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|story number= Children in Need mini-episode
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|special = [[Children in Need]] Special [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
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|writer = Steven Moffat
|broadcast date= [[16th November]] [[2007]]
|director = [[Graeme Harper]]
|format= 1 8 minute, mini episode
|producer = [[Phil Collinson]]
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|confidential = Children in Need Special (CON episode)
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|broadcast date = 16 November 2007
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{{quote|Cause you know what, Doctor?  You were '''my''' Doctor.|The [[Tenth Doctor]] to the [[Fifth Doctor]]}}
'''''Time Crash''''' was a special ''[[Doctor Who]]'' "mini-episode" produced for the 2007 [[Children in Need]] appeal. It was written by [[Steven Moffat]], directed by [[Graeme Harper]] and featured [[David Tennant]] as the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]].


'''''Time Crash''''' was a special "mini-episode" produced for the 2007 [[Children in Need]] appeal.  It featured a brief encounter between the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]] and [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth Doctors]] and was penned by [[Steven Moffat]].  It also served as the explanation of how [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] was breached by the [[Titanic (spaceship)|''Titanic'']] at the end of ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]''. As such, it was very much a part of the overall continuity of the [[BBC Wales]] series of ''Doctor Who''.  
It served as the explanation of how [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] was breached by the ''[[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]]'' at the end of ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'' and thus leads directly into ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]''. Although some might consider it a linking scene, it was very much a part of the overall continuity of the [[BBC Wales]] series of ''Doctor Who''.
 
Former ''Doctor Who'' actor Peter Davison returned to reprise the role of the Fifth Doctor for the first time on television since the [[1993]] Children in Need special ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'', with his original costume faithfully replicated. This special marked the first instance in which an incarnation of the Doctor from the classic series met an incarnation from the revived series.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
The [[Tenth Doctor]] accidentally pilots his [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] into the path of the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s TARDIS--which threatens to rip a hole in space and time the size of [[Belgium]]!
After saying his goodbyes to [[Martha Jones]] at the end of ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'', the [[Tenth Doctor]] accidentally pilots [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] into the path of... the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s TARDIS! As the current Doctor muses over aspects of the Fifth, the Fifth Doctor becomes increasingly worried as their combined TARDISes threaten to rip a hole in [[space]] and [[time]] the size of [[Belgium]]!


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
This story follows on from ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'': the [[Tenth Doctor]] has just said goodbye to [[Martha Jones| Martha]], and is attempting to take off when the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] suddenly goes haywire.
The [[Tenth Doctor]] has just said goodbye to [[Martha Jones|Martha]], and is attempting to take off when [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] goes haywire.
 
Suddenly, someone else is in the TARDIS: the [[Fifth Doctor]]. The Tenth Doctor realises straight away this is his past incarnation and excitedly begins reminiscing about his adventures in his fifth incarnation, much to the latter's confusion. The Fifth Doctor, irritated, decides that the strange, skinny bloke in his TARDIS is an obsessive fan of his — possibly affiliated with [[LINDA]]. The Tenth Doctor, to his own bewilderment, can't convince his past self otherwise, butting back about the Fifth's need for [[brainy specs]] and a [[celery]] stick as a clothing decoration.
 
Meanwhile, the [[temporal collision]] of the TARDIS with its past (or future) self threatens to tear a hole in the [[universe]] the exact size of [[Belgium]], which, as the Fifth Doctor remarks, is a rather undramatic description. The Fifth Doctor despairs of finding a solution in time, but the Tenth purposefully, if maniacally, manipulates the [[TARDIS console|TARDIS controls]], and averts the disaster.


Suddenly, someone else is in the TARDIS: the [[Fifth Doctor]]. The Tenth Doctor realises straight away this is his past incarnation and is soon reminiscing about his adventures as the Fifth Doctor, much to the latter's confusion.  The Fifth Doctor decides that the strange skinny bloke in his TARDIS is an obsessive fan of his--possibly affiliated with [[LINDA]]--and the Tenth, to his own bewilderment, can't convince his past self otherwise.
The Fifth Doctor is stunned - firstly at the unexpected solution, as the Tenth has managed to create a supernova at the exact same time and place as the impending black hole to cancel it out, and then at the realisation that the other man is, in fact, his future self. His later self knew the solution only because he would remember witnessing it now.
Meanwhile, the collision of the TARDIS with its past (or future) self threatens to tear a hole in the universe; one the exact size of Belgium--which, as the Fifth Doctor remarks, is a rather undramatic description.  The Fifth Doctor despairs of finding a solution in time, but the Tenth purposefully, if maniacally manipulates the TARDIS controls and averts the disaster.


Stunned by the unexpected solution, the Fifth Doctor realises that the other man is in fact his future self. The Tenth Doctor bids a warm farewell to his past self; and, with a final warning to his future self to restore the TARDIS shields, the Fifth Doctor rejoins his own timeline.
The Tenth Doctor then realises that the Fifth Doctor needs to be to sent back to his own place in the timeline by now, and tries to figure out where he was, asking him if [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan]] were with him, or whether he has encountered the [[Cybermen]], the [[Mara]], or {{Ainley}} yet, admitting that he just had an encounter of his own with [[Saxon Master|another version of the Master]]. The Fifth Doctor is somewhat dismayed to hear that the Master is still around to cause problems in his future, and asks if he still has "that rubbish beard." "No, no beard this time," replies the Tenth Doctor, before hastily adding "Well, [[Lucy Saxon|a wife]]."


But suddenly, it's too late to put up the shields... the [[Titanic (spaceship)| Titanic]] has [[Voyage of the Damned|plowed through the wall]] of the TARDIS.
But before the Tenth Doctor sends his past incarnation back, he starts reminiscing once again, telling the Fifth Doctor that he loved being him and having his youth and optimistic worldview. He reveals that he took quite a few of his current traits from him, such as wearing trainers with his outfit and having a voice that becomes squeaky when he shouts. Plus, he demonstrates that he too has his own "brainy specs". He tells his fifth incarnation, "You were [[Steven Moffat|my]] Doctor,".


