Five Card Draw ( short story ) Five Card Draw was the ninth short story in the Short Trips anthology " " . It was written by Todd Green . It featured the Fifth Doctor and Peri . Summary . The Fifth Doctor receives a summons , and he and Peri land in a castle in medieval England . He steps out to explore , telling Peri to wait in the TARDIS . Going through a door , he meets his first three incarnations . Not long after that , a future incarnation arrives , having also been summoned . The five Doctors talk , deciding to play something to pass the time , as they don ' t know who summoned them all here . The First Doctor pulls out a deck and states that they will play poker to pass the time . Since he has an injured arm , he deals . He tells the other Doctors that they will play for a golden bow . As they play , the First Doctor explains what happened to him . He had gotten the bow as a reward from the emperor of Gallutia , for convincing his enemies to surrender , an event that none of the other Doctors remember , with the exception of the Second Doctor , who only vaguely remembers it . After winning the bow , the First Doctor landed here alone to do some archery practise . On the scanner he saw a girl being held by bandits . He rescued her and brought her into the TARDIS . When the bandits ran away , he tried to let the girl out , but was surrounded by men in armour . He closed the door on them . The knights were angry with him for interfering with their bandit pursuit . When he attempted to let the girl , Lady Mary , out of the TARDIS , one of the men claimed he had seen the TARDIS materialise out of thin air . The others were afraid of the Doctor ' s magical powers . They grabbed him , and were about to kill him , but he was able to escape . He found this castle and closed the drawbridge . The knights followed , then got extra men and surrounded the castle . The Doctor was trapped here , away from his TARDIS . The Fifth Doctor realises that the First Doctor summoned his later incarnations here to help him . The bow was given to him by an emperor , but it wasn ' t supposed to be used as a weapon . The First Doctor needs one of the others to help him , as his arm was injured by the knights . The loser of the poker hand will have to face the knights and explain what happened . The Fifth Doctor loses the hand , and the First Doctor gives the bow to him . He uses his TARDIS to travel to a spot near the First Doctor ' s TARDIS , then sends his TARDIS , with Peri in it , back to the castle . The knights appear , greeting him with swords drawn . One of the knights , Henry , threatens to kill him , but he petitions to talk to their leader , Sir Edward . Edward arrives , interrupted in his plans to rescue his sister Mary . The Doctor suggests they send one knight with him to the TARDIS so he can retrieve Mary . Edward decides to kill him , but the Doctor then offers him the golden bow . Edward allows Henry to accompany the Doctor to the TARDIS . In the TARDIS , Henry sees that Mary is safe . He brings Mary outside and lets the Doctor go . The Doctor quickly gets into the First Doctor ' s TARDIS and heads back to the castle , while the knights are distracted by Mary ' s safe return . The other Doctors congratulate him on his success , but soon realise that they can no longer remember what it was the Fifth Doctor gave to Edward . Suddenly , Peri enters the room , but she ' s looking for the Sixth Doctor , instead of the Fifth . The Sixth Doctor tells her to get back into the TARDIS , but it ' s too late as this future version of Peri catches sight of the Fifth Doctor , who she is shocked to see , considering that she witnessed the Fifth Doctor ' s regeneration . The Sixth Doctor leaves with her before she can say anything else on the matter , leaving the Fifth Doctor with the knowledge that his next regeneration will occur sooner than he expected .