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"Time Crash" is a mini-episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on 16 November 2007, as part of the BBC One telethon for the children's charity Children in Need. Written by Steven Moffat, it starred David Tennant and brought back Peter Davison as the Doctor. [1]
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was a special Doctor Who "mini-episode" produced for the 2007 Children in Need appeal. It was written by Steven Moffat, directed by Graeme Harper and featured David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor.
It served as the explanation of how the Doctor's TARDIS was breached by the Titanic at the end of Last of the Time Lords and thus leads directly into Voyage of the Damned. Although some might consider it a linking scene, it was very much a part of the overall continuity of the BBC Wales series of Doctor Who.
After saying his goodbyes to Martha Jones at the end of Last of the Time Lords, the Tenth Doctor accidentally pilots his TARDIS into the path of... the Fifth Doctor's TARDIS! As the current Doctor muses over aspects of the Fifth, the Fifth Doctor becomes increasingly worried as their combined TARDISes threaten to rip a hole in space and time the si...
The Tenth Doctor has just said goodbye to Martha, and is attempting to take off when the TARDIS goes haywire.
Suddenly, someone else is in the TARDIS: the Fifth Doctor. The Tenth Doctor realises straight away this is his past incarnation and excitedly begins reminiscing about his adventures in his fifth incarnation, much to the latter's confusion. The Fifth Doctor, irritated, decides that the strange, skinny bloke in his TARDIS is an obsessive fan of his — possibly affiliated with LINDA. The Tenth Doctor, to his own bewilderment, can't convince his past self otherwise, butting back about the Fifth's need for brainy specs and a celery stick as a clothing decoration.
Meanwhile, the temporal collision of the TARDIS with its past (or future) self threatens to tear a hole in the universe the exact size of Belgium, which, as the Fifth Doctor remarks, is a rather undramatic description. The Fifth Doctor despairs of finding a solution in time, but the Tenth purposefully, if maniacally, manipulates the TARDIS controls, and averts the disaster.
The Fifth Doctor is stunned - firstly at the unexpected solution, as the Tenth has managed to create a supernova at the exact same time and place as the impending black hole to cancel it out, and then at the realisation that the other man is, in fact, his future self. His later self knew the solution only because he would remember witnessing it now.
The Tenth Doctor then realises that the Fifth Doctor needs to be to sent back to his own place in the timeline by now, and tries to figure out where he was, asking him if Nyssa and Tegan were with him, or whether he has encountered the Cybermen, the Mara, or the Tremas Master yet, admitting that he just had an encounter of his own with another version of the Master. The Fifth Doctor is somewhat dismayed to hear that the Master is still around to cause problems in his future, and asks if he still has "that rubbish beard." "No, no beard this time," replies the Tenth Doctor, before hastily adding "Well, a wife."
But before the Tenth Doctor sends his past incarnation back, he starts reminiscing once again, telling the Fifth Doctor that he loved being him and having his youth and optimistic worldview. He reveals that he took quite a few of his current traits from him, such as wearing trainers with his outfit and having a voice that becomes squeaky when he shouts. Plus, he demonstrates that he too has his own "brainy specs". He tells his fifth incarnation, "You were my Doctor,".
•The Fifth Doctor appears physically older in the presence of the Tenth due to their shorting out of the time differential between them.
•The Tenth Doctor mentions Nyssa, Tegan Jovanka, the Mara, Cybermen and Time Lords in funny hats.
•The Tenth Doctor comments on the "fashion choice" of the Fifth Doctor's celery. He also mentions his cricket outfit.
•The Fifth Doctor's parting words warn the Tenth to put the shields up. Not doing so resulted in the Titanic crashing into the TARDIS.
•This is the third filmed contribution by the new series production team to Children in Need. In 2005, they offered the Children in Need Special Born Again (aka 'Pudsey Cutaway'). In 2006 they provided a live concert of music during the traditional Children in Need charity time period and subsequently offered it to home viewers before the original broadcast of The Runaway Bride•In 1983, The Five Doctors was also broadcast as a part of the Children in Need charity drive, although it had been produced for the show's 20th anniversary.