==Cast==
The two Doctors then bid each other a warm goodbye: "To days to come," says the Fifth, raising his hat. "All my love to long ago," replies the Tenth with a bow. The timestreams then start separating. As the Fifth Doctor rejoins his timestream, he calls out one last time, warning his future incarnation to put up his TARDIS shields.
*[[Tenth Doctor]] - [[David Tennant]]
*[[Fifth Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]]
*[[Martha Jones]] - [[Freema Agyeman]] (uncredited recap footage)


==Production crew==
But, suddenly, it's too late to put up the shields, and the ''[[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]]'' has [[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|ploughed through the wall]] of the TARDIS...
*Written by - [[Steven Moffat]]
*Produced by - [[Phil Collinson]]
*Directed by - [[Graeme Harper]]
*1st Assistant Director - [[Dan Mumford]]
*3rd Assistant Director - [[Andy Newbery]]
*Additional Assistant Director - [[Kevin Myers]]
*Driver - [[Kevin Kearns]]
*Continuity - [[Non Eleri Hughes]]
*Script Editor - [[Brian Minchin]]
*Focus Puller - [[Ant Hugill]]
*Grip - [[John Robinson]]
*Camera Assistant - [[Tom Hartley]]
*Jimmy Jib - [[Arun Taylor]]
*Boom Operator - [[Ramon Pyndiah]]
*Electricians - [[Ben Griffiths]], [[Clive Johnson]]
*Supervising Art Director - [[Arwel Wyn Jones]]
*Associate Designer - [[James North]]
*Senior Props Maker - [[Penny Howarth]]
*Assistant Costume Designer - [[Rose Goodhart]]
*Costume Supervisor - [[Lindsay Bonaccorsi]]
*Costume Assistant - [[Barbara Harrington]]
*Make-Up Artist - [[Morag Smith]]
*Assistant Editor - [[Carmen Roberts]]
*Post Production Supervisors - [[Samantha Hall]], [[Chris Blatchford]]
*Post Production Co-ordinator - [[Marie Brown]]
*3D Artist - [[Mark Wallman]]
*2D Artist - [[Simon C Holden]]
*On Line Editors - [[Matthew Clarke]], [[Mark Bright]]
*Colourist - [[Mick Vincent]]
*Dubbing Mixer - [[Tim Ricketts]]
*Sound Editor - [[Paul McFadden]]
*Sound FX Editor - [[Paul Jefferies]]
*Original Theme Music - [[Ron Grainer]]
*Casting Director - [[Andy Pryor Cdg]]
*Production Executive - [[Julie Scott]]
*Production Accountant - [[Oliver Ager]]
*Sound Recordist - [[Ray Parker]]
*Costume Designer - [[Louise Page]]
*Make Up Designer - [[Barbara Southcott]]
*Music - [[Murray Gold]]
*Visual Effects - [[The Mill]]
*Visual Fx Producers - [[Will Cohen]], [[Marie Jones]]
*Visual Fx Supervisor - [[Dave Houghton]]
*Editor - [[Ceres Doyle]]
*Production Designer - [[Edward Thomas]]
*Director of Photography - [[Rory Taylor]]
*Production Manager - [[Jennie Fava]]
*Executive Producers - [[Russell T Davies]], [[Julie Gardner]]


== References ==
== Cast ==
*The [[Tenth Doctor]] mentions running into [[The Master]] [[Last of the Time Lords|recently]]. The Fifth Doctor asks if he still has his "Rubbish beard", a reference to the fact that, discounting the decayed version of the Master encountered in ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' and ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'', the Master (as portrayed by [[Roger Delgado]] and, later, [[Anthony Ainley]]) was bearded. The Fifth Doctor cannot be taking into account the incarnation of the Master played by [[Eric Roberts]] as he hasn't met him yet and he was beardless.
* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[David Tennant]]
*In replying to the "beard" question, the Doctor makes an oblique reference to [[Lucy Saxon]], "Mr. Saxon's" wife.
* [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]]
*The Tenth Doctor asks the [[Fifth Doctor]] about [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], the [[Mara]], [[Cybermen]] and [[Time Lord]]s '[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|in funny hats]]'.
*The Tenth Doctor mentions the (Fifth) Doctor's [[celery]].
*The [[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]] crashes into the TARDIS at the end of the scene. The [[Fifth Doctor]] warns the Tenth to put the shields up. Not doing so resulted in the Titanic crashing into the TARDIS.
*[[LINDA]] are mentioned (looks like the Fifth Doctor is aware of the group, which may have shown how the Tenth Doctor&nbsp;knew where to find Elton, yes Jackie called Rose back to Earth, but she probably never said where as she just wanted to see Rose, so 5 knowing about LINDA helped 10 remember where to materialise, or the Tardis may just have checked
*The Tenth Doctor makes mention of the TARDIS's [[Helmic regulator]], [[Zeiton 7|Zeiton crystals]] and venting the [[Thermo-buffer]].
*The Doctors have a slightly testy relationship (with the Tenth Doctor criticising his predecessor's decision to go "hands free" without a sonic screwdriver and his decision to wear a stalk of celery in his lapel). This is consistent with previous televised multi-Doctor adventures that have had the various parties getting on each other's nerves. In keeping with the previous stories, however, differences are set aside for the greater good and the different incarnations part on friendly terms.


==Continuity==
== Crew ==
===Individuals===
On initial broadcast, the only member of crew credited was the writer [[Steven Moffat]].
*[[Martha Jones]]
*[[Tenth Doctor]]
*[[Fifth Doctor]]
===Races and Species===
*[[Human]]
*[[Time Lord]]
===Technology===
*[[Sonic screwdriver]]
===Locations===
*[[London]]
*[[Time Vortex]]


== Story notes ==
=== Uncredited crew ===
*This is the third filmed contribution by the new series production team to [[Children in Need]]. In 2005, they had offered the [[Children in Need Special|Children in Need Special (aka 'Pudsey Cutaway')]]. In 2006 they provided a live concert of music during the traditional Children in Need charity time period, and subsequently offered it to home viewers prior to the original broadcast of [[The Runaway Bride]].
The [[Doctor Who website|''Doctor Who'' website]]<ref name="S4 credits">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/?episode=s0_05&action=credits|ti|title=Time Crash - Episode Guide|date of source=28 March 2008|website name=BBC - Doctor Who - Season 4|accessdate=20 November 2018}}</ref> revealed more credits:
*After it was cancelled, the original series was briefly revived by the inaugural ''Doctor Who'' filmed entertainment made especially for Children in Need, entitled [[Dimensions in Time]]. In 1993, [[The Five Doctors]] was also broadcast as a part of, though not made especially for, the Children in Need charity drive.
*This story marks the first appearance of a Doctor from the original series appearing in the new series, although recognisable drawings of original series Doctors can be seen in [[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]].
*This story is directed by [[Graeme Harper]] who also directed [[Peter Davison]]'s last story ([[DW]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani]]'').
*[[Steven Moffat]] (writer) also wrote the Comic Relief story, ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]''.
*The special was introduced by Terry Wogan and [[John Barrowman]].
*[[Peter Davison]]'s name appears in the credits, the first time (discounting the 1996 TV movie) that an original series Doctor has had his name at the start of an episode.
*The Fifth Doctor remembers how to save the TARDIS when he is the Tenth Doctor because, as the Fifth, he saw what the Tenth did. This is a reference to [[time]] going in a straight line, which makes sense, but was not discussed in ''[[The Three Doctors]]'' or ''[[The Five Doctors]]''.
*This is the first official episode of Doctor Who written by Steven Moffat that doesn't use his theme of highlighting childhood fears.
*This episode marked the final use of the 2005 arrangement of the "[[Doctor Who theme]]" by [[Murray Gold]]; a new arrangement by Gold would be introduced in the next proper episode, ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]''.
*According to writer (later executive producer-designate) [[Steven Moffat]], in an interview with [[DWM_Issue_389|''Doctor Who Magazine'' #389]], the events of ''Time Crash'' are considered canonical.
*This is the first televised "multi-doctor" story in the history of the show that did not include [[Patrick Troughton]] as the [[Second Doctor]], who had appeared in the [[The Three Doctors|Three]], [[The Five Doctors|Five]] and [[The Two Doctors|Two Doctors]] stories.


