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Post by Dalek on Aug 28, 2006 9:07:52 GMT -5
I was wondering what you think of it, i think it was abit of a let down it's was ok but not mind blowing.
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Post by thetimemeddler on Aug 28, 2006 18:02:56 GMT -5
I liked it but not sure about the continuity. I was never too keen on the idea of the second doctor having more adventures after the war games for example and also Sarah Jane in the last series seems to have no recollection of meeting the doctors in this adventure. Was this story just a throwaway and not part of the ongoing continuity? Im not sure but having said all that I found it enjoyable.
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Post by Dominic Smith on Aug 29, 2006 2:42:21 GMT -5
I liked it but not sure about the continuity. I was never too keen on the idea of the second doctor having more adventures after the war games for example and also Sarah Jane in the last series seems to have no recollection of meeting the doctors in this adventure. Was this story just a throwaway and not part of the ongoing continuity? Im not sure but having said all that I found it enjoyable. It does fit into the general continuity of the series in that in the previous story of the series, the Doctor promises to take Tegan to the Eye of Orion, and that is where the TARDIS lands at the beginning of the story. As for the Sarah Jane problem, it is possible that the memories of what happened on Gallifrey were wiped from the minds of those who were involved. If you think about it, if the first Doctor returns to his own timestream knowing what will happen in the Death Zone, technically the second Doctor would go into the situation knowing what to do because he has already done it before, when in fact in the story he is unaware of what is going on. The same rule applies for the third and fifth Doctors as well, so unless an almighty paradox was created when they each left, I'd suspect their memories of what had happened were removed after they left. As for what I think of the story; it's an interesting yarn, plenty of action to keep it rolling along and a strong story all round. I think Richard Hundall makes a good stab at recreating the first Doctor's character, not spot on as I always saw the first Doctor as a bit more aggressive in tone. but an enjoyable performance all the same.
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Post by Eryx on Aug 29, 2006 13:57:13 GMT -5
The Five Doctors is one of my favourite stories. It has its poor moments, which I put down to slow pacing or trying to find time for everyone (just imagine how slower it would have been if Tom baker had agreed to be in it!), but its not enough to spoil it for me.
As for the continuity, I've always been under the assumption (Maybe I read it somewhere?) that when the Doctors meet, the earlier incarnations have those events erased/hidden until after the time their current incarnation sorts the issue/problem. I guess the TimeLords do something similar with the companions in those circumstances.
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Post by The Thinker on Aug 30, 2006 3:31:16 GMT -5
'The Five Doctors' is the second best Peter Davison story in my opinion. However it still wouldn't have beaten 'The Caves of Androzani' had Tom agreed to reprise his role though.
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Post by Dalek on Sept 17, 2006 11:36:24 GMT -5
I still think it's good but not mind blowing but never the less i liked it got to see alot of Doctors all in one day...............
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Post by Massimo on Sept 17, 2006 12:08:00 GMT -5
True, it was great to see the various Doctors together, too bad Tom Baker didn't want to take part to this adventure! The companions pretty much follow the Doctors but there wasn't much else for them to do. The Time Lords show that they can be really devious and you wonder why the Master isn't their President instead of an outcast. Overall I'd say it's a good story.
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Post by davisonera on Sept 24, 2006 11:10:07 GMT -5
Slow and predictable. Quite fun though when you're bored.
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Post by davisonera on Sept 24, 2006 11:10:45 GMT -5
And if you've been affected by any of the issues raised by Balamory please call this helpline number.
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Post by The Thinker on Sept 29, 2006 15:35:27 GMT -5
I liked it but not sure about the continuity. I was never too keen on the idea of the second doctor having more adventures after the war games for example and also Sarah Jane in the last series seems to have no recollection of meeting the doctors in this adventure. Was this story just a throwaway and not part of the ongoing continuity? Im not sure but having said all that I found it enjoyable. It does fit into the general continuity of the series in that in the previous story of the series, the Doctor promises to take Tegan to the Eye of Orion, and that is where the TARDIS lands at the beginning of the story. As for the Sarah Jane problem, it is possible that the memories of what happened on Gallifrey were wiped from the minds of those who were involved. If you think about it, if the first Doctor returns to his own timestream knowing what will happen in the Death Zone, technically the second Doctor would go into the situation knowing what to do because he has already done it before, when in fact in the story he is unaware of what is going on. The same rule applies for the third and fifth Doctors as well, so unless an almighty paradox was created when they each left, I'd suspect their memories of what had happened were removed after they left. As for what I think of the story; it's an interesting yarn, plenty of action to keep it rolling along and a strong story all round. I think Richard Hundall makes a good stab at recreating the first Doctor's character, not spot on as I always saw the first Doctor as a bit more aggressive in tone. but an enjoyable performance all the same. Regarding all that business with memories and stuff, in 'School Reunion' where Sarah Jane Smith and the Doctor meet again, what about her meeting the Seventh Doctor in a New Adventures novel (I can't remember which)? For the Doctor I'd say senility, but what about Sarah? And all that takes place (supposedly) long after 'The Five Doctors'. Gets you thinking doesn't it?
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Post by Dominic Smith on Sept 29, 2006 15:40:15 GMT -5
Ah but whether the novels are considered canon or not is a whole other complicated matter.
I think she met the seventh Doctor in the PDA 'Bullet Time', but the events of that story were erased in a later novel so she might have had her memory wiped from that as well.
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Post by The Thinker on Sept 29, 2006 16:58:35 GMT -5
Ah, I forgot to take those into account. However the key word here is "might". By the way did she ever meet the 8th Doctor? Anyway I doubt that the 5th Doctor's memory would've been erased after 'The Five Doctors', even if it wasn't referred to again. As I said, probably senility (cure found, but lost before being recorded).
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Post by quatermass on Oct 21, 2006 13:23:49 GMT -5
Sarah met the Eighth Doctor in Lawrence Miles' sublime epic "Interference"...
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Post by The Thinker on Oct 22, 2006 4:08:27 GMT -5
Sarah met the Eighth Doctor in Lawrence Miles' sublime epic "Interference"... Based before both 'The Five Doctors' and 'School Reunion', yet I'm sure Sarah would've remembered the Eighth Doctor from that book in 'School Reunion', and yet she didn't.
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Post by dbrummett2 on Nov 22, 2006 11:33:29 GMT -5
I still think it's good but not mind blowing but never the less i liked it got to see alot of Doctors all in one day............... I just found a spot on this site www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwirJ6CaPqk&mode=related&search= where you can watch the entire story of The Five Doctors, plus extra. It takes 11 parts. I was able to see longer versions of some scenes I never saw before and special FX that were better than the original. I suppose it had been "tweaked" when the DVD was made. Enjoy!
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