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Is Peter Cushing Canonical? What to expect from Series 8 and The Day of the Doctor and The Five Doctors compared all in this FREE magazine. Fan Made, by a fan, for the fans and without profit. Dr Who remains copyright of the BBC. All images remain copyright of the original photographers
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INSIDE:4 - Pete's World
6 - The Five Doctors vsDay of the Doctor
8 - Series 8: EverythingWe Know
11 - NEWS: Doctor Whoin an Independent
Scotland
NEWS
Is Peter Cushing aParallel UniverseDoctor? We examinesome of the besttheories that try toinclude the movieDoctor into theDoctor Who Universe
The Peter Cushing movies
('Doctor Who and the Daleks' and
'Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150
AD'), which are adaptations of
the first two Dalek stories but
with a slightly different character
set-up and back story.
'Dr Who' is a mad-cap human
inventor who has invented
TARDIS and goes on adventures
with his grandaughters Susan
Who and Barbara Who and
Barbara's boyfriend Ian. Ian and
Barbara are replaced by niece
Louise and policeman Tom (as
played by Bernard Cribbins)
owing to casting changes.
The original cast couldn't appear
in these movies, which were
made to maximise on the
popularity of the Daleks (dubbed
Dalekmania), as they were busy
filming the main TV series for
anything up to 48 weeks of the
year.
This, however, leaves us with this
alternate first Doctor that doesn't
quite fit into the canon. But there
are many theories as to how these
movies can become canonical.
Theory One is that these take
place in a parallel universe, just
like Pete's World, where
everything is same but with a few
vital differences (such as the
Doctor being human). This would
also explain why the same things
happen to these different groups
of people.
Theory Two continues on from
Theory One, but theorises that the
Peter Cushing Doctor is an aged
Metacrisis Doctor. The human
Tenth Doctor and Rose raise a
family on Pete's World eventually
having a grandaughter called
Susan and Barbara (named after
the real world Barbara and Susan)
and having made their own
TARDIS. A deleted scene from
'Journey's End' has the real
Doctor give the Metacrisis Doctor
a chunk of TARDIS to grow into
a new one.
My personal
theory (Theory
Three, if you
will) is that
these movies
are. . .movies.
Bear with me
here. We take
a universe in
which the
Doctor is real
- the Doctor
Who canon -
and theorise
that these
movies are
in fact
artefacts
from within
that
universe.
Tales of the
Doctor's
escapades
have found
themselves
in the
wrong
hands and movie
makers want to make movies of
his adventures - the Peter
Cushing movies - starring actors
in the roles and the inaccuracies
(his being human) are simply
human assumptions or errors.
Steven Moffat has also thought
along these lines. He wrote in
Doctor Who Magazine that Clara
was to have found a movie poster
for the Dalek films in the Black
Archive (but owing the rights
issues the scene was not allowed).
"In my head, in the Doctor's
universe those films exist as
distorted accounts of his
adventures".
Assumably, therefore, UNIT had
halted production of these films
and confiscated these films
thus the poster is in a collection
of things that "shouldn't exist, but
do".
Movie Poster for Cushing's first fi lm
DWV has been away since the
50th Anniversary and therefore
we never got a proper review of
the big spectacular episode. So
instead, as the episode has
probably been reviewed to
insanity by now, and therefore I'm
going to compare the big 5-0 to
the big 2-0. The Five Doctors and
Day of the Doctor have many
similarities to be drawn upon.
Obviously, they are both multi-
Doctor episodes for big
anniversaries but they both had to
deal with Doctors who couldn't
and wouldn't appear. The Day of
the Doctor ends with stand-in
replica Doctors which has faint
echoes of The Five Doctor's
promotional photocall in which
featured a waxwork Tom
Baker,as he had declined to
appear - a decision he later
regretted. He then rectified this
decision by being the only classic
Doctor to appear in DotD.
Appearing as a new character (or
perhaps not) was the only way
that an 80 year old Tom Baker
could be explained away.
However that wouldn't wash for
another three Doctors looking
much older (Paul McGann still
looks similar - and indeed it
wasn't a problem in Night of the
Doctor). But thank god they
didn't try to replace a Doctor as in
The Five Doctors. Richard
Hurndall is OK - he's no Hartnell
but it's a way of keeping the
original title and Hartnell is
represented by some archive
footage as in DotD. However,
some of that 'archive footage' is
actually that of another actor
playing the 1 st Doctor again - this
time it's impressionist John
Guilor.
Both these episodes had the
problem of a Doctor who turned
down the opportunity to appear.
While Tom Baker was
represented by some archived
footage Chris was replaced by an
all new Doctor. That was the
stroke of genius. A whole new
war-torn Doctor, played by a
legendary actor who would never
normally play this part.
