The Lords of Time (episode)

The Lords of Time was the 30th Anniversary Special of Doctor Who. It was written by Marc Platt, directed by Graeme Harper and featured Richard Griffiths as the Doctor, Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield and John Banks as Henrick.

Synopsis
In peruse of recognition on the intergalactic stage, Lord President Gregori hosts a peace conference with all of the Time Lord’s deadliest foes, and the Doctor is invited. However, things go from bad to worse as relations become sour, and Gallifrey is moved into the firing line. As it happens though, the Eighth Doctor wasn’t the only one invited, and more than one Doctor is needed to tackle the deadly forces of the Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, Ice Warriors, the Chelonians, the Daemons, the Fomasi, the Haemovores, the Krargs, the Menoptra, the Movellans, the Ogrons, the Terileptils, the Voord and worst of all, the Time Lords themselves.

Plot
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Cast
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 * The Doctor - Richard Griffiths
 * The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
 * The Doctor - Colin Baker
 * The Doctor - Peter Davison
 * The Doctor - Tom Baker
 * The Doctor - Jon Pertwee
 * Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
 * Henrick - John Banks
 * Ace - Sophie Aldred
 * Peri - Nicola Bryant
 * Tegan - Janet Fielding
 * Leela - Louise Jameson
 * Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
 * Romana - Lalla Ward
 * Gregori - Nigel Fairs

Crew

 * Writer - Marc Platt
 * Producer - Ian Fraser
 * Script Editor - Ben Aaronovitch
 * Director - Graeme Harper
 * Lighting - John King
 * Designer - David Laskey
 * Visual Effects Designers - Malcom James, Dave Chapman
 * Make-Up Designer - Helen Barrett
 * Casting Director - Anne Henderson, Andy Pryor
 * Music - Mark Ayres
 * Costume Designer - Amushia Nieradzik
 * Edited by - Dave King
 * Vision Mixer - Julie Mann
 * Original Theme Music - Ron Grainer
 * Title Music - Mark Ayres
 * Title Sequence by CAL Video

Memorable Quotes
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Pre-Production
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Production

 * With the BBC starting to have faith in the show again by now, with higher ratings and support, it was decided that the special would begin to use new camera equipment, most notably new digital cameras, which not only allowed the show to be edited in a non-linear fashion on the new Avid/1 machines, but also presented it in the PAL 480i format; giving the show even more of a drama feel and a bigger budget that would be put into better use for the set design and the visual effects. As a result, the 625-line PAL format, used after over 23 years as the setup, ceased.

Post-Production
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Reaction

 * Official BARB ratings: 12.7 million viewers.

Story Notes

 * Although all of the Doctors are from their own points in their timelines, they arrive on Gallifrey without their companions. All of the companions are either already on Gallifrey, such as Romana, Ace and Leela, or they have been picked up after their adventures with the Doctor.
 * This story was the last to be produced by Ian Fraser and script edited by Ben Aaronovitch.

Continuity
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