The fiftieth anniversary special did not disappoint and to celebrate the former doctors that didn't reprise their roles Moffat permitted Peter Davison to pen this short. What he wrote for us sees himself, with Sylvester McCoy and Colin Baker, break into the studios to try to get into the special.
There are many inside jokes here; every doctor (minus Hurt, Capaldi and Ecclestone) gets a look in, but it's Moffat who steals the show as the villain. The inclusion of RTD trying to get into this production and failing is a stroke of genius and paying for entry with John Barrowman's album is a nice idea, but giving him a secret family is laugh out loud stuff. Clever use of music too as the trio enter the studio in Cardiff and suddenly it modernises - very subtle but amazingly well realised. Even Peter Cushing's fake Dr Who gets a shout-out.
The celebrity role-call is another point of interest. Olivia Coleman, Sean Pertwee (son of Jon, the third doctor), Peter Jackson, Ian McKellen and Frank Skinner to name but a few.
Well worth a watch. Good fun for fans of the show.
There are many inside jokes here; every doctor (minus Hurt, Capaldi and Ecclestone) gets a look in, but it's Moffat who steals the show as the villain. The inclusion of RTD trying to get into this production and failing is a stroke of genius and paying for entry with John Barrowman's album is a nice idea, but giving him a secret family is laugh out loud stuff. Clever use of music too as the trio enter the studio in Cardiff and suddenly it modernises - very subtle but amazingly well realised. Even Peter Cushing's fake Dr Who gets a shout-out.
The celebrity role-call is another point of interest. Olivia Coleman, Sean Pertwee (son of Jon, the third doctor), Peter Jackson, Ian McKellen and Frank Skinner to name but a few.
Well worth a watch. Good fun for fans of the show.