WATCH ALONG | CLASSIC DOCTOR WHO | 4x8 | The Tenth Planet: Episode 4
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For an In universe explanation as to why The Doctor regenerated, some have speculated that the Mondas energy drain drain his life, but I believe the official consensus was it was just old age catching up with him
Retro Tom
2023-01-23 04:57:02 +0000 UTCThe "ticking" noise you were asking about was the Geiger counter noise to help show how high radiation levels were.
Malcolm Wolf
2022-11-30 19:34:33 +0000 UTCI uploaded that sequence to Britany, and it is available in the spoiler section on Discord :-)
Malcolm Wolf
2022-11-30 18:38:13 +0000 UTCFrom what I can gather, the 'getting rid of the First Doctor' wasn't really planned too far ahead of time. Hartnell was too ill to appear in Part 3 (hence the use of a body double for the Doctor; and Ben being given the lions share of the dialogue). After a week of bedrest Hartnell returned, but the decision had been made to hire a younger actor. Whether that had been taken weeks earlier (and the producers just sat on the idea) I don't know; but Hartnell discovered he was no longer needed for the role. I'm guessing that's why his characters demise was pretty abrupt (although they gave him that wonderful line "Alas, this old body of mine is wearing a bit thin!" which has become part of Who lore); as the producer's decision to write him out was presumably a pretty quick one (possibly taken during Hartnell's week of bed rest). The actual regeneration sequence still exists, btw. The footage was presevered accidentally - although most of the remainder of the episode is gone.
Ian Smith
2022-11-30 17:01:26 +0000 UTC
