@@IsaacWhittakerDakin Agreed. You'll go BLIND watching either special too many times. Just a little peek every ten years will remind you WHY they're bad!!!! The only good thing that came out of the Star Wars Special was Boba Fett and even then not everybody likes that cartoon! DIT does NOT need to be released as an extra on ANY future Doctor Who home video release.
It’s hampered by two things: 1) It’s an Eastenders crossover. DW is an escapist sci-fi adventure series. EE is a gritty kitchen sink slice of reality (well, ish). It’s like mixing a roast chicken with strawberry ice cream. Not to mention the Eastenders thing really has no reason for being - most of the Eastenders characters don’t actually do anything for the plot, they just pop up, have their cameo, then sod off. 2) The plot makes absolutely no sense. As I remember it, the Rani’s trying to imprison the Doctor in a time loop of 20-year jumps (even though it was the 30th anniversary. Whoops!). And the Doctor shifts through his various regenerations and Ace turns into various companions, yet at some points the various Doctors and various companions seem to act independently of one another. And the Doctor is trapped in Albert Square but then he’s suddenly free (apparently all it required was Bessie). And there’s something to do with the Greenwich Meridian and the Rani needs a human from Earth to complete her menagerie (well gee, what a difficult task, those are just so hard to find!) I mean, yes it’s a small, fun charity skit, it’s not going to have a story on par with Caves of Androzani. But compared with other charity skits like Curse of Fatal Death or Time Crash, it’s pants.
The 20 year jumps makes sense as it isn't connected to the fact it's the 30th anniversary, instead what they meant and as explained in the story is that they jump between 1973, 1993 and 2013. But yeah, the rest is something that only makes sense when you boggle your mind so much that you bump your head on a TARDIS console (and regenerate).
@@zacmumblethunder7466 I think you replied to the wrong person, I never mentioned food in my comment. The food analogy is in the comment of BenCol, the OP.
Here's the thing. I like the idea of the doctor changing into a previous incarnation with 7's memory in tact. You can literally write a story around that idea. It can give a chance to either have the previous actor do their own take on the current doctor or have that doctor just happy to have his personality back but aware this is only fora short time
The Celestial Toymaker is my favourite villain of all time in any franchise. A literal god who turns living beings into sentient toys. Also I do not hate Dimensions, it was as you said "a bit of fun".
Some here might not know that sketches and minisodes of popular TV shows of the day were a common feature of BBC charity telethons like Children in Need and Comic Relief (indeed Moffatt's later and far better "Curse of the Fatal Death" was made for Comic Relief). So when Doctor Who came up as an insert into a "Noel's House Party" segment of CiN in 1993, no regular viewer watching was expecting this to be some sort of serious 30th anniversary tribute. They were expecting a fun trip down memory lane for a few minutes. Dimensions in Time delivered to them just that, with the added gimmick of 3D sure to attract extra viewers. As a fan, getting anything at all back on screen was a miracle. This was probably the first appearance of the Doctor on screen since "Search out Science" - now there's a Dr Who oddity! These really were dark days to live through as a fan of the show. The Beeb had abandoned the series as a property and a bit of nostalgic joking around was all it was good for. Their dismissive attitude to the Dark Dimension special said pretty much all that needed to be said about how little they gave a crap about Doctor Who. Bearing in mind that DiT is charity silliness made and designed to be charity silliness, it's actually rather enjoyable. We still have our off-air recordings and a couple of 3D glasses stuffed in the box. I think people would need to have a sense of humour deficit not to smile along with it. Other than watching the actors and actresses hamming the most out of their 10 seconds on screen, my personal favourite bit is the 6th Doctor finally getting to meet the Brigadier. Something of a lovely "what if" moment.
Will you do a lost/unmade stories series? It’d be interesting to see you cover things like season 23 and the big finish remakes. So many interesting ideas that could have been!
I remember seeing this for the first time when I found it on TH-cam. I think I might have been a little young to have watched it at the time of it's premier, but non the less I think the plot would have confused me just as much as it did on my original viewing. Trust JNT to make the plot as baffling as possible in such a short runtime, but I spose he didn't care as he thought people would just focus on the fan service.
