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The Ties That Bind Us

200816mMovieDocumentaryScience Fiction

A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors.

DirectorBrendan Sheppard
WriterKaren Davies
ProducersBrendan Sheppard·Dan Hall

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Cast · Directed by Brendan Sheppard

PMPaul McGann
Paul McGann
Self - Narrator
AAAnthony Ainley
Anthony Ainley
The Master (archive footage)
JAJohn Arnatt
John Arnatt
Borusa (archive footage)
CBColin Baker
Colin Baker
The Sixth Doctor / Commander Maxil (archive footage)
TBTom Baker
Tom Baker
The Fourth Doctor (archive footage)
PBPatrick Barr
Patrick Barr
Hobson (archive footage)
TBTerence Bayler
Terence Bayler
Barrington (archive footage)
GBGeoffrey Beevers
Geoffrey Beevers
The Master (archive footage)
JBJohn Bennett
John Bennett
Chang Lee (archive footage)
JBJohn Breslin
John Breslin
Captain Munro (archive footage)
NBNicola Bryant
Nicola Bryant
Peri Brown (archive footage)
PBPeter Butterworth
Peter Butterworth
The Monk (archive footage)

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The Ties That Bind Us hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around April 21, 2008. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.