Classic Reunions! | The Power of the Doctor | Doctor Who 

At a recent convention, Sophie Aldred told a story of filming the support group scene. William Russell was having some problems with his line, at one point he spilled his tea and could not stop apologizing for it. John Bishop, who has an older relative who also suffers from dementia, sat on the floor behind William and fed him his line. However, this was also a bit challenging because William started imitating John's Liverpool accent.

7:20 William Russell, at 98 years old, portraying Ian Chesterton for, potentially, the last time ever before he passes.

imagining ian's conversation with the other companions is so funny. like everyone else had a relatively pleasant time that they more or less signed up for but ian (and barbara) literally just got kidnapped by one. imagine him being like wait wait wait.... so he INVITED you on board???? wow. he just locked us inside the tardis and flew us to prehistoric earth. we didn't get a choice.

The 5th Doctor answering Tegan with Adric brought tears to my eyes.

I love the robes moment, a minor bit of levity in a dire situation, but it also continues the joke that the Doctor cannot stop arguing with themselves regardless of the circumstances when there is more then 1.

My fave 'reunion' was the Master and Ace. "Last time I saw you, you were half cat" "Well, a man's allowed to experiment..." Sacha just chewed the scenery so much, and I loved every minute he was on screen.

1:26 I was genuinely surprised when Paul McGann appeared in this special. I saw a few spoilers online but I avoided the one saying The 8th Doctor would make an appearance. I was jumping on the couch out of excitement! I’ll never forget that moment.

Elisabeth Sladen was significantly missed in this scene

Rest in piece William Russell

The conversations between Tegan, Ace, and their Doctors really closed some old wounds for us Classic fans that grew up watching those eras. When Seven talks about Ace being his "child" in a way, I am reminded of those days when she was just an 18yr old orphan who found a family in our Doctor. To see her grown and having flown the nest as all children should, it brought a lump in my throat to see them, father and daughter, talking together again.

it's the "brave heart" that gets me EVERY. TIME.

It's a shame Tom Baker or Christopher Eccleston weren't involved. Still, this episode was just.... FANTASTIC!

I love the moment when they acknowledge Adric's death. Getting sent the "toy" cyberman was more than just a cruel joke for Teagan. It was a trigger of a very traumatic memory. The fact that she thought the Doctor was purposely or thoughtlessly triggering her really explains why she was so mad at them the whole time. I'm glad they were able to make peace. It also makes me wonder if Adric was on the Doctor's mind whenever they encountered the Cybermen from that point on.

Colin Baker turns 80 next month, and Sylvester McCoy celebrates his 80th birthday in August.

It's crazy how so many years later, Peter still feels like the real thing!

When 13 is in her mind and sees 1,5,6,7,and 8. My only change I would have wanted is Capaldi coming back as 12 and like 8 instead of being in the formal robes he is in his hoodie and faded shirt playing his guitar while wearing his sonic sunglasses. But I know Peter has sadly said he doesn't want to come back to Doctor Who as much as I want him to return

I love the detail that with Tegan and the the doctor interface, when she got more emotional, he became more real, and less hologram-y Edit: I just noticed a similar effect happened with Ace and the interface

The Guardians of the Edge gave the Classic Doctors the justice they were missing in The Day of the Doctor.

I loved that chat with Seven and Ace we finally got closure on what happened between season 26 and the TV Movie.

I love it when they bring back companions and they should do that for the new doctor

I love Reunion of Dr Who classic characters. 🥹🥹🥹

This was like Spider Man No Way Home level of jaw-dropping unbelievable cameos and moments for me, it made me feel so warm to see the past Doctors and companions ❤

It was these moments that made 'The Power of the Doctor' for me. Seeing my favourite Doctor/companion pairing onscreen again got me all choked up.

I love seeing the happy genuine side of meeting the Doctor, normally the show goes into the loss and tragedy (which is important, every person is important and to mourn them helps everyone move on and remember) but now they talk about the good with the Doctor for Companions to come together without worry of being thrown in psych wards-

Power of the Doctor had me squealing and crying so much, thank you so much for an amazing era with Jodie as the Doctor and what an amazing way to celebrate the show and conclude her time as the Doctor!!!! 💙💙

I was grinning from ear to ear through out this episode! Best of the era!

Every time I see Paul McGann as the Doctor, it makes me wonder if his version of the Doctor wouldn't have more success later in his career. At least there are the radio plays with him as the Doctor and others with Eric Roberts having way too much fun portraying the Master.

I loved 7 & 8s little bicker there with the robes lol

Sylvester McCoy gave his best Emperor Palpatine impression in this scene and I love it

The fact the doctor always remembered Adric.

1:44-1:53 Love that moment, especially as McCoy and McGann were both in the TV film.

Bonnie still looks so young. What a dazzling smile.

11 and 13 were my absolute favorite doctors! I cried like a baby when Matt Smith changed and same with Jodi! 😩

I was so touched by *all* the appearances of various past Doctors and companions throughout the special. Although I don't have a particular favourite, the Fifth and Seventh incarnations (hologram form) briefly reuniting with Tegan and Ace nearly had me in tears. And what's symbolic about Ian's cameo was that he, as one of the earliest companions, specifically asked Dan (the latest to debut) the very question about "her".

