Devious

Devious is the title of a fan-made short film starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor. It was filmed not long before Pertwee's death in 1996 and constituted his final known performance as the Doctor (and possibly his final acting performance in general, though he may have filmed his final widely-seen performance -- a TV commercial -- afterwards).

During the 1990s a large number of fan-made audio, film and video productions were undertaken to keep the Doctor Who brand alive following its cancellation in 1989. Many of these productions featured either characters who were effectively the Doctor is all but name (see The Stranger and The Time Travellers, for example), or non-BBC-owned characters and monsters from the TV series that had been licensed direct from their creators (see P.R.O.B.E., Downtime and Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans, for examples). Although with the exception of Tom Baker all surviving Doctor actors, including Pertwee, had participated in at least one of these productions, Devious is notable as being the only production to feature one of these actors playing his incarnation of the Doctor, although there is no indication that the character had been licensed from the BBC.

Audio of Jon Pertwee as the Doctor taken from this production was later utilized by Big Finish Productions to allow the late actor to "participate" in a 40th-anniversary audio drama, Zagreus.

In 2009, BBC Video released Devious as a bonus feature on the UK and North American DVD releases of the final Patrick Troughton/Second Doctor serial, DW: The War Games (the storyline of Devious takes place between it and Pertwee's first televised story, DW: Spearhead from Space). This marked the first time the BBC has released a fan film of this nature.

Cast

 * The Doctor - Jon Pertwee
 * Others to be added

Plot summary
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Story notes
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Continuity

 * It is unclear whether the BBC's release of Devious under its brand is any indication that the story is canonical.


 * Official website