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Is Peter Cushing aParallel UniverseDoctor? We examinesome of the besttheories that try toinclude the movieDoctor into theDoctor Who Universe

The Peter Cushing movies

('Doctor Who and the Daleks' and

'Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150

AD'), which are adaptations of

the first two Dalek stories but

with a slightly different character

set-up and back story.

'Dr Who' is a mad-cap human

inventor who has invented

TARDIS and goes on adventures

with his grandaughters Susan

Who and Barbara Who and

Barbara's boyfriend Ian. Ian and

Barbara are replaced by niece

Louise and policeman Tom (as

played by Bernard Cribbins)

owing to casting changes.

The original cast couldn't appear

in these movies, which were

made to maximise on the

popularity of the Daleks (dubbed

Dalekmania), as they were busy

filming the main TV series for

anything up to 48 weeks of the

year.

This, however, leaves us with this

alternate first Doctor that doesn't

quite fit into the canon. But there

are many theories as to how these

movies can become canonical.

Theory One is that these take

place in a parallel universe, just

like Pete's World, where

everything is same but with a few

vital differences (such as the

Doctor being human). This would

also explain why the same things

happen to these different groups

of people.

Theory Two continues on from

Theory One, but theorises that the

Peter Cushing Doctor is an aged

Metacrisis Doctor. The human

Tenth Doctor and Rose raise a

family on Pete's World eventually

having a grandaughter called

Susan and Barbara (named after

the real world Barbara and Susan)

and having made their own

TARDIS. A deleted scene from

'Journey's End' has the real

Doctor give the Metacrisis Doctor

a chunk of TARDIS to grow into

a new one.

My personal

theory (Theory

Three, if you

will) is that

these movies

are. . .movies.

Bear with me

here. We take

a universe in

which the

Doctor is real

- the Doctor

Who canon -

and theorise

that these

movies are

in fact

artefacts

from within

that

universe.

Tales of the

Doctor's

escapades

have found

themselves

in the

wrong

hands and movie

makers want to make movies of

his adventures - the Peter

Cushing movies - starring actors

in the roles and the inaccuracies

(his being human) are simply

human assumptions or errors.

Steven Moffat has also thought

along these lines. He wrote in

Doctor Who Magazine that Clara

was to have found a movie poster

for the Dalek films in the Black

Archive (but owing the rights

issues the scene was not allowed).

"In my head, in the Doctor's

universe those films exist as

distorted accounts of his

adventures".

Assumably, therefore, UNIT had

halted production of these films

and confiscated these films

thus the poster is in a collection

of things that "shouldn't exist, but

do".

Movie Poster for Cushing's first fi lm

DWV has been away since the

50th Anniversary and therefore

we never got a proper review of

the big spectacular episode. So

instead, as the episode has

probably been reviewed to

insanity by now, and therefore I'm

going to compare the big 5-0 to

the big 2-0. The Five Doctors and

Day of the Doctor have many

similarities to be drawn upon.

Obviously, they are both multi-

Doctor episodes for big

anniversaries but they both had to

deal with Doctors who couldn't

and wouldn't appear. The Day of

the Doctor ends with stand-in

replica Doctors which has faint

echoes of The Five Doctor's

promotional photocall in which

featured a waxwork Tom

Baker,as he had declined to

appear - a decision he later

regretted. He then rectified this

decision by being the only classic

Doctor to appear in DotD.

Appearing as a new character (or

perhaps not) was the only way

that an 80 year old Tom Baker

could be explained away.

However that wouldn't wash for

another three Doctors looking

much older (Paul McGann still

looks similar - and indeed it

wasn't a problem in Night of the

Doctor). But thank god they

didn't try to replace a Doctor as in

The Five Doctors. Richard

Hurndall is OK - he's no Hartnell

but it's a way of keeping the

original title and Hartnell is

represented by some archive

footage as in DotD. However,

some of that 'archive footage' is

actually that of another actor

playing the 1 st Doctor again - this

time it's impressionist John

Guilor.

Both these episodes had the

problem of a Doctor who turned

down the opportunity to appear.

While Tom Baker was

represented by some archived

footage Chris was replaced by an

all new Doctor. That was the

stroke of genius. A whole new

war-torn Doctor, played by a

legendary actor who would never

normally play this part.

Baker the Curator

He returns: McGann

John Hurt's War Doctor

It's not another actor

impersonating the role, but a

whole new take on it and a bona

fide Doctor. John Hurt just nails

the part and his acting talent just

shines through into a brilliantly

unique and yet familiar at the

same time. This isn't just an after

thought Doctor to replace Chris.

This is an entirely new Doctor,

perfectly developed.

Both these episodes also have an

impending regeneration in the

works. Both Colin Baker and

Peter Capaldi were waiting in the

wings, however only Peter has a

cameo appearance. Had this been

the case of Colin it would have

solved two problems. First, had

Colin shown up - with fans

already aware that this man is the

Doctor - it would have meant that

either one of the missing Hartnell

or Baker Doctors could be

replaced by a new incarnation of

the Doctor (while keeping the

Five Doctors title) and give the

audience a massive surprise.

It would also mean that by the

time that the disaster that is The

Twin Dilemma comes along, fans

are already familiar with the 6th

Doctor. They know that the

manic homicidal Doctor isn't the

way he'll turn out in the series

proper and won't spend months in

the interregnum steadily going off

their only impression of the new

Doctor.

What made DotD so great is the

way in which the three Doctors

interact with each other.

Sandshoes vs Chinny vs Grandad

was pure comedy gold at some

moments and a formidable team

at others. Its just a shame that

(and in the words of David

Tennant) "three Doctors and a

bloke in a wig" never get to all

meet up right until the final scene.

Although Jon and Patrick do get

their Sandshoes/Chinny/Grandad

moment in the form of

Clown/Scarecrow (ironic,

considering Jon Pertwee also

plays a Scarecrow at the time of

braodcast). However with the

weight of many more companions

in The Five Doctors would mean

that there would be nothing for

the companions to do as the 3.5

Doctors would have all the best

lines. But DotD does do that too -

the scene with the 13 Doctors

saving Gallifrey is the only scene

featuring all 1 3 - even if they

never meet in person.

They are both brilliant in their

individual ways. One has a lot

more history to cram into the

same running time but they both

have their great moments. While

the Five Doctors can feel a bit

bogged down in continuity (with

only 20 years of it), DotD fits

only the choice cuts into the

episode making the references to

the past like little treats along the

story as opposed to one big lump

of self-

referencing.

The Three Doctors

The Five Doctors that could have been

Doctor Who has been brought

onto the debating table of Scottish

Independence. The show, which

is now headed up by Scottish

actor Peter Capaldi, will be airing

during September 2014 when

Scotland decides whether to break

away from the rest of the United

Kingdom.

Yes Scotland, who are

campaigning for Scotland to

become an independent

Scotland's official stance is that

the BBC would cease to exist in

Scotland. Instead, "a new Scottish

public service broadcaster, based

on the staff and assets of BBC

Scotland and working in

cooperation with the remaining

BBC" would be created -

provisionally called the Scottish

Broadcasting Service (SBS). But

would Doctor Who still be

broadcast in an independent

Scotland?

Yes Scotland say believe so. The

SBS, they

claim, would

"enter into a

new formal

relationship

with the BBC

as a joint

venture. This

would see the

SBS

continuing to

supply the

BBC network

with the same

level of

programming,

in return for

ongoing

access to BBC

services in Scotland". They also

point to Ireland's RTE

broadcaster which alongside

home-grown programmes buys in

British programming as well as

several co-productions such as

Mrs Brown's Boys.

Yes Scotland put it clear,

"Scottish viewers will still be able

to see their favourite BBC

programmes just like viewers in

Ireland are able to."

However, Better Together,

campaigning for the UK to

maintain united, claim this is

speculation. The SBS would, like

the BBC, have to account

primarily to home grown

programmes first and as such no

promises could be made about the

future of broadcasting. Leader of

the Scottish Tories (who form

part of Better Together) Ruth

Davidson, herself a former BBC

employee, said: “We pay around

£300 million towards the licence

fee but, by clubbing together with

the rest of the UK, we get well

more than £3 billion worth of

programming. Running a new

Scottish broadcaster means

something has to give. Either, it

will mean losing programmes or

paying more from amazing

coverage of things like the

Olympics, to great channels like

CBeebies and services like the

iPlayer. Why pay more for what

we already enjoy?"

Ms Davidson was also quoted in

the Scottish Sun, saying: “The

SNP simply cannot guarantee that

we’d still get Dr Who after

independence.”

DWV doesn't normally deal with

political matters, unless they are

brought up in the show. But on

this one exception, and owing to

the fact I'm from Scotland, I felt

this matter had to be discussed.

Besides, Spaceship UK in the

episode 'The Beast Below' didn't

feature a Scotland building as

they had demanded their own

Spaceship. Perhaps a prediction

by the story's Scottish author?

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