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The Time Meddler was the fifth 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, and was notable for featuring the televised return of Peter Purves as Steven Taylor.
This story consists of two newly recorded scenes placed on either side of an omnibus version of the TV story The Time Meddler.
Synopsis[]
Steven and Vicki meet again and remember their first adventure battling a time-travelling Monk about to change the course of history in 1066.
Plot[]
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Cast[]
Uncredited[]
- William Hartnell - First Doctor (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 Emily Lawrence | ||||||
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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[]
- Steven doesn't think highly of the Sixth Doctor's coat.
Notes[]
- This is the first live-action appearance of Steven Taylor since The Savages in 1966.
- The use of an archive recording was utilised to allow William Hartnell to posthumously reprise his role as the First Doctor.
Continuity[]
- Steven calls Vicki his "little sister". (AUDIO: Entanglement)
- Steven tells Vicki that he became a king after leaving the TARDIS, and is now both a father and a grandfather. (AUDIO: The War to End All Wars)
- Vicki tell Steven that she and Troilus have children. (AUDIO: Frostfire)
- Vicki finds a Viking helmet that ignites her and Steven memories of the First Monk and his plot to alter the Battle of Hastings. (TV: The Time Meddler)
- Steven and Vicki recall being on Mechanus and seeing the Mechanoids and the Daleks on the day they met. (TV: The Chase)
- Steven mentions that he and the Doctor ran into the Monk again after Vicki left the TARDIS and that he "wasn't happy how the Doctor left him stranded." (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)
- Vicki mentions she became the granddaughter the Doctor lost after Susan Foreman left, (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth) and how she was an orphan when they met. (TV: The Rescue)
