the console room too. Broadcast = Best here too.
50dw50@50dw50 ooooh that lovely new console
Michael Bater@GreenLeftie I always liked that console!
Davison has that Doctor/TARDIS love thing down very well.
Tegan is sceptical about the Doctor's repairs.
Not altogether unfounded, as it turns out.
MAW Holmes@MAW_H The Eye of the Ford Orion...
Tegan is sceptical about the Doctor's repairs.
Nice little addition in the SE of Davison stepping out.
Turlough's chilling out. Or chilly. Or both.
He's taking an art class in a field. Watercolours judging by the weather in them thar welsh hills.
MAW Holmes@MAW_H The Eye of the Ford Orion... 
I absolutely adore the music on this one. It totally sells rainy old Wales as a wonderful exotic location!
But a black gloved figure, who I've decided will be called "The Collector", has other plans.
Oo 'eck, that guy that looks vaguely like the 1st Doctor has been kidnapped by the Collector!
50dw50@50dw50 i still think the black triangles are better than the wispy cloud turdsThe 5th Doctor feels the loss of the 1st straight away... which he puts down to "cosmic angst."
The Collector now has a little figurine of the 1st Doctor, which he places on a game board of sorts...
Meanwhile the Brig is at a reunion at UNIT's secret HQ. So it says on the sign, anyway.
max lolive @goldjudge1 · but i thought unit was "a top secret, covert operation" according to the brig- didnt count on a sign giving the game away.
They sign team didn't get the "top secret" memo!
The Brig. *salutes*. Wonderful chap. Pretty sure Crichton is Carstairs' kid.
How *amazing* does this scene look on remastered film? All Who should have been on film.
Bob McCow @BobMcCow quite agree now, but the fashion was for studio video tape at the time. Technically it's better quality.
Would've been ridiculously expensive of course, but it would have looked *glorious*.
max lolive @goldjudge1 · but i thought unit was "a top secret, covert operation" according to the brig- didnt count on a sign giving the game away.They sign team didn't get the "top secret" memo!
The Brig. *salutes*. Wonderful chap. Pretty sure Crichton is Carstairs' kid.
How *amazing* does this scene look on remastered film? All Who should have been on film.
Bob McCow @BobMcCow quite agree now, but the fashion was for studio video tape at the time. Technically it's better quality.Would've been ridiculously expensive of course, but it would have looked *glorious*.
50dw50@50dw50 its the War Benton at the desk 
Patrick Byrne@mynamespat Where's the War Yates?
We've got Tegan for that. There's no version of Tegan that *isn't* a War Tegan!
This is just magic. Everything that comes out of PT's mouth is an instant classic.
"Tomorrow's times... mine was pretty unpromising... redecorated... Hop like kangaroos... Terrible Zodin..."
The Doctor reminisces about Season 6B...
"What is it?"
"Tomorrow's times... mine was pretty unpromising... redecorated... Hop like kangaroos... Terrible Zodin..."
"In the Special Edition it's a Time Ice Cream Scoop!"
Troughton is then whisked off to the US to run away from Jenna Coleman.
The 5th Doctor to walk twenty feet back to the TARDIS so has Tegan and Turlough carry him. Lazy.
That figurine collection's coming along nicely. Prefer the Character Options versions, though.
Troughton is then whisked off to the US to run away from Jenna Coleman.
The 5th Doctor to walk twenty feet back to the TARDIS so has Tegan and Turlough carry him. Lazy.
That figurine collection's coming along nicely. Prefer the Character Options versions, though.
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE! Good old Bessie fails to get the 3rd Doctor to safety...
Simon Pittman@LibraryPlayer No sign of Clara in this scene (from Name)! ;-) Good to see 3rd Doctor! 
Nick Mellish@nickmellish He should have taken the Whomobile. Or, alternatively, he definitely should never, ever mention that abomination by name.Davo's got a dicky tummy and passes out at the thought of Pat & Billy's episodes going missing. He's got a bit of time wind so he needs his other selves to time burp him, or something.
K9 tries to get SJS to stay in. Clingy little bugger. Nooooo! This means K-9 and Company is sort of canon, whatever that is! Lovely to see K9 of course.
50dw50@50dw50 K9 & Co is canon! no dry stone wall is complete without a robot dog perched upon it.