=== Ratings ===
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|S4 cite = <ref name="S4 credits">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/?episode=s0_05&action=credits|ti|title=Time Crash - Episode Guide|date of source=28 March 2008|website name=BBC - Doctor Who - Season 4|accessdate=20 November 2018}}</ref>


===Filming Locations===
|S4=
*[[Upper Boat Studios]], [[Cardiff]]
* [[Producer|Produced by]] [[Phil Collinson]]
* [[Director (crew)|Directed by]] [[Graeme Harper]]<ref name="S4 credits">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/?episode=s0_05&action=credits|ti|title=Time Crash - Episode Guide|date of source=28 March 2008|website name=BBC - Doctor Who - Season 4|accessdate=20 November 2018}}</ref>
: With Thanks to the [[BBC National Orchestra of Wales]]
* [[Doctor Who theme|Original Theme Music]] - [[Ron Grainer]]
* [[Casting director|Casting Director]] - [[Andy Pryor CDG]]
* [[Production executive|Production Executive]] - [[Julie Scott]]
* [[Production accountant|Production Accountant]] - [[Oliver Ager]]
* [[Sound recordist|Sound Recordist]] - [[Ray Parker]]
* [[Costume designer|Costume Designer]] - [[Louise Page]]
* [[Make-up designer|Make Up Designer]] - [[Barbara Southcott]]
* [[Incidental music|Music]] - [[Murray Gold]]
* [[Visual effects|Visual Effects]] - [[The Mill]]
* [[Visual effects producer|Visual FX Producers]] - [[Will Cohen]], [[Marie Jones]]
* [[Visual effects supervisor|Visual FX Supervisor]] - [[Dave Houghton]]
* [[Editor]] - [[Ceres Doyle]]
* [[Production designer|Production Designer]] - [[Edward Thomas]]
* [[Director of photography|Director of Photography]] - [[Rory Taylor]]
* [[Production manager|Production Manager]] - [[Jennie Fava]]
* [[Executive producer|Executive Producers]] - [[Russell T Davies]], [[Julie Gardner]]


===Myths and rumours===
|S4-2=
* When the Fifth Doctor asks if the Master "still has that rubbish beard," the Tenth replies, "No ... well, a wife." This was interpreted by some fans as being a gay culture reference; a "beard" is a slang term for a member of the opposite sex who joins a homosexual individual in a marriage or other relationship in order to mask the fact that one or both partners is gay.  Moffat confirmed it as a gay joke in Death Ray Magazine in 2008, when he proudly claimed "I've got the record for gay jokes. I've got the gayest joke of all time in Doctor Who - I've got the "beard" joke about the Master". However, the presence of the joke does not necessarily confirm that the Master, himself, was gay.
'''General production staff'''<ref name="S4 credits">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/?episode=s0_05&action=credits|ti|title=Time Crash - Episode Guide|date of source=28 March 2008|website name=BBC - Doctor Who - Season 4|accessdate=20 November 2018}}</ref>
* [[1st assistant director|1st Assistant Director]] - [[Dan Mumford]]
* [[3rd assistant director|3rd Assistant Director]] - [[Andy Newbery]]
* Additional [[Assistant director|Assistant Director]] - [[Kevin Myers]]
* [[Driver (crew)|Driver]] - [[Kevin Kearns]]
* [[Continuity supervisor|Continuity]] - [[Non Eleri Hughes]]
* [[Script editor|Script Editor]] - [[Brian Minchin]]


===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
'''Camera and lighting'''<ref name="S4 credits" />
*If the Tenth Doctor recalls this meeting from when he was the Fifth Doctor, then why was the Fifth Doctor so worried about his regeneration in [[The Caves of Androzani]]? ''Perhaps in the heat of his impending "death" the Fifth Doctor simply forgot about his future encounter or perhaps time was in flux. There also seems to be a strong suggestion that the ringing of the cloister bell triggers the Tenth Doctor's memories.''
* [[Focus puller|Focus Puller]] - [[Ant Hugill]]
* [[Grip]] - [[John Robinson]]
* [[Camera assistant|Camera Assistant]] - [[Tom Hartley]]
* [[Jimmy jib operator|Jimmy Jib]] - [[Arun Taylor]]
* [[Boom operator|Boom Operator]] - [[Ramon Pyndiah]]
* [[Electrician]]s - [[Ben Griffiths]], [[Clive Johnson]]


*If the Tenth Doctor tells the Fifth Doctor about meeting the Master in that incarnation then he would have known that he wasn't the last of the Time Lords (although this may partially explain the Doctor's extreme reaction to the news that [[Professor Yana]] has a [[Chameleon Arch]] fobwatch). ''Possibly, because the Doctor met the Master several times after his Fifth incarnation, he assumed that the Tenth meant one of those other encounters (such as the TV movie, in which the Master has a wife, no beard, and acts in a rather camp manner; see the above reference to the double meaning of "beard").''
'''Art department'''<ref name="S4 credits" />
* [[Supervising art director|Supervising Art Director]] - [[Arwel Wyn Jones]]
* [[Associate designer|Associate Designer]] - [[James North]]
* [[Senior props maker|Senior Props Maker]] - [[Penny Howarth]]


*The Tenth Doctor was at least as much confused meeting himself as the Fifth Doctor and he did not expect the Fifth Doctor thinking he is a [[LINDA|fan]] (Although he should have remembered it). ''It might be that the Fifth Doctor, being aware of the problems that paradox may cause, locked these memories in the back of his mind, and remembered at the moment he heard the [[Cloister Bell]]''
|S4-3=
'''Costume and make-up'''<ref name="S4 credits">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/?episode=s0_05&action=credits|ti|title=Time Crash - Episode Guide|date of source=28 March 2008|website name=BBC - Doctor Who - Season 4|accessdate=20 November 2018}}</ref>
* [[Assistant costume designer|Assistant Costume Designer]] - [[Rose Goodhart]]
* [[Costume supervisor|Costume Supervisor]] - [[Lindsay Bonaccorsi]]
* [[Costume assistant|Costume Assistant]] - [[Barbara Harrington]]
* [[Make-up artist|Make-Up Artist]] - [[Morag Smith]]


