Just because they’re available and it’s easy for me to drop them in now and deal with other distractions, the next three weeks will show off the three anniversary Doctor Who crossovers. I don’t have “Time And The Doctor” from the new series available to me and the charity crossovers are either short, a parody, or whatever the hell Dimensions In Time was.
Of the three official crossovers, you’ll note that they all have the second Doctor, Patrick Troughton, reprising his role. This is interesting given his adventures take place as he was on the run from the Time Lords still, but the later Time Lords were somehow able to find him and recruit or kidnap him into the story.
Tonight’s story is where it began, the 10th anniversary special “The Three Doctors”. At the time, Jon Pertwee was the active one, the Third Doctor. It’s also the first appearance of Omega, a lost Time Lord who basically created the power source Time Lords use to travel through time. You might think you remember him from Ncuti Gatwa’s recent stories, but as you watch the episode you will realize you don’t and Russel T. Davies screwed the depiction up royally. This would also be the last appearance of William Hartnell as the first Doctor, trapped in a time eddy because the same health issues that caused him to leave the show were still in effect, if not worse, so advising his future selves was all he could do. It set the standard for future crossovers in different media. Enjoy
Next time we jump to the 20th anniversary.
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