The Doctor Who Real Time Marathon

  THE FIVE DOCTORS 25/11/2023  Well, that was a lot of fun! Terrance Dicks made a return to pen an anniversary special to rival The Three Doctors and make up for how lacklustre much of Season 20 was. All the Doctors returned - sort of - along with a selection of companions and enemies either as main players or cameos. The TARDIS console has been refurbished, as has Tegan's hair, and both she and Turlough seem a lot more amiable (although that might just be Dicks' writing). They're visiting the Eye Of Orion and Kamelion was conspicuous by his absence, but there wasn't time to consider that since the Doctor's past selves (and Sarah Jane Smith) were taken by a Timescoop to the Death Zone on Gallifrey! First up was the First Doctor, nicely portrayed by Richard Hurndall, who later teamed up with a now-40-something Susan dressed in the rather homely fashions of the post-Dalek invasion 22nd Century. This saw a brief cameo for a Dalek which concluded with it accidentally b...