This year marks the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who, with William Hartnell’s First Doctor having been introduced on the small screen on November 23, 1963. To commemorate this milestone, three specials will air this November featuring the return of David Tennant, albeit as the freshly-regenerated Fourteenth Doctor rather than the Tenth. But that’s not all that could have happened, as Peter Davison, who played the Fifth Doctor from 1982 to 1984, revealed he’d been working on something to celebrate Doctor Who turning 60, but was ultimately scrapped.
Doctor Who fans will recall that in 2013, in addition to “The Day of The Doctor” commemorating the show’s 50 anniversary, a comedy spoof called The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot was released on the BBC’s Red Button service. The sketch, which Davison also wrote and directed, followed him, Sixth Doctor actor Colin Baker and Seventh Doctor actor Sylvester McCoy learning they weren’t invited to take part in the 50th anniversary special and attempting to sneak onto the set. In an interview with Radio Times, Davison shared that he’d intended to put together a similar spoof for Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary, but this time around, the power-that-be at the BBC weren’t interested. The actor explained:
