The BBC has just announced that the upcoming Doctor Who 50th Anniversary festivities will officially include all former Doctors. It’s not quite a TV episode though.

There has been much speculation as to what format the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary special would take. Fans have been clamoring for their favorite past Doctors to take part. In particular, Tom Baker and David Tennant’s names have run high on fans’ wishlists.

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According to the Radio Times, Nicholas Briggs, who many fans will recognize as the voice of the Daleks and Cybermen since 2005, is penning an audio story.

Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann are explicitly confirmed for the 100-minute-long audio story ‘The Light at the End,’ while Briggs has hinted that remaining Doctors Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and incumbent Matt Smith are “behind the project”, and that the Time Lord’s first three incarnations, originally played by the late William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee, could also feature.

The above list includes all of the surviving Doctors. Nonetheless, the first through third Doctors will be included in the story even though their human counterparts have long since passed away.

Fans who have been dying for former companions will not be disappointed either as the actresses who played Peri, Ace, and Nyssa will also be voicing their former characters. Additionally, Geoffrey Beevers, who played the first incarnation of The Master, will also be participating.

There is no word on whether these former Doctors will be taking part in an actual TV episode. On the other hand, this audio would certainly explain the cagey answers recent given by David Tennant, Christoper Eccelston, and Tom Baker about involvement in the 50th anniversary when their previous answers were a resounding, “I haven’t been asked.”

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