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Classic Who S22 • Serial 4 · (3 episodes)

The Two Doctors

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First aired Saturday, February 16, 1985
Production Code 6W
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by Peter Moffatt
Runtime 135 minutes
Story Type Multi-Doctor
Time Travel Present
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Vegetarian Time Travel Pivotal
Synopsis

The Doctor has teamed up with himself before to save lives. This time, he must save his past self in order to ensure his own existence in his present. What could Chessene and dim-witted lackey Shockeye have planned with the Sontarans? Only one thing is known for sure: time will tell.

3 Episodes:

First aired Saturday, February 16, 1985
Runtime 45 minutes
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by Peter Moffatt
UK Viewers 6.6 million
Appreciation Index 65

Synopsis

The alien space station J7, the mid-1980s Earth time. The Time Lords have sent the second Doctor and Jamie here to try to stop dangerous experiments into time travel. But the station comes under attack from the Sontarans and far away in space and time the sixth Doctor goes into psychic shock...

First aired Saturday, February 23, 1985
Runtime 45 minutes
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by Peter Moffatt
UK Viewers 6 million
Appreciation Index 62

Synopsis

The Doctor and Peri meet Jamie and learn the Second Doctor is with the Sontarans on Earth.

First aired Saturday, March 2, 1985
Runtime 45 minutes
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by Peter Moffatt
UK Viewers 6.9 million
Appreciation Index 65

Synopsis

The Sontarans prepare the Second Doctor to trigger their Kartz-Reimer capsule.

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