50dw50@50dw50 K9 & Co is canon! no dry stone wall is complete without a robot dog perched upon it.
Tom. Magnificent Tom. Shaaadaaaaa! Beat you, cock.
The Shada scene was genuinely "new" in a way, never having been broadcast before.
By this time you wouldn't have got Tom & Lalla in the same hemisphere let alone the same punt.
May week's in June? I CAN'T STAND THE CONFUSION IN MY MIND!
May week's in June? I CAN'T STAND THE CONFUSION IN MY MIND!
The Collector is having trouble persuading Tom to take part. Now you know how JNT felt, love.
The Collector is out of luck & his fan art of ShadaTom is all distorted.
So he kidnaps Sarah instead. Cheaper than the bus, anyway.
The Doctor's fading away as they land on Gallifrey.
The Collector's doing really well with these figurines now.
It's almost a full set...
The Collector's doing really well with these figurines now.
It's almost a full set...
I notice the Collector can't find an "Other Doctor" figure for love nor money either. I feel your pain, buddy. I had to resort to ebay.
The TARDIS is paralyzed in the Death Zone. Help will have to come from outside...
Are you Time-Lords or CHINTZ-LORDS!!! Eh? Eh?The Time-Lords meet in the local branch of Laura Ashley.
The TARDIS is paralyzed in the Death Zone. Help will have to come from outside...
Are you Time-Lords or CHINTZ-LORDS!!! Eh? Eh?The Time-Lords meet in the local branch of Laura Ashley.
They've invited the Master; It's not a party till the Master turns up.
Ainley is actually a bloody delight in this.
The Master was so badly written through most of the 80s, and Ainley was directed to Panto it up, but here he finally gets to turn on the charm.
The Time-Lords offer the Master a complete new regeneration cycle to go into the Death Zone and rescue the Doctors. Well that sets a precedent, doesn't it?
50dw50@50dw50 which sort of begs the question why Borusa needs to seek immortality if he can just have another set?
Rob @ Who Wars@WhoWars Presumably the Time Lords wouldn't have given it to him, so he wants something that will be independent of them.In the Death Zone the not 1st Doctor bumps into Susan who misrecognizes him as her grandfather.
They're joined by a Dalek; looking a bit better than last time out and with rather nifty red eye-lights. That Dalek looks a damn sight better than those shoddy versions in Destiny of the Daleks, though.
Looks nothing like Skaro. The memory cheats.
MAW Holmes@MAW_H Skaro was far more claustrophobic. Almost cupboardy 
50dw50@50dw50 how can they light the Dalek tunnels so well when in the next story the lighting is so terrible? 
Reckon that might actually be the robot Doctor from The Chase!
The Time-Lords have to confess they've been unable to tune into the Tom channel.
The Master's sceptical but not unwilling...
"A cosmos without the Doctor scarcely bears thinking about."
Inside the TARDIS, Davison is complaining that even though he's the star of the day, Tom Baker's the one getting sucked in a vortex.
Fake Bill & Susan give the Dalek the old heave-ho...
...and it blows its' top, shooting at the mirrored surfaces like a right chump.
Cool wriggly mutant FX.
The Fake Doctor realizes it's not Skaro when he sees the Tower of Rassilon - they're on Gallifrey!
The Time-Lords have to confess they've been unable to tune into the Tom channel.
The Master's sceptical but not unwilling...
"A cosmos without the Doctor scarcely bears thinking about."
Inside the TARDIS, Davison is complaining that even though he's the star of the day, Tom Baker's the one getting sucked in a vortex.
Fake Bill & Susan give the Dalek the old heave-ho...
...and it blows its' top, shooting at the mirrored surfaces like a right chump.
Cool wriggly mutant FX.
Now *that's* a quarry!
The Trout has some nasty suspicions about where they are...
...and a Cyberman wants to hold the Brig's hand.
Great metallic clanking when he batters the Cyberman.
As the 3rd Doctor (and Bessie) arrive on a convenient road in the Death Zone...
...SJS falls down a shallow ditch.
Must have polished off that bottle of vino she was necking in the K9 & co titles.
The 3rd Doctor hears her screaming as she tumbles down the slight incline so uses Bessie to pull her up.
How does the 3rd Doctor know about his 4th self's teeth and curls?