Imagine being Tegan, traveling with a crazy alien and your two friends, and one of your friends (a TEENAGER) dies a horrible painful death, causing the beginning of the human race, a very traumatic event since your friend had to die for you to be born, and decades later that same alien sends you a memento of that moment like it was a trip to NY! I would be very angry too

6:54 Kate: "I will also say I may want to you for some work" Well she lived up to that promise by recruiting Mel.

Two things running through my head. 1) In the companions support group there’s an empty chair. Is that meant for Sarah-Jane? 2) How did Mel get back into her own time and place?

It was really touching seeing Colin and Paul in this. I honestly think neither of them were given a fair chance on screen - 8 should have had the War Doctor role in 'Day of the Doctor'.

Haters may complain. But nothing says Jodie’s an official Doctor like the classic Time Lords acknowledging her as one of them. Great scene.

I loved this episode and seeing all the former companions.

The perfect ending to the support group would be the 15th Doctor sitting in the room the whole time. In the end when he was asked his name, he would cheekily reply …”Oh me? I’m just The Doctor.” (Close credits)

7 or 8 could slip right back in like they never left

That scene with the companions and their storys was really good. Seeing Ian and everyone else there was a nice way to say how long Doctor Who has been around and a note to the BBC's 100th.

Oh, that moment when Sylv's voice rasps in and catches Sophie. Such a powerful scene, and one that made me cry.

omg... putting all these scenes together just make me cry my eyes out.

I missed Elisabeth Sladen in that last Scene! I think she were perfect for that. It's still a pity that she died 12 Years ago...

One of the greatest gifts of this era. Fantastic stuff!

"Why aren't you wearing?" "I don't do robes." "Always one that has to be different."

Ian Chesterton is back ! :D

Ace and seven. Brilliant

Was it just my imagination, or did anyone else pick up on potential chemistry between Ace and Graham when they were together? On first viewing of PotD I could almost imagine them being together and having their own spin-off, maybe working for Kate.

1:08 I was just so happy how they found a way to get the classic doctors into an episode!!

All this made me tear up when i saw it. It was all from my childhood.

The spin-off with Kate might have some of the companions! 💙💙

I could watch an entire episode that was just the support group telling stories. Especially if Captain Jack crashed the meeting...

I'm hoping The Seventh Doctor opens up to ace on why he was the way he was towards her since Big Finish have teased that we are exploring the final days of The Seventh Doctor

I really wish eccelston would have made a cameo not a big one just tell 13 she’s doing a fantastic job

It'd be fun to hear what Mel's been up to all this time. Where did she travel? What happened to Glitz? And how did she find her way back to Earth for the reunion?

Sylvester McCoy bringing the old Merlin and stealing scenes. Wonderful!

Aww, beautiful.

I always wanted to see a role reversal scene where a young Doctor is doting on an old Ian and he's not having it.

im a simple human being. i saw paul mcgann, i clicked

The 5th to 8th Doctor were finally rewarded after being left out of the 50th anniversary episode. 🙂

I wish Tom Baker (Fourth Doctor) was there too, but he is now 89 years old and he was probably not feeling well at the time.

This whole episode was amazing and I loved every bit of it, seeing the classic doctors, the companions, it was epic!

As a teenager I watches random bits of Tom Baker's incarnation. I didn't know anything about the history or regeneration, and because I could only catch it on reruns on the local PBS station, never caught it in order or saw the longer arch of everything, but I did enjoy it. I only found out about the 2005 reboot several years after it came out, but I started watching it (I think on Netflix) and I have since watched EVERY single one (some multiple times) - I've even gone and bought all the DVD sets. I got the Eccelston/Tennant, Smith, and Capaldi all at once, and then Whittaker once it was available. The whole thing is such an epic saga of a story (multiple sagas inf act) I know some people take issue with parts by a particular producer or director, or don't like some of the writing, or some of the topics. But its ALL Dr Who, and it always will be. I will watch it until the end (either of me, or of the show, whichever comes first)

Frazer Hines who played Jamie is still alive and kicking. But then they’d have to explain how he got to the 21st Century. But if anyone needed a support group it would have been him. 😊

They really need to do a proper few episodes, or even a season, with Paul McGann.

The empty chair had a photo of Sarah-Jane

This scene with the Doctor and Tegan, on top of Big Finish's 'Forty' set, really fixed a lot of issues with their 80's run.

