'THE THREE DOCTORS' AT 50: DAY 6 - THE HUMAN FACTOR!

Two-man army! Now within Omega's realm, the Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney) recruits the service of Mr Ollis (Laurie Webb) to rescue their captured friends.

It's not just the Doctors that have been taken to the Singularity world of Omega, it's his companion Jo too, and a plethora of other diverse human's unwittingly caught in such potentially cataclysmic drama, including a truly perplexed but ready for action Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney enjoying the 'Colonel Blimp' nature of his character in this story), his right hand man Sergeant Benton (John Levene), plus the inquisitive space researcher Doctor Tyler (Rex Robinson) and adaptive nature warden Mister Ollis (Laurie Webb), both of whom had been early-on captured by Omega's 'space lightning' organism sent to ensnare the Doctor on Earth.

 

Benton (John Levene) finally experiences the TARDIS!

Interestingly, despite all the overall busy-ness of the four-part story, and the huge overall Doctors/Omega plot, the supporting cast still get a lot to do, mainly thanks to the partial phasing out (by necessity) of Hartnell's Doctor from the tale. And with Frazer Hines disappointingly unable to participate in the story as Highlands' companion Jamie alongside his pal Troughton, Sgt. Benton's contribution to the tale is most welcome, most notably during Episode Two, and gets some of the best work and lines he'd ever have during his time on the show. 

Our human heroes rush back to UNIT headquarters, whose building has been hi-jacked to the alien world.

Our heroes, all reunited in the TARDIS, must work out a way to stop Omega.