Remember, this is the producer who passed up the chance to cast Peter Cushing as President of Gallifrey in favour of Leonard Sachs, as he thought the regular audience of "The Good Old Days" would be drawn in and become fans of Dr Who.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 possibly because Cushing was in the non-canon Dalek stories, which would be one of few reasons not to do stunt casting? Dunno. Sachs is good but Cushing is a marvelous actor and would have made Borusa shine as well.
@@ShamrockParticle it would be nice to think JNT was thinking of the canon, but he actually told someone that Cushing hadn't got the showbiz razzmatazz that he wanted in the series. It's how people like Rodney Bews and Ken Dodd got cast. Newspapers would run a headline about the latest stunt casting and JNT would be happy. It doesn't appear he ever read the articles which usually derided the choices and said the series had become a joke. By the end of his tenure there was serious talk of Ainsley Harriot being cast as the Doctor.
I never knew about the Celestial Toymaker story. Too bad that never happened, it sounded soo much better than Dimension in Time. I don't suppose there's an actual script somewhere?
DIT was fun and silly, raised some money and features The Rani. CIN gave us a 3D DW, and Cybertech provides a theme with a bit of welly. All in all, not canon but enjoyable telly. But don't diss Victoria, as we all loved Debbie. ☺ ❤
@@Nige031077 You could perhaps refer me to a specific instance where DWM answered the question of DiM's canonicity? By the way, I too, am a longtime fan of both Classic and Modern Who, so your word, as far as I know, would just about equate to mine.
I'm gonna say timey... No. I'd wager that had Tom been taken from time, then Troughton may have died in the events of either "The 2 Doctors" or "The 5 Doctors" No Tom, means no Peter D or Colin to save Pat on either occasion. but, Of course, what do I know?
@@elberno4243 If Pat was going to die without the intervention of Peter D or Colin, how could either of them exist to save him? He'd have to be saved before either of them existed. I'm beginning to lose faith in the scientific accuracy of this series!
@@zacmumblethunder7466 indeed, causality is only an issue sometimes. Other times, paradoxical loops are perfectly acceptable.😂😂😂😠 We know that Pat survives, because Pete & Colin exist. However multi-Doctor stories are supposedly forgotten due to timey whimey, so the danger is of limited perspective, negating the veiwer's intelligence. But... in Time Crash, Tennant seemed to remember everything. ... Or we could just enjoy escapist television, in a universe which has justified time anomalies.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 oh, I misunderstood So, in the Two Doctors, Colin saves Pat. If Tom is lifted from time, there is no Peter for The Five Doctors, in turn no Colin. No Colin, means Pat may not have survived, hence, John my have never existed
@@elberno4243 I think so. Yes, if Pat turned up in Spain and died, he wouldn't eventually become Colin so there'd be no Colin to save him therefore he'd stay dead and there still wouldn't be a Colin. My brain hurts.
@@timelrdgmerx0692 You missed out "The Ice Warrior Cometh", "The Wilmslow Bok", "Death of a Sontaran" and the musical "Paint your Zygon" I'll get my coat....
Wait wait wait.. you mean.. *we could’ve had the 5 doctors reboot with the celestial toymaker for the 30th anniversary.. and we ended up with DIMENSIONS IN TIME INSTEAD??*
Learning that the Celestial Toymaker was going to be the main villain finally answers my decade long question on why this special is like this. Its still would've been a mindfuck but at least the source of the insanity would've made sense.
I hate it with a passion! It’s like a bad nightmare and makes me cringe at the thought of it. I completely understand why Tom hated the script. Although, even the parts that he rewrote are bad “she hates children!” I never knew that he wanted to have a bullet in his head. He’s so insane.
Would love to have this on DVD given its the last appearance of Jon Pertwee and indeed Nicholas Courtney. It is hard for some people to watch in its original form but there have been some imaginative reworking on TH-cam why not put them all on a DVD and give all the proceeds to Children in need. Win win for everyone.
If you would have told me back in 93 that in the future I would rather watch Dimensions In Time again rather than a current series of Doctor Who I never would have believed you. But Series 11 was so godawful that It makes DIT look like Talons Of Weing-Chiang by comparison.
