Originally Posted by Shoppy:
“Not quite the same thing but I was trying to think of things other than spin-off productions that more than one Doctor had appeared in together but the closest I could get was things like this...
- Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker both appeared in Ray Harryhausen's "Sinbad" films .... Pat in "...and the Eye Of The Tiger" with Patrick Wayne, and Tom in "The Golden Voyage of..." with John Phillip Law.
- In the 50's Troughton and Peter Cushing both appeared in "The Black Knight" with Alan Ladd.
- Christopeher Eccleston was in Alex Cox's "Revenger's Tragedy" along with Derek "Master Reborn" Jacobi and Marc "Elton Pope" Warren.
- David Tennant, David "Jackson Lake" Morrisey and Sarah Racnoss" Parrish were all in "Blackpool".
...Can anyone think of anything featuring more than one of the 13 (including John Hurt) Doctors? ... Are there enough for this question to need it's own thread?”
Not sure how this is on topic but will mention that from reading the Who's Who book, William Hartnell did appear, separately, in the same film as both Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee. Whether he did any scenes with either actor together I don't know and I can't remember the names of the films in question
Originally Posted by Tom Tit:
“Sadly, they didn't really give Hartnell much screen time as the Abbot of Ambois. It would have been interesting if they had. I do recall reading that the credited author John Lucarotti intended the Abbot's role to be much larger and that he and the Doctor would actually meet face to face but sadly his scripts were majorly rewritten and this never happened. The author subsequently disassociated himself from this serial and didn't write for the show again until The Ark in Space with Tom Baker, which again ended up being heavily rewritten by Robert Holmes.
Salamander was a bit hammy with the silly accent but Patrick Troughton gives a great performance in that we never feel like we are watching the Doctor dressed up when Salamander is on screen.
Matt Smith as the Cyber Planner was a bit of a low for me. In an interview Neil Gaiman said that that was a tough script to give to an actor but the wonderful thing about having Matt Smith was that he could pull it off. Sadly, I don't agree and it left Matt a little exposed. How much of this was in the scripted words and how much was in Smith's performance choices I couldn't say but I found the Cyber Planner very peculiar: the defining trait of a Cyberman is they are cold, logical, and unemotional and yet he portrays the Cyber Planner as a raving lunatic. Very odd.
Colin Baker as Maxil: perfectly adequate portrayal but nothing especially memorable or worth discussing if he hadn't gone on to play the Doctor.
Tom Baker as the Curator: wonderful, scintillating performance.”
I think it's weird story that because as you say the scripts were rewritten and reading the novel seems a different experience altogether. I can see why The Doctor was missing from a large majority of it as made you wonder if the Abbot was The Doctor or not, but for once I agree you, there wasn't much screen time and it's a shame, as unlike Troughton, it didn't give viewers enough time to see Hartnell in another role in the show. That's a shame.
Agree about Colin Baker, nobody would have remembered the role much if he'd just appeared as Maxil. I recall reading they wanted him for The Five Doctors as well, which in that case he may well not have been cast as The Doctor.
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