The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)

The Three Doctors was the fourth episode of the series Tales of the TARDIS and was released on BBC iPlayer on 1 November 2023 by the BBC, written by Phil Ford and directed by Joshua M.G. Thomas.

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	Jo, Clyde
	Remembered TARDIS
	Phil Ford
	Joshua M.G. Thomas
	Scott Handcock
	4
	1
	1 November 2023
	BBC iPlayer
	1x102 minute episode
Tales of the TARDIS
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This story consists of two newly recorded scenes placed on either side of an omnibus version of the TV story The Three Doctors.

Synopsis

Jo Jones and Clyde Langer meet again as she remembers when the Time Lords summoned three Doctors to fight an awesome adversary from Gallifrey's past.

Plot

To be added

Cast

• Jo Grant - Katy Manning
• Clyde Langer - Daniel Anthony

Uncredited

• Stewart Bevan - Clifford Jones (archive voice)

Crew

Executive Producers   Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter with Joel Collins and Phil Collinson

Written by Phil Ford	Produced by Scott Handcock	Directed by Joshua M.G. Thomas	Director of Photography Ryan Eddleston	Production Designer Phil Sims	Visual Effects Painting Practice
Make-up Designer Julie Kendrick	Casting Director Andy Pryor	Music Sam Watts	Costume Designer Pam Downe	Edited by Joseph Keirle
Original theme music by Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop  •  Titles by Painting Practice

General production staff Executive Producer for the BBC - Rebecca Ferguson Production Executive - Steffan Morris Line Producer - Medyr Llewelyn Location Assistant - Joe Coombes Production Co-ordinator - Florence Boyd-Gorst Assistant Production Co-ordinator - Jamie McKee Unit Driver - Paul Watkins Production Accountant - Sean Kenneally Script department Camera and lighting department 1st Assistant Director - Michael Williams 2nd Assistant Director - Lauren Pate 3rd Assistant Director - Micah Joshua Brown Floor Runner - Devante Fleming Script Supervisor - Ines Mayorga Camera Operator - Martin Stephens Camera Trainee - Ben Bellingham Focus Puller - Cai Thompson Key Grip - Ken Hodgson Clapper Loader - Josh Greenway Gaffer - Jon Down Best Boy - Matt Hutchings Electricians - Chris Hughes, Benji Hutchings	Art department Supervising Art Director - Robyn Paiba Set Decorator - Adrian Anscombe Standby Props - Phillip Bull Standby Carpenter - Phil Sharrocks Prop Hands - Atiff Tahir, Ingo Hans, Jason White, John Thomas, Mathew Shrimpton, Stuart Rankmore Standby Art Director - Nikki Joseph Standby Rigger - Elliot Williams Prop Master - Nick Thomas Graphics - Stephen Fielding Costume department Costume Supervisor - Laura Baker Assistant Costume Designer - Pandora Ellis Costume Assistant - Ellie Finch Costume Standby - Charlotte Woods	Make-up and prosthetics Casting Casting Associate - Becky Rossmaur Casting Assistant - Kristian Wall General post-production staff Post-production Producer - Ceres Doyle Post-production Supervisor - Liv Duffin On-line Editor - Geraint Pari Huws Special and visual effects Visual Effects Co-ordinator - Siân Reynish Colourists - Gareth Spensley, Christine Kelly Sound Re-recording Mixer - Emilie Thomson Audio Post-production - Bang Post Production

Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.

Worldbuilding

• Jo is wearing one of the Third Doctor's smoking jackets.
• The remembered TARDIS has a drawer that houses the Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver, the Second Doctor's sonic screwdriver, the Twelfth Doctor's second sonic screwdriver, the Third Doctor's sonic screwdriver, the Thirteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver and the Seventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver.
• Clyde's Blood River City comics are being made into a television series in Los Angeles.
• Jo mentions meeting several incarnations of the Doctor.
• Jo compares her love for the Doctor to Clyde's love for Sarah Jane Smith, though notes that her love for Cliff was different.
• Clyde likes to play Hungry Hippo.

Notes

Official BBC iPlayer thumbnail for the episode.

• The use of an archive recording was utilised to allow Stewart Bevan to posthumously reprise his role as Clifford Jones.
• This is the first instalment of Tales of the TARDIS to feature a character who was not in the original episode, and one who didn't originate from the 1963-1996 era — namely Clyde Langer, a friend of Sarah Jane Smith from the spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Continuity

• Jo has become a great-grandmother of at least two. (PROSE: Velvet Hugs)
• Jo mentions Sarah Jane Smith as she snuggles an owl toy. A stuffed toy owl was among the belongings Sarah took when she left the TARDIS. (TV: The Hand of Fear)
• Clyde gives his condolences to Jo after hearing about her husband's death. (WC: Defenders of Earth)
• When he takes a seat in the TARDIS, Clyde accidentally sits on a Verron puzzle box. (TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?, The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith)
• Clyde hasn't seen much of Luke Smith and Rani Chandra since Sarah Jane's funeral. (WC: Farewell Sarah Jane) He mentions that Luke is working for UNIT (AUDIO: Here Today) at the UNIT space station (AUDIO: In Memory Alone) with his husband, Sanjay. (WC: Farewell Sarah Jane)
• Jo tells Clyde that she once met three incarnations of the Doctor at once, but then corrects herself to "two and a bit", which spurs her memories of the First Omega Crisis. (TV: The Three Doctors)
• Clyde mentions meeting Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart in an adventure involving the Black Archive. (TV: Enemy of the Bane)
• The TARDIS gives Jo her wedding present from the Doctor, the Metebelis crystal, (TV: The Green Death) which she previously sent back to the Doctor. (TV: Planet of the Spiders)