History Recap / DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors

Our story starts off with the Second Doctor and Jamie being sent around time and space, on a mission from the Time Lords. They look far older than they did in "The War Games", which is never explained or mentioned in any way (although the "Season 6B" theory has since made its way into [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/season6b.shtml official BBC policy]] and Terrance Dicks' novels).

* {{Retcon}}: This was an attempt by Creator/RobertHolmes to retcon the early eras of the show. The [[LooseCanon loosely canonical]] "Season 6B"--which claims that the Doctor wasn't regenerated at the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Games]], but was sent by the Time Lords on various missions around the cosmos--is actually less insane than what Robert Holmes [[http://drwhointerviews.wordpress.com/category/robert-holmes/ was planning!]] Holmes figured that it was impossible for the Time Lords to just lose track of a TARDIS, so in reality the Doctor had been working for them from the very beginning! This also explains why the First and Second Doctors were never able to control the destination of the TARDIS. Holmes said that after the events of "The War Games" the Doctor's superiors let the Doctor take the fall for his interference, even though he had been acting on their orders.

This time, they head off to a space station where a doctor named Dastari is making some incredible leaps forward in time travel science that the Time Lords are objecting to in some fashion. Dastari objects to the Time Lords being their JerkAss selves and gets into an argument with the Doctor, who isn't exactly thrilled to be there either. But since the Time Lords can always claim that they had nothing to do with him, they're using him as the perfect scapegoat while threatening Dastari. Meanwhile, Sontarans invade the space station — and the Doctor orders Jamie to run away as they point their guns at the Doctor...

* DiesWideShut: Oscar gets stabbed by Shockeye over the restaurant bill.

* BloodierAndGorier: Six straight up kills a man, his blood is licked by Chessene, and Shockeye is constantly trying to slaughter, taste and kill (in that order) Peri and Jamie.

* ContinuitySnarl: The Second Doctor mentions the Time Lords to Jamie, despite the fact that ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Games]]'', the Second Doctor's finale, was the first time they showed up in the series. This was largely responsible for helping getting the "Season 6B" fan theory underway.

* {{Retcon}}: This was an attempt by Creator/RobertHolmes to retcon the early eras of the show. The [[LooseCanon loosely canonical]] "Season 6B"--which claims that the Doctor wasn't regenerated at the end of [[DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Games]], but was sent by the Time Lords on various missions around the cosmos--is actually less insane than what Robert Holmes [[http://drwhointerviews.wordpress.com/category/robert-holmes/ was planning!]] Holmes figured that it was impossible for the Time Lords to just lose track of a TARDIS, so in reality the Doctor had been working for them from the very beginning! This also explains why the First and Second Doctors were never able to control the destination of the TARDIS. Holmes said that after the events of "The War Games" the Doctor's superiors let the Doctor take the fall for his interference, even though he had been acting on their orders.

Here we are, the final [[TheNthDoctor multi-Doctor]] adventure of the old TV series. (Well... [[Recap/DoctorWho30thASDimensionsInTime sort of]].) There wasn't really a reason for this one to happen, but Patrick Troughton had had so much fun on "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]" that he was eager to return to the series. It provided producer Creator/JohnNathanTurner 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 in New Orleans, but even the most optimistic people realized that this was completely insane, so it was quickly changed to Seville, Spain.

* StableTimeLoop: Strangely enough, subverted in this story. The Sixth Doctor tells Peri that it's possible for his second incarnation in the past to be killed, and that he would only continue existing as an anamoly before time "catches up with him". Events in the past are shown to have an effect on the future in this story, such as when the Second Doctor is transformed into a half-Androgum. His body eventually rejects the transfused genes, but Six still briefly feels the changes on himself before it happens.

* StableTimeLoop: Strangely enough, subverted in this story. The Sixth Doctor tells Peri that it's possible for his second incarnation in the past to be killed, and that he would only continue existing as an anamoly before time "catches up with him". Events in the past are shown to have an effect on the future in this story, such as when the Second Doctor is transformed into an Androgum. His body eventually rejects the changes, but Six still briefly begins to feel it affecting himself before it happens.

* {{Retcon}}: This was an attempt by Creator/RobertHolmes to retcon the early eras of the show. The [[LooseCanon loosely canonical]] "Season 6B"--which claims that the Doctor wasn't regenerated at the end of [[DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Games]], but was sent by the Time Lords on various missions around the cosmos--is actually less insane than what Robert Holmes [[http://drwhointerviews.wordpress.com/category/robert-holmes/ was planning!]] Holmes figured that it was impossible for the Time Lords to just lose track of a TARDIS, so in reality the Doctor had been working for them from the very beginning! This also explains why the first and second Doctors were never able to control the destination of the TARDIS. Holmes said that after the events of "The War Games" the Doctor's superiors let the Doctor take the fall for his interference, even though he had been acting on their orders.

* WrittenInAbsence: Victoria's absence is given a quick handwave. In the real world there just wasn't the budget to have an additional companion for the Second Doctor, plus Victoria's actress, Deborah Watling, had since retired from the industry anyway. The Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse later established that this takes place in Season 6B, long after Victoria had left the Doctor, and that the Doctor just quickly made up an explanation so that Jamie wouldn't wonder where she was.

* AdaptationExpansion:
** The novelisation opens with a scant prologue featuring what is implied to be the Time Lords in yellow robes in a violet, misty garden where the flowers grow as tall as trees. It is being recounted by Jamie.
** A fire breaks out in the main computer room while the Sixth Doctor is focusing his mind for astral projection, forcing Peri and Jamie to move him into the corridor as the flames consume the station.

* AllThereInTheManual:
** In the novelisation, the Sixth Doctor hesitates to combat Dastari, telling Jamie he was once a champion sampola wrestler.
** Chessene's use of coronic acid alarms Dastari, as the Rutans are the weapon's inventors. With it they decimated the Sontarans at Vollotha.

* {{Retraux}}: The first few seconds are in black and white. It even features the original title sequence from the mid '60s.

Also, the one where the Doctor '''MURDERS''' someone.

** The Second Doctor and Jamie's exchange at the very beginning ("Look at the size of that thing"; "Yes, Jamie, it's a big one") is identical to a conversation of theirs in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E7TheFacelessOnes]]".

--->'''Sixth Doctor:''' Your Doctor is an antediluvian fogey! Allowing himself to be captured by the Sontarans. If anything happens to me as a result of it, I shall never forgive himself.\\

Can be watched [[http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x11r7s_tardismedia_the-two-doctors/1#video=xa719l here.]]
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* CallBack: Peri mentions the Doctor needing [[Creator/PeterDavison celery]] after him feeling faint. He retorts with needing [[Creator/TomBaker jelly babies]], ending up with needing a [[Creator/PatrickTroughton recorder]].

* ComplainingAboutRescuesYouDontLike: The Sixth Doctor has just found the Second and gotten him away from his kidnappers:

* CrazyConsumption: Shockeye, being an Androgum, is ''always'' like this, and probably doesn't count. But the second Doctor (upon being turned into an Androgum), and Chessene's breakdown at the end of the story fit the bill more closely.

* EvilChef: Shockeye

* PutOffTheirFood

* [[ShoutOut/ToShakespeare Shout Out To Shakespeare]]: Oscar's last words are "To sleep, perchance to dream."