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* This story officially commemorated the twentieth anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | * This story officially commemorated the twentieth anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
** Ironically, [[The Three Doctors (TV story)|the previous milestone celebration story]] was first broadcast months in advance of the actual anniversary date, while the British airing of this one was two days belated. | ** Ironically, [[The Three Doctors (TV story)|the previous milestone celebration story]] was first broadcast months in advance of the actual anniversary date, while the British airing of this one was two days belated. | ||
* The ''[[Radio Times]]'' programme listing was accompanied by black-and-white full-length photographic cut-out images of a Dalek from ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'' (printed back to front for artistic reasons), with a comic strip-style speech bubble reading "EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!", and K9 from ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'', with a speech bubble reading "NEGATIVE NEGATIVE". The accompanying caption read "The dreaded Daleks return, they are determined to ruin Doctor Who's 20th-anniversary celebrations and to wipe out the world. Can K9 help? 7.20 p.m." A caption headed ''Children in Need'', topped with the telethon's then current logo, also appeared alongside the programme listing in ''Radio Times'' for the London, Wales and North West regions, which read “The BBC's annual appeal for Children in Need all over the country begins in earnest at 6.55. And Doctor Who will be dropping in to join Terry later in the evening. But which one?” | * The ''[[Radio Times]]'' programme listing was accompanied by black-and-white full-length photographic cut-out images of a Dalek from ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'' (printed back to front for artistic reasons), with a comic strip-style speech bubble reading "EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!", and K9 from ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'', with a speech bubble reading "NEGATIVE NEGATIVE". The accompanying caption read "The dreaded Daleks return, they are determined to ruin Doctor Who's 20th-anniversary celebrations and to wipe out the world. Can K9 help? 7.20 p.m." ''(original published text)'' A caption headed ''Children in Need'', topped with the telethon's then current logo, also appeared alongside the programme listing in ''Radio Times'' for the London, Wales and North West regions, which read “The BBC's annual appeal for Children in Need all over the country begins in earnest at 6.55. And Doctor Who will be dropping in to join Terry later in the evening. But which one?” ''(original published text)'' | ||
* [[Elisabeth Sladen]] said she wished she hadn't filmed the shot of her rolling down the embankment because it didn't look very good afterwards. | * [[Elisabeth Sladen]] said she wished she hadn't filmed the shot of her rolling down the embankment because it didn't look very good afterwards. | ||
* [[Robert Holmes]] was initially commissioned to write the special. The special initially had the working title ''The Six Doctors'' because it originally included a robot impostor of one of the Doctors. The story would've detailed the Cybermen attempting to become "Cyberlords" by extracting a certain gene from the Doctor(s) genetic code and assimilating it within their own. Holmes, however, was unable to come up with a workable script, so [[Terrance Dicks]] was commissioned to write the piece. Ironically, the story immediately preceding ''The Five Doctors'', [[TV]]: ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'', did, in fact, introduce a robot character, [[Kamelion]], with the ability to impersonate others. However, despite being introduced in that story as a new companion, not only is Kamelion not referenced or seen once in ''The Five Doctors'', the character disappeared from the series for a full year because of technical difficulties, and there is no evidence he was ''ever'' intended to make so much as a cameo in this story, despite this apparently picking directly up from the previous story, in which he joined the TARDIS crew.<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/serials/6k.html</ref> | * [[Robert Holmes]] was initially commissioned to write the special. The special initially had the working title ''The Six Doctors'' because it originally included a robot impostor of one of the Doctors. The story would've detailed the Cybermen attempting to become "Cyberlords" by extracting a certain gene from the Doctor(s) genetic code and assimilating it within their own. Holmes, however, was unable to come up with a workable script, so [[Terrance Dicks]] was commissioned to write the piece. Ironically, the story immediately preceding ''The Five Doctors'', [[TV]]: ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'', did, in fact, introduce a robot character, [[Kamelion]], with the ability to impersonate others. However, despite being introduced in that story as a new companion, not only is Kamelion not referenced or seen once in ''The Five Doctors'', the character disappeared from the series for a full year because of technical difficulties, and there is no evidence he was ''ever'' intended to make so much as a cameo in this story, despite this apparently picking directly up from the previous story, in which he joined the TARDIS crew.<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/serials/6k.html</ref> | ||
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* [[Terrance Dicks]] had indicated that the apparition of Rassilon should be dressed in the manner of the Time Lords seen in ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', but this approach was not pursued by costume designer [[Colin Lavers]]. | * [[Terrance Dicks]] had indicated that the apparition of Rassilon should be dressed in the manner of the Time Lords seen in ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', but this approach was not pursued by costume designer [[Colin Lavers]]. | ||
* The clip from ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' was added so that [[William Hartnell]] would have a presence in the special. The footage was sepia-tinted by video effects designer [[Dave Chapman]] to make the transition from monochrome to colour less jarring. | * The clip from ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' was added so that [[William Hartnell]] would have a presence in the special. The footage was sepia-tinted by video effects designer [[Dave Chapman]] to make the transition from monochrome to colour less jarring. | ||
* For the Fourth Doctor and Romana's release from the time vortex, an extract from ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'' | * For the Fourth Doctor and Romana's release from the time vortex, an extract from ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'' part one, in which the pair approached the gates of [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]], had initially been selected. However, [[John Nathan-Turner]] was keen to depict all of the Doctors departing in the TARDIS, and so a clip from part three was used instead. Unfortunately, it did not match up as well with the abduction sequence, which was also taken from the opening instalment and saw the two Time Lords punting on the [[River Cam]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catweazle] | ||
* ''The Five Doctors'' marks the end of what is, as of 2023, the longest consecutive run of classic ''Doctor Who'' serials on Blu-ray. The run comprises all of [[Season 17]], [[Season 18|18]], [[Season 19|19]] and [[Season 20|20]], ending with this story. | * ''The Five Doctors'' marks the end of what is, as of 2023, the longest consecutive run of classic ''Doctor Who'' serials on Blu-ray. The run comprises all of [[Season 17]], [[Season 18|18]], [[Season 19|19]] and [[Season 20|20]], ending with this story. | ||
