The Doctor Who Anniversary That Changed EVERYTHING 

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One of my favourite stories is that, although Troughton and Pertwee clashed a lot at the start of production, they became good friends by the end. But they continued to play up the rivalry at conventions that, when the Five Doctors was written, it was assumed that they wouldn't want to work together so purpousefully didn't have them meet until the scene at the end where the 5 Doctors come together, which Troughton and Pertwee were quite upset about

10:33 “no, Sir… all thirteen!” I like how the line eventually got a wink in the 50th anniversary!

As a new fan, slowly learning more about Dr. Who, I find it somewhat bitter-sweet, seeing that capricious, prickly old man one last time. With a sly, knowing smile on his face, just as he put one on mine. You can tell he made peace with being the First Doctor, even though he didn't understand it.

The Brigadier is one of those characters who the Doctor really doesn't like when he's a regular character, but as soon as he becomes an occasional character, the Doctor views him as his best friend

I strongly disagree, my favourite moment in the story is Omega's child like cry as he realises he no longer has a physical form, he's trapped in literally every possible sense of the word and all he has left is to cry and tantrum.

I think I prefer the Five Doctors overall, but this one is pretty good too. I like them both a lot more than the Two Doctors. It’s actually quite funny that both the Three and Five Doctors didn’t fully feature as many as their titles suggest, with Hartnell basically being in a cameo role and Baker only appearing through a couple of scenes from Shada.

The serial where the Time Lords really start to get fleshed out. Great story, and incredible performances by everyone, particularly Pertwee and Troughton. The only sad part of this story was seeing Bill Hartnell in such a run-down state. And hey! I loved the Gel Guards!

Always loved this special, rewatching it alot as a child on DVD!! I was scared of omega and his uncontrollable anger, I'd imagine when this was first aired, it must have been terrifying for kids!! I read somewhere that Pertwee got annoyed at Troughton mainly because pertwee had memorised not only his own lines but the lines of everyone else in the scene so he knew when to respond and react to everyone.. Troughton was more laid back and even improvised some of the lines and shortened the existing lines down, this annoyed pertwee as he never knew when his cue was! Its nice that they eventually became very good friends who played up their rivalry at conventions and tv appearances!! Rest in peace to them both!!

The Three Doctors is honestly one of my favorite multi-Doctor stories along with the Five Doctors and Day of the Doctor

Good review of The Three Doctors! I think this story is a great way to celebrate 10 years. I do love this story as a kid, and I still love it now. I do like Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee together and Troughton just steals the show. I will admit it was good to see William Hartnell again in this story even though his role is limited because of his health but I call it dedication even when he was sick, he still came back as the 1st Doctor to do this story and this was the last time, he played the 1st Doctor, and you can tell he still loves playing the 1st Doctor. I do like Omega in this story, and he was a great villain and I do love the Brigadier in this story.

"Omeega" 💀

Hey Harbo, great video as always. I never usually request anything from creators because they’re the ones making the video, but seeing as you’re doing Classic Who reviews, I thought it might be fun to go over The Tenth Planet, as I feel that it’s one of the most influential serials of all time, up there with The Daleks and Rose. Also I’m incredibly excited for the Heaven Sent review, it’s my favourite episode of all time.

Idk, that yell does sound like someone who realized all this was for nothing, all that pain overcoming him.

This was one of the few 20th century stories I'd play repeatedly on my old VHS player. But when I saw it the first time, I really had no idea who Hartnell and Troughton were...

11:19 I paused to read this. I just love the way Hartnell dropped it into a newspaper interview that he wasn't getting offered parts on TV because "They fight shy of engaging expensive actors". Because of his disadvantaged early years he became quite a snob regarding his career. But having seen many of his performances (he virtually steals "Footsteps in the Fog" in the final act), he had plenty to be snobbish about. He was an actor who thoroughly deserved his eventual stardom.

Funny story: The Sixth Doctor did meet the Brigadier in the Dimensions in Time special for Children in Need. Of course, this was also a crossover with Eastenders and is considered by basically everyone to not be canon and best forgotten.

My favourite all time story, it’s Biblical sized and sitcom furnished. Biblical because of the godly trinity of Doctors, sitcom because of well, just look at that shattered UNIT office. Seriously though, only then Doctor Who could have done The Three Doctors and in my aged Whovian opine, because it did it first, every multi Doctor story since has no way been more original or inventive (and I love multi Doctor stories). A wonderful review. Gx

I was watching Logopolis and I heard your intro chime as part of the music towards the end of part 4, when the doctor escapes out onto the balcony. I can't be the only one to have noticed!

