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Many aspects of the multi-Doctor story have been explored over-the-years in many different forms. The Multi-Doctor story bases itself in the bending of the [[Laws of Time]], as the Doctor is explicitly disallowed form crossing his own time-stream. | Many aspects of the multi-Doctor story have been explored over-the-years in many different forms. The Multi-Doctor story bases itself in the bending of the [[Laws of Time]], as the Doctor is explicitly disallowed form crossing his own time-stream. | ||
A contentious | A contentious topic for fans (and for a time, only fans) was if the characters featured in Multi-Doctor stories would actually be allowed to remember the events of the story afterwards. If, for instance, the [[Second Doctor]] did not forget the events of [[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', then it would make little sense for the [[Third Doctor]] to not also remember meeting himself. Many fans speculated that this meant that the [[Time Lord]]s simply wiped the Second and [[First Doctor|First]] Doctors' memories afterwards. This some somewhat supported by such stories as [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Briefly Noted (short story)|Briefly Noted]]''. | ||
Writers at the time, however, were not concerned with this continuity point. Indeed, in the televised story [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' the first, second, and third incarnations of the | Writers at the time, however, were not concerned with this continuity point. Indeed, in the televised story [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' the first, second, and third incarnations of the Doctors consistently speak as if they recall the events of ''The Three Doctors''. On one occasion, the Second Doctor directly mentions fighting [[Omega]] to [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]], and upon meeting his third incarnation, the First Doctor asks where the "little fellow" is. | ||
An early script for the [[TV]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'' featured a scene where [[Jamie McCrimmon]] would suddenly find himself next to the [[Sixth Doctor]], leading Jamie to recognise him from their encounter in [[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]''. This scene was cut after [[Frazer Hines]] realised that he would not be able to meet the schedule of production. | An early script for the [[TV]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'' featured a scene where [[Jamie McCrimmon]] would suddenly find himself next to the [[Sixth Doctor]], leading Jamie to recognise him from their encounter in [[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]''. This scene was cut after [[Frazer Hines]] realised that he would not be able to meet the schedule of production. | ||
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One of the most notable examples of versions of the Doctor remembering the events of the story was in [[2007]]'s ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'', where a central plot point to the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]] and [[Tenth Doctor]]'s survival in the story is that the Tenth Doctor remembers seeing himself save the day from the point-of-view of the Fifth Doctor. | One of the most notable examples of versions of the Doctor remembering the events of the story was in [[2007]]'s ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'', where a central plot point to the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]] and [[Tenth Doctor]]'s survival in the story is that the Tenth Doctor remembers seeing himself save the day from the point-of-view of the Fifth Doctor. | ||
Since these stories, most mainstream and secondary stories have to come to accept the idea that characters lose their memories after the events of Multi-Doctor stories. [[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' features the realisation that the [[Tenth Doctor]] and the [[War Doctor|War incarnation of the Doctor]] will both forget the events of the story in due time. [[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'' expanded on this, stating that in multi-Doctor events, all but the final incarnation of the Doctor will forget about the story's taking place. His companions, however, will remember. Later stories contradicted this, with [[COMIC]]: ''[[Lady of the Blue Box (comic story)|Lady of the Blue Box]]'' suggesting that [[Gabby]] barely remembers the events of ''Four | Since these stories, most mainstream and secondary stories have to come to accept the idea that characters lose their memories after the events of Multi-Doctor stories. [[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' features the realisation that the [[Tenth Doctor]] and the [[War Doctor|War incarnation of the Doctor]] will both forget the events of the story in due time. [[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'' expanded on this, stating that in multi-Doctor events, all but the final incarnation of the Doctor will forget about the story's taking place. His companions, however, will remember. Later stories contradicted this, with [[COMIC]]: ''[[Lady of the Blue Box (comic story)|Lady of the Blue Box]]'' suggesting that [[Gabby]] barely remembers the events of ''Four Doctors'' and [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Heralds of Destruction (comic story)|The Heralds of Destruction]]'' implying that even the Third Doctor had all-but-forgotten the events of ''The Three Doctors''. | ||
Like most things in the impossibly large spectrum of ''Doctor Who'' content, deciding which of these accounts hold true is up to each and every fan to decide. | Like most things in the impossibly large spectrum of ''Doctor Who'' content, deciding which of these accounts hold true is up to each and every fan to decide. | ||
