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This year's Doctor Who Children In Need special will reportedly bring together all 11 Doctors for the first time in the show's history.
The 15-minute episode, to be screened in November, will include the first appearance by brand new Doctor Matt Smith, reports the Daily Mirror.
The first three Doctors, played by deceased actors William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee, will appear thanks to the use of footage from the BBC's archives.
A Doctor Who source told the paper: "This is a momentous episode for all Doctor Who fans. Never before have all the Doctors been in the same room, let alone in the same show.
"It's been a logistical nightmare getting all the actors together and available for shooting on the same days."
The script will see current Doctor David Tennant enlisting the help of his previous incarnations as he attempts to hunt down a piece of time travel apparatus.
Although this episode will feature all the Doctors for the first time, it won't be first occasion when more than one Doctor has appeared together on screen.
Two years ago, Peter Davidson appeared alongside David Tennant in a special mini-episode called Time Crash and 1993 special Dimensions In Time saw Doctors three to seven turn up in Albert Square. Meanwhile, back in 1983 The Five Doctors featured Doctors one to five, however, William Hartnell was replaced by Richard Hurndall.
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Yes, it's a brilliant idea. I love it! Yippee!
Posted by: katrinamarie_n on Tue Jun 23 10:37PM | Report abuseGimmick. Meh.
Posted by: si.slade on Tue Jun 23 10:38PM | Report abuseoh yes fantastic for children in need can't wait Paul McGann and Christopher Eccleson wow
Posted by: richardprizeman on Tue Jun 23 10:39PM | Report abuseGantastic who Else could bring the history & present together at once So hats off for bbc maybe The dr who series is real after all just look at part 2 of the library must be bbc brilliant, cant wait .ps pls redo some series too on tv and iplayer .thankyou .
Posted by: davidholden2 on Tue Jun 23 10:40PM | Report abuseThe show and the writing realy does not need gimmics, but we all know we will watch it anyway. The show will still go on but when they relesae the dvd special the BBC will cash in but we will buy into it because it was a ''momentous episode". All that aside it will be a difficult task for them to pull off as realistically all the actors that are alive have aged, utilising footage of the dead doctors does not have this drawback, and as such they would never age. Why? because within the present doctors timeline they have ceased to be; they are proverbial parrots
Posted by: s.j.locke on Tue Jun 23 10:40PM | Report abuseIf its Dr Who it will work ........Fantatic show !!!!! cant wait
Posted by: lmbridgen2 on Tue Jun 23 10:40PM | Report abusewe're discussing this at: www.podshock.net
Posted by: kennyd4360 on Tue Jun 23 10:40PM | Report abuseFantastic idea ------- This will be the ultimate "Time Lord" extravaganza.
Posted by: cmmudd on Tue Jun 23 10:41PM | Report abuseGet a grip-- Dr Who is supposedly for the kids, all the rest just will not grow up. The kids will love a chance to see all the Drsssssssssss together. If the rest are like my son they will ghave collected loads of old videos etc to see them already
Posted by: wiloc on Tue Jun 23 10:41PM | Report abuseI remember watching the very first Doctor Who with William Hartnell. I went out live and was repeated a week later because it so sensational - especially among us schoolkids who could re-enact it in the playground! It will be interesting to see how CGI brings them all together and I look forward to seeing it.
Posted by: robbiemarchant82 on Tue Jun 23 10:41PM | Report abuse