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The Three Doctors was the fourth episode of the series Tales of the TARDIS and was released on BBC iPlayer on 1 November 2023 by the BBC, written by Phil Ford and directed by Joshua M.G. Thomas.
This story consists of two newly recorded scenes placed on either side of an omnibus version of the TV story The Three Doctors [+]Bob Baker and Dave Martin, Doctor Who season 10 (BBC1, 1972-1973)..
Synopsis[]
Jo Jones and Clyde Langer meet again as she remembers when the Time Lords summoned three Doctors to fight an awesome adversary from Gallifrey's past.
Plot[]
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Cast[]
Uncredited[]
- Stewart Bevan - Clifford Jones (archive voice)
Crew[]
| Executive Producers Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter with Joel Collins and Phil Collinson |
| Written by Phil Ford |
Produced by Scott Handcock |
Directed by Joshua M.G. Thomas |
Director of Photography Ryan Eddleston |
Production Designer Phil Sims |
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| Make-up Designer Julie Kendrick
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Casting Director Andy Pryor
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Music Sam Watts
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Costume Designer Pam Downe |
Edited by Joseph Keirle | ||||||
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Original theme music by Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop • Titles by Painting Practice | ||||||||||
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| Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources. |
Worldbuilding[]
- Jo is wearing one of the Third Doctor's smoking jackets.
- The remembered TARDIS has a drawer that houses the Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver, the Second Doctor's sonic screwdriver, the Twelfth Doctor's second sonic screwdriver, the Third Doctor's sonic screwdriver, the Thirteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver and the Seventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver.
- Clyde's Blood River City comics are being made into a television series in Los Angeles.
- Jo mentions meeting several incarnations of the Doctor.
- Jo compares her love for the Doctor to Clyde's love for Sarah Jane Smith, though notes that her love for Cliff was different.
- Clyde likes to play Hungry Hippo.
Notes[]
- The use of an archive recording was utilized to allow Stewart Bevan to posthumously reprise his role as Clifford Jones.
- This was the first instalment of Tales of the TARDIS that featured a character who was not in the original episode, and one who didn't originate from the 1963-1996 era — namely Clyde Langer, a friend of Sarah Jane Smith from the spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures.
Continuity[]
- Jo has become a great-grandmother of at least two. (PROSE: Velvet Hugs)
- Jo mentions Sarah Jane Smith as she snuggles an owl toy. A stuffed toy owl was among the belongings Sarah took when she left the TARDIS. (TV: The Hand of Fear [+]Bob Baker and Dave Martin, Doctor Who season 14 (BBC1, 1976).)
- Clyde gives his condolences to Jo after hearing about her husband's death. (WC: Defenders of Earth [+]Pete McTighe, Defenders of Earth! (Doctor Who: The Collection mini-episodes, YouTube, 2023).)
- When he takes a seat in the TARDIS, Clyde accidentally sits on a Verron puzzle box. (TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? [+]Gareth Roberts, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 1 (CBBC, 2007)., The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith [+]Gareth Roberts, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 2 (CBBC, 2008).)
- Clyde hasn't seen much of Luke Smith and Rani Chandra since Sarah Jane's funeral. (WC: Farewell, Sarah Jane [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who: Lockdown! (YouTube, 2020).) He mentions that Luke is working for UNIT (AUDIO: Here Today [+]Joseph Lidster, Beyond Bannerman Road (Rani Takes on the World, Big Finish Productions, 2023).) at the UNIT space station (AUDIO: In Memory Alone [+]Matt Fitton, Silenced (UNIT: The New Series, Big Finish Productions, 2016).) with his husband, Sanjay. (WC: Farewell, Sarah Jane [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who: Lockdown! (YouTube, 2020).)
- Jo tells Clyde that she once met three incarnations of the Doctor at once, but then corrects herself to "two and a bit", which spurs her memories of the First Omega Crisis. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Bob Baker and Dave Martin, Doctor Who season 10 (BBC1, 1972-1973).)
- Clyde mentions meeting Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart in an adventure involving the Black Archive. (TV: Enemy of the Bane [+]Phil Ford, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 2 (CBBC, 2008).)
- The TARDIS gives Jo her wedding present from the Doctor, the Metebelis crystal, (TV: The Green Death [+]Robert Sloman, Doctor Who season 10 (BBC1, 1973).) which she previously sent back to the Doctor. (TV: Planet of the Spiders [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
