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| |broadcast date = [[25 August (releases)|25 August]] [[1975 (releases)|1975]] | | }} The ''Disney Time'' special of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', often dubbed '''''Disney Time and Space''''' was broadcast during the bank holiday of 1975 on [[BBC One]]. |
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| }}{{TV stub}}'''''Disney Time 1975''''' was a special edition of the yearly ''Disney Time'' programme, a holiday schedule filler produced by the [[Disney|Walt Disney Company]] in which clips from various Disney films (animated and otherwise) were linked by new footage from celebrities. In this particular edition, it was hosted by the [[Fourth Doctor]] (played as always by [[Tom Baker]]). | |
| == Synopsis == | | == Synopsis == |
| The [[Fourth Doctor]], frolicking in various areas of [[London]], tells a series of stories which introduce clips from various [[Disney]] films. | | The [[Fourth Doctor]] receives a message from [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] and has a few travels in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. |
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| == Plot == | | == Plot == |
| The [[Fourth Doctor]] materialises in [[London]] and asks a passerby if they know [[Donald Duck]], [[Mickey Mouse]] or [[Goofy]]. After some prompting, the man recalls that those are all "Disney toons". The Doctor then explains that, as he was passing by the planet [[Mars]] in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]], he realised he hadn't seen Mickey and the gang in a long time. He cites this as the reason for his arrival in London, "just in time for ''Clock Cleaners''" — ''Clock Cleaners'' being a Mickey Mouse cartoon which is then shown.
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| After the cartoon concludes, the Doctor observes passersby and muses that it would be "fun" to have a friend who was invisible to all but oneself. As he fleshes out this fantasy, it becomes clear that he is introducing a clip from the movie ''Blackbeard's Ghost'', about a man who is the only man in the world able to see the rambunctious ghost of the pirate Blackbeard. The camera then cuts to a scene of that movie playing in a movie theatre.
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| After the scene concludes, the Doctor is shown manning the ticket booth. He lets in a little girl for free, stating that he is "not without influence", and then begins to tell the story of Mowgli, a little boy lost in a jungle and raised by wolves, who met a snake called Kaa; this introduces a segment from Disney's ''The Jungle Book''. After the segment wraps up, the Doctor admits that real wolves, tigers and snakes are "rather different" than what is shown in Disney's fantasy, introducing a sequence from the documentary ''African Lion''.
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| The Doctor then sums up the stories of ''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' and ''Escape to Witch Mountain'' (introducing clips of both these features). Afterwards, standing on a stairway somewhere in London, he tells his audience that fantasy can include such whimsy as talking fish and people breathing underwater, and argues that if they do not believe this, then they have obviously never seen the film ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'', from which a sequence is soon shown.
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| The Doctor then announces that Disney is making a new film, entitled ''Return of the Big Cat'', set to come out on Christmas. No one has seen it yet, but the Doctor, being a traveler in time and space, is able to show an extract from it. Following this, the Doctor muses on the life of dogs (who, he points out, rarely sings) before reminding his audience that all of this is null and void to Disney, at least as far as their film ''Lady and the Tramp'' is concerned. This leads directly into a scene from that picture.
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| The camera then cuts to the Doctor, alone in the movie theatre as the screening concludes. Even as he prepares to tell one more story, a disembodied hand rises from between the rows, holding a sheet of paper. After examining the paper, the Doctor explains that it is a message from [[Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]], who is "in trouble again", and needs his scientific advisor's help. The Doctor hurriedly returns to the TARDIS, reassuring his audience, telling them that he'll be seeing them "very soon — next Saturday, in fact".
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| == Cast == | | == Cast == |
| * [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]] | | * [[Fourth Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]] |
| * Presenter - [[Richard Evans]]
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| == Notes == | | == Story notes == |
| The ending of the episode, where the [[Fourth Doctor|Doctor]] receives a message from the Brigadier about some urgent business, was meant to tie in with the following regular ''Doctor Who'' serial which started broadcasting just a few days after the broadcast of this special, namely ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygon]]''. Indeed, the Doctor and his companions begin this story hurrying to the Brigadier because of a message he sent them.
| | * This is the first ever ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story to be co-made by [[Disney]]. |
| | * The minisode was broadcast in segments before the films ''Clock Cleaners'', ''Blackbeard's Ghost'', ''[[The Jungle Book]]'', ''African Lion'', ''The Apple Dumpling Gang'', ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'', ''Return of the Big Cat'', ''Escape to Witch Mountain'' and ''Lady and the Tramp''. |
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| The episode include clips from the real-life films ''Clock Cleaners'', ''Blackbeard's Ghost'', ''[[The Jungle Book]]'', ''African Lion'', ''The Apple Dumpling Gang'', ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'', ''Return of the Big Cat'', ''Escape to Witch Mountain'' and ''Lady and the Tramp''.
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| | * It was released on [[VHS]] with ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]].'' |
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| Interestingly, two years earlier, previous editions of the ''Disney Time'' programmed had been hosted by [[Roy Castle]] ([[Ian Chesterton (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Ian Chesterton]] in ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'') and [[Jon Pertwee]] (the [[Third Doctor]]), though not as their ''Doctor Who'' characters; Castle returned in 1976, followed in short order by [[Bernard Cribbins]] ([[Tom Campbell]] in ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' and, later, [[Wilfred Mott]] in [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|Series 4]]).
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| == External links == | | == External links == |
| * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Time ''Disney Time'' on Wikipedia]
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| * [https://www.disney.wikia.com/wiki/Disney_Time ''Disney Time'' on the Disney Wiki]
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| * [https://www.scrooge-mcduck.wikia.com/wiki/Disney_Time_1975 ''Disney Time 1975'' on the Scrooge McDuck Wiki]
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