Maybe it is because this has a trash reputation I was very familiar with, leading me to put off ever actually watching it until now, but I didn't have a bad time now that I've finally gotten around to it. Dimensions in Time is actually pretty decent, even. There's so many fun cameos and encounters between Doctors and Companions that we don't really get to see anywhere else! Sure, it is silly, but it is also clearly constructed to be what it is - a satirical short story aimed for children for the sake of raising money for charity. None of this is a bad thing, and I find pinning this as the worst of Doctor Who, a particular low point, or deserving of overly deep analysis both false and a little dishonest. This was a lot like the Five(ish) Doctors Reboot - both fun little sets of cameo clearly not made to take seriously.
I understand this is probably weighed down by being a rare production in the Wilderness Years and can see how that would be disappointing for fans at the time. Looking back on it now though, it is hard not to view this as just another goofy little thing like Time Crash. So, yeah, it's not made that well - the effects are peak low-budget 90s cheese with computer effects that look like they were rendered by a calculator, and somebody on production loved to film the cast while the camera spun around them to the point of distraction, but at its core it feels like a love letter to Doctor Who and most especially the JNT era. As many faults as there are to said era, it's hard to begrudge something that is clearly of the mind to be fun, make jokes, and raise money for little British children, or whatever. I've seen a lot worse in this franchise that wasn't made for the benefit of the vulnerable, so what exactly about this short experience am I supposed to be miserable about?
