The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)

The Time Meddler was the fifth episode of the series Tales of the TARDIS and was released on BBC iPlayer on 1 November 2023 by the BBC, written by Phil Ford and directed by Joshua M.G. Thomas, and was notable for featuring the televised return of Peter Purves as Steven Taylor.
This story consists of two newly recorded scenes placed on either side of an omnibus version of the TV story The Time Meddler.
== Synopsis ==
Steven and Vicki meet again and remember their first adventure battling a time-travelling Monk about to change the course of history in 1066. 
== Plot ==
To be added
== Cast ==
* Vicki - Maureen O'Brien
* Steven Taylor - Peter Purves
=== Uncredited ===
* William Hartnell - First Doctor (archive voice)
== Crew ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Steven calls Vicki his "little sister".
* Steven doesn't think highly of the Sixth Doctor's coat.
== Notes ==
* This is the first live-action appearance of Steven Taylor since The Savages in 1966.
* The use of an achieve recording was utilised to allow William Hartnell to posthumously reprise his role as the First Doctor.
== Continuity ==
 
* Steven tells Vicki that he became a king after leaving the TARDIS, and is now both a father and a grandfather. He became a king in TV: The Savages and his granddaughter Sida first appeared in AUDIO: The War to End All Wars.
* Vicki tell Steven that she and Troilus have children. They were first mentioned in AUDIO: Frostfire.
* Vicki finds a Viking helmet that ignites her and Steven memories of the Monk and his plot to alter the Battle of Hastings. (TV: The Time Meddler)
* Steven and Vicki recall being on Mechanus and seeing the Mechanoids and the Daleks on the day they met, as depicted in TV: The Chase.
* Steven mentions that he and the Doctor ran into the Monk again after Vicki left the TARDIS and that he "wasn't happy how the Doctor left him stranded." This formed part of the plot of TV: The Daleks' Master Plan.
* Vicki mentions she became the granddaughter the Doctor lost after Susan Foreman left, in TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth, and how she was an orphan when they met in TV: The Rescue.
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