Baker the Curator
He returns: McGann
John Hurt's War Doctor
It's not another actor
impersonating the role, but a
whole new take on it and a bona
fide Doctor. John Hurt just nails
the part and his acting talent just
shines through into a brilliantly
unique and yet familiar at the
same time. This isn't just an after
thought Doctor to replace Chris.
This is an entirely new Doctor,
perfectly developed.
Both these episodes also have an
impending regeneration in the
works. Both Colin Baker and
Peter Capaldi were waiting in the
wings, however only Peter has a
cameo appearance. Had this been
the case of Colin it would have
solved two problems. First, had
Colin shown up - with fans
already aware that this man is the
Doctor - it would have meant that
either one of the missing Hartnell
or Baker Doctors could be
replaced by a new incarnation of
the Doctor (while keeping the
Five Doctors title) and give the
audience a massive surprise.
It would also mean that by the
time that the disaster that is The
Twin Dilemma comes along, fans
are already familiar with the 6th
Doctor. They know that the
manic homicidal Doctor isn't the
way he'll turn out in the series
proper and won't spend months in
the interregnum steadily going off
their only impression of the new
Doctor.
What made DotD so great is the
way in which the three Doctors
interact with each other.
Sandshoes vs Chinny vs Grandad
was pure comedy gold at some
moments and a formidable team
at others. Its just a shame that
(and in the words of David
Tennant) "three Doctors and a
bloke in a wig" never get to all
meet up right until the final scene.
Although Jon and Patrick do get
their Sandshoes/Chinny/Grandad
moment in the form of
Clown/Scarecrow (ironic,
considering Jon Pertwee also
plays a Scarecrow at the time of
braodcast). However with the
weight of many more companions
in The Five Doctors would mean
that there would be nothing for
the companions to do as the 3.5
Doctors would have all the best
lines. But DotD does do that too -
the scene with the 13 Doctors
saving Gallifrey is the only scene
featuring all 1 3 - even if they
never meet in person.
They are both brilliant in their
individual ways. One has a lot
more history to cram into the
same running time but they both
have their great moments. While
the Five Doctors can feel a bit
bogged down in continuity (with
only 20 years of it), DotD fits
only the choice cuts into the
episode making the references to
the past like little treats along the
story as opposed to one big lump
of self-
referencing.
The Three Doctors
The Five Doctors that could have been
Doctor Who has been brought
onto the debating table of Scottish
Independence. The show, which
is now headed up by Scottish
actor Peter Capaldi, will be airing
during September 2014 when
Scotland decides whether to break
away from the rest of the United
Kingdom.
Yes Scotland, who are
campaigning for Scotland to
become an independent
Scotland's official stance is that
the BBC would cease to exist in
Scotland. Instead, "a new Scottish
public service broadcaster, based
on the staff and assets of BBC
Scotland and working in
cooperation with the remaining
BBC" would be created -
provisionally called the Scottish
Broadcasting Service (SBS). But
would Doctor Who still be
broadcast in an independent
Scotland?
Yes Scotland say believe so. The
SBS, they
claim, would
"enter into a
new formal
relationship
with the BBC
as a joint
venture. This
would see the
SBS
continuing to
supply the
BBC network
with the same
level of
programming,
in return for
ongoing
access to BBC
services in Scotland". They also
point to Ireland's RTE
broadcaster which alongside
home-grown programmes buys in
British programming as well as
several co-productions such as
Mrs Brown's Boys.
Yes Scotland put it clear,
"Scottish viewers will still be able
to see their favourite BBC
programmes just like viewers in
Ireland are able to."
However, Better Together,
campaigning for the UK to
maintain united, claim this is
speculation. The SBS would, like
the BBC, have to account
primarily to home grown
programmes first and as such no
promises could be made about the
future of broadcasting. Leader of
the Scottish Tories (who form
part of Better Together) Ruth
Davidson, herself a former BBC
employee, said: “We pay around
£300 million towards the licence
fee but, by clubbing together with
the rest of the UK, we get well
more than £3 billion worth of
programming. Running a new
Scottish broadcaster means
something has to give. Either, it
will mean losing programmes or
paying more from amazing
coverage of things like the
Olympics, to great channels like
CBeebies and services like the
iPlayer. Why pay more for what
we already enjoy?"
Ms Davidson was also quoted in
the Scottish Sun, saying: “The
SNP simply cannot guarantee that
we’d still get Dr Who after
independence.”
DWV doesn't normally deal with
political matters, unless they are
brought up in the show. But on
this one exception, and owing to
the fact I'm from Scotland, I felt
this matter had to be discussed.
Besides, Spaceship UK in the
episode 'The Beast Below' didn't
feature a Scotland building as
they had demanded their own
Spaceship. Perhaps a prediction
by the story's Scottish author?
DOCTOR WHO IN ANINDEPENDENT SCOTLAND?NEWS