Doctor No5 alias Peter Davison back in the Tardis? read on..
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For some of us of a certain age, Tom Baker and Peter Davison were the Doctor Whos that we grew up with. Allowing for the ropey special effects and the endless running down corridors, the pair were arguably the ones who saw the passing of the show from a popular sci-fi programme that punched above its weight, to the silliness that infested the Sylvester McCoy and particularly the Colin Baker years.
The point of this ramble is that it's now being reported that Peter Davison has been lured back to the TARDIS for a one-off special, believed to be for the BBC's Children in Need television bore-a-thon (although all in a good cause).
The rumours had started, bizarrely, through a conversation between Sylvester McCoy and Peter Jackson (yes, that Peter Jackson), with the former revealing the a double Doctor story was being planned for the fourth season of the new Doctor Who.
Since then, it's all but been confirmed that Davison is coming back, but it doesn't seem to be in a full episode. And it's not the first time Doctor Who has done Children In Need either - in the past, the charity appeal has put the likes of Hugh Grant, Richard E Grant, Rowan Atkinson and Joanna Lumley into the shoes of the Doctor.
We quite like the idea of a dual Doctor episode - even though history hasn't really been kind to previous attempts - so fingers crossed that Davison makes it into an episode of the series prope
This article(runour) sounds very good Peter Davison back in the Tardis? I think it would be fantastic to have Peter back in a double episode with the Current Doctor 'David Tennant.
He was the youngest actor ever to play the Doctor back in the 80's. What do you think?
enterprise_admin
he was my favorite dr after tom baker. be good to see him back in action.
i wonder how they will do it
mr_sledgeka
enterprise_admin wrote:
he was my favorite dr after tom baker. be good to see him back in action.
i wonder how they will do it
Not sure how the Producers are going to do this if this rumour is true? Let's speculate on this thread?
laracroft
i don't remeber this dr very much
can u tell me more please
enterprise_admin
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After seven years in the role, becoming the most popular television Doctor, Tom Baker's departure was a major TV event in Britain. Producer John Nathan-Turner sought long and hard to find a suitable replacement and found his man in the form of Peter Davison, a well-respected actor known for his role as Tristan Farnon in the popular BBC series "All Creatures Great and Small" and currently starring in the comedy series "Sink or Swim". Davison joined the cast in late 1980 in a cameo role in Tom Baker's final story "Logopolis," joining series regular Matthew Waterhouse and new stars Sarah Sutton and Janet Fielding in the crucial regeneration scene.
For three years, Davison took the role and made it his own... an altogether different sort of Doctor from his predecessor. More apt to solve problems with diplomacy than running headstrong into the action, the "younger" Doctor blended the scientific mind of the Jon Pertwee incarnation with the youthful enthusiasm of Patrick Troughton. Indeed, at the onset of his run he was quite the "youngster" while by his final story, "The Caves of Androzani" he wore spectacles... proof positive that Davison's acting range ran the gamut.
Joining him on his adventures were the aforementioned Waterhouse (as artful dodger Adric, the first companion to exit the show by death since the first Doctor's era), Sutton (the calculating but sincere scientist Nyssa of Traken) and Fielding (the "mouth on legs" Australian air hostess Tegan Jovanka), and later Mark Strickson (as the enigmatic alien schoolboy Turlough) and Nicola Bryant (as the waifish American botany student Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown). Also tried during this three-year era was a new type of companion, a fully roboticized creation called Kamelion, who because of technical problems only appeared in two stories. Meanwhile, the era introduced several new creations: the vicious Mara, whose path crossed the Doctor's twice; the hostile Terileptils (who became responsible for the Great Fire of London); and the dreaded Malus, operating in the walls of an English church. The Master made several well-timed returns to the program during this era, having regenerated into the form of actor Anthony Ainley in the penultimate story of Davison's predecessor, and the Doctor's party was accosted by a variety of old nemeses: Omega ("The Three Doctors"), the Silurians and Sea Devils ("Doctor Who and the Silurians" and "The Sea Devils"), and of course, both the Cybermen and the Daleks. The Doctor's path also crossed with the Black and White Guardians, nemeses during the 16th season "Key to Time" series, with Valentine Dyall and Cyril Luckham reprising their roles of five years hence for the three-story mini-series. Two visits to the Doctor's homeworld of Gallifrey also took place, including in the 20th anniversary special "The Five Doctors" which celebrated the programme's history with a multitude of guest appearances.
