It was the ultimate dream come true for series fans with the Twentieth Anniversary, as The Five Doctors feature-length special was officially announced to the press during the Spring of 1983. And what a nostalgic thrill it was to see all the surviving Doctors together (sadly, bar Tom Baker), as well as Richard Hurndall commendably inhabiting the persona of William Hartnell's original incarnation, at that first lively outdoor publicity call, though it's a shame that a moody and magnificent group shot of the Doctors, like the posed Radio Times image done for 1973's The Three Doctors, couldn't also have been done here. A missed opportunity...
As news of all the returning monsters and companions also slowly tricked in over time, the programme's November 1983 transmission couldn't come quick enough for this young viewing fanatic!
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