The Five Doctors

Story Code: 6K / Season : 90 minute Special	UK Airdate: 25 Nov 1983	Doctor: Peter Davison
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list of PBS stations to air The Five Doctors on November 23, 1983

This story aired in the following known countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. If no month is noted, the actual airdate is not confirmed, and is a close approximate. (Refer also to Selling Doctor Who for expanded airdates.)

United States	23 Nov 83	NTSC
Australia	Dec 83	PAL
New Zealand	Nov 88	PAL
Canada	May 91	NTSC
Germany	Feb 95	PAL

• The story was made as a 90 minute "movie".
• The story made its TV debut in the United States in November 1983 -- see list of stations at right.
  • Other stations that aired the special on the anniversary but not listed include: Austin/San Antonio, Bridgeport, Gainesville, Milwaukee.
  • Alternate names used for the first airing in the US: "The Five Doctors Who," "Doctor Who: The Ultimate Celebration"
• A four-part edition was also made: it screened in that format in the UK for the August 1984 repeat (see BBC Repeats), and some stations in the United States in the late 1980s, and in Australia in the mid-2000s.
• The adventure was dubbed into German and re-edited into a three-parter for the screening in Germany.
• See also K9 and Company.

US TV Guide July 1983

The Stage and Television Today, Mar. 10, 1983

US TV Guide descriptions

More Information
Title: The Five Doctors (sometimes The Five Doctors Who)

• Part 1: Doctor Who runs into some of his former selves in the Death Zone.
  
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• Compilation: The current regeneration of Doctor Who runs into some of his former selves when they are plucked out of time and placed in the Death Zone on a program commemorating the series 20th anniversary.

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