This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order.

Previous Story: Earth Aid

I find all the people trying to review this seriously quite funny. It's an eastenders crossover charity special, it was hardly ever gonna be some masterpiece of writing. I think that, for what it is, it's quite good. The only missed opportunity in my opinion is that the Doctors never physically meet each other. It's great to see all the actors again, though I really do wonder why Tom Baker showed up for this of all things and not something more substantial like The Five Doctors.

It's fun, and that's all it needs to be.

Next Story: The Fearmonger

THE BEST THING EVER MADE

The plot is quite nonsensical and didn't grip me at all. In theory, that could be fine for a comedy like this, but I just don't find it funny. It doesn't help that I've never watched East Enders so that whole side of it was lost on me. The story's resolution felt rushed. At least it's nice to see a load of Doctors all in one story, although they don't meet. Probably the biggest positive is that it raised a fair bit of money for charity.

This is a bit of silly nonsense.

Nice to see some of the doctors with different companions - something I really want BF to do more of.

It really did not to feature EastEnders however.

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?