The Ties That Bind Us

2 Entertain

Documentary Science Fiction

16 min

0

2008

United Kingdom

Overview

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A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors.

Cast

Geoffrey Beevers

Peter Butterworth

George A. Cooper

Nicholas Courtney

Carole Ann Ford

Richard Franklin

William Hartnell

Jacqueline Hill

Richard Hurndall

William Marlowe

Michael Robbins

William Russell

Elisabeth Sladen

Patrick Troughton

Matthew Waterhouse

Deborah Watling

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