*Throughout the story, the Doctor's hand-in-a-jar is located to the right of the console (as seen by viewers), but with the glass turned away from the camera (the illuminated interior can barely be glimpsed. It is in this position as Ten says goodbye to Five. Immediately after, the crash into ''Titanic'' occurs, and the hand-in-a-jar is suddenly positioned at the same spot on the floor, but with the glass ''facing'' the camera. ''Surely the impact of the Titanic crashing into the TARDIS would have moved the jar, even if just a little.''
'''Post-production staff'''<ref name="S4 credits" />
* [[Assistant editor|Assistant Editor]] - [[Carmen Roberts]]
* [[Post-production supervisor|Post Production Supervisors]] - [[Samantha Hall]], [[Chris Blatchford]]
* [[Post-production co-ordinator|Post Production Co-ordinator]] - [[Marie Brown]]
* [[3D artist|3D Artist]] - [[Mark Wallman]]
* [[2D artist|2D Artist]] - [[Simon C Holden]]
* [[On-line editor|On Line Editors]] - [[Matthew Clarke]], [[Mark Bright]]
* [[Colourist]] - [[Mick Vincent]]


*Two episodes previously, in ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'', the Doctor claims that Time Lords can always recognise one another, and in that episode and the preceding ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', he recognises the Master on sight (even after having spent a considerable amount of time knowing the Master only as his human form, [[Yana]]). However, in ''Time Crash'', the Fifth Doctor does not recognise the Tenth. ''Perhaps Time Lords, for whatever reason, cannot identify their own future incarnations. In [[The Five Doctors]], the First Doctor does not realise who the Fifth is, although it doesn't take that much to convince him. The Fifth Doctor, however, instantly recognised his younger self; similarly the Tenth Doctor identified the Fifth without any delay. It's also possible the circumstances could have caused the Fifth Doctor to become temporarily addled - especially if The Five Doctors hadn't yet happened to him, or perhaps it doesn't work on past/future incarnations of the same Timelord, perhaps to preserve the First Law of Time in case two incarnations of a Timelord accidentally encounter one another - i.e., passing in the street, as opposed to actively interacting.''
'''Sound'''<ref name="S4 credits" />
* [[Dubbing mixer|Dubbing Mixer]] - [[Tim Ricketts]]
* [[Sound editor|Sound Editor]] - [[Paul McFadden]]
* [[Sound effects editor|Sound FX Editor]] - [[Paul Jefferies]]
}}
== Worldbuilding ==
* The [[Fifth Doctor]] appears physically older in the presence of the [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]] due to their shorting out of the [[time differential]] between them.
* The Tenth Doctor mentions [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka]], the [[Mara]], [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] and [[Time Lord]]s [[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|in funny hats]].
* The Tenth Doctor comments on the "fashion choice" of the Fifth Doctor's [[celery]]. He also mentions his cricket outfit.
* The [[Fifth Doctor]]'s parting words warn the Tenth to put the shields up. Not doing so resulted in the ''[[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]]'' crashing into the TARDIS.
* The Tenth Doctor makes mention of the TARDIS's [[Helmic regulator]], [[Ziton]] [[crystal]]s and venting the [[Thermo-buffer]].


*When the Tenth Doctor asks where the Fifth Doctor is in his life, why does he only reference Nyssa and Tegan and not other companions, particularly [[Adric]]. ''Perhaps he didn't want to cause any time-paradox issues by mentioning a companions the Fifth Doctor may not have yet met (Nyssa and Tegan travelled with the Fifth from the very start). As for Adric, he presumably didn't want to remind his younger self of his death.''
== Story notes ==
* This is the third filmed contribution by the new series production team to [[Children in Need]]. In 2005, they offered the Children in Need special, [[Born Again (TV story)|''Born Again'']] (aka 'Pudsey Cutaway'). In 2006 they provided a live concert of music during the traditional Children in Need charity time period and subsequently offered it to home viewers before the original broadcast of ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]''.
* In 1983, ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' was also broadcast as a part of the Children in Need charity drive, although it had been produced for the show's 20th anniversary.
* The Fifth Doctor mentions that the combined TARDIS's will cause a hole in the universe the size of Belgium. This comedic reference is reminiscent of [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (in-universe)|''The'' ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'']]''.'' Humorously the rudest swear word in the Universe, save Earth is apparently Belgium.
* This story marks the first appearance of a Doctor from the original series in the revived series. Later, in 2013, another 20th century Doctor reprised his role in the series: [[Paul McGann]] in ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]''. [[Tom Baker]] would also reprise his role as the Doctor, but a [[The Curator|different incarnation]] in ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''. In 2017, [[David Bradley]] appeared as the [[First Doctor]], standing in for the late [[William Hartnell]] in ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'', ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'' and ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]''. The latter also featured Peter Davison as the Doctor also as well as [[Colin Baker]], [[Sylvester McCoy]] and Paul McGann.
* This is the first on-screen TV appearance of the Fifth Doctor since [[TV]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''.
* This is the first TV story to star both [[David Tennant]] and [[Peter Davison]].
* This story is directed by [[Graeme Harper]], who also directed [[Peter Davison]]'s last story. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'')
* [[Steven Moffat]] also wrote the Comic Relief story ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]''.
* The special was introduced by [[Terry Wogan]] and [[John Barrowman]].
* [[Peter Davison]]'s name appears in the credits, the first time (other than [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the 1996 TV movie]]) that an original series Doctor has had his name at the start of an episode. This would next occur in the mini-episode [[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'', featuring [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and also written by [[Steven Moffat]].
* This is the first official episode of ''Doctor Who'' written by [[Steven Moffat]] that doesn't use his theme of highlighting childhood fears.
* This episode marked the final use of the 2005 arrangement of the "[[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]]" by [[Murray Gold]]; a new arrangement by Gold would be introduced in the next episode, [[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]''.
* According to the writer, later executive producer [[Steven Moffat]], in an interview with [[DWM 389|''Doctor Who Magazine'' #389]], the events of ''Time Crash'' are canonical.
* This is the first multi-Doctor story of the revived series.
* Incidental music from the Fifth Doctor era is used as part of the background music.
* According to ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'', the Fifth Doctor's costume consisted of an original series coat, shirt, trousers and hat band borrowed from an exhibit, and a new hat and hand-knitted jumper. The trousers had extra fabric sewn into the bottom, which identified them as the pair worn by [[Colin Baker]] in his first scenes as the [[Sixth Doctor]]. [[Peter Davison]] also remarked that a real stick of celery was included in the ensemble, rather than the fake piece used during most of his tenure.
** Aside from the special having its own ''Confidential'' episode, this story and its filming are also referred to in [[CON]]: ''[[Sins of the Fathers (CON episode)|Sins of the Fathers]]'', the ''Confidential'' episode for [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'', which guest stars [[Peter Davison]]'s daughter and [[David Tennant]]'s wife [[Georgia Moffett]].
* When the Tenth Doctor puts on his "brainy specs", he says "Snap!", referring to the {{w|Snap (card game)|children's card game}} in which players must say "Snap!" when two of the same card are played. The Doctor previously said "Snap!" to himself in ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'', when the [[Second Doctor|Second]] and [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] Doctors met. [[River Song]] later said "Snap!" when she showed the Doctor her sonic screwdriver.
* This story takes place immediately after Martha leaves [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]''. A cutaway during her farewell in the original episode allows for this episode to occur between that episode and [[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]''.
* The Fifth Doctor muses that the new series' TARDIS console room is a [[desktop theme]] named "Coral". He also says it is worse than "leopard skin". His criticism of the TARDIS's redecoration is similar to that made by the [[Second Doctor]] to [[Third Doctor|his immediate successor]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]''. The Tenth Doctor would later criticise the decor of the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s TARDIS in [[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''.
** The revelation that the TARDIS console room design can be changed like a computer desktop is consistent with previous indications that the interior can be easily and dramatically reconfigured, ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'') and clarifies the differing look of the TARDIS interior in [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', as well as minor changes seen over the years during the classic series. The different appearance of the console room during the mid-Tom Baker era is explained on-screen as being a secondary control room. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'')
* The Tenth Doctor tells the Fifth that he loved being him, saying that before that he "was always trying to be old and grumpy and important like you do when you're young", presumably referring to previous incarnations such as the [[First Doctor]].
* The Doctors have a slightly testy relationship. The Tenth Doctor playfully teases his predecessor's decision to go "hands free" without a [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] and his decision to wear a stalk of celery in his lapel, while the Fifth Doctor calls his successor a skinny idiot and critiques his tendency to comment on "every single thing that happens to be in front of him." This is consistent with previous televised multi-Doctor adventures that have had the various parties getting on each others' nerves. In keeping with the previous stories, however, differences are set aside for the greater good and the different incarnations part on friendly terms.
* [[Steven Moffat]] revealed in a 2007 interview that the [[the Master|Master]] "beard" joke was an intentional reference to [[homosexuality]]. "I've got the record for [[gay]] jokes. I've got the gayest joke of all time in ''Doctor Who'' — I've got the 'beard' joke about the Master." In slang, a [[wiktionary:beard|beard]] can mean a woman who joins a gay man in a [[marriage]] or other relationship in order to mask the fact that one or both partners is gay.
* Near the end of the serial, the Tenth Doctor tells the Fifth that "you were ''my'' Doctor." The phrase "my Doctor" is commonly used by real-life ''Doctor Who'' fans to refer to the incarnation of the Doctor that they grew up watching; [[David Tennant]] appropriately grew up watching [[Peter Davison]]'s performance as the Doctor and was inspired to become an actor because of it.
* Excluding the archive footage appearance of [[Freema Agyeman]] as [[Martha Jones]], this is the second TV story to feature an all-male cast, following [[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]''.
* In the ''Doctor Who'' edition of [[Trivial Pursuit]], ''Time Crash'' is dated to [[2007]].
* Since 2005, a segment of the fandom had been clamoring for the return of earlier Doctors. [[Russell T Davies]] had thus far resisted the temptation, but [[Steven Moffat]] thought that a charity mini-episode was the ideal vehicle for such a gimmick. In enthusiastic agreement was [[David Tennant]], who discussed the matter with Moffat. Both men were keen to approach [[Peter Davison]], who was a favourite Doctor for both men. Furthermore, Moffat's wife, [[Sue Vertue]], had recently produced Davison's sitcom ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_Stress_%26_Anger Fear, Stress and Anger]'', so Moffat was now personally acquainted with the actor.
* [[Peter Davison]] was delighted to be asked back to play the Doctor again, as he and his family were fans of the revival.
* [[Steven Moffat]] wrote the script while on holiday soon after starting work on ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]/[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]''.
* [[Graeme Harper]] had just completed work on ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'' and ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]].''
* The special was made as part of season four's fourth production block, which consisted of ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]].''


*The presence of two Doctors apparently will create a Belgium-sized hole in the universe. This did not occur any other time different incarnations of the Doctor met (at least onscreen). ''The damage is suggested to be in fact caused by the two TARDISes merging. Also, in [[The Three Doctors]], [[The Five Doctors]] and [[The Two Doctors]] the meeting of the Doctors was at least partially orchestrated by the Time Lords, who may have been able to negate any such effects.''
=== Ratings ===
* 11.0 million


*The revived series has expanded on the idea of the TARDIS being alive, and [[Jack Harkness]] (and possibly also the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]]) has a quantity of "TARDIS coral" with which they can grow a TARDIS. In ''[[The Impossible Planet]]'', the Doctor confirms that TARDISes are grown and not built. The TARDIS's "coral" appearance is presumably meant to reflect this. However, this episode reveals that the coral look is only one of several possible "desktop themes". ''Perhaps the coral theme is the default, as it was how the TARDIS looked when it was originally grown. Or maybe the default look is a completely different "organic" look that we've never seen before. Just because they are partly organic doesn't mean they have to look like coral. There has also never been an on-screen reference to "TARDIS coral" from Harkness or anyone else; a deleted scene from Journey's End (included in the Series 4 DVD set) shows the Doctor giving the Meta-Crisis Doctor a piece of the TARDIS, but it is never referred to as a coral and is never shown in great detail. The use of the term "coral" is an example of "fanon" -- facts made up by the fanbase and assumed to be canon over time, even though they have no on-screen confirmation.''
=== Filming locations ===
* [[Upper Boat Studios]], [[Cardiff]]


*The two Doctors address each other as "Doctor". Is the Doctor's name really such a secret that he can't even tell himself? ''Perhaps he does not want the TARDIS, sometimes implied to be sentient, to find out his name. Alternatively, it could be that the Doctor does not ever want to utter his own name; as Steven Moffat suggested, there must be some "terrible secret" about the Doctor's name. In the Five Doctors, the Second Doctor addressed the Fifth Doctor as Doctor, too (although, granted, there were humans present).''
=== Myths and rumours ===
* The [[Tenth Doctor]]'s comments about the [[Fifth Doctor]] being "[his] Doctor" were written or ad-lib'd by [[David Tennant]]. ''This is false - the exchange was scripted by Steven Moffat, who considers Davison to be the superior of the classic era Doctors.''


