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Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

1983 · 102 min

A nostalgic, playful celebration that juggles multiple Doctors and monsters with breezy charm and a few knowing winks.

Directed by
Peter Moffatt
Genres
Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Overview
Many incarnations of the Doctors and their old companions are taken out of time and deposited in the Death Zone on Gallifrey. There, they must battle the Master, Daleks, Cybermen and Yeti in order to reach the Dark Tower and discover the Tomb of Rassilon.

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Directed by
Peter Moffatt
Genres
Science fiction, Action, Adventure
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • power
  • betrayal
  • friendship
  • fate
Places
  • fantasy world
  • wilderness
Era
far-future
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour5
Realism2
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

In this series

Doctor Who

  1. Doctor Who: The Five DoctorsMovie · 1983 This title
  2. Doctor WhoMovie · 1996
  3. Doctor Who: Scream of the ShalkaTV · 2003
  4. Doctor Who: The Runaway BrideMovie · 2006
  5. Doctor Who: Voyage of the DamnedMovie · 2007
  6. Doctor Who: The Next DoctorMovie · 2008
  7. Doctor Who: Planet of the DeadMovie · 2009
  8. Doctor Who: The Waters of MarsMovie · 2009
  9. Doctor Who: A Christmas CarolMovie · 2010
  10. Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the WardrobeMovie · 2011
  11. Doctor Who: The SnowmenMovie · 2012
  12. Pond LifeTV · 2012
  13. An Adventure in Space and TimeMovie · 2013
  14. Doctor Who: The Day of the DoctorMovie · 2013
  15. Doctor Who: The Doctors RevisitedTV · 2013
  16. Doctor Who: The Night of the DoctorShort film · 2013
  17. Doctor Who: The Time of the DoctorMovie · 2013
  18. Doctor Who: Last ChristmasMovie · 2014
  19. Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongMovie · 2015
  20. Doctor Who: Twice Upon a TimeMovie · 2017

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Genres
science fiction, action, adventure, tv movie
Directed by
Peter Moffatt
Written by
Terrance Dicks
Starring
Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, Richard Hurndall, Tom Baker, William Hartnell, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson
Music
Peter Howell
Runtime
102 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English, German

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