I found it interesting , you could tell it was rushed . I liked it was the only time Colin Baker meet the brigadier on screen to my knowledge . I really wanted them to have a story as a team .
Well, the sixth doctor and the brigadier did have a story together in the big finish audio the spectre of lanyon moor. It’s available to listen for free on Spotify.
I read a view of this which I share and am going to echo - as a silly self-parody trying to cram as many references in as possible, it's alright. As an episode of Doctor Who, it's absolutely atrocious.
God I’d forgotten how terrible this was. Why do a lot of the original drafts sound so much better, especially some of the 8th Doctor Stories and the Cancelled Season 27.
I....haven't actually watched it. I have it, I just haven't been able to bring myself to watch it. It just seems terribly silly...and not in the good way that Curse of Fatal Death is. I suppose if the BBC agreed to donate the entirety of their profits to Children In Need, they could release Dimensions in Time on DVD - the question is, of course, would it be worth it? To the BBC? Well, that would depend on how much they value good PR, and how many Whovians would buy the DVD. I would, but I'm a completist, so.....
I have a bit of fondness for DIT... it may not be canon, but if I had a life or death choice to ask what I thought was more canon between this and something like say "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship", "Power of Three", or pretty much anything stupid in an episode in series 11 (which is every episode)... I'd go for this, there's no obligatory sonic-ing in this, cause JNT was above that sort of numpty nonsense. Also this finishes off the list of Doctors from the 20th century that Nicholas Courtney has appeared alongside... (since McGann lasted into the Millennium I don't really count him as a 20th Century Doctor despite the TV movie coming out in 1996)
I cringed behind the sofa. My problem with it was that it reifirmed all the bad points of Dr Who and after its broadcast I thought it would never be made again. Thankfully I was wrong.
The Rani is a 2nd rate villain , the plot is as mixed up as a plate of spaghetti and as exciting as brewing tea , and if everyone waived the fee as long as it was never put on sale it speaks volumes. It makes Time Crash look like The Caves of Androzani .The East Enders cast are like walking ornaments in this
Oh, good grief, I'd forgotten those hideously freakish "likenesses" of Hartnell and Troughton. Those alone are reason enough to rejoice that this abomination is unlikely to ever be inflicted on the world again.
I never new that they might of made a story with the toymaker... such a pity... as I remember when this came on and I ran behind the sofa... with embarrassment. Its so bad it makes the Twin dilemma look good...… did I say that?
Great stuff. I've always liked it because it is just fun and for charity. The 3D works a treat. See the behind the scenes and tomorrows world stuff which is featured here th-cam.com/video/KTq8W2XkdjA/w-d-xo.html
I can remember being so excited to see it when I found a place to do so in those wild west early days of the internet... and my utter indifference-to-disappointment at the results. I think what hurt it the most for me was the complete randomness of the monsters appearing in part 2, and that somehow all the companions had become of one mind. Being completely unfamiliar with Eastenders, it just felt so bizarre on every level. Still, I'd welcome a chance for it to be remastered onto a DVD release as a bonus feature some day.
Always loved Dimensions In Time. Accept it for what it is and it’s a great fun campy romp. And at that time, in my opinion *any* new Who was better than nothing at all, so I probably would’ve loved anything!
It’s terrible but it has a great ‘car crash’ quality and a sense of what might have been. The scene of the Sixth Doctor meeting the brigadier is a highlight. Also who could forget dialogue triumphs like “Pickled in time like gherkins in a jar!”
It was a bit of fun for charity. If you view it in that mindset it's ok. Plus fans who were around at the time were just glad to see the Doctor back on tv.
I wanted more when i saw it and just wish it could have been a full story! it was so awesome seeing all the companions in one place so more than anything, its a nostalgic wink
Considering this was the one time we got to see all the surviving classic Doctors together, I think it's a nice that it exists. I actually still have some of the 3D specs, which I blew pocket money on, just for Dimensions In Time. It was also nice to see the companions. Many of them hadn't been seen since their original seasons. Deborah Watling's line sums up the Rani perfectly, and strikes me as something Victoria would say. The fact that she hurt her arm rollerblading is rather cool! I just wish it had been able to focus more on the Doctors interacting with each other.