*In at least two episodes, it's shown that a past and future version of the same person cannot touch without consequences. (the explosion in ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'' when the [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart |the Brigadier's]] selves touched, and in ''[[Father's Day]]'' when [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] almost holds herself as a baby) yet Ten touches Five with nothing happening. ''Time lords are shown to be immune to this problem in the [[Three Doctors]], [[The Five Doctors]] and [[The Two Doctors]], it is probably something to do with the fact that the [[Sixth Doctor]] said [[Time Lord]]s are made for time travel.''
=== Production errors ===
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''to be added''


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
*This is the first on screen TV appearance of the Fifth Doctor since [[Dimensions in Time]] (and the first 'official' on screen appearance since [[DW]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani]]'').
* [[Ziton]] [[crystal]]s were first mentioned in [[TV]]: {{cs|Vengeance on Varos (TV story)}}.
*This story takes place immediately after Martha leaves the [[TARDIS]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]''  
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] mentions running into [[Saxon Master|the Master]] [[Utopia (TV story)|recently]]. The Fifth Doctor asks if he still has "that rubbish [[beard]]", a reference to the fact that many of the Master's incarnations tend to sport a beard. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', et al.)
*The Fifth Doctor previously met the first three Doctors ([[First Doctor]], [[Second Doctor]], [[Third Doctor]]) in ''[[The Five Doctors]]''.
* The Fifth Doctor previously met the [[First Doctor|First]], [[Second Doctor|Second]] and [[Third Doctor]]s in [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', as well as the [[Seventh Doctor]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'', the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and Seventh Doctors in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|The Sirens of Time]]'', and the [[Eighth Doctor]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]''. He would later meet the Sixth Doctor on several occasions in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)|Peri and the Piscon Paradox]]''. On that occasion, the Sixth Doctor disguised himself as a [[Piscon]] named [[Zarl]] so his younger self would not realise his identity. Similarly, he also briefly spoke to the Eighth Doctor over an intercom in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Four Doctors (audio story)|The Four Doctors]]'' but was unaware of his identity. Furthermore, his companions [[Peri Brown]] and [[Erimem]] refer to his having had a heated argument with the Seventh Doctor (whom Peri describes as a "kooky little guy in a weird pullover") prior to the events of [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Veiled Leopard (audio story)|The Veiled Leopard]]'' but this incident is not actually depicted.
*The Fifth Doctor has also met the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]s in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time]]''.
* The Fifth Doctor references [[LINDA]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'')
*The Fifth Doctor has also encountered the Seventh Doctor in [[MA]]: ''[[Cold Fusion]]'' which (implicitly) involves the later Doctor remembering having experienced the events as his earlier self, as in this story.  
* The Tenth Doctor mentions "Time Lords in funny hats", as encountered by the Fifth Doctor on his miscellaneous visits to [[Gallifrey]] — primarily [[TV]]: {{cs|Arc of Infinity (TV story)}} and [[TV]]: {{cs|The Five Doctors (TV story)}}, although sources in other media depicted further visits around this time such as [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood Invocation (comic story)}}.
*The Fifth Doctor also encountered the [[Eighth Doctor]] in [[EDA]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]''.
* The [[Seventh Doctor]] mentioned the TARDIS console room's "leopard skin" desktop theme to his enemy-turned-companion [[Elizabeth Klein]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Klein's Story (audio story)|Klein's Story]]'')
*LINDA is mentioned, they last appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[Love & Monsters]]''.
* This is the first televised multi-Doctor story to account for the ageing of the actor returning to play a previous Doctor, by explaining it as a byproduct of being taken out of his timeline - although the concept of [[time differential]] was already introduced, and applied to Tegan and Nyssa, in [[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]''. This development is also referenced in the [[Cold Fusion (audio story)|audio adaptation]] of ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'', when the Fifth Doctor asks the [[Seventh Doctor|Seventh]] if his voice sounds older.
*The reference to "Time Lords in funny hats" is to [[DW]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'' and possibly ''[[The Five Doctors]]'',
* The [[Cloister Bell]] is heard. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'', etc.)
*Fifth Doctor identified new series' TARDIS console room's as a desktop theme named "Coral". Also says it to be worse than "leopard skin". His criticism of the TARDIS' redecoration is similar to that made by the [[Second Doctor]] to the [[Third Doctor]] in ''[[The Three Doctors]]''. The revelation that the TARDIS console room design can be changed like a computer desktop rectifies continuity issues caused by the differing look of the TARDIS interior in [[Doctor Who (1996)|the 1996 TV movie]], and minor changes seen over the years during the classic series. (The different appearance of the console room during the mid-Tom Baker era ([[DW]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'', et al) is explained on-screen as being a secondary control room.)
* The Fifth Doctor knows how to complete the phrase "[[wibbly wobbly, timey wimey]]". He previously heard it uttered by [[River Song]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Requiem for the Doctor (audio story)|A Requiem for the Doctor]]'') [[Jo Grant]] may also have been the originator of the phrase, while acting as a companion to the [[Third Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Heralds of Destruction (comic story)|The Heralds of Destruction]]'') A [[Doctor Who fan (U.N.I.T. On Call)|''Doctor Who'' fan]] seemingly introduced the phrase [[wibbly wobbly, timey wimey]] via an [[ontological paradox]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[U.N.I.T. On Call (webcast)|U.N.I.T. On Call]]'')
*This is the first televised multi-Doctor story to account for the aging of the actor returning to play a previous Doctor, by explaining it as a byproduct of meeting himself; this covers off the aging of the Doctors in ''[[The Five Doctors]]'' but not ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' as the [[Second Doctor]] (not to mention [[Jamie McCrimmon]]) appear considerably older long before they encounter the Doctor. The [[Season 6B]] theory, created by fandom and recognized by some novels, may explain the reason for the Second Doctor's aged appearance in ''The Two Doctors'', but as of 2009 it has yet to be acknowledged in a televised episode.
* The Tenth Doctor knows how to avert the disaster as he remembers watching himself do so from the perspective of the Fifth Doctor. This is similar to [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)|Peri and the Piscon Paradox]]'', ''[[The Four Doctors (audio story)|The Four Doctors]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'' in which the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]], [[Seventh Doctor|Seventh]] and [[Eighth Doctor]]s respectively remember the events portrayed from the point of view of their fifth incarnation.
*The [[cloister bell]] was previously heard in [[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]''.  
** The ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|Day of the Doctor]]'' and ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]] ''however appear to slightly dispute such a possibility, stating that Time Lords (at least) are unable to fully recall encounters with their other selves until they experience them as their futuremost version, as their timelines are out-of-sync.
*The Tenth Doctor exclaims "Snap!" when displaying his glasses to his younger self. While this is a common expression, it is interesting to note that it is the same word that the Sixth and Second Doctors used to greet each other when they met in [[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]''.  
* The Tenth Doctor playfully mocks the Fifth Doctor about going hands-free, not carrying a sonic screwdriver around. The Fifth Doctor lost his own screwdriver when he fought the [[Terileptil]]s, one of whom destroyed it, in [[September]] [[1666]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'')
* A similar event happened when the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s TARDIS collided with the [[Saturnius]] in the Time Vortex. The merging of both ships caused huge temporal anomalies that threatened the lives of the crew aboard. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Unknown (audio story)|The Unknown]]'')
* The Fifth Doctor appears prematurely aged. The [[Fourth Doctor|Fourth]] and Tenth Doctors previously appeared in such a state. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'', ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') While those instances were done using heavy makeup or CGI, this instance was written in to account for [[Peter Davison]]'s real ageing since his last appearance in the role.
* The Fifth and Tenth Doctors would later meet again, during a battle with the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] in Paris. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Gates of Hell (audio story)|The Gates of Hell]]'')
 
