Sandbox / Children In Need Notable Stuff

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Notable Children in Need stuff:

• Quite a lot of things related to Doctor Who:
  • A transition from "The Parting of the Ways" to "The Christmas Invasion" in 2005.
  • "Time Crash" (2007) is a meeting of the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) which also explains the transition from "Last of the Time Lords" to "Voyage of the Damned".
  • In 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and the entirety of the Twelfth Doctor's run from 2014 to 2017 they instead aired excerpts from the upcoming Christmas Specials.
  • In 2011 this was preceded by blatant fanservice.
  • 2012 saw "The Great Detective", a short exploring the Doctor's emotional state between "The Angels Take Manhattan" and "The Snowmen", while 2013 had an excerpt of "The Day of the Doctor".
  • Segments for the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) live up to the name "Children in Need": 2018 had a non-fiction short where Whittaker brings a young fan with cystic fibrosis on a tour of the TARDIS set and 2019 saw her make a surprise appearance live on stage and in costume to meet another young fan.
  • The 20th Anniversary special “The Five Doctors” aired on the night in 1983.
  • In 1993, they did the Eastenders crossover “Dimensions in Time” to celebrate the show's 30th Anniversary. The short was written off as non-canon twice over^note First First Frontier declared it All Just a Dream, and, much later, "Army of Ghosts" made the two shows Mutually Fictional.. Due to contract thingies, this will probably never be aired again or turn up on DVD... not that the fans mind.
• The BBC Children in Need Medley was basically a "who's who" of the British cartoon industry at the time, with some American toons as well. It featured (deep breath) Roary the Racing Car, Fifi and the Flowertots, The Wombles, In the Night Garden..., Angelina Ballerina, Scooby-Doo, Bagpuss, Bob the Builder, Ben 10, Thunderbirds, Postman Pat, SpongeBob SquarePants, Fireman Sam, Camberwick Green, Thomas & Friends, Pingu, Teletubbies, The Sooty Show, The Koala Brothers, Peppa Pig, Rubbadubbers, and Paddington amongst others, singing a variety of songs mashed together.