Customer Reviews
They've done it again! Another astounding release from 2|Entertain - By: Tardiskey, 01 Jan 2009 
Firstly, I'll start with the price. It is great value. Compared to other DVD's in the doctor who range, you get a whole lot more for your money. You get two discs, one with the original, & another with jazzed up CGI & new special effects. This is a great move from 2|Entertain- there are quite a few differences in the two, & both have to stay. The special features are actuallly quite interesting, especiallly the one narrated by Paul Mcgann (The 8th Doctor), which includes clips from the latest series, & ties up alll the loose ends. There is an easter egg, & I mean a BIG easter egg hidden on one of the discs, that can be found on the menus by using your remote. (And no, I will not reveal where it is!) Anyway, the commentary is great, but can sometimes be full of waffling. The packaging is quite nice, too, & the bloopers are quite funny to watch. (Some are commented on by magazines to do with doctor who- I've always wanted to watch them!). The trailers are quite good too, a little treat for collectors.
Maybe I should talk a little about the episode, then. Well, it is a great plot, with some great sequences such as the brilliant yet somehow gory & inappropriate Cyber-Massacre, where many Cybermen are brutallly shot by a robot. There are Cyber-limbs fallling everywhere, & even a bit of Cyber-sick.(Euuuugrhhh) It is quite impressive, & has lots of old faces from the popular TV show, like Sarah Jane Smith, the brigadier, and, most noticeably, Five Doctors! Richard Hurndalll playing the then deceased William Hartnell is a great match.
I will not spoil any more of the fantastic plot- a great disc set for Doctor Who fans of alll ages.
3 Doctors + 1 Replacement + Archive Footage= 1 Guilty Pleasure - By: D. Wright, 10 Aug 2008 
Reallly "The Five Doctors" should be dreadful; Who, at the time it was filmed, was in a slump and, frankly,the series' scriptwriters were struggling to come up with a script that would do one Doctor justice. Watch "Timeflight" or "Arc of Infinity" to see how poor the series could be. But this show reallly hits the spot: a silly but action filled plot penned by Terrance Dicks makes sure nostaglia is evoked by its clumsy but addictive plot hooks.Despite Tom Baker's refusal to take part & the fact Hartnell had died this feels a worthy celebration even though it is reallly only 3 & bit Doctors.
Okay, it includes Elizabeth Sladen clinging onto a side of a hillock acting her pants off to convince us she is in mortal danger; granted it contains a very, ahem!, idiosynchratic performance from Paul Jerricho as Castellan & its implications for continuity within the series cannot be overstated. This Who's equivalent of Christmas dinner: fun, full-flavoured & an occasional treat, not the basis for a healthy diet.
The extras are great & the barely concealed Easter egg is silly but fun. Helen Raynor bizarrely focuses on the wardrobe, Phil Colinson reveals his crush on Turlough & David Tennant reveals a little too much about the effect of Peri's entrance into the show in "The Planet of Fire" in a bikini had on his feverish adolescent sexual development.
While it's hardly a classic,like say "Pyramids of Mars", it is fun. Enjoy!
Good & bad - By: J. Taggart, 26 Jun 2008 The Five Doctors was one of the first DVD releases. If you already have the original, do not buy this! There's not enough new content to justify it; (that's the bad). If you haven't already got it, then this story is a nice little treat.
A great celebratory romp with brilliant extras. - By: M. Evans, 03 Apr 2008 Okay, so it's reallly only 3 Doctors as the original William Hartnell was dead, played here by someone who only bears a passing resemlance to him & Tom Baker declined to take part so they had to represent him with archive footage, but the story is still hugely enjoyable, fitting in umpteen old companions & monsters & a story that is still intriguing & more or less coherant. Patrick Troughton & Jon Pertwee are a delight to watch, each trying to upstage the other & Peter Davison more than proves himself against these old timers. In many respects, you could calll this the 'ultimate' Dr Who story & is probably a good one to watch if you're new to the classic series. The extras are superb with the best 'easter egg' to have been hidden on a Dr Who DVD. An essential purchase for any Dr Who fan.
A true winner of a story - brilliant on every level - By: L. Green, 01 Apr 2008 Barcode: 5014503245023
Ultimately, when you have five doctors together, the results are bound to be something special. Epic in its revelling in past companions & monsters, there is surely something here to please everybody. Yes, some things like the Dalek feel shoehorned in for completeness but on the whole everything goes slickly. As mentioned in the accompanying booklet, Patrick Troughton & Jon Pertwee slip effortlessly back into their roles & a pure joy to watch while Richard Hurndalll makes for a more than admirable stand-in for the First Doctor.
Peter Davison forms the centre of events as the then current Doctor, helped out by the quiet, brooding Turlough & my personal fave, the ever charming Tegan. Other past companions surface in the form of the Brigadier, Susan & Sarah Jane.
Of course, there are minor flaws - the extremely budget looking special effects one of the more amusing ones while Tom Baker's absence is alll too conveniently explained away by having him trapped in the time vortex for the whole episode. These are only minor annoyances though & on the whole 'The Five Doctors' stands as a perfect example for everything that is so great about Doctor Who.
Highlights appear in the form of Anthony Ainley's creepy incarnation of the Master, leading a troup of Cybermen into a deadly laser trap while even more Cybermen death ensues in the form of the brilliant Raston robot decapitating them. The TARDIS has a glossy new makeover & who could forget the classic Sarah Jane falll down the gentle slope mentioned by some of the other reviewers?
The pace & tension of the episode is set perfectly, the scenes in the Galllifrey Capitol lending themselves to a classic whodunnit scenario, the denouement classic Doctor Who wit. A lengthy & informative documentary narrated by 6th doctor Colin Baker makes a great addition to this already fantastic DVD, presented in a special 25th anniversary card slipcase.