== Home video releases ==
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File:The Complete David Tennant Years Region 1 US DVD cover.jpg|The Complete David Tennant Years DVD<br />Region 1 US cover
File:Series-4-boxset.jpg|thumb|''Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series'' DVD cover
File:Bbcdvd-series1234.jpg|thumb|''Doctor Who: The Complete Series One to Four'' DVD box-set
File:Bbcdvd-series1234567.jpg|thumb|''Doctor Who: The Complete Series One to Seven'' DVD box-set
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* Initially released in a vanilla edition alongside ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'' on 10 March 2008. Extras include the ''Children in Need Special: Time Crash'' and ''Confidential Cutdown''.
* It was released in the [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 4]] DVD box set in November 2008 along with the rest of the series.
* It was included in the collection [[Season 19 (Doctor Who 1963)|season 19]] Blu-Ray box set in [[December (releases)|December]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]].
* It was released in the Series 4 Blu-ray set in November 2013 along with the rest of the series.
** This release was initially bundled with the first four series of the revived ''Doctor Who''.


== DVD and other releases==
== External links ==
[[Image:Bbcdvd-voyageofthedamned.jpg|thumb|120px|Voyage of the Damned DVD Cover]]
* [http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/2007n.html Entry at A Brief History of Time (Travel)]
*Released in the [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|Series 4]] DVD boxset in [[November]] [[2008]] along with the rest of the Series.
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*Released in a vanilla edition alongside [[Voyage of the Damned]] on 10th March 2008. Extras include the Children in Need Special: Time Crash and Confidential Cutdown


==See also==
== Footnotes ==
*[[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]''
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*[[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]''
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*[[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]''
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*[[DW]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time]]''
*[[EDA]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]''
*[[IDW]]: ''[[The Forgotten]]''
*[[NA]]: ''[[Cold Fusion]]''
*[[BFA]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time]]''
*[[BFA]]: ''[[Zagreus]]''


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Time Crash was a special Doctor Who "mini-episode" produced for the 2007 Children in Need appeal. It was written by Steven Moffat, directed by Graeme Harper and featured David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor.

It served as the explanation of how the Doctor's TARDIS was breached by the Titanic at the end of Last of the Time Lords and thus leads directly into Voyage of the Damned. Although some might consider it a linking scene, it was very much a part of the overall continuity of the BBC Wales series of Doctor Who.

Former Doctor Who actor Peter Davison returned to reprise the role of the Fifth Doctor for the first time on television since the 1993 Children in Need special Dimensions in Time, with his original costume faithfully replicated. This special marked the first instance in which an incarnation of the Doctor from the classic series met an incarnation from the revived series.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

After saying his goodbyes to Martha Jones at the end of Last of the Time Lords, the Tenth Doctor accidentally pilots his TARDIS into the path of... the Fifth Doctor's TARDIS! As the current Doctor muses over aspects of the Fifth, the Fifth Doctor becomes increasingly worried as their combined TARDISes threaten to rip a hole in space and time the size of Belgium!

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The Tenth Doctor has just said goodbye to Martha, and is attempting to take off when the TARDIS goes haywire.

Suddenly, someone else is in the TARDIS: the Fifth Doctor. The Tenth Doctor realises straight away this is his past incarnation and excitedly begins reminiscing about his adventures in his fifth incarnation, much to the latter's confusion. The Fifth Doctor, irritated, decides that the strange, skinny bloke in his TARDIS is an obsessive fan of his — possibly affiliated with LINDA. The Tenth Doctor, to his own bewilderment, can't convince his past self otherwise, butting back about the Fifth's need for brainy specs and a celery stick as a clothing decoration.

Meanwhile, the temporal collision of the TARDIS with its past (or future) self threatens to tear a hole in the universe the exact size of Belgium, which, as the Fifth Doctor remarks, is a rather undramatic description. The Fifth Doctor despairs of finding a solution in time, but the Tenth purposefully, if maniacally, manipulates the TARDIS controls, and averts the disaster.

The Fifth Doctor is stunned - firstly at the unexpected solution, as the Tenth has managed to create a supernova at the exact same time and place as the impending black hole to cancel it out, and then at the realisation that the other man is, in fact, his future self. His later self knew the solution only because he would remember witnessing it now.

The Tenth Doctor then realises that the Fifth Doctor needs to be to sent back to his own place in the timeline by now, and tries to figure out where he was, asking him if Nyssa and Tegan were with him, or whether he has encountered the Cybermen, the Mara, or the Tremas Master yet, admitting that he just had an encounter of his own with another version of the Master. The Fifth Doctor is somewhat dismayed to hear that the Master is still around to cause problems in his future, and asks if he still has "that rubbish beard." "No, no beard this time," replies the Tenth Doctor, before hastily adding "Well, a wife."

But before the Tenth Doctor sends his past incarnation back, he starts reminiscing once again, telling the Fifth Doctor that he loved being him and having his youth and optimistic worldview. He reveals that he took quite a few of his current traits from him, such as wearing trainers with his outfit and having a voice that becomes squeaky when he shouts. Plus, he demonstrates that he too has his own "brainy specs". He tells his fifth incarnation, "You were my Doctor,".

The two Doctors then bid each other a warm goodbye: "To days to come," says the Fifth, raising his hat. "All my love to long ago," replies the Tenth with a bow. The timestreams then start separating. As the Fifth Doctor rejoins his timestream, he calls out one last time, warning his future incarnation to put up his TARDIS shields.

But, suddenly, it's too late to put up the shields, and the Titanic has ploughed through the wall of the TARDIS...

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On initial broadcast, the only member of crew credited was the writer Steven Moffat.

Uncredited crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor Who website[1] revealed more credits:

With Thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
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  • This is the third filmed contribution by the new series production team to Children in Need. In 2005, they offered the Children in Need special, Born Again (aka 'Pudsey Cutaway'). In 2006 they provided a live concert of music during the traditional Children in Need charity time period and subsequently offered it to home viewers before the original broadcast of The Runaway Bride.
  • In 1983, The Five Doctors was also broadcast as a part of the Children in Need charity drive, although it had been produced for the show's 20th anniversary.
  • The Fifth Doctor mentions that the combined TARDIS's will cause a hole in the universe the size of Belgium. This comedic reference is reminiscent of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Humorously the rudest swear word in the Universe, save Earth is apparently Belgium.
  • This story marks the first appearance of a Doctor from the original series in the revived series. Later, in 2013, another 20th century Doctor reprised his role in the series: Paul McGann in The Night of the Doctor. Tom Baker would also reprise his role as the Doctor, but a different incarnation in The Day of the Doctor. In 2017, David Bradley appeared as the First Doctor, standing in for the late William Hartnell in The Doctor Falls, Twice Upon a Time and The Power of the Doctor. The latter also featured Peter Davison as the Doctor also as well as Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann.
  • This is the first on-screen TV appearance of the Fifth Doctor since TV: Dimensions in Time.
  • This is the first TV story to star both David Tennant and Peter Davison.
  • This story is directed by Graeme Harper, who also directed Peter Davison's last story. (TV: The Caves of Androzani)
  • Steven Moffat also wrote the Comic Relief story The Curse of Fatal Death.
  • The special was introduced by Terry Wogan and John Barrowman.
  • Peter Davison's name appears in the credits, the first time (other than the 1996 TV movie) that an original series Doctor has had his name at the start of an episode. This would next occur in the mini-episode TV: The Night of the Doctor, featuring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and also written by Steven Moffat.
  • This is the first official episode of Doctor Who written by Steven Moffat that doesn't use his theme of highlighting childhood fears.
  • This episode marked the final use of the 2005 arrangement of the "Doctor Who theme" by Murray Gold; a new arrangement by Gold would be introduced in the next episode, TV: Voyage of the Damned.
  • According to the writer, later executive producer Steven Moffat, in an interview with Doctor Who Magazine #389, the events of Time Crash are canonical.
  • This is the first multi-Doctor story of the revived series.
  • Incidental music from the Fifth Doctor era is used as part of the background music.
  • According to Doctor Who Confidential, the Fifth Doctor's costume consisted of an original series coat, shirt, trousers and hat band borrowed from an exhibit, and a new hat and hand-knitted jumper. The trousers had extra fabric sewn into the bottom, which identified them as the pair worn by Colin Baker in his first scenes as the Sixth Doctor. Peter Davison also remarked that a real stick of celery was included in the ensemble, rather than the fake piece used during most of his tenure.
  • When the Tenth Doctor puts on his "brainy specs", he says "Snap!", referring to the children's card game in which players must say "Snap!" when two of the same card are played. The Doctor previously said "Snap!" to himself in The Two Doctors, when the Second and Sixth Doctors met. River Song later said "Snap!" when she showed the Doctor her sonic screwdriver.
  • This story takes place immediately after Martha leaves the TARDIS in TV: Last of the Time Lords. A cutaway during her farewell in the original episode allows for this episode to occur between that episode and TV: Voyage of the Damned.
  • The Fifth Doctor muses that the new series' TARDIS console room is a desktop theme named "Coral". He also says it is worse than "leopard skin". His criticism of the TARDIS's redecoration is similar to that made by the Second Doctor to his immediate successor in TV: The Three Doctors. The Tenth Doctor would later criticise the decor of the Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS in TV: The Day of the Doctor.
    • The revelation that the TARDIS console room design can be changed like a computer desktop is consistent with previous indications that the interior can be easily and dramatically reconfigured, (TV: Castrovalva) and clarifies the differing look of the TARDIS interior in TV: Doctor Who, as well as minor changes seen over the years during the classic series. The different appearance of the console room during the mid-Tom Baker era is explained on-screen as being a secondary control room. (TV: The Masque of Mandragora)
  • The Tenth Doctor tells the Fifth that he loved being him, saying that before that he "was always trying to be old and grumpy and important like you do when you're young", presumably referring to previous incarnations such as the First Doctor.
  • The Doctors have a slightly testy relationship. The Tenth Doctor playfully teases his predecessor's decision to go "hands free" without a sonic screwdriver and his decision to wear a stalk of celery in his lapel, while the Fifth Doctor calls his successor a skinny idiot and critiques his tendency to comment on "every single thing that happens to be in front of him." This is consistent with previous televised multi-Doctor adventures that have had the various parties getting on each others' nerves. In keeping with the previous stories, however, differences are set aside for the greater good and the different incarnations part on friendly terms.
  • Steven Moffat revealed in a 2007 interview that the Master "beard" joke was an intentional reference to homosexuality. "I've got the record for gay jokes. I've got the gayest joke of all time in Doctor Who — I've got the 'beard' joke about the Master." In slang, a beard can mean a woman who joins a gay man in a marriage or other relationship in order to mask the fact that one or both partners is gay.
  • Near the end of the serial, the Tenth Doctor tells the Fifth that "you were my Doctor." The phrase "my Doctor" is commonly used by real-life Doctor Who fans to refer to the incarnation of the Doctor that they grew up watching; David Tennant appropriately grew up watching Peter Davison's performance as the Doctor and was inspired to become an actor because of it.
  • Excluding the archive footage appearance of Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones, this is the second TV story to feature an all-male cast, following TV: The Deadly Assassin.
  • In the Doctor Who edition of Trivial Pursuit, Time Crash is dated to 2007.
  • Since 2005, a segment of the fandom had been clamoring for the return of earlier Doctors. Russell T Davies had thus far resisted the temptation, but Steven Moffat thought that a charity mini-episode was the ideal vehicle for such a gimmick. In enthusiastic agreement was David Tennant, who discussed the matter with Moffat. Both men were keen to approach Peter Davison, who was a favourite Doctor for both men. Furthermore, Moffat's wife, Sue Vertue, had recently produced Davison's sitcom Fear, Stress and Anger, so Moffat was now personally acquainted with the actor.
  • Peter Davison was delighted to be asked back to play the Doctor again, as he and his family were fans of the revival.
  • Steven Moffat wrote the script while on holiday soon after starting work on Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead.
  • Graeme Harper had just completed work on Planet of the Ood and The Unicorn and the Wasp.
  • The special was made as part of season four's fourth production block, which consisted of Partners in Crime.

Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 11.0 million

Filming locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Myths and rumours[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Tenth Doctor's comments about the Fifth Doctor being "[his] Doctor" were written or ad-lib'd by David Tennant. This is false - the exchange was scripted by Steven Moffat, who considers Davison to be the superior of the classic era Doctors.

Production errors[[edit] | [edit source]]

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.

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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Home video releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Voyage of the Damned DVD Cover

    Voyage of the Damned DVD Cover

  • The Complete David Tennant Years DVD Region 1 US cover

    The Complete David Tennant Years DVD
    Region 1 US cover

  • Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series DVD cover

    Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series DVD cover

  • Doctor Who: The Complete Series One to Four DVD box-set

    Doctor Who: The Complete Series One to Four DVD box-set

  • Doctor Who: The Complete Series One to Seven DVD box-set

    Doctor Who: The Complete Series One to Seven DVD box-set

  • Initially released in a vanilla edition alongside Voyage of the Damned on 10 March 2008. Extras include the Children in Need Special: Time Crash and Confidential Cutdown.
  • It was released in the Series 4 DVD box set in November 2008 along with the rest of the series.
  • It was included in the collection season 19 Blu-Ray box set in December 2018.
  • It was released in the Series 4 Blu-ray set in November 2013 along with the rest of the series.
    • This release was initially bundled with the first four series of the revived Doctor Who.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Time Crash - Episode Guide. BBC - Doctor Who - Season 4 (28 March 2008). Retrieved on 20 November 2018.
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