Tim @parks8472 · It's wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey :)
James Cooray Smith@thejimsmith Because Sarah obviously mimes "teeth & curls" with her hands & when he says it it's audibly a question. Genuinely slightly winds me up that people think there is some sort of ambiguity in that scene. I have no perspective, clearly.
Good covering from Lis, I reckon, after Pertwee nicked the line.
James Cooray Smith@thejimsmith It's not covering, is it? It's why he nicked the line. To facilitate a nice bit of business.
Hmm, think the jury'd be out a bit there as to which came 1st. Was she scripted to do that, I wonder?
Great metallic clanking when he batters the Cyberman.
As the 3rd Doctor (and Bessie) arrive on a convenient road in the Death Zone...
...SJS falls down a shallow ditch.
Must have polished off that bottle of vino she was necking in the K9 & co titles.
The 3rd Doctor hears her screaming as she tumbles down the slight incline so uses Bessie to pull her up.
How does the 3rd Doctor know about his 4th self's teeth and curls?
Tim @parks8472 · It's wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey :) James Cooray Smith@thejimsmith Because Sarah obviously mimes "teeth & curls" with her hands & when he says it it's audibly a question. Genuinely slightly winds me up that people think there is some sort of ambiguity in that scene. I have no perspective, clearly. Good covering from Lis, I reckon, after Pertwee nicked the line.
James Cooray Smith@thejimsmith It's not covering, is it? It's why he nicked the line. To facilitate a nice bit of business.Hmm, think the jury'd be out a bit there as to which came 1st. Was she scripted to do that, I wonder?
James Cooray Smith@thejimsmith It's not scripted, no. It's a bit of actorly business. Idea it indicates 3 knows 4's appearance just a weird fan misreading. Also notice how the first two Doctors can both remember the events of The Three Doctors. Killing a decade old fan theory.Watch the fake rock wobble when the fake Doc sits on it.
Susan goes all Earthshock on the TARDIS. "I know that object!"
"Goodness me!" as Hartnell said almost never.
(Credit to 
Jonny Morris @jonnymorris1973 for pointing this out).
Jonny Morris @jonnymorris1973 for pointing this out)."Fourth!"
In one exchange, Terrance Dicks torpedoes the Morbius Doctors.
Finlay H-S@Esterath Thank God.Simon Pittman@LibraryPlayer "There's 5 of me now!""No sir, thirteen!"#FiveAndDayMixup #SoundsBetterInMyHead ;-)
"The original, you might say!" Silly line considering he's obviously not!
The "Original" decides to get the drinks in, and puts the order in with the nearest air hostess.
The Master is given a recall device then sent packing into the Death Zone.
Borusa doesn't expect to see him again.
The Brigadier doesn't fancy the sound of the Trout's preferred destination: "The Tomb of Rassilon" doesn't sound like much of a party hangout.
James Cooray Smith@thejimsmith I like how 2nd Dr regales Brig with conspiracy theories about Rassilon starting the games & still being alive. While 3rd gives SJS party line about "old Rassilon put a stop to it". 2nd turns out to be right about at least some of it.
Yes, very interesting, though probably quite fitting, different viewpoints from those two incarnations.
The Master finds out why the Time Lords' last agent failed - seems to be a Scooby Doo villain.
The laser lightning probably had something to do with it too, to be fair.
Tegan doesn't do things by halves. Could've just got a cup of tea but no, it's pina coladas & a whole pineapple!
The 5th Doctor thinks they should go to the Tower; the 1st isn't budging now Tegan's broken that pineapple out.
50dw50@50dw50 turlough knocking back the absinthe no wonder he never gets out of the tardis
50dw50@50dw50 where did the Master get the cloak?
Simon Hart@Si_Hart The transmat had a cloaking device.
The 3rd Doc doesn't believe a word the Master says and nicks his seal.
Might come in handy later when he's Matt Smith.
Kosmic Kris@KosmicKris its a shame that there isn't really the chemistry between Ainley and Pertwee that there was with Delgado.
The Master has to leg it when it starts raining lasers.
The Trout starts to suspect that they may in fact be playing the Game of Rassilon right now...
The 5th Doctor has had enough of faffing and sets out for the Tower...
...while the Fake Doctor makes an absolute dog's dinner of a wedge of pineapple.
Pertwee finally gets sight of Cybermen.
Pat starts singing nursery rhymes to the Brig, who is not amused. "Age has not mellowed you, has it, Brigadier?"
