![]() ![]() The return of her character, however, was a real fan-pleaser, with the actor Kate O’Mara giving her all in the unashamedly camp script. Certainly, the scene with the Rani standing at the entrance to the Queen Vic as she threatens to wipe every Doctor from existence is one that few people will forget in a hurry. The effectiveness of this cross-over is subjective, of course, and does bring the adventure’s canonicity into question. And intriguingly, this was used as the location for much of ‘Dimensions in Time,’ even utilising some of the actors (and their characters) for the story. Thus, you had to be watching ‘Children in Need’ or ‘Noel’s House Party’ to catch the epic union of the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors as they locked horns with the Rani – in Albert Square.īut what is Albert Square? UK viewers will be familiar with this London locale, as it serves as the backdrop for the popular soap opera Eastenders. As such, the only people who have seen ‘Dimensions in Time’ are those who caught the story during its original broadcast, or watched a domestic recording on cassette or YouTube. ![]() This rules out the possibility of the story ever being made available on DVD and Blu-ray, and it certainly never manifested during the VHS era. Having been produced as part of the Children in Need charity initiative – which hosts an annual TV marathon – ‘Dimensions in Time’ was made as a largely voluntary venture, meaning that it couldn’t be used for generating profit. ![]() Producer Philip Segal was trying to secure the rights to produce an American-led Doctor Who series with Amblin, while BBC Enterprise was scrambling to produce a straight-to-video film called ‘ The Dark Dimension,’ which would reunite many of the past Doctors.Īnd with little certainty as to whether any of these projects would come to fruition, the BBC devised a special charity episode which ultimately became ‘Dimensions in Time.’ Transmitted across Doctor Who‘s 30th anniversary in November 1993, this two-part adventure is one of the ultimate rarities, not having been (officially) seen since its original transmission. The series found itself in the midst of a mini rights war, with various parties fighting for a slice of the Time Lord pie. Doctor Who‘s 30th anniversary was quite a chaotic event – or at least, the build-up to it was. ![]()
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