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Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

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...

Release Date : 1973-01-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : BBC

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : The Doctor

Original Name : Jon Pertwee

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Doctor

Original Name : Patrick Troughton

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Doctor

Original Name : William Hartnell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jo Grant

Original Name : Katy Manning

Gender : Female

Character Name : Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Original Name : Nicholas Courtney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant Benton

Original Name : John Levene

Gender : Male

Character Name : Omega

Original Name : Stephen Thorne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor Tyler

Original Name : Rex Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : President of the Council

Original Name : Roy Purcell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Ollis

Original Name : Laurie Webb

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chancellor

Original Name : Clyde Pollitt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Time Lord

Original Name : Graham Leaman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Ollis

Original Name : Patricia Prior

Gender : Male

Character Name : Corporal Palmer

Original Name : Denys Palmer

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-11-03

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 sold 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.