The Master calls out the 5th Doctor.
"Like Alice, I try to believe three impossible things before breakfast."
A Cyberman "sneaks up" in plain sight.
Borusa doesn't expect to see him again.
The Brigadier doesn't fancy the sound of the Trout's preferred destination: "The Tomb of Rassilon" doesn't sound like much of a party hangout.
Trout fills the Brig in about "the single greatest figure in Time Lord history."
James Cooray Smith@thejimsmith I like how 2nd Dr regales Brig with conspiracy theories about Rassilon starting the games & still being alive. While 3rd gives SJS party line about "old Rassilon put a stop to it". 2nd turns out to be right about at least some of it.Yes, very interesting, though probably quite fitting, different viewpoints from those two incarnations.
The Master finds out why the Time Lords' last agent failed - seems to be a Scooby Doo villain.
The laser lightning probably had something to do with it too, to be fair.
Tegan doesn't do things by halves. Could've just got a cup of tea but no, it's pina coladas & a whole pineapple!
The 5th Doctor thinks they should go to the Tower; the 1st isn't budging now Tegan's broken that pineapple out.
50dw50@50dw50 turlough knocking back the absinthe no wonder he never gets out of the tardis
"What can we do against it?"
"What I've always done, Sarah Jane, improvise!"
As per, the 3rd Doctor won't stop and ask for directions, and insists on waiting till he spots a familiar landmark.
"What I've always done, Sarah Jane, improvise!"
As per, the 3rd Doctor won't stop and ask for directions, and insists on waiting till he spots a familiar landmark.
50dw50@50dw50 where did the Master get the cloak? Simon Hart@Si_Hart The transmat had a cloaking device. The 3rd Doc doesn't believe a word the Master says and nicks his seal.
Might come in handy later when he's Matt Smith.
Kosmic Kris@KosmicKris its a shame that there isn't really the chemistry between Ainley and Pertwee that there was with Delgado.The Master has to leg it when it starts raining lasers.
In a lot of ways, what the Deadly Assassin did to the Master was a mis-step. As it forever made him a cheap knock-off of himself. Should have gained a full regeneration cycle at the end. Then they could have happily recast, a different Master each time, the same way the Doctor's different each time. Who would you have (realistically) cast as the Master for each Doctor?
Bek Hobbes@Greebobek I quite like the Gollum Master. Pity he didn't stay longer.
Poor old Bessie.
Bek Hobbes@Greebobek I quite like the Gollum Master. Pity he didn't stay longer.Poor old Bessie.
Borusa's IT bod can't sort out the Tom distortion.
Simon Pittman@LibraryPlayer Tom Baker is trapped inside a ZX spectrum until he can be rescued! :-)
Simon Pittman@LibraryPlayer Tom Baker is trapped inside a ZX spectrum until he can be rescued! :-)The Trout starts to suspect that they may in fact be playing the Game of Rassilon right now...
The 5th Doctor has had enough of faffing and sets out for the Tower...
...while the Fake Doctor makes an absolute dog's dinner of a wedge of pineapple.
Pertwee finally gets sight of Cybermen.
Pat starts singing nursery rhymes to the Brig, who is not amused. "Age has not mellowed you, has it, Brigadier?"
A Cyberman "sneaks up" in plain sight.
"Ah!" Love it. I always miss the "ah!" in the SE, like that mumbly Ogron in the SE of Day of the Daleks.
"*I* have found the ones from the TARDIS. What have you losers done? Naff all, that's what."
How the hell did they not see the Cybermen coming? I guess they weren't stomping along though.
How the hell did they not see the Cybermen coming? I guess they weren't stomping along though.
Kosmic Kris@KosmicKris the Cybermen were fab in the Five Doctors! Useless but fab!The Master is unable to talk the 5th Doctor round, Pertwee having nicked his credentials.
Pretty sure he meant "Halt AND you will be destroyed, not OR."
As the Cybermen approach, Davo half-inches the Master's recall device. Thought he was supposed to be the nice guy Doctor?
"Sorry, must dash." Davo turns on the cool, pressing the button to activate smug mode.
Susan's done her ankle in, like she always used to do, that one time.
Kosmic Kris@KosmicKris Davison genuinely sparkled in this story - he could so easily have been overshadowed by Pat and Jon but he was superb!
