Hee! Doctor Who Children in Need special!

[locker_monster]

I was so annoyed when I got spoiled for this, but the awesomeness of the eight minutes has made up for it. :-D So nice to see some new Doctor Who.

Multiple Doctor stories are always so good. I just love it when past Doctors meet the current incarnation and they start to criticize who they've turned into ("So you're my replacements: a dandy and a clown."). Ten doesn't do that here, but his fanboyishness is just as amusing. Totally felt like Ten was channeling Steven Moffat and David Tennant. "You were my Doctor." Because who wouldn't be squeeing with delight if Peter Davison showed up. Nickel and Dime. :-D

Clever how they sneaked this in at the end of "Last of the Time Lords". The explanation for why Five looks older doesn't quite make sense, mainly because David speeds right through it, but hey, it's a special and it's for charity so who cares why Five is there as long as he's rushing about the TARDIS with Ten. "You changed the desktop setting! What is this? Coral?" Hee! And now we know how the interior of the TARDIS is able to change. Actually, it was a bit weird to see Five on the current TARDIS set; he belongs with the white walls and the scanner on the wall. And old school Who music! Techno 80s. Also cool that they got Graeme Harper to direct; just pulling out all the stops from Classic Who.

Some fine dialogue at the end, with Ten admitting how much he loved Five. Which really, is the Doctor declaring his love for himself. ;-) Cute, saying how Doctors One through Four were just starting out and "young" and by Five he had gained some wisdom and stopped trying to be all important and grumpy. Nice contrast to the fact that Five was the youngest of them all. It's never occurred to me just how much Five and Ten have in common: both young, both wearing the same kind of trainers, both wearing glasses. Great comment about the glasses. I think Five wore them like, twice, and then they disappeared so the specs are totally not needed but there to make the Doctor look smart. I guess this happens every fifth incarnation or so. ;-)

They so need to have more multiple Doctor stories. How about Eight, Nine, and Ten. That's doable, right?

Comments

[newnumber6.livejournal.com]

I bet you by the time they made it to the Doctor's last regeneration, they'll have the technology to be able to do "The 13 Doctors", using CGI and old footage for resurrecting all of them for a big, new adventure.

Then again, considering how they've sped through the last two doctors, maybe not. ;)

Still, part of me really hopes they do manage to do it 5 or 10 years down the line.

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

They could do all 13 Doctors in animated form. Bit easier than CGI, plus the animation can be stylized so it doesn't have to look exactly like the actor. Of course, the only problem with multiple Doctor stories is they all need something to do. Just look at "The Five Doctors".

They should start slow; 3 doctors first, then work their way up to 13. :-)

[newnumber6.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but they could do it right... or wait, there are usually 13 eps in a season, right? They could devote a whole season to it, have him team up with one doctor an ep, and then all of them in the final! ;)

Failing that, I'd still love to see "The Four Doctors" with Ten, Nine, Eight, and a young One (so you can recast without problems). I'd settle for Ten, Nine and Eight, but then you can't use the title The Three Doctors because that one's been done. :)

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

That would be quite awesome. A whole season full of multiple Doctor stories. When it's just two of them it's definitely more manageable. Next year is the 45th anniversary of Doctor Who; maybe they have something special in store. You never know.

How about "The Three Doctors Redux"? ;-)