@@willlovesgaz also, was "more than 30 years in the Tardis" (i think is what that special is called) available on DVD? I'm just curious cuz i think the trailer is on TH-cam somewhere
I don't love it, but I don't hate it either. For all its flaws it did bring back a bunch of beloved faces to screen “Doctor Who” (including Susan!!…), and I can't hate anything that achieved that. By the way, something you didn't explain, but possibly should have, is the weird copyright around the film that means it can never be released again… it's quite an odd state of things, I find. (It's also the reason the Doctor Who Wiki, for unfathomably reasons, considers it non-canonical; their policies on "validity" are excessively labyrinthine.)
Question mark scar? That blew my fucking mind.
I never noticed.
The Star Wars Holiday Special of Doctor Who.
@The Tennant hee-hee-hee-hee no!
No, this is worse
@@desperatemohammedantheworl5833 Let's just agree they're both shite
Pretty much
@@IsaacWhittakerDakin Agreed. You'll go BLIND watching either special too many times.
Just a little peek every ten years will remind you WHY they're bad!!!!
The only good thing that came out of the Star Wars Special was Boba Fett and even then not everybody likes that cartoon!
DIT does NOT need to be released as an extra on ANY future Doctor Who home video release.
It’s hampered by two things:
1) It’s an Eastenders crossover. DW is an escapist sci-fi adventure series. EE is a gritty kitchen sink slice of reality (well, ish). It’s like mixing a roast chicken with strawberry ice cream. Not to mention the Eastenders thing really has no reason for being - most of the Eastenders characters don’t actually do anything for the plot, they just pop up, have their cameo, then sod off.
2) The plot makes absolutely no sense. As I remember it, the Rani’s trying to imprison the Doctor in a time loop of 20-year jumps (even though it was the 30th anniversary. Whoops!). And the Doctor shifts through his various regenerations and Ace turns into various companions, yet at some points the various Doctors and various companions seem to act independently of one another. And the Doctor is trapped in Albert Square but then he’s suddenly free (apparently all it required was Bessie). And there’s something to do with the Greenwich Meridian and the Rani needs a human from Earth to complete her menagerie (well gee, what a difficult task, those are just so hard to find!)
I mean, yes it’s a small, fun charity skit, it’s not going to have a story on par with Caves of Androzani. But compared with other charity skits like Curse of Fatal Death or Time Crash, it’s pants.
The 20 year jumps makes sense as it isn't connected to the fact it's the 30th anniversary, instead what they meant and as explained in the story is that they jump between 1973, 1993 and 2013. But yeah, the rest is something that only makes sense when you boggle your mind so much that you bump your head on a TARDIS console (and regenerate).
@@zacmumblethunder7466 I think you replied to the wrong person, I never mentioned food in my comment. The food analogy is in the comment of BenCol, the OP.
@@rockysandman5489 Oh, flip, it is indeed. And I was so proud of not making any stupid typing mistakes for once.
Your food analogy has revealed the truth. The script was by Heston Blumenthal.
This 1993 special is worse than a load of lame fart jokes?! Ouch!
TB: "Yes I'll do it but I want a bullethole in my head."
JNT: "..."
The first time I saw this I loved it.
And we get The Sixth Doctor interacting with The Brigadier.
I adore Kate O’Mara being told to camp it down in the behind the scenes and her being confused as she thought the show was camp
"Pickled in time! Like gerkhins in a jar!" Sounds a bit like my brain after watching this god awful special 😂
Here's the thing. I like the idea of the doctor changing into a previous incarnation with 7's memory in tact. You can literally write a story around that idea. It can give a chance to either have the previous actor do their own take on the current doctor or have that doctor just happy to have his personality back but aware this is only fora short time
Crazy that we now basically have had this happen
The Celestial Toymaker is my favourite villain of all time in any franchise. A literal god who turns living beings into sentient toys.
Also I do not hate Dimensions, it was as you said "a bit of fun".
2:44 Oh Silly Tom Baker! He truly was the Christopher Eccleston, of Classic Doctor Who! :)
How are you making these so fast?!
I try my best to make a lot of who videos myself! He must have a lot more free time, than me!