I think my favorite part about the doctor support group is there is 100% like a handful more companions who couldve shown up and just didnt its very funny

Ranked from Least Awesome to Most Awesome (Although they are all Awesome!)- Jo Martin (Yeah, okay, see you around when some other writer can think of something to actually do with this character) Kate Stewart (Always nice seeing her, but she only just appeared last year and will apparently appear again next year, so it's not so much of a "grand return" really; Still fun though!) Grahem (Only saw him a season ago) Peter Davison (Saw him in Time-Crash but so glad he was here too!) Collin Baker (Thank god his last on-screen appearance in Doctor Who won't go down as a debate between him saying: "Carrot Juice" and Dimensions in Time) Paul McGann (Always great seeing this guy- Just patiently waiting for his on-screen spin-off any day now... ) David Bradley (Glad to see this guy is now officially the First Doctor, and no longer being horrifically mis-portrayed as a raging misogynist either) Jo (Glad to see her again, although she's been through a lot with The Death of the Doctor and everything she's done at Big Finish, so hopefully this companion support groups can help her out; Still, since she has technically already made a return on The Sarah Jane Adventures, I would have swapped her out for Polly; Although who knows, maybe in another universe I'm saying the exact opposite lol) Sylvester McCoy (Every day, I think about how amazing it is that the New Series has actually acknowledged the Seventh Doctor- I swear, up until this point, I was wondering if the show was just pretending like his era didn't even happen) Mel (Don't know how this character is on Earth right now, but I guess her timeline didn't even make sense to begin with- Even Big Finish haven't done a proper introduction story for her yet; Maybe if the rumors are true of her coming back, maybe the "puzzle" will finally be put together) Tegan (I remember reading an interview years back about Chris explaining that he brought Captain Jack back because of his energy, but would have also like to bring back Sarah Jane and Harry if their actors hadn't passed, and how he would also like to bring back Amy & Rory, Rose, and Tegan at some point, so hey! Glad to see that finally fulfilled upon!) Ace (Never actually thought this show would acknowledge this character again; Amazing!) Ian (Thank you; Finally this itch in my brain can be put to rest!)

UGH!!! This damn episode... EVERY TIME!! 🥺

Id have loved if they had Tennant, Smith and Capaldi here too, wonder if they could find someone similar enough to Troughton and Pertwee too like they have for the 1st doctor

Imagine… Ace: “Is she ok?” Yaz: “She’s more than ok, she’s fantastic!”

if she were still alive, it would have been so, so fantastic to see Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith) in the middle of that group

I'm so happy 8 came back for this

Brave Heart Tegan, that line was so iconic to the 5th Doctor, I always felt her exit was oddly anticlimactic so the Daleks kill some people and she decides to do a runner, it was rather out of character in my opinion.

Almost a shame they couldn't have found some way to have Troughton and Pertwee's Doctors in here somewhere.

Watching this with a wistful eye, waiting for *that* regeneration...was *not* expecting 14 to be doing the final voiceover.

R.I.P. William Russell.

I was kissing my mobile phone when I saw the Classic Who reunions with tears of joy

Say what you like about any doctor, but the Seventh had an intensity which few TV actors can match.

This should've been the 60th anniversary episode, not the non related three disappointing specials that we had, barely any references to the past 60 years . Would've been absolutely ideal to see William Russell and the classic Doctors in it, including the new who ones like Capaldi, Matt Smith and so on, opportunities missed i think.

I really hope that we start getting more returns of previous companions and possible multi doctor stories. I'd kind of also like to see more of Unit especially Osgood who definitely needs to make a return.

Jesus....I'm not crying, you're crying.....

I wish we saw Martha, an old version of Amy and Rory and Bill(those are the only people who can come back and you may be thinking about Clara but she died so she should stay there and not come back, also also bill didn’t die)

They wanted Tom Baker as one of the past regenerations. But he was unavailable.

2:19 5 - "Go past here, there's no way back." 10 - "BYE!!!"

Now that we know The Power of the Doctor could have been the last episode of NuWho as it was for Classic Who, the whole The Edge of Existence scene takes on a whole different meaning. "The Edge... of Existence. Symbolic, obviously..." of the show. "The question is, what are we going to do about it?" Yes, with Chibnall looking for a showrunner to succeed him and no one wanting to take it, it was a real problem. "This is supposed to be handed over; you cant ruin it for the next one!" And indeed, as Whittaker shot her regeneration with no one to hand over the role to. "But time's running out!" Davies returning as showrunner really was an 11th hour appointment as the BBC rushed to fill the gap, especially with the 60th anniversary and BBC Centenary and the Disney deal all on the line (how crummy would it have been if Doctor Who went on hiatus right after two important anniversaries, and all we got on Disney was the NuWho back catalog). I'm glad it all worked out well in the end, in the episode and backstage. I hope someone finally steps up to take the TARDIS keys after Davies is done with his work.

I can’t believe Paul McCann is on here

Paul McGann is so hot even now jeez 😅😅😅

The story of Chibnall: >becomes showrunner >creates the most divisive era of the show’s history >makes an amazing (if incoherent) celebration of the show’s history with great cameos >leaves

She was really good. To be fair I like them all. And think they all left when it was getting good.

This episode is a very good regeneration episode

Great moment but the 5th Doctor really made this for me.

How good of the BBC to make this vid, highlighting the best bits of the story for us.

Now that they've recast Hartnell, I'm wondering when they're gonna recast Troughton.

It was wonderful to have so many reminders of when Dr Who was appointment viewing. So excited for the Tennant episodes.

Jodie Whittaker was a good Doctor given bad scripts.