Peter Davison left the programme in 1984 after a three-year run in the hands of his successor Colin Baker (who had himself appeared as a guest star in "Arc of Infinity"). Davison, who stayed a popular figure in the Doctor Who fan and convention milieu, returned for the Children in Need adventure "Dimensions in Time" in 1993 and currently is starring along with Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann in Big Finish Productions' very successful line of Doctor Who audio adventures, which has reunited him with companions Mark Strickson (Turlough), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) and Nicola Bryant (Peri), as well as introduced a new companion (Erimem) played by Caroline Morris.
there you go
laracroft
thanks mr enterprise
:D
Bazza
I would like to see Peter Davison back as the Doctor. I say bring him on! I really enjoyed his time as the Doctor and he is not too old like the other guys. 8)
After seven years in the role, becoming the most popular television Doctor, Tom Baker's departure was a major TV event in Britain. Producer John Nathan-Turner sought long and hard to find a suitable replacement and found his man in the form of Peter Davison, a well-respected actor known for his role as Tristan Farnon in the popular BBC series "All Creatures Great and Small" and currently starring in the comedy series "Sink or Swim". Davison joined the cast in late 1980 in a cameo role in Tom Baker's final story "Logopolis," joining series regular Matthew Waterhouse and new stars Sarah Sutton and Janet Fielding in the crucial regeneration scene.
For three years, Davison took the role and made it his own... an altogether different sort of Doctor from his predecessor. More apt to solve problems with diplomacy than running headstrong into the action, the "younger" Doctor blended the scientific mind of the Jon Pertwee incarnation with the youthful enthusiasm of Patrick Troughton. Indeed, at the onset of his run he was quite the "youngster" while by his final story, "The Caves of Androzani" he wore spectacles... proof positive that Davison's acting range ran the gamut.
Joining him on his adventures were the aforementioned Waterhouse (as artful dodger Adric, the first companion to exit the show by death since the first Doctor's era), Sutton (the calculating but sincere scientist Nyssa of Traken) and Fielding (the "mouth on legs" Australian air hostess Tegan Jovanka), and later Mark Strickson (as the enigmatic alien schoolboy Turlough) and Nicola Bryant (as the waifish American botany student Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown). Also tried during this three-year era was a new type of companion, a fully roboticized creation called Kamelion, who because of technical problems only appeared in two stories. Meanwhile, the era introduced several new creations: the vicious Mara, whose path crossed the Doctor's twice; the hostile Terileptils (who became responsible for the Great Fire of London); and the dreaded Malus, operating in the walls of an English church. The Master made several well-timed returns to the program during this era, having regenerated into the form of actor Anthony Ainley in the penultimate story of Davison's predecessor, and the Doctor's party was accosted by a variety of old nemeses: Omega ("The Three Doctors"), the Silurians and Sea Devils ("Doctor Who and the Silurians" and "The Sea Devils"), and of course, both the Cybermen and the Daleks. The Doctor's path also crossed with the Black and White Guardians, nemeses during the 16th season "Key to Time" series, with Valentine Dyall and Cyril Luckham reprising their roles of five years hence for the three-story mini-series. Two visits to the Doctor's homeworld of Gallifrey also took place, including in the 20th anniversary special "The Five Doctors" which celebrated the programme's history with a multitude of guest appearances.
Peter Davison left the programme in 1984 after a three-year run in the hands of his successor Colin Baker (who had himself appeared as a guest star in "Arc of Infinity"). Davison, who stayed a popular figure in the Doctor Who fan and convention milieu, returned for the Children in Need adventure "Dimensions in Time" in 1993 and currently is starring along with Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann in Big Finish Productions' very successful line of Doctor Who audio adventures, which has reunited him with companions Mark Strickson (Turlough), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) and Nicola Bryant (Peri), as well as introduced a new companion (Erimem) played by Caroline Morris.
there you go
Very smart Mr Enterprise! Where's the link? or they your own words..
