Peter Davison regrets not having the opportunity to work with Tom Baker in "The Five Doctors" and admires him as a great actor. Baker's absence from the special was explained within the storyline as an error by the story's foe, and his character was trapped in the Time Vortex instead. The Doctor Who crew took interesting steps to ensure all incarnations of the Doctor were represented, such as reusing footage from a missing Fourth Doctor adventure and using a waxwork of Baker in promotional materials.
Fifth Doctor actor Peter Davison looks back on Doctor Who's 20th anniversary story "The Five Doctors," revealing he regrets not having the opportunity to work with Fourth Doctor Tom Baker. Davison first joined the series at the conclusion of Baker's final adventure in 1981, playing the Time Lord for three seasons. Airing in 1983, "The Five Doctors" saw the first five incarnations of the Doctor...
Fifth Doctor actor Peter Davison looks back on Doctor Who's 20th anniversary story "The Five Doctors," revealing he regrets not having the opportunity to work with Fourth Doctor Tom Baker. Davison first joined the series at the conclusion of Baker's final adventure in 1981, playing the Time Lord for three seasons. Airing in 1983, "The Five Doctors" saw the first five incarnations of the Doctor...
- 9/21/2023
- by Nathan Graham-Lowery
- ScreenRant
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