Some here might not know that sketches and minisodes of popular TV shows of the day were a common feature of BBC charity telethons like Children in Need and Comic Relief (indeed Moffatt's later and far better "Curse of the Fatal Death" was made for Comic Relief).
So when Doctor Who came up as an insert into a "Noel's House Party" segment of CiN in 1993, no regular viewer watching was expecting this to be some sort of serious 30th anniversary tribute. They were expecting a fun trip down memory lane for a few minutes. Dimensions in Time delivered to them just that, with the added gimmick of 3D sure to attract extra viewers.
As a fan, getting anything at all back on screen was a miracle. This was probably the first appearance of the Doctor on screen since "Search out Science" - now there's a Dr Who oddity!
These really were dark days to live through as a fan of the show. The Beeb had abandoned the series as a property and a bit of nostalgic joking around was all it was good for. Their dismissive attitude to the Dark Dimension special said pretty much all that needed to be said about how little they gave a crap about Doctor Who.
Bearing in mind that DiT is charity silliness made and designed to be charity silliness, it's actually rather enjoyable. We still have our off-air recordings and a couple of 3D glasses stuffed in the box.
I think people would need to have a sense of humour deficit not to smile along with it. Other than watching the actors and actresses hamming the most out of their 10 seconds on screen, my personal favourite bit is the 6th Doctor finally getting to meet the Brigadier. Something of a lovely "what if" moment.
Now now friend, next you'll be recommending that we all get a "fix" of something else. Lol
Sontar-Ha!
UGH! It's totally embarrassing, I never want to see it again.
The sixth doctor gets to meet the brig, this makes it worthwhile for me but it was such a big disappointment
Will you do a lost/unmade stories series? It’d be interesting to see you cover things like season 23 and the big finish remakes. So many interesting ideas that could have been!
I'm curious, but could you do Shada next?
I had forgotten about this. I was happy to have forgotten about this.
Josh, I love you more and more with every video, this is getting ridiculous now. I can’t handle all this amazing quality content.
Why can't the BBC release Dimensions In Time on DVD and all profits from the sales of the DVD go to Children In Need.
It's heart or hearts as it may be, is in the right place, but it suffers from a poor script and seems both rushed and amateurish.
I remember seeing this for the first time when I found it on TH-cam. I think I might have been a little young to have watched it at the time of it's premier, but non the less I think the plot would have confused me just as much as it did on my original viewing. Trust JNT to make the plot as baffling as possible in such a short runtime, but I spose he didn't care as he thought people would just focus on the fan service.
Remember, this is the producer who passed up the chance to cast Peter Cushing as President of Gallifrey in favour of Leonard Sachs, as he thought the regular audience of "The Good Old Days" would be drawn in and become fans of Dr Who.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 possibly because Cushing was in the non-canon Dalek stories, which would be one of few reasons not to do stunt casting? Dunno. Sachs is good but Cushing is a marvelous actor and would have made Borusa shine as well.
@@ShamrockParticle it would be nice to think JNT was thinking of the canon, but he actually told someone that Cushing hadn't got the showbiz razzmatazz that he wanted in the series.
It's how people like Rodney Bews and Ken Dodd got cast. Newspapers would run a headline about the latest stunt casting and JNT would be happy. It doesn't appear he ever read the articles which usually derided the choices and said the series had become a joke. By the end of his tenure there was serious talk of Ainsley Harriot being cast as the Doctor.
"Dementia In Time."
why couldn't the BBC release it on home video now and just give all the proceeds to Children in Need?
good question
I never knew about the Celestial Toymaker story. Too bad that never happened, it sounded soo much better than Dimension in Time. I don't suppose there's an actual script somewhere?
DIT was fun and silly, raised some money and features The Rani. CIN gave us a 3D DW, and Cybertech provides a theme with a bit of welly. All in all, not canon but enjoyable telly. But don't diss Victoria, as we all loved Debbie. ☺ ❤
Why not canon? Any confirmation on its canonicity?
If you don't believe a long time fan of Classic DW, you could ask the DWM, and see what they say.
@@Nige031077 You could perhaps refer me to a specific instance where DWM answered the question of DiM's canonicity?
By the way, I too, am a longtime fan of both Classic and Modern Who, so your word, as far as I know, would just about equate to mine.
@@rockysandman5489. I could, if I could remember which issue number it was mentioned in, but I suffer from number blindness so I have not got a clue.
@@Nige031077 Okay, do you remember more or less what DWM said about the matter? Any details on how the non-canonicity was determined?
They should release it one limited release on dvd to celebrate children in need and all or part of the money goes to the charity from sales
I have one question on The Dark Dimentions
If the 4th doctor never regenerate then why would be the 3rd doctor disappear out of existance
I'm gonna say timey... No. I'd wager that had Tom been taken from time, then Troughton may have died in the events of either "The 2 Doctors" or "The 5 Doctors"
No Tom, means no Peter D or Colin to save Pat on either occasion.
but, Of course, what do I know?
@@elberno4243 If Pat was going to die without the intervention of Peter D or Colin, how could either of them exist to save him? He'd have to be saved before either of them existed.
I'm beginning to lose faith in the scientific accuracy of this series!
@@zacmumblethunder7466 indeed, causality is only an issue sometimes. Other times, paradoxical loops are perfectly acceptable.😂😂😂😠
We know that Pat survives, because Pete & Colin exist. However multi-Doctor stories are supposedly forgotten due to timey whimey, so the danger is of limited perspective, negating the veiwer's intelligence.
But... in Time Crash, Tennant seemed to remember everything.
... Or we could just enjoy escapist television, in a universe which has justified time anomalies.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 oh, I misunderstood
So, in the Two Doctors, Colin saves Pat.
If Tom is lifted from time, there is no Peter for The Five Doctors, in turn no Colin.
No Colin, means Pat may not have survived, hence, John my have never existed
@@elberno4243 I think so. Yes, if Pat turned up in Spain and died, he wouldn't eventually become Colin so there'd be no Colin to save him therefore he'd stay dead and there still wouldn't be a Colin.
My brain hurts.
I hope the stage play gets a video.. I've always wanted to know a bit more about that one :)
Which one curse of the Dalek, seven keys, ultimate adventure, Doctor Who live?
@@timelrdgmerx0692 You missed out "The Ice Warrior Cometh", "The Wilmslow Bok", "Death of a Sontaran" and the musical "Paint your Zygon"
I'll get my coat....
Pickled in time like Gherkins in a Jar. And that's how this special should stay
I first watched it in 2010, and as a who fan and a Eastenders fan, I really felt like it should have been a three part special. What we got was awful
Wait wait wait.. you mean.. *we could’ve had the 5 doctors reboot with the celestial toymaker for the 30th anniversary.. and we ended up with DIMENSIONS IN TIME INSTEAD??*
Learning that the Celestial Toymaker was going to be the main villain finally answers my decade long question on why this special is like this.
Its still would've been a mindfuck but at least the source of the insanity would've made sense.
I hate it with a passion! It’s like a bad nightmare and makes me cringe at the thought of it.
I completely understand why Tom hated the script. Although, even the parts that he rewrote are bad “she hates children!” I never knew that he wanted to have a bullet in his head. He’s so insane.
I like it I hope someone animate this
💀
*"What happened to him?"*
"He watched Dimensions in Time"
I was always a bit baffled by The Rani having a dishy toyboy in her Tardis with her. I mean, more power to her, but it seemed a bit out of character..
Now I can see why they didn't let JNT write an actual episode during its run.
The end game......well they were going to do it before marvel
Would love to have this on DVD given its the last appearance of Jon Pertwee and indeed Nicholas Courtney. It is hard for some people to watch in its original form but there have been some imaginative reworking on TH-cam why not put them all on a DVD and give all the proceeds to Children in need. Win win for everyone.
If you would have told me back in 93 that in the future I would rather watch Dimensions In Time again rather than a current series of Doctor Who I never would have believed you.
But Series 11 was so godawful that It makes DIT look like Talons Of Weing-Chiang by comparison.
It could be worse. At least it's not that God awful song "Doctor in Distress".
I remember it well and try to forget it at the same time it was like a pantomime
A question marked scar... I never noticed that.
Interesting though, The Doctor Who Lived. (Get the reference?)
To me this was a ok episode of doctor who
I found it interesting , you could tell it was rushed . I liked it was the only time Colin Baker meet the brigadier on screen to my knowledge . I really wanted them to have a story as a team .
Well, the sixth doctor and the brigadier did have a story together in the big finish audio the spectre of lanyon moor. It’s available to listen for free on Spotify.
JNT: let’s call it 3Dimensions In Time
BBC: Shorten the name
JNT: by how much?
BBC: take away the 3
😂😂
I read a view of this which I share and am going to echo - as a silly self-parody trying to cram as many references in as possible, it's alright. As an episode of Doctor Who, it's absolutely atrocious.
VERY that!
I like to think of it as the doctor having a bad dream/trip.
Love it. One of the three Rani masterpieces, just a shame it's only 12 minutes long
i bet that william russell and jacqueline hill were in the pub during filming
God I’d forgotten how terrible this was. Why do a lot of the original drafts sound so much better, especially some of the 8th Doctor Stories and the Cancelled Season 27.
What Eighth Doctor stories? The Leekley Bible is trash.
Ender I was referring to the original drafts for the movie and the proposed sequel/first commissioned episode where he returns to Gallifrey.
I didn't consider it terrible, I considered it a rather fun little episode with a poorly written plot.
Love your videos. Great production values.
Make what you want of Dimensions In Time, but when I was 8 years old, this was the most exciting thing ever!
There was also the radio Drama Paradise of Death with Jon Pertwee, Elizabeth Sladen and Nicholas Courtney.
I....haven't actually watched it. I have it, I just haven't been able to bring myself to watch it. It just seems terribly silly...and not in the good way that Curse of Fatal Death is. I suppose if the BBC agreed to donate the entirety of their profits to Children In Need, they could release Dimensions in Time on DVD - the question is, of course, would it be worth it? To the BBC? Well, that would depend on how much they value good PR, and how many Whovians would buy the DVD. I would, but I'm a completist, so.....
I have a bit of fondness for DIT... it may not be canon, but if I had a life or death choice to ask what I thought was more canon between this and something like say "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship", "Power of Three", or pretty much anything stupid in an episode in series 11 (which is every episode)... I'd go for this, there's no obligatory sonic-ing in this, cause JNT was above that sort of numpty nonsense. Also this finishes off the list of Doctors from the 20th century that Nicholas Courtney has appeared alongside... (since McGann lasted into the Millennium I don't really count him as a 20th Century Doctor despite the TV movie coming out in 1996)
So many shows nowadays have constantly moving cameras as well, like talk shows. It's no less distracting and vomit inducing, LOL!
A wonderful silly nostalgia dump in the dark times of WHOlessness
I cringed behind the sofa. My problem with it was that it reifirmed all the bad points of Dr Who and after its broadcast I thought it would never be made again. Thankfully I was wrong.
This was probably the show's lowest ebb, in between Season 26 and The TV Movie. The show was hated by both the BBC and the public at large.
The Rani is a 2nd rate villain , the plot is as mixed up as a plate of spaghetti and as exciting as brewing tea , and if everyone waived the fee as long as it was never put on sale it speaks volumes. It makes Time Crash look like The Caves of Androzani .The East Enders cast are like walking ornaments in this
Excuse me, but some of us find brewing tea an enjoyable experience, kindly do not besmirch such a noble activity by comparing it to this ... thing.
2:01 Came back to this video just for this
Michael Gough didn't want to be reminded of his role in Arc of Infinity.
The equivalent of the Star Wars Holiday Special?
Oh, good grief, I'd forgotten those hideously freakish "likenesses" of Hartnell and Troughton. Those alone are reason enough to rejoice that this abomination is unlikely to ever be inflicted on the world again.
Fan favourite? It’s rubbish!!!!
I never new that they might of made a story with the toymaker... such a pity... as I remember when this came on and I ran behind the sofa... with embarrassment. Its so bad it makes the Twin dilemma look good...… did I say that?
Hated it and didn’t know of the question mark on Tom’s cheek .
