Baker did not return to film the Doctor Who story.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT 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.
In order to celebrate Doctor Who: The Collection's season 20 home release, Davison, Janet Fielding, and Sarah Sutton took part in a Q&A session following a screening of "The Five Doctors" at the BFI Southbank. During the Q&A, RadioTimes reports that Davison opened up about Baker's absence from the special storyline after much uncertainty about whether he would return, with him stating he regretted not having the opportunity to work alongside his predecessor.
"I can't remember when we found out that Tom didn't want to be involved in it. There was a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, he was a bit teasing about whether he would be in it... and then he decided not to be, I think because he just felt he'd done it for seven years and he just wanted to steer clear of it. I understood that, but it was a shame. He was a great actor, one I'd admired for many years, not just in Doctor Who – so, yeah, that was a great thrill.
How Doctor Who's Crew Featured Tom Baker In "The Five Doctors" Within the world of Doctor Who, Baker's absence from "The Five Doctors" was explained as an error on behalf of the story's mysterious foe when plucking the various incarnations of the Doctor from their respective times.
Behind the scenes, however, the Doctor Who crew had to take some interesting steps in order to ensure all incarnations of the Doctor were represented in the story. While Richard Hurndall was cast to portray the First Doctor following William Hartnell's passing, the crew would reuse footage from the missing Fourth Doctor adventure "Shada" to create the sequences where Romana and the Doctor are collected by the Time Scoop.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Why The Tenth Doctor's Regeneration Was So Violent In Doctor WhoWhy can't a TARDIS withstand regeneration energy?
Read more »
22 Screenshots Of Entitled Internet Beggars Who Took Their Desperation To New HeightsSome people feel noooo shame.
Read more »
Yelp has a wall of shame for businesses caught paying for fake reviewsYelp has a new tool to help people track businesses that have tried to manipulate their standing on the review platform..
Read more »
Superman's Magical New Team Puts Justice League Dark to ShameSuperman has a dark new team.
Read more »
Keke Palmer Is Done Feeling ‘Shame’ About Public Breast-FeedingKeke Palmer’s done carrying ‘a lot of shame’ about making other people uncomfortable when she’s breast-feeding or pumping in public
Read more »
Plaschke: Shame on USC for banning a reporter in a futile attempt to control mediaUSC football coach Lincoln Riley and athletic director Jennifer Cohen showed poor judgement when they suspended a beat reporter's access for petty violations of protocol.
Read more »