Doctors unite for Children In Need special

Tue Jun 23 11:17AM by TV Editor

David Tennant in Doctor Who

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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  • (471)

    WOO HOO!!!

    Posted by: gammamonkey2 on Sat Jun 27 11:40AM | Report abuse
  • (472)

    Great - but they never get to go on the DVD boxsets!

    Posted by: talktodaveuk on Sat Jun 27 11:49AM | Report abuse
  • (473)

    Can't wait til this comes out on dvd will be watching it over and over again and again, I love watching doctorwho as i have all the dvd's you can get of it plus videos as well. But I can't wait til this comes on the tv either its exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Posted by: robinsonandrew84 on Sun Jun 28 12:45PM | Report abuse
  • (474)

    OH YEAH, OF COURSE IT'S A GOOD IDEA. WHAT CAN GO WRONG?

    Posted by: richi_is_here_again on Thu Oct 15 10:47PM | Report abuse
  • (475)

    that will be wickedly cool. all 11 doctors those who are being negative, don't- its for charity

    Posted by: popgirl6 on Sat Oct 24 08:48PM | Report abuse
  • (476)

    sadly the BBC have canceled this and their will now be a 10 minutes preview of the xmas specials :(

    Posted by: adamo_11093 on Thu Oct 29 10:02PM | Report abuse