History Recap / DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors

Here we are, the final [[TheNthDoctor multi-Doctor]] adventure of the old series. There wasn't really a reason for this one to happen ''(22nd anniversary?)'', but Patrick Troughton had had so much fun on "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]" that he was eager to return to the series, and it provided producer John Nathan-Turner a fantastic excuse to work outside Great Britain for the second time in his reign ''(and the third time in the franchise's history)''. It was originally slated to be New Orleans, but even the most optimistic people realized that this was completely insane, so it was quickly changed to Seville, Spain.

As the Sixth Doctor [[hottip:*:Now wearing a slightly-more-tasteful vest instead of that horrible coat. Really, this is a nice one-off costume change.]] and companions land just outside Seville, they're approached by a vacationing couple: Oscar Botcherby and Anita. Oscar is managing a restaurant in the city, but is currently catching butterflies ''(and both of these facts are important later)''. As it turns out, Oscar also happened to see what he thought was a plane crash earlier on a mansion - but just so happened to be the Sontarans' spaceship landing to meet up with Dastari. Sixth is then escorted to said mansion, which he scouts out for a little while - having told everyone else to wait just out of sight [[hottip:*:...which they do by laying down on the ground in plain sight. Idiots.]]. He then surmises that who he suspected on being inside the mansion... were actually inside.

The subplot with the mini-TARDIS and the Sontarans is eventually resolved in a XanatosGambit that doesn't entirely make sense to anyone ''but'' the Sixth Doctor, who just grins the way he does. It doesn't hurt that Chessene also decides to try and kill off the Sontarans before they can take the mini-TARDIS for themselves, intending to give it to her own Androgum people. Jamie, meanwhile, is being 'tenderized' by Shockeye for the next meal, Peri having escaped only to be recaptured by the Sontarans and used as part of the mini-TARDIS subplot.

Dastari, for his part, has converted the Second Doctor into a half-Androgum for... whatever reason. Shockeye is miffed at this, as Dastari used his blood to do so, until the Second Doctor decides that he wants to go eat a lot of food and knows where to go. Shockeye, being an Androgum, goes happily along with the Doctor. The two of them have a massive feast at the restaurant run by Oscar, who is then killed by Shockeye when Oscar has the gall to ask for the two of them to pay the bill. The Sixth Doctor, Jamie and Peri ''(who somehow got freed from their individual subplots for a time and pursued the pair)'' arrive just in time to see Oscar die and the Second Doctor revert to normal.

Cut over to the Sixth Doctor, who is currently having a fishing holiday with Peri ''(busy showing off her breasts to the male audience)''. As they wrap it all up, the Doctor suggests heading off to the [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors Eye of Orion]]... and then collapses in pain and agony. During this, we see a montage of Jamie back on the station seeing the ''Second Doctor'' dying miserably. The Sixth Doctor reawakens, having just seen a mental image of his second self being put to death. Realizing this can't be possible as he's still alive in the future, he decides to go figure out what the hell just happened anyway - deciding to consult Dastari on what is going on.

Cut over to the Sixth Doctor, who is currently having a fishing holiday with Peri ''(busy showing off how BuxomIsBetter to the male audience)''. As they wrap it all up, the Doctor suggests heading off to the [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors Eye of Orion]]... and then collapses in pain and agony. During this, we see a montage of Jamie back on the station seeing the ''Second Doctor'' dying miserably. The Sixth Doctor reawakens, having just seen a mental image of his second self being put to death. Realizing this can't be possible as he's still alive in the future, he decides to go figure out what the hell just happened anyway - deciding to consult Dastari on what is going on.

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-->I'm not interested in the beliefs of primitives, only in what they taste like.

The subplot with the mini-TARDIS and the Sontarans is eventually resolved in a XanatosGambit that doesn't entirely make sense to anyone ''but'' the Sixth Doctor, who just grins like the MagnificentBastard that he is. It doesn't hurt that Chessene also decides to try and kill off the Sontarans before they can take the mini-TARDIS for themselves, intending to give it to her own Androgum people. Jamie, meanwhile, is being 'tenderized' by Shockeye for the next meal, Peri having escaped only to be recaptured by the Sontarans and used as part of the mini-TARDIS subplot.

Dastari, for his part, has converted the Second Doctor into a half-Androgum for... whatever reason. Shockeye is miffed at this, as Dastari used his blood to do so, until the Second Doctor decides that he wants to go eat a lot of food and knows where to go. Shockeye, being [[strike: a Scot]] an Androgum, goes happily along with the Doctor. The two of them have a massive feast at the restaurant run by Oscar, who is then killed by Shockeye when Oscar has the gall to ask for the two of them to pay the bill. The Sixth Doctor, Jamie and Peri ''(who somehow got freed from their individual subplots for a time and pursued the pair)'' arrive just in time to see Oscar die and the Second Doctor revert to normal - leaving many fans asking what the hell the point was to ''that'' subplot.