Steve Powner@StevePowner Totally agree Peter Davison never gave anything other than 100% a great Doctor
He leaves the Master to try to inveigle his way into the Cybermen's good e-books...
...and is teleported to Chintz-world.
"It seems I've done the Master an injustice. Bovvered."
Susan didn't appear to know the Cybermen, but Hartnell does as soon as they arrive in the 10th Planet.
The Doctor knows the villain has to be someone in the capitol...
...and finds a homing beacon in the Master's recall device.
...and finds a homing beacon in the Master's recall device.
Borusa fingers the Castellan for it.
"The Doctor wants revenge on account of I let Colin Baker shoot him."
50dw50@50dw50 i still wish Colin was in this as Maxil.
50dw50@50dw50 i still wish Colin was in this as Maxil.
Darth Silver, sorry, the Cyberleader is not impressed with the Master lying through his clearly chattering teeth.
"Aliens are not to be trusted... promises to aliens have no validity." These Cybermen were once UKIP supporters.
MAW Holmes@MAW_H ...but who will do the jobs that the Cybermen don't want to do themselves...?
Stop! Quarry Time!
As much as I enjoyed The Day Of The Doctor, where was the quarry, eh? Where was the Raston Warrior Robot?
50dw50@50dw50 the Raston Warrior Robot is just fab, i still wish we had the wrecked village of the Autons though.
And yes, bring back the Yeti! The Great Intelligence without the Yeti? What's the point?
MAW Holmes@MAW_H ...but who will do the jobs that the Cybermen don't want to do themselves...? Stop! Quarry Time!
As much as I enjoyed The Day Of The Doctor, where was the quarry, eh? Where was the Raston Warrior Robot?
50dw50@50dw50 the Raston Warrior Robot is just fab, i still wish we had the wrecked village of the Autons though. And yes, bring back the Yeti! The Great Intelligence without the Yeti? What's the point?
The Castellan has a collection of Black Scrolls. Top publication!
Some people thought they were all out of print... they are now!
The Castellan doesn't like the sound of the mind probe, or figuring out how to deliver his line.
All together now... Wait for it...
Stu Eagles @A_Ruskinian no, not the mind probe!
Simon Pittman@LibraryPlayer "No, not the mind probe!" #BeenWaitingToTweetThat
The classic line, for all the wrong reasons! He says it like there are *other* less serious "Mind..." devices. "The Mind Toothbrush? Fine. The Mind Tweazers? I can take it. But, no, not the Mind PROBE!"
Kosmic Kris@KosmicKris is that the worst piece of acting ever seen in Doctor Who? It must be close to it?
The Castellan doesn't like the sound of the mind probe, or figuring out how to deliver his line.
All together now... Wait for it...
Stu Eagles @A_Ruskinian no, not the mind probe!Simon Pittman@LibraryPlayer "No, not the mind probe!" #BeenWaitingToTweetThatThe classic line, for all the wrong reasons! He says it like there are *other* less serious "Mind..." devices. "The Mind Toothbrush? Fine. The Mind Tweazers? I can take it. But, no, not the Mind PROBE!"
Kosmic Kris@KosmicKris is that the worst piece of acting ever seen in Doctor Who? It must be close to it?
Worse than Jenny Laird in Planet of the Spiders? I think not! :-P
The mind probe is a bit academic, now, as the capitol guard shoot him in the back. He doesn't regenerate.
It chases them into a cave...
...where some pyrotechnics from the Trout reveal it's a Yeti!
...where some pyrotechnics from the Trout reveal it's a Yeti!
"Where there's a wind, there's a way, Brigadier."
"Sorry about that, Doctor."
Where is Kamelion in all this? Surely something like the Death Zone is exactly what he was made for.
We could put up with an updated Raston Warrior Robot in the new series, I reckon.
Ah, the infamous Cyber-massacre.
The Raston Warrior Robot makes short work of the invading Cybermen, while the Doctor and Sarah watch on.
We even get a charming Cyber-vomit added for good measure.
The Cybermen start mooching round the TARDIS.
Poor old Mark Strickson, holed up with no storyline worth writing home about.
Tim @parks8472 · Kind of get the feeling they didn't really know what to do with Turlough at this point
They never really had a decent use for him after Enlightenment really (till Planet of Fire), but he's particularly surplus here.
