The Three Doctors
“Unless the energy loss is stopped, the whole fabric of space time will be destroyed… We are being consumed.”
Time itself is in peril! The three Doctors are united against an old arch enemy…
Vital cosmic energy is draining into a black hole and the Timelords are under siege. The Doctor is theironly hope but, trapped in the TARDIS, he’s powerless. The only way out is to break the First Law of Time to let The Doctor help himself… literally…
Originally transmitted 30th December 1972 – 20th January 1973, this special tenth anniversary adventure is available for the first time on BBC Video.
The Three Doctors was the first episode of season 10 and the tenth anniversary episode
Introduced Omega
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Release Date | 5 August 1991 |
| No. Of tapes | 1 |
| Original RRP | £10.99 |
| Encoding | PAL |
| Aspect ratio | 4:3 |
| Running time | 99 mins approx |
RATINGS
- Episode one – 9.6 million viewers
- Episode two – 10.8 million viewers
- Episode three – 8.8 million viewers
- Episode four – 11.9 million viewers
FILMING LOCATIONS
- Summerfield Bungalow in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire served as the Ollis’s cottage. The bird sanctuary was actually Springwell Reservoir, also in Rickmansworth.
- Exterior scenes set in Omega’s universe were filmed at Springwell Quarry.
- Halings House in Denham Green, Buckinghamshire, served as the exteriorof UNIT HQ.
- The fight between the
Third Doctor and Omega’s dark side, as well as the First Doctor’s scenes, were filmed at Ealing Television Film Studios.
- Model shots were filmed at the BBC Television Centre Puppet Theatre, with all other scenes filmed at BBC Television Centre Studio 1.
- Hartnell’s garden was used for the shot where the Time Lords see the
First Doctor on their monitor.
- Model shots were filmed at the BBC Television Centre Puppet Theatre, with all other scenes filmed at BBC Television Centre Studio 1.
