Editing Doctor Who (section)

===Charity episodes and appearances===
In 1983, coinciding with the series' 20th anniversary, "[[The Five Doctors]]" was shown as part of the annual BBC ''[[Children in Need]]'' Appeal, however it was not a charity-based production, simply scheduled within the line-up of Friday 25 November 1983. This was the programme's first co-production with Australian broadcaster [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]].<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Five Doctors |title-link=The Five Doctors |year=1985 |type=Cover |publisher=BBC |id=BBC 2020 2}}</ref> At 90 minutes long it was the longest single episode of ''Doctor Who'' produced to date. It featured three of the first five Doctors, a new actor to replace the deceased William Hartnell, and unused footage to represent Tom Baker.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Five Doctors Serial 6K |url=http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_6k.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202002/http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_6k.htm |archive-date=29 October 2013 |access-date=24 October 2013 |publisher=drwhoguide.com}}</ref>

In 1993, for the franchise's 30th anniversary, another charity special, ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'', was produced for ''Children in Need'', featuring all the surviving actors who played the Doctor and a number of previous companions. It also featured a crossover with the soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]'', the action taking place in the latter's [[Albert Square]] location and around [[Greenwich]]. The special was one of several special 3D programmes the BBC produced at the time, using a 3D system that made use of the [[Pulfrich effect]], requiring glasses with one darkened lens; the picture would look normal to those viewers who watched without the glasses.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

[[File:"Paddington Who", Paddington Bear, Royal Observatory - geograph.org.uk - 4282486.jpg|thumb|upright|''Doctor Who''-themed [[Paddington Bear]] statue at the Royal Observatory, [[London]], in 2014. Designed by the twelfth Doctor [[Peter Capaldi]], it was auctioned for the  [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children]] (NSPCC).]]
In 1999, another special, ''[[Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death]]'', was made for [[Comic Relief]] and later released on VHS. An affectionate [[parody]] of the television series, it was split into four segments, mimicking the traditional serial format, complete with [[cliffhanger]]s, and running down the same corridor several times when being chased (the version released on video was split into only two episodes).{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} In the story, the Doctor ([[Rowan Atkinson]]) encounters both [[Master (Doctor Who)|the Master]] ([[Jonathan Pryce]]) and the [[Dalek]]s. During the special, the Doctor is forced to regenerate several times, with his subsequent incarnations played by, in order, [[Richard E. Grant]], [[Jim Broadbent]], [[Hugh Grant]], and [[Joanna Lumley]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitbrook |first=James |date=22 March 2022 |title=We've Already Had Enough of Hugh Grant as Doctor Who's Doctor |url=https://gizmodo.com/hugh-grant-doctor-who-casting-curse-of-fatal-death-1848688997 |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=Gizmodo}}</ref> The script was written by [[Steven Moffat]], later to be head writer and executive producer of the revived series.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 May 2008 |title=Doctor Who guru Davies steps down |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7411177.stm |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215163911/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7411177.stm |archive-date=15 February 2009}}</ref>

Since the return of ''Doctor Who'' in 2005, the franchise has produced two original "mini-episodes" to support Children in Need. The first, which aired in November 2005, was an [[Doctor Who: Children in Need|untitled seven-minute scene]] introducing [[David Tennant]] as the [[Tenth Doctor]]. It was followed in November 2007 by "[[Time Crash]]", a 7-minute scene that featured the Tenth Doctor meeting the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Peter Davison]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Who Needs Another Doctor? |work=BBC News |date=21 November 2007|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2007/10/21/50016.shtml |access-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025112220/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2007/10/21/50016.shtml |archive-date=25 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A set of two mini-episodes, titled [[Space and Time (Doctor Who)|"Space" and "Time"]] respectively, were produced to support [[Comic Relief]]. They were aired during the [[Comic Relief#2011 event|Comic Relief 2011 event]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 March 2011 |title=Doctor Who For Comic Relief&nbsp;– Exclusive |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a306899/moffat-reveals-who-comic-relief-plot.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305215900/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a306899/moffat-reveals-who-comic-relief-plot.html |archive-date=5 March 2011 |access-date=6 March 2011 |website=[[SFX (magazine)|SFX]]}}</ref> During ''[[Children in Need 2011]]'', an exclusively filmed segment showed the Doctor addressing the viewer, attempting to persuade them to purchase items of his clothing, which were going up for auction for Children in Need. ''[[Children in Need 2012]]'' featured the mini-episode "[[The Great Detective (Doctor Who)|The Great Detective]]".<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 November 2012 |title=Doctor Who Mini Episode |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011h3sb |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116040155/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011h3sb |archive-date=16 November 2020 |access-date=18 December 2012 |publisher=BBC |format=Video}}</ref> In 2014, the [[Twelfth Doctor]] [[Peter Capaldi]] designed a ''Doctor Who''-themed [[Paddington Bear]] statue, which was located at the [[Royal Observatory, Greenwich|Royal Observatory]] in Greenwich (one of 50 placed around London), which was auctioned to raise funds for the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children]] (NSPCC).<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Paddington Bear Statues Have Taken Over London |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-11-24/paddington-bear-statues-taken-over-london-david-beckham-benedict-cumberbatch |access-date=25 November 2023|work=Condé Nast}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=50 Paddington Bear sculptures unveiled in London – gallery |url=https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/gallery/2014/nov/03/paddington-bear-trail-sculptures-celebrities |date=3 November 2014 |access-date=25 November 2023 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>