The way they pronounce Omega was the normal British way in the days of received pronunciation. I still say Oh-miggah. Same in Evil of the Daleks. See my other post for possible explanation.

Omega like: “I refuse to die”

I loved this when it first came out. Jon Pertwee was my first doctor as a child and this was the first time I was shown others. Having since seen all the Doctor Who episodes (some only stills with original audio) I can really appreciate how great this was. One thing I did find interesting was that in this and subsequent visits from Patrick Troughton's Doctor he was a lot lighter of character than in his original run. I didn't see his original episodes until my 40s and I just thought him funny and cheeky and a 'clown'. I think he was originally a lot closer to Pertwee and they lightened him up to give them more notable difference in character. It worked so well. And as you said it made a great celebration and kickoff to new adventures. I love Nicholas Courtney and I think his Brigadier gives a real grounding for the Doctor in any of the episodes he is in. I was ready for more space adventures but I loved the Doctor coming home to familiar settings with UNIT.

It's a good day when Harbo uploads

Geneva has approved this broadcast.

Still happy that Hartnell was able to participate in some way.

One thing I’ve found quite neat is how well it bookends “The War Games”, which was the first time The Doctor reached out to the Time Lords for help. Doing so then resulted in him being put on trial, forced into regeneration and exiled to Earth with the TARDIS effectively immobilized. “The Three Doctors” would be the SECOND time that The Doctor calls upon the Time Lords for help and this time, he’s given both of his predecessors, keeps his then-current form, is thanked by the Time Lords (even if from afar) and has his exile officially ended and the TARDIS rendered mobile once more…no better way to end the Earthbound Doctor era, imho…😅😁

one thing id like to see is a review of the whole key to time saga, obviously cut down a bit to fit in one review

Great review

Do you plan to cover any of the expanded universe attempts at Anniversary specials (eg: Dimensions In Time or Zagreus)?

Funfact: As the Serial merely span the time from 30th of December 1972 to 20th of January 1973, it wasn't even a 10th anniversary - not even a 9½th one. I wonder why it was sceduled in THAT way ... does anyone know?

The Three Doctors is no different from Forever Red. I don’t know whether Ninja Storm was already assured by the time they made it, but Wild Force being the tenth Power Rangers season and the LAST on American soil, they made sure to celebrate THEN just in case. They didn’t start bringing American continent actors (because some were Canadian) to New Zealand until JDF in Dino Thunder. And then because of the 2010 gap year the seasons and the anniversary began to match. Even the crossovery anniversary aspects for the 20th anniversary were mostly in 2014 because of the nature of the production (the 21st anniversary and season). So yeah I completely understand.

At the time of this programme, when I was growing up in the 60s in England, the last letter of the Greek alphabet was pronounced neither omeega (which sounds like "amiga" to me) nor omayga, but ALWAYS Oh-miggah. The same pronunciation was used in Evil of the Daleks for the same reason. It may have been classicists' influence. There are 2 Os in Greek: the little (micro) O, hence O-micron, and the big (mega) O, hence O-mega. So I still pronounce it as Oh-miggah. For the same reason I still say Oh-my-cron, and not Ommee-kron as the medics said during Covid.

I swear you mispronouncing Omega as Omeeega or Omayga sometimes, but then saying it correctly sometimes... I thought you were trolling us until your comment at the end.

What you say about Omega requiring three Doctors to team up makes me hope The Giggle concludes with an Avengers-esque moment where 14 shouts 'Doctors... CONTACT!' and multiple Doctors appear to help fight the Toymaker.

14:56 Me: *Darth Nihilus flashbacks*

An interesting thought about omega is that he was what gallifreyans were before time travel, but that means he was born before the looms and the death of the other. The other MIGHT have been born after the death of omega or during the life of omega and thus if the doctor is a form of the other than this episode could be a reunion that neither understand and the doctor might have killed his own friend 😢 P.S. omega reproduced before the looms the natural way so his oblivion state is all the more tragic to him 😮

It's funny to think that this was 50 years ago: I remember watching it in 1973. The character of Omega was quite arresting. The funny blue and red amorphous monster was much scarier than the gellguards to me as a schoolboy at the time.

