The Doctors Revisited: The Third Doctor

Mark your calendars for March 31 at 8 PM EST, when The Doctors Revisited returns.

This time the series looks at the Third Doctor, portrayed by Jon Pertwee. His era ushered in many changes to the show, from its first-time broadcast in color, to the introduction of UNIT and the Doctor's arch-enemy the Master, to Pertwee's portrayal of the Doctor as an energetic man of action who also loved to tinker with gadgets.

Following the documentary will be Pertwee's very first story, "Spearhead from Space" (1970). The Doctor has been forced to regenerate and exiled to Earth by the Time Lords. Can he recover in time and convince his old friend Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart that he really is the same Doctor? Can the Doctor and UNIT stop an invasion by the Nestine Consciousness and its plastic Auton soldiers?

And don't forget to tune in Saturday, March 30 at 8 for the premier of new episodes of Doctor Who, starring Matt Smith.

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