Trivia: Sylvester McCoy, although only credited as 1 Doctor, actually plays the 6th Doctor during the pre-titles sequence, making him the only actor to play two different Doctors.
Death racer 1
21st Apr 2014
Doctor Who (1963)
3rd Sep 2013
Doctor Who (1963)
Planet of the Spiders - S11-E5
Revealing mistake: When Mike and Sarah are in Mike's car going to the monastery, the car swerves off the road and Mike is replaced by a stunt man.
14th May 2013
Doctor Who (1963)
Factual error: In Episode 3, Zarof fires a gun. The muzzle is seen and a sound is heard but the gun doesn't move and there's no smoke or bullet, no flash or anything at all. (00:23:05)
6th May 2013
Doctor Who (1963)

Revealing mistake: In episode 1 when the Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicky leave the TARDIS, wheels are visible which move the prop around. There is also no back to the prop.
6th May 2013
Doctor Who (1963)
Revealing mistake: In episode 1 when the Doctor is checking the controls you can see the studio lights to the top left corner where the set doesn't completely connect.
2nd May 2013
Doctor Who (1963)
Continuity mistake: Towards the end of episode 2 it's nighttime, but when Ian and the Doctor lure the Dalek over from the TARDIS, and when it falls, it's daylight.
29th Apr 2013
Doctor Who (1963)
The Ambassadors of Death - S7-E3
Continuity mistake: In episode 4 a UNIT sentry (Max Falkner) is seen shooting at one of the ambassadors when he is killed, but in episode 6 he is alive and well and is seen again in the 1976 story "The Android Invasion" , this time as a corporal.
29th Apr 2013
Doctor Who (1963)
The Daleks' Master Plan - S3-E4
Visible crew/equipment: In Episode 2 when Marc Cory and the other Ambassador are talking, a figure who appears to be wearing Space Security Uniform (and this isn't Nicholas Courtney) and a stage hand walk by, and you can also see the end of the set.
29th Apr 2013
Doctor Who (1963)
Doctor Who and the Silurians - S7-E2
Easter egg: On the DVD click play all on the 2nd disc and when episode 7 finishes watch through the credits and it shows the trailer for the next story, The Ambassadors of Death.
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