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Serial: RRR  Episode Nos. 330, 331, 332, and 333.  Title: The Three Doctors

The Time Lords' energies are being drained while at the same time a light beam has shot across space from a black hole to Earth, transmitting a creature that seems intent on abducting the Doctor.  The only help the Time Lords can give the Doctor is... himself.  They unite the Doctor's first three incarnations in the hope that together they can defeat the menace on the other side of the black hole in the universe of anti-matter....

This is the famous 10th anniversary reunion story, and marks the end of the Doctor's enforced exile on 20th century Earth.

starring Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, and William Hartnell as Dr. Who, Katy Manning as Jo Grant, Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, and John Levene as Sergeant Benton.. Written by Bob Baker and Dave Martin, Produced by Barry Letts, and Directed by Lennie Mayne.

Originally transmitted from 30 December 1972 to 20 January 1973 on BBC1.

DVD features:

- Graphical menus, episode selection features, and scene selection features. 

- Commentary track on all 4 episodes by Katy Manning (Jo), Nicholas Courtney (the Brigadier), and producer Barry Letts.

- Production Notes Subtitles.

- 40th Anniversary Celebration. – a 3 minute “music video” of clips from the entire series set to a reedited version of the theme music as recorded by dance club

   music group Orbital.

- “Pebble Mill at One” -  21 minutes from a 1973 BBC daytime talk show where Doctor Who’s 10th anniversary was spotlighted, using interviews with BBC

    visual effects designer and monster-maker Bernard Wilkie, and second Doctor Patrick Troughton.

- “Blue Peter” – 7 minutes from a 1973 installment of BBC children’s series Blue Peter which also spotlighted the series’ 10th anniversary, featuring Jon

    Pertwee showing off the Doctor’s new alien car, and co-host Peter Purves mentioning his own time on the series as Steven in the Hartnell era.

- “BSB Highlights” – 10 minutes of highlights from a 1994 special Doctor Who  marathon that ran on a satellite TV station called BSB.  It features short

    interviews with producer Barry Letts, script editor Terrance Dicks, and Third Doctor Jon Pertwee.  Later producer John Nathan-Turner is also present as a

    co-host.

- “Panopticon 1993” – 30 minutes of highlights from a question-and-answer panel at the UK’s 1993 Panopticon event.  It starts with Jon Pertwee on his own

    with the interviewer, then Katy Manning (Jo) joins him later, and finally Nicholas Courtney (the Brigadier) puts in a brief appearance too.

- “Five Faces of Doctor Who Trailer” – an advertising trailer that was used to promote a series of repeats on BBC2 in 1981, one of which was The Three

    Doctors.

- BBC1 trailer.  A recreation of the original advertising trailer used in 1972 to promote the start of The Three Doctors.

- “Who’s Who” actors biographies.

- There are no Easter Eggs on this disc.