Ps loving your videos
Great stuff. I've always liked it because it is just fun and for charity. The 3D works a treat. See the behind the scenes and tomorrows world stuff which is featured here th-cam.com/video/KTq8W2XkdjA/w-d-xo.html
I can remember being so excited to see it when I found a place to do so in those wild west early days of the internet... and my utter indifference-to-disappointment at the results. I think what hurt it the most for me was the complete randomness of the monsters appearing in part 2, and that somehow all the companions had become of one mind. Being completely unfamiliar with Eastenders, it just felt so bizarre on every level. Still, I'd welcome a chance for it to be remastered onto a DVD release as a bonus feature some day.
To put it bluntly, fuck Dimensions In Time. It was hard enough being a fan prior to the reboot and then you had this nonsense making it even harder.
I think Im the only one who likes it. OK its crap for being the only new who for the 30th anniversary, but for what it was was ok.
Couldn't they have given Tom Baker a wig or something?
Always loved Dimensions In Time. Accept it for what it is and it’s a great fun campy romp. And at that time, in my opinion *any* new Who was better than nothing at all, so I probably would’ve loved anything!
Will there be anymore episodes of this?
I’ve got some ideas, but could be a while off!
It’s terrible but it has a great ‘car crash’ quality and a sense of what might have been. The scene of the Sixth Doctor meeting the brigadier is a highlight. Also who could forget dialogue triumphs like “Pickled in time like gherkins in a jar!”
It was a bit of fun for charity. If you view it in that mindset it's ok. Plus fans who were around at the time were just glad to see the Doctor back on tv.
I wanted more when i saw it and just wish it could have been a full story! it was so awesome seeing all the companions in one place so more than anything, its a nostalgic wink
It’s a nice little add on for classic who i is a bit crap tho
Considering this was the one time we got to see all the surviving classic Doctors together, I think it's a nice that it exists. I actually still have some of the 3D specs, which I blew pocket money on, just for Dimensions In Time. It was also nice to see the companions. Many of them hadn't been seen since their original seasons. Deborah Watling's line sums up the Rani perfectly, and strikes me as something Victoria would say. The fact that she hurt her arm rollerblading is rather cool! I just wish it had been able to focus more on the Doctors interacting with each other.
Poor story, poor acting and just an unforgettable pile of dog plop!
It is nice to see all these old faces again, but they're just talking all the time and the story is going nowhere.
Couldn't they release the item on home video and donate all the proceeds to charity?
4 million viewers? i'm sure he meant 14 million...!
I said I travel thought Space and Time, I don’t visit fantasy land.
Dimensions in Time or how to damage your brand in one easy step.
Fuck I want no need my adorable Anley master in dimensions in time
DVD version is coming up in the future please
The lack of Daleks in this special is disturbing
They were supposed to be apparently, something to do with Terry Nation estate not wanting them in it, but they are in (unseen) deleted scenes....
@@willlovesgaz also, was "more than 30 years in the Tardis" (i think is what that special is called) available on DVD? I'm just curious cuz i think the trailer is on TH-cam somewhere
@@willlovesgaz I knew it. The Daleks had better lawyers!
Dimensions in time was so bad it's laughable
I’d rather watch the Sil spin-off than this mess!
Dimensions in time is underrated
Change my mind
Pickled in Time like gherkins in a jar
JNT is a hard man to love
I’ve never seen it - how can you watch it?
as a bit of fun for charity its ok. As an actual dr who story its not up to it.
I like Dimensions in Time
I don't love it, but I don't hate it either. For all its flaws it did bring back a bunch of beloved faces to screen “Doctor Who” (including Susan!!…), and I can't hate anything that achieved that.
By the way, something you didn't explain, but possibly should have, is the weird copyright around the film that means it can never be released again… it's quite an odd state of things, I find. (It's also the reason the Doctor Who Wiki, for unfathomably reasons, considers it non-canonical; their policies on "validity" are excessively labyrinthine.)
I did mention it can’t be released because the actors waived their fees......
Yes, but… whuh? Why? I don't entirely understand *why* this contract meant it couldn't be rereleased. I hoped to get a clear explanation from you.
At 3:20 I literally say why...
Yes, but, I mean… why? Why that strange clause?
Because making a profit out of charity work is wrong?
who was that trebble woman
I love love LOVE DiT!