‘The Two Doctors’ was the fourth story of Doctor Who’s 22nd
Season and was first broadcast in 1985. The story stars Colin Baker and Nicola
Bryant, as well as Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines, who returned to their
roles for this multi-Doctor story.
While this is a story featuring the return of the Sontarans
and Servalan actress Jacqueline Pearce, as well as a crazed chef who puts
Gordon Ramsey to shame, the main event is of course the meeting of the second
and sixth Doctor. Patrick Troughton may look a bit grey and Frazer Hines
slightly middle aged, but if you ignore this, then you are likely to enjoy this
story.
This story is also a key part the “Season 6B” fan theory,
which proposes that between ‘The War Games’ and ‘Spearhead from Space’ the
second Doctor worked for the Timelords an ‘unofficial agent’. This would
explain his actions in ‘The Two Doctors’ in meeting Dastari, and also several
other lines in different serials. While this theory remains unconfirmed by the
television version of Doctor Who, it has been expanded upon in books and comic
strips.
We will be watching ‘The Two Doctors’ on Wednesday. The bar
opens at 7.30pm and we press play at 8.00pm. Hope to see you there.
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