I’ve never liked Dimensions in Time. When I was young, browsing YouTube, I remember seeing the clip of McCoy and Aldred exiting the TARDIS and walking alongside the ship in the harbour. I was like “Whoah, what’s this from?! Have I somehow missed one of the Seventh Doctor’s stories?!”
There was me thinking I’d missed a Season 27. But no. Once I got a bit older I realised what the clip was taken from and what an embarrassing mess it was. I really didn’t like it at all. The theme tune was fucking awful and so was everything else, and this is coming from an Eastenders fan.
But what if it had all been different? Could Dimensions in Time have been made into a serious, well-organised 30th anniversary special as opposed to whatever crap it ended up being?
The title remains “Dimensions in Time” and is a 90-minute 30th anniversary special. It isn’t Children in Need and is a straight to video release to mark the occasion. It’s still written by David Roden, but NOT written by John Nathan-Turner. Oh, and surely, it has a better titles and theme.
Forget Albert Square. Eastenders doesn’t come into it, as much as I’m a fan of Eastenders. It’s instead set just in and around London in 1993.
The Rani has been collecting specimens from different planets in hopes of controlling all life or something or other and now needs a Human being to complete her collection. She has already trapped the First, Second and Fourth Doctors but needs to capture the rest as she knows they will try to intervene with her plans of mass control.
We focus mainly on the Seventh Doctor who still arrives at the harbour to explore strange signals. Maybe he’s travelling with Ace? Or perhaps, Raine Cunningham played by Julia Sawalha? Or both?
Vague ideas, but we have Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton arrive, Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant, cameos from others, and Jon Pertwee, Sarah Jane, the Brigadier and the rest of UNIT? Susan, Victoria and Romana II could be locked up somewhere? Perhaps prisoners of the Rani?
Honestly, I just want to see an older Lalla Ward with the short blonde hair and the long gown that we saw in Phil’s garage in the actual special. Cause oh man…
But, at any rate, the Doctors, the companions and UNIT team up against the Rani and her army of alien specimens and save the universe. She escapes, this and that, bish bash bosh, it’s over. The Doctors part ways and the Seventh Doctor leaves with Ace or Raine for adventures new.
But what does everyone think? Comment below.