•The Fifth Doctor mentions that the combined TARDIS's will cause a hole in the universe the size of Belgium. This comedic reference is reminiscent of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Humorously the rudest swear word in the Universe, save Earth is apparently Belgium.
•This story marks the first appearance of a Doctor from the original series in the revived series. Later, in 2013, another 20th century Doctor reprised his role in the series: Paul McGann in The Night of the Doctor. Tom Baker would also reprise his role as the Doctor, but a different incarnation in The Day of the Doctor. In 2017, David Bradley appeared as the First Doctor, standing in for the late William Hartnell in The Doctor Falls, Twice Upon a Time and The Power of the Doctor. The latter also featured Peter Davison as the Doctor also as well as Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann.
•This is the first on-screen TV appearance of the Fifth Doctor since TV: Dimensions in Time.
•This is the first TV story to star both David Tennant and Peter Davison.
•This story is directed by Graeme Harper, who also directed Peter Davison's last story. (TV: The Caves of Androzani)
•The Tenth Doctor mentions running into the Saxon Master recently. The Fifth Doctor asks if he still has "that rubbish beard", a reference to the fact that many of the Master's incarnations tend to sport a beard. (TV: Terror of the Autons, Logopolis, et al.)
•The Fifth Doctor previously met the First, Second and Third Doctors in TV: The Five Doctors, as well as the Seventh Doctor in PROSE: Cold Fusion, the Sixth and Seventh Doctors in AUDIO: The Sirens of Time, and the Eighth Doctor in PROSE: The Eight Doctors. He would later meet the Sixth Doctor on several occasions in AUDIO: Peri and the Piscon Paradox. On that occasion, the Sixth Doctor disguised himself as a Piscon named Zarl so his younger self would not realise his identity. Similarly, he also briefly spoke to the Eighth Doctor over an intercom in AUDIO: The Four Doctors but was unaware of his identity. Furthermore, his companions Peri Brown and Erimem refer to his having had a heated argument with the Seventh Doctor (whom Peri describes as a "kooky little guy in a weird pullover") prior to the events of AUDIO: The Veiled Leopard but this incident is not actually depicted.
•The Fifth Doctor references LINDA. (TV: Love & Monsters)
•The Tenth Doctor mentions "Time Lords in funny hats", encountered by the Fifth Doctor on his two visits to Gallifrey. (TV: Arc of Infinity, The Five Doctors)
•The Seventh Doctor mentioned the TARDIS console room's "leopard skin" desktop theme to his enemy-turned-companion Elizabeth Klein. (AUDIO: Klein's Story)
•This is the first televised multi-Doctor story to account for the ageing of the actor returning to play a previous Doctor, by explaining it as a byproduct of being taken out of his timeline - although the concept of time differential was already introduced, and applied to Tegan and Nyssa, in TV: Mawdryn Undead. This development is also referenced in the audio adaptation of Cold Fusion, when the Fifth Doctor asks the Seventh if his voice sounds older.
•Initially released in a vanilla edition alongside Voyage of the Damned on 10 March 2008. Extras include the Children in Need Special: Time Crash and Confidential Cutdown.
•It was released in the Series 4 DVD box set in November 2008 along with the rest of the series.
•It was included in the collection season 19 Blu-Ray box set in December 2018.
•It was released in the Series 4 Blu-ray set in November 2013 along with the rest of the series.
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Nov 16, 2007 · "'Time Crash' is a mini-episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on 16 November 2007, as part of the BBC One telethon for the children's charity Children in Need.
Nov 16, 2007 · Directed by Graeme Harper. Runtime 8 minutes. Story Type Charity Multi-Doctor. Time Travel Unclear. Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Locations TARDIS. Synopsis. After saying his goodbyes to Martha Jones at the end of Last of the Time Lords, the Tenth Doctor accidentally pilots his TARDIS into the path of... the Fifth Doctor's TARDIS!
Doctor Who: Time Crash: Directed by Graeme Harper. With David Tennant, Peter Davison, Freema Agyeman. The Tenth Doctor meets one of his previous incarnations.
Doctor Who - Fact File - Time Crash. Written by - Steven Moffat. Director - Graeme Harper. CAST: The Tenth Doctor - David Tennant. The Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison. DID YOU KNOW?:
