10 Doctor Who Characters Who Appeared Outside The Show
2. The Fourth Doctor In Disney Time
The early days of British TV weren't anything to shout home about, so imagine the excitement felt by kids up and down the land when Disney Time launched in 1961.
It was a compilation show that broadcast edited clips from Disney movies free on television, which was a revelation at the time. The programme proved so popular that it ran in some form or another until 1998, and attracted some big guest stars along the way.
Various celebrities were brought in to provide links between the clips, and they didn’t always have something to do with the House of Mouse. TV presenter Noel Edmonds got the gig, as did Phillip Schofield. And on the August Bank Holiday in 1975, Tom Baker also appeared on the show, in character as the Fourth Doctor.
Landing in his TARDIS, Baker (who had only just begun his stint as the Fourth Doctor) chatted in between excerpts from Clock Cleaners, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and The Jungle Book, among others.
Neatly, this appearance tied into the next episode of Doctor Who, with the Doctor receiving a note from the Brigadier requesting some aid against the Zygons.
Now that’s how you do cross-promotion.