Tim @parks8472 · Never as much as Kamelion though LMAO
Tim @parks8472 · Kind of get the feeling they didn't really know what to do with Turlough at this point They never really had a decent use for him after Enlightenment really (till Planet of Fire), but he's particularly surplus here.
Tim @parks8472 · Never as much as Kamelion though LMAOWhere is Kamelion in all this? Surely something like the Death Zone is exactly what he was made for.
Ah, the infamous Cyber-massacre.
We even get a charming Cyber-vomit added for good measure.
Love it when Uncle Tewwy recounts the Cyber-massacre as being due to them being boring and "Eric's pets." Like Saward has an army of them ready to dispatch. "Fly my Silver Pretties!"
50dw50@50dw50 not sure they would get away with twitching severed arms these daysKosmic Kris@KosmicKris Uncle Terry always said “What you need is a good original idea. It just doesn’t have to be yours” :)James Cooray Smith@thejimsmith & brilliantly, always acknowledged that quote as something he nicked from Hulke. Ouroboros!The Doctor pinches some supplies from the RWR's store cave and he and Sarah make it away, while the robot itself polishes off the last of its' unwelcome guests.
Back on Gallifrey, the 5th Doctor isn't convinced of the Castellan's guilt.
"Shall we take the lift, or fly?"
That low angle shot of Doc 1 and Tegan at the front door's actually pretty good.
"Shall we take the lift, or fly?"
That low angle shot of Doc 1 and Tegan at the front door's actually pretty good.
Tegan tries to ring Rassilon's bell.
The 3rd Doctor and Sarah make it to the "above" entrance. The Master has a good chuckle about it.
Kosmic Kris@KosmicKris Diabolical Ingenuity!
The 3rd Doctor and Sarah make it to the "above" entrance. The Master has a good chuckle about it.
Kosmic Kris@KosmicKris Diabolical Ingenuity!
Having nicked the RWR's arrows, action man 3 & SJS abseil across to the tower.
Fake Doc is made of money, he's just throwing it away!
50dw50 @50dw50 it was the 80's!
Luckily for the Doctor and Tegan, the Cybermen who are hot on the Master's heels seem to have no optic sensors.
The Master leads the remaining Cybermen into the tomb. Cyber-Massacre 2: This time it's Chess-ier!
Bek Hobbes@Greebobek Imagine the Master controlling the Cybermen like we used to control lemmings in that game whose name escapes me...
And the Master sees off Darth Silver and the boys with a chess board, a green laser pen, and a cybergun.
Fair play to the special edition, the new lightning FX are vastly better than the old green lines.
50dw50 @50dw50 i still like the original. My VHS still has Terry Wogan introducing it and telephone numbers for Children In Need popping up.
The Cyber-gun effect is rubbish though. Worse than the original.
Fake Doc asks if Tegan knows her Pi.
Steve Powner@StevePowner This Dr and companion pairing was wonderful Tegan and the 1st Doctor oh the possibilities
Borusa's gone missing. Usually when a Prez goes off the radar like this they're having some sort of affair.
Fake Doc is made of money, he's just throwing it away!
50dw50 @50dw50 it was the 80's! Luckily for the Doctor and Tegan, the Cybermen who are hot on the Master's heels seem to have no optic sensors.
The Master leads the remaining Cybermen into the tomb. Cyber-Massacre 2: This time it's Chess-ier!
Bek Hobbes@Greebobek Imagine the Master controlling the Cybermen like we used to control lemmings in that game whose name escapes me... And the Master sees off Darth Silver and the boys with a chess board, a green laser pen, and a cybergun.
Fair play to the special edition, the new lightning FX are vastly better than the old green lines.
50dw50 @50dw50 i still like the original. My VHS still has Terry Wogan introducing it and telephone numbers for Children In Need popping up. The Cyber-gun effect is rubbish though. Worse than the original.
Fake Doc asks if Tegan knows her Pi.
Steve Powner@StevePowner This Dr and companion pairing was wonderful Tegan and the 1st Doctor oh the possibilitiesBorusa's gone missing. Usually when a Prez goes off the radar like this they're having some sort of affair.
MAW Holmes@MAW_H "I did not have relations with that, er, harp..." 
Davo's checking to make sure the sets don't wobble.
Sarah feels a psychic force pushing her back so JP has a little scout round.
Argh! Mike Yates! Creepy! Oh, he's a ghost, as well.
Lovely to see Caroline John back.
But they're illusions - phantoms of the mind!
50dw50@50dw50 the shaw scream is actually quite disturbing.
"At my age there's little left to fear..." Again Doc1 is treated as older & wiser than his older & wiser selves.
Argh! Mike Yates! Creepy! Oh, he's a ghost, as well.
Lovely to see Caroline John back.
But they're illusions - phantoms of the mind!
50dw50@50dw50 the shaw scream is actually quite disturbing.
CosmicDebris @margitan · That kind of bugs me, I wish they were more accurate with how the doctors treated each other based on their real age. 
It sort of fits the 1st Doctor's character that he *acts* like that, but the others should be having none of it! :-D
CosmicDebris @margitan · That makes sense, but yeah, seems like the other doctors treated him with way too much respect, hehe. 
The Brig and the Trout have made it into the tower too.
It's Jamie! And Zoe! They claim to be behind a forcefield, but something's not right...
So the 2nd Doctor knows the Time Lords erased their memories, so they shouldn't remember the Brigadier.
This means for him this happens if not after then *during* the final moments of the War Games.
Finlay H-S@Esterath Season 6B Klaxon!! 
Davison's harping on.
...and the 2nd.
The 1st Doctor remembers the 3rd & 2nd Doctors too. Hurndall's not being the 'original' allows Pertwee to act the boss. Pat doesn't really care and ignores it. Great.
In the SE the Brig describes arriving in the Death Zone as "It was like a cross between Guy Fawkes and Halloween!" Yeah, I'd've cut that line, too.
The Doctors have worked out the immortality is in Rassilon's ring.
That's musical stairs to the Master's ears.
"Immm-mmmmortality!" Try again, love.
"Nice to see you again!" The Brig distracts the Master, allowing the gang to best him.
Davison's still harping on...
Turns out Borusa is the Menace, and he hypnotises Doc5 with his bejewelled bling.
Borusa's gone doolally. Absolute power and all that.
Davison's still harping on...
Borusa's gone doolally. Absolute power and all that.
Borusa doesn't want to retire. Makes total sense there'd be a pensions crisis on Gallifrey, really.
The Cybermen have *finally* worked out the instructions for their bomb. There's always a few screws left over.
The Cybermen have *finally* worked out the instructions for their bomb. There's always a few screws left over.
"I've reversed the polarity of the neutron flow..." Yay! He said it for the 2nd time ever!
MAW Holmes@MAW_H Gilbert and Sullivan's finest ever song...
The Docs get the forcefield down, freeing the TARDIS from the SLOWEST EVER Cybermen.
50dw50 @50dw50 maybe they had cyber-converted dimwits that day?
Borusa uses his hypno-coronet to get the better of the 5th Doctor; one down four to go...
50dw50 @50dw50 maybe they had cyber-converted dimwits that day?Borusa uses his hypno-coronet to get the better of the 5th Doctor; one down four to go...
The TARDIS arrives in the tomb...
...and the Doctor has a troubling conversation with himself.
Ah, the Pertwee neck-rub. Hello, old friend.
50dw50@50dw50 poor old turlough finally gets out of the ship only to get frozen
The other Doctors help Davison overcome Borusa's hypnotic click-track of doom.
Together they face Borusa down.
"This is the Game of Rassilon. Insert 50p to play!"
Michael Bater@GreenLeftie You have reached level 20 with 8 lives left, plus whatever the Moff gives you!
Rassilon comes over all Brian Blessed for the SE and Borusa is stitched up like a kipper. A stone kipper.
Your place is prepared, Lord President Sucker! I got you good, with my 'he who wins shall lose' uncrackable riddle!
...and the Doctor has a troubling conversation with himself.
Ah, the Pertwee neck-rub. Hello, old friend.
50dw50@50dw50 poor old turlough finally gets out of the ship only to get frozen The other Doctors help Davison overcome Borusa's hypnotic click-track of doom.
Really should have had a bit of "contact" here.
Together they face Borusa down.
"This is the Game of Rassilon. Insert 50p to play!"
Michael Bater@GreenLeftie You have reached level 20 with 8 lives left, plus whatever the Moff gives you! Rassilon comes over all Brian Blessed for the SE and Borusa is stitched up like a kipper. A stone kipper.