Technically the brigadier did meet the 6th doctor in dimensions in time

Great vid

I feel like Harbo’s just putting off Heaven Sent/Hell Bent at this point. 😂

I wonder how the first doctor would have reacted to all the years of doctor who especially now

5:36 Using Timeranger/Time Force for this joke KILLED me 🤣🤣🤣

I always kind of liked "The Three Doctors" even though the monsters look like Christmas Fruit Cakes and I used to joke that the Timelords have Rockabilly haircuts. :)

I kind of viewed this as the episode where The Brigadier finally 100% accepted 3rd Doctor as The Doctor.

I love this story a lot. It's just so fun

Hastily rewritten due to Hartnells health.

At 10:34 dose this line get called back to in day of the doctor

New to your channel I'm struggling to watch Torchwood children of earth and miracle day do you have any videos about those shows many thanks

Man at 2:43,THAT SWANS PEEEE-ISED!😂

I was annoyed that Omega didn't return during Flux especially when they started talking about anti-matter

Perfect celebration 🍪

It was for its day and I enjoy it for that

I remember watching it back in the 70s and being very disappointed by the aliens as they looked ridiculous even as a tenyear old i felt let down by the producers and the BBC at least they could have brought back the cyber men rather than beings that looked like melted jelly babies.

Didn't the Brig meet the 5th Doctor on Madrywn Undead?

Well, I thought The Three Doctors was pretty good. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Every time you say Omega like that, the red mist descends across my vision.

Omega not omEga

I still just dont get at that time of 82-83,why the fuck the production came up with showing pics of everyone, and a damn wax 4th doctor??!!gotta make adjustments,around the left arm!! There had to be a few uncomfortable 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️'s while trying to pose with such a scary thing 😂!!sheesh..

I liked "The Three Doctors." The only thing I didn't like about it was Jo's terrible outfit. LOL.

honestly, I kinda liked that scene where omega is devastated at what he is, it really humanises him, he isn't just this big powerful villain similar to darth vader. he was a scientist trying to help his people who went insane. if you start to view him a little more empathetically, you can kind of see it his reaction isn't just due to his plans being messed up, think about what he has become, he physically does not exist anymore, that's a devastating, terrifying existence

1:58 I hope we're not suggesting that Silver Nemesis isn't awesome

I feel the Brigadier is too pig headed in this story. He's seen some amazing things in his time with the Doctor but now he won't listen not just to him but to Benton? And he never thought to look into the Tardis after all these years? He's gone to the mat for the Doctor with gov't bureaucrats, why is he suddenly acting like one?

That UNIT tower is part of an era that isn't canon

Shots fired at AEW!😄

Is the Three Doctors a true celebration of the years of the doctors' adventures, or was there something totally different that we never got to see. The Omega story was the tip of the ice berg. There were many ways this could of gone down. There is a roam that this story was part of a massive new take on the origins of the time lords as well as the truth behind their origins, which is connected to Earth's involvement in the doctors own history. Omega origins and the doctors connections are a little more puzzling, from the 3 doctors' story it said Omega is older than them, but sometimes that is where a mystery comes into this story, the doctor is 900 years old and Omega is 1000 years older than the doctor question is is Omega that old and is the age of any time lord true in the mythos of those time lords. The first doctor knew Omega and Morbus and not forgetting that old man who lived behind the doctors home on the mountain in a cave who was even older than either Omega and Morbus. So maybe age to a time lord is just an excuse? 900 to 1000,0007,000 a time doesn't need a age because they are ever more than time itself with regenerations of infinity if 12 is just an excuse for their true state of time?

As a fan of Doctor Who since 1971, I both love AND hate the show! I love Classic Who, and hate New Who! I fell out of love with New Who with Matt Smith's frankly ridiculous, "fish custard!" And "gender fluid" Timelords / Timeladies / Timethings are a step too far, in my opinion! Additionally, based on my experiences, New Who fans are extremely rude and insulting, if you dare to comment, for example, that a female Doctor is "ridiculous!" I vow to NEVER comment on New Who again, and I'd be happy to see it cancelled! (Again!) Long live Classic Who, and cancellation to New Who! 🤣

Sorry, this is starting to really annoy me. You do this, the girl on who culture does this, and it’s frustrating. It’s pronounced Oh-may-ga not oh-mee-ga.

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