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 Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
(1972 - 1973)
Date(s) of Broadcast:
30 December 1972 - 20 January 1973
Number of Episodes: 4
Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: colour
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Producer: Barry Lets
SCRIPT
Script: Bob Baker, Dave Martin
Story Editor: Terrance Dicks
DIRECTION
Director: Lennie Mayne
PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio Lighting: Clive Thomas
Film Camera: John Baker
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Film Editor: Jim Walker
MUSIC
Title Music: Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranged By: Delia Derbyshire
Incidental Music: Dudley Simpson
SOUND
Studio Sound: Derek Miller-Timmins
Special Sounds: Dick Mills
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Make Up: Ann Rayment
Costumes: James Acheson
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Michealjohn Harris, Len Hutton
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Roger Liminton
MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: David Tilley
Assistant Floor Manager: Trina Cornwell
CAST
Jon Pertwee (The Third Doctor)
William Hartnell (The First Doctor)
Patrick Troughton (The Second Doctor)
Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart)
John Levene (Sergeant Benton)
Rex Robinson (Dr Tyler)
Laurie Webb (Arthur Ollis)
Roy Purcell (President Of The Council)
Graham Leaman (Time Lord)
Clyde Pollitt (Chancellor)
Denys Palmer (Corporal Palmer)
Patricia Prior (Mar Ollis)
Stephen Thorne (Omega)
Alan Chuntz (Omega's champion - uncredited)
Murphy Grumbar, John Scott Martin, Rick Newby, Cy Town (cell guards
- uncredited)
Peter Evans, Tony Lang, Richard Orme, Lincoln Wright (Time Lords -
uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
Unit HQ is under attack from faceless creatures
that appear from nowhere. The Time Lords energy source is being drained
and call on The Doctor for help. As he too is under attack and the
threat to themselves is so great they call upon his previous selves
to help in.
CAPSULE REVIEW
Yes, it's a Pertwee story with the other
Doctors just supporting. No, the threat is a new villain who isn't
that great. Yes, it's a shame that Hartnell was too ill to contribute
and only appear cramped on a TV. No, there are no other companions
or villains. Ah, but in 1973 with your Making of Doctor Who
Target book, your Radio Times with the super colour cover,
the Tenth Anniversary Special and every Doctor who had played
the part together on screen it really didn't get any better
than this.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC Video
TIMELINE
1972
December
30: UK - Episode One first television broadcast (on BBC1)
1973
January
6: UK - Episode Two first television broadcast (on BBC1)
13: UK - Episode Three first television broadcast (on BBC1)
20: UK - Episode Four first television broadcast (on BBC1)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
The Black Hole -
working title
REFERENCES
BOOKS
Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Third Doctor
pp.279
credits, synopsis, review
Doctor
Who: The Television Companion pp.235-238
credits, synopsis, review (by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker)
Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction p.125
credits, synopsis
MAGAZINES
Doctor Who Monthly no.115 p.22
article
Doctor Who Monthly Autumn Special 1987 p.41
article
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits KEYWORDS
aliens, time travel
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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