The entire plot resolved in a really round-about way, the Sixth Doctor and Second Doctor exchange banter before Second summons up his own TARDIS. Sixth expresses a little jealousy over the remote as the Second and Jamie leave off on more adventures we'll never see. Sixth and Peri leave the mansion, and both decide to vow to become vegetarians thanks to their horrid experiences with the [[strike: Androgum]] not-so-subtle moral anvils dropped in this story.

Well, this one isn't exactly the best multi-Doctor story out there. However, it's still somewhat entertaining to watch... even if the plot doesn't exactly hold up well to FridgeLogic, much less 'while-I'm-watching-it-logic.' Also, unlike many of Robert Holmes' stories, the themes that Holmes uses for the tale aren't exactly... subtle. Or even vaguely so. However, it does feature the final onscreen appearance of Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor - and he does a fantastic job with this tale... almost upstaging the also-wonderful Colin Baker in his role as the Sixth Doctor.

It's also interesting to see Jamie make many attempts to hit on Peri throughout the story. This was confirmed during the DVDCommentary, with actor Frazer Hines admitting that Jamie had a 'bit of a crush' on her.

As an interesting aside, the Doctor will remain a vegetarian until the Ninth Doctor orders a steak in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E11BoomTown Boom Town]]".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original plan was for the story to be set in New Orleans and for the Androgums to be obsessed with {{Jazz}} music rather than food.
** Correction: Robert Holmes always intended the Androgums to be obsessed with food. He only mentioned jazz in the sense that he couldn't conceive a race of aliens that would ever be obsessed with it.

* SceneryPorn: Written just to be done outside the country. I mean, it doesn't even try to hide it, unlike ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E1ArcOfInfinity Arc of Infinity]]'' from a few years prior.

Cut over to the Sixth Doctor, who is currently having a fishing holiday with Peri ''(busy showing off her MostCommonSuperPower to the male audience)''. As they wrap it all up, the Doctor suggests heading off to the [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors Eye of Orion]]... and then collapses in pain and agony. During this, we see a montage of Jamie back on the station seeing the ''Second Doctor'' dying miserably. The Sixth Doctor reawakens, having just seen a mental image of his second self being put to death. Realizing this can't be possible as he's still alive in the future, he decides to go figure out what the hell just happened anyway - deciding to consult Dastari on what is going on.

Here we are, the final [[TheNthDoctor multi-Doctor]] adventure of the old series. There wasn't really a reason for this one to happen ''(22nd anniversary?)'', but Patrick Troughton had had so much fun on "The Five Doctors" that he was eager to return to the series, and it provided producer John Nathan-Turner a fantastic excuse to work outside Great Britain for the second time in his reign ''(and the third time in the franchise's history)''. It was originally slated to be New Orleans, but even the most optimistic people realized that this was completely insane, so it was quickly changed to Seville, Spain.

As an interesting aside, the Doctor will remain a vegetarian until the Ninth Doctor orders a steak in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSSBoom Town".

The Doctor and Peri bumble around the space station until they finally stumble onto an incoherent Jamie ''(or, rather, Jamie leaps onto Peri and... [[UnfortunateImplications um...]])'' - who reveals that the Doctor, the Second, was just killed. The Sixth Doctor figures this has to be a lie, as time hasn't wiped him out yet, and fiddles around the station until he figures out that it was all just an illusion that took us about 20 minutes to work past. This means, Sixth figures, that his Second self is being held captive somewhere and puts himself into a trance to try and find him mentally. Waking up some time later, the Doctor comes to the realization that he's being held in Seville, Spain and heads off there, Jamie and Peri in tow.

As an interesting aside, the Doctor will remain a vegetarian until the Ninth Doctor orders a steak in "Boom Town".

* Main/AuthorAppeal: Robert Holmes was a vegetarian. This story has a long-running subplot involving a villain who eats meat and portrays Humans as cattle. Very unsubtle from a man who was usually good at that.

* EpilepticTrees: Fans use this as another piece of evidence to prop up the "Season 6B" theory.
* FridgeHorror: Somewhat crossed with WhatCouldHaveBeen. The Androgum, on paper, sound utterly terrifying when you really think about it, but their execution on-screen is pretty tame.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey It's That Villainess]]: Servalan from ''BlakesSeven''

* NarmCharm: The scenes with Androgum!Two and Shockeye are kind of narmy, but also funny to watch.

-->--'''Shockeye'''

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Here we are, the final [[TheNthDoctor multi-Doctor]] adventure of the old series. There wasn't really a reason for this one to happen ''(22nd anniversary?)'', but it provided producer John Nathan-Turner a fantastic excuse to work outside Great Britain for the second time in his reign ''(and the third time in the franchise's history)''. It was originally slated to be New Orleans, but even the most optimistic people realized that this was completely insane, so it was quickly changed to Seville, Spain.