Your place is prepared, Lord President Sucker! I got you good, with my 'he who wins shall lose' uncrackable riddle!
50dw50 @50dw50 its quite a creepy scene really 
Simon Pittman@LibraryPlayer Just as well and lucky that Rassilon had one space left for Borusa in his tomb! ;-) 
And now, for my next amazing trick, who wants to see another clip from Shada?
Jason McLaughlin@jangomac72 They should've used the full bike chase sequence for the 4th Doctor, would've made more sense him being chased by the scoop!
50dw50@50dw50 that would have been brilliant and given us more tom
James Cooray Smith @thejimsmith No dialogue though.
Ah yes, good point!
Jason McLaughlin@jangomac72 I'd keep the punting sequence with the scoop in the background but then have the chase so you get maximum Tom! It also makes more sense of the ending with Romana popping out the Tardis to find Tom fallen off his bike.
The Master is show leniency and sent away to face justice another time.
Again, it's the 1st Doctor who is the oldest and wisest. Eh? I mean, are we just supposed to assume he's been senile ever since Pat? Puts a new, cruel, spin on the show.
"Fancy pants." "Scarecrow." "Arsehole." "Twat." "Now break it up, you two." "You keep out of this, imposter."
The Doctors say their goodbyes and their TARDISes part ways. "Reassuring to know my future is in safe hands..."
"Wonderful chaps, all of you."
"I've had the time of my lives!"
"I'm definitely not the man I was - thank goodness!"
Flavia promotes the Doctor back up to President but he doesn't fancy getting as stoned as Borusa.
President? Me? Did you not see what *just* happened to Borusa?
So it's a quick dash for the TARDIS, leaving Flavia in the lurch.
"Sometimes Tegan you take my breath away!"
"Not tonight, I've got a headache."
"Why not? After all, that's how it all started."
Lovely. What a great ending.
Steve Powner@StevePowner Still my favourite anniversary story, ticks all the right boxes for me.
Jason McLaughlin@jangomac72 They should've used the full bike chase sequence for the 4th Doctor, would've made more sense him being chased by the scoop!50dw50@50dw50 that would have been brilliant and given us more tomJames Cooray Smith @thejimsmith No dialogue though.Ah yes, good point!
Jason McLaughlin@jangomac72 I'd keep the punting sequence with the scoop in the background but then have the chase so you get maximum Tom! It also makes more sense of the ending with Romana popping out the Tardis to find Tom fallen off his bike.The Master is show leniency and sent away to face justice another time.
Again, it's the 1st Doctor who is the oldest and wisest. Eh? I mean, are we just supposed to assume he's been senile ever since Pat? Puts a new, cruel, spin on the show.
"Fancy pants." "Scarecrow." "Arsehole." "Twat." "Now break it up, you two." "You keep out of this, imposter."
"I'm definitely not the man I was - thank goodness!"
Flavia promotes the Doctor back up to President but he doesn't fancy getting as stoned as Borusa.
President? Me? Did you not see what *just* happened to Borusa?
"Sometimes Tegan you take my breath away!"
"Not tonight, I've got a headache."
"Why not? After all, that's how it all started."
Lovely. What a great ending.
Steve Powner@StevePowner Still my favourite anniversary story, ticks all the right boxes for me.Bek Hobbes@Greebobek I could watch this over and over and over.Kosmic Kris@KosmicKris I could literally watch the Five Doctors every day and never get bored! It's almost the perfect celebration!50dw50 @50dw50 a lovely celebration only spoiled by the knowledge that in two years time the Beeb tried to cancel the showI have a soft spot for this odd theme medley, too.
*That* is how you do a big Doctor Who birthday bash. *Then* you look to the future. Perfect anniversary story, but then season 21 really should have been more of a sea change to move the show forward. I like lots of season 21, but there's no injection of new life that that landmark could & should have brought. Easy to say with hindsight, of course.
and finally...
I'll leave you with this food for thought: Who would you have (realistically) cast as a different Master for each Doctor? Assuming Delgado for Pertwee, go from there. I always say Peter Jefferies (Grendel in The Androids of Tara) is very Master-like. Or maybe Peter Bowles, but then that's maybe straying up that blind alley of Delgado-alikes.
I agree with Mark Strong for Eccleston. I'd definitely stick with Simm for Tennant too. How about you?
TTFN! K.
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