Why are all five Doctors being removed from their separate time-streams? Who is the enemy they will have to unite against? What will become of the Doctors when the battle is over?

We have travelled a long way with Doctor Who. The Five Doctors gives us a chance to turn the clock back and meet some old friends - and some old enemies.
 

But this is not a game. One by one, the five Doctors are removed from their respective time-streams and dumed in the Death Zone on Gallifrey.
But who is manipulating them in this way? And why has the Master been sent to help them?
And what exactly is Rassilon's tomb?

The Five Doctors was originally broadcast on 25th November 1983 to mark the twentieth anniversary of the series. It was written by Terrance Dicks who was script editor of the series for five years and who has written more than sixy novelizations of Doctor Who television stories.

Doctor Who - The Five Doctors is available on BBC video and has recently been broadcast on BSB television.

The world's longest running science-fiction series celebrated its 20th anniversary with this special feature-length story. A glorious reunioun of all five Doctors and many of their companions and infamous enemies.

A place of ancient evil once feared throughout the universe - the Death Zone on Gallifrey. Abandoned for centuries it is now re-activated by someone who dares to play the deadly Game of Rassilon once more.

The first five incarnations of the Doctor have been snatched from their Time-Streams; the fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) is trapped in the Time/Space Vortex, and the remaining Doctors, aided by old friends and companions, must cross the Death Zone and reach the Tomb of Rassilon to discover the final secret of the first Time Lord President before all the Doctors are pulled intothe Vortex forever. But old adversaries are also active within the Death Zone - a Dalek, a Yeti, a deadly Raston Warrior Robot, a troop of Cybermen and the evil renegade Time Lord known as The Master all stand between the Doctors and their goal.

Running time: 90 mins approx.

Produced by John Nathan-Turner
Directed by Peter Moffatt
Cover Illustration: Andrew Skilleter/Radio Times
Cover Design: Sid Sutton
 

'I am being diminished, whittled away piece by piece. A min is a sum of his memories you know, a Time Lord even more so ...'

Someone is taking the Doctor's past selves out of time and space, placing them in a vast wilderness - a battle arena with a sinister tower at its centre.

As the various incarnations of the Doctor join forces, they learn they are in the Death Zone on their home world of Gallifrey, fighting Daleks, Cybermen, Yeti ... and a devious Time Lord traitor who is using the Doctor and his companions to discover the ancient secrets of Rassilon, the first and most powerful ruler of Gallifrey.

Originally transmitted 25th November 1983

Running time: 102 mins approx

Cover Illustration by Colin Howard
Produced by John Nathan-Turner
Directed by Peter Moffatt
Video presentation by Paul Vanezis
Music by Peter Howell of Radiophonic Workshop