Stars: Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, William Hartnell

Director: Lennie Mayne

Summary: Jon Pertwee's DOCTOR WHO must break the first Law of Time in order to save the Timelords from an old arch enemy, he must bring back other Doctor Whos to help him. Will Patrick Troughton and William Hartnell be up to the job.

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Made to mark the series' tenth anniversary, Doctor Who: The Three Doctorsfinds Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor teaming-up with the Patrick Troughton and William Hartnell incarnations to battle a universe-threatening foe. Omega (played by an excellent Stephen Thorne) is the Timelord who gave his race the power necessary for time travel. Long presumed dead he is actually trapped in an anti-matter universe inside a black hole, and is scheming an epic revenge. Set in UNIT HQ, Omega's domain and a chalk pit, Bob Baker and David Martin's yarn is both nonsensical and more wildly ambitious than the BBC effects unit could possibly visualise. This is so much the case that the best moments come with the metaphysically chilling scene in which Omega is unmasked, and in the bickering rivalry between Pertwee and Troughton. Sadly Hartnell was seriously ill with arteriosclerosis, so his brief scenes were all taped in a day and played on a monitor in the TARDIS, the reason given that the First Doctor is trapped in a "time eddy". If hardly a classic this is still a meatier tale than The Two Doctors(1985), which starred Troughton and Colin Baker, and it features ever-dependable support from Katy Manning as Jo Grant and Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier.

On the DVD:Doctor Who: The Three Doctorsis presented in the original 4:3 ratio with good mono sound. The introductory 16-mm film footage is very grainy and lined, but later exteriors are good and the interior video-shot material in fine. The commentary by Katy Manning, Nicholas Courtney and producer Barry Letts is informative and funny. Extras include excerpts from a highly entertaining 1973 Pebble Mill at Onewith Patrick Troughton and BBC props designer Bernard Wilkie (20 min) and a 1973 retrospective on the show from Blue Peterfeaturing Pertwee with the then new Whomobile, all presented by ex-Whocompanion Peter Purves. There are highlights from a BSkyB Doctor Whoweekend from 1990, with brief interviews with Courtney, David Martin, Bob Baker, Pertwee, producer John Nathan Turner and writer Terrance Dicks (10 min). Rather more exciting is the appearances of the warm and witty Pertwee, Manning, and a very late Courtney at the 1993 Panopticon SF convention (29 min). There are also two trailers, info text and a scored photo gallery. --Gary S Dalkin

Aspect Ratio:	4:3
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Commentary, Patrick Troughton Interview, Jon Pertwee And Kay Manning At Panopticon, Blue Peter Doctor Who Tenth Anniversary, BSB Highlights, BBC1 Trailer For The 1972 BBC1 Transmission Of The First Episode, The Five Faces Of Doctor Who, Photo Gallery, Production
Year:	1972
Release Date:	November 24, 2003
Runtime:	98 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	B B C D V D 1144
Keywords:	Who, General, Doctor, Doctors, Three, Fiction, Science, Tv, Horror, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Science Fiction