# Doctor Who:  The Doctors revisted

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**Created:** [April 15, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-the-doctors-revisted/655790 "2013-04-15T21:04:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-the-doctors-revisted/655790/1 "2013-04-15T21:04:12Z")

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Has anyone been following this series of specials? The next one is on [April 28 on the BBC](http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/doctor-who-the-doctors-revisited/516208). This will be for the 4th doctor I believe. The series culminates with the 50th anniversary in November.

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-the-doctors-revisted/655790/2 "2013-04-15T22:37:05Z")

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Yep. It’s pretty good. They have an hour or so of commentary from current show people, then show a “classic” episode with the featured Doctor. Personally I thought the eps they showed for Doctors 1 and 2 were kind of boring (I know, sacrilege!) but the Third Doctor’s wasn’t bad.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-the-doctors-revisted/655790/3 "2013-04-15T23:42:59Z")

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The story they showed with the first Doctor bored me to death. I didn’t finish. I did like the Cyberman second doctor show. I had never seen a Troughton episode before and I did like Jamie. The 3rd one is on the DVR.

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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-the-doctors-revisted/655790/4 "2013-04-16T02:58:34Z")

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The 1960s episodes were rather plodding. I think the show really hit its stride once the BBC started filming it. The UNIT episodes were great.

Does anyone know which fourth Doctor episode they’re showing?

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-the-doctors-revisted/655790/5 "2013-04-16T03:20:44Z")

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[Looks like it’s going to be “Pyramids of Mars.”](http://scifiandtvtalk.typepad.com/scifiandtvtalk/2013/03/doctor-who-the-doctors-revisited-the-fourth-doctor-bbc-america.html)

I’m just glad it’s not going to be the Fang Rock one–the one about the lighthouse. Apparently that’s considered one of the best, but I couldn’t even finish watching it, it was so dull.