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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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greattttttttttt cant wait been a fan from childhood this will make my year thanx bbc
Posted by: magspearson on Tue Jun 23 10:08PM | Report abuseIt will be cool
Posted by: annaroseelvin on Tue Jun 23 10:08PM | Report abusebring them together and unite i command u
Posted by: jcmireland on Tue Jun 23 10:10PM | Report abuseI cant wait I love Doctor who specials and its great to know classic doctors will be back using old footage, especially my favourite the late Jon Pertwee
Posted by: garactica_2001 on Tue Jun 23 10:10PM | Report abusewho cares........
Posted by: packard56bell on Tue Jun 23 10:10PM | Report abuseOMG!!!!!!! I can't believe it!!!! I can't wait to see it!!!!
Posted by: gianluca.cossu on Tue Jun 23 10:10PM | Report abuseno this should not be done till the end of the 13th doctor as that is all he is allowed to regenerate. Although it would be nice for fans, to have all current doctors to date, the deceased doctors need to be done using old scenes and cgi like with oliver reed in gladiater
Posted by: dkilhams on Tue Jun 23 10:11PM | Report abuseYou'll have a job, 3 of them are dead
Posted by: mathsman1968 on Tue Jun 23 10:11PM | Report abuseItll be fun and should be treat as such, just like all the children in need dr who specials. and ps, hurndall did portray the first doctor , yes, but a clip of hartnell was right at the beginning.
Posted by: banneradders on Tue Jun 23 10:12PM | Report abuseI am fully in support of this! Though on Gallifrey it goes against the first law of time (That a Time Lord cannot encounter any of he previous incarnations), It is always more entertaining when the previous incarnations turn up!
Posted by: wristwatchraver on Tue Jun 23 10:12PM | Report abuse