Classics

Peter Davison’s joyous Doctor Who special, The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, is to get a disc release…

The 50th anniversary weekend of Doctor Who last November didn’t really put a foot wrong. Mark Gatiss’ drama An Adventure In Space And Time was a treat. The Day Of The Doctor, starring Matt Smith and David Tennant, was a smash hit. And then there was Peter Davison’s quite wonderful The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot. Available via interactive services, word of it quickly spread, and as a consequence, lots of people got to enjoy the story of Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy trying to gatecrash Doctor Who’s 50th special.

Now it seems as though The Five-Ish Doctors is coming to DVD as well. Colin Baker dropped the news at a convention over the weekend, revealing that it would be part of an as-far unannounced Matt Smith set that BBC Worldwide is planning. Hopefully to loud cheers.

It’d be lovely to see a full The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot special edition disc, and hopefully, the eventual DVD (and Blu-ray) release will dig behind the scenes on what’s already something of a Doctor Who comedy classic.

It deserves it.

The Five(ish) Doctor is a comedy classic and probably just about the funniest Doctor Who spoof ever.

And yes, I want to see any deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes.

The Five(ish) Doctors is a joyous romp and deserves it’s place as a classic.

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Speaking of a Classic…

The drama detailing the creation of Doctor Who, An Adventure in Space and Time, has been nominated for three prestigious Critics’ Choice Television Awards.

The drama itself is nominated in the Best Movie category, where it faces competition from an episode of Sherlock as well as another BBC biopic, Burton and Taylor.

David Bradley, who played William Hartnell in the drama, is nominated for Best Actor in a Movie of Mini Series, while Jessica Raine, who played Doctor Who’s first producer Verity Lambert, is nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Mini Series.

The Critics’ Choice Television Awards honour programs and performances that aired between June 1, 2013 and May 31, and are voted for by US journalists who write about TV.

The Awards will be presented at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday, June 19, 2014 in a ceremony hosted by actor/comedian Cedric the Entertainer.