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* Hartnell was "fired" in the sense that his contract was simply not renewed. Now, it was mutual, in that he'd been convinced that it was a good thing, and he agreed to not having his contract renewed, but the truth was that he kept acting for several years after he left. He really was "eased out". (''[[The Second Doctor Handbook]]'' describes his departure as an "agreement" between [[Innes Lloyd]] and Hartnell.) | * Hartnell was "fired" in the sense that his contract was simply not renewed. Now, it was mutual, in that he'd been convinced that it was a good thing, and he agreed to not having his contract renewed, but the truth was that he kept acting for several years after he left. He really was "eased out". (''[[The Second Doctor Handbook]]'' describes his departure as an "agreement" between [[Innes Lloyd]] and Hartnell.) | ||
* Troughton has specifically said that he always planned to do three years, and that was the condition of his acceptance to [[Innes Lloyd]] in [[1966]]. His notion was that he simply didn't want to get typed. ([[DWM 78]]) | * Troughton has specifically said that he always planned to do three years, and that was the condition of his acceptance to [[Innes Lloyd]] in [[1966]]. His notion was that he simply didn't want to get typed. ([[DWM 78]]) | ||
* It has often been said that Pertwee left because the death of Robert Delgado and the departure of Katy Manning left him feeling that the family was breaking up anyway. However, [[Elisabeth Sladen]] has said that he asked for more money for the new contract that would have covered [[season 12]], the BBC didn't meet the demand, and so he resigned. The truth is probably a mix of the two. ''[[The Third Doctor Handbook]]'' quotes a ''Daily Mail'' interview in which he says, "I felt the team was breaking up. It all seemed to be changing and I decided I would change with it. Perhaps it's a bad decision — ''Doctor Who' would have been a certain bread ticket for another year … I have been out of the theatre for five years. It is time I went back." He gave another 1974 interview in which he largely attributed his departure to his back pain caused by not having "vertebra between the fifth and sixth lumbars" and was therefore in "permanent pain for the last two ''Doctor Who'' series". Unlike most other actors, | * It has often been said that Pertwee left because the death of Robert Delgado and the departure of Katy Manning left him feeling that the family was breaking up anyway. However, [[Elisabeth Sladen]] has said that he asked for more money for the new contract that would have covered [[Season 12 (Doctor Who 1963)|season 12]], the BBC didn't meet the demand, and so he resigned. The truth is probably a mix of the two. ''[[The Third Doctor Handbook]]'' quotes a ''Daily Mail'' interview in which he says, "I felt the team was breaking up. It all seemed to be changing and I decided I would change with it. Perhaps it's a bad decision — ''Doctor Who' would have been a certain bread ticket for another year … I have been out of the theatre for five years. It is time I went back." He gave another 1974 interview in which he largely attributed his departure to his back pain caused by not having "vertebra between the fifth and sixth lumbars" and was therefore in "permanent pain for the last two ''Doctor Who'' series". Unlike most other actors, | ||
* Tom Baker has said that he routinely submitted his resignation at the end of each season and it was usually rejected. It's a little unclear whether this was literally true, but he did at least submit his resignation after the season 18 contract expired and JNT took him up on it. Of course, Baker has admitted that he was pretty unbearable during this period, so perhaps it's best to think of his departure as a kind of divorce with faults on both sides. In [[DWM 181]], or thereabouts, he says, "…because I was the constant factor [as compared with transient directors], I became more and more proprietorial, and in the end it became obvious I had to go. I got more and more irascible and people seemed to think the programme was me, we became to ''utterly'' intertwined. This was very bad, and a sign that I had to go. Also I didn't find rehearsals as funny as I had done." | * Tom Baker has said that he routinely submitted his resignation at the end of each season and it was usually rejected. It's a little unclear whether this was literally true, but he did at least submit his resignation after the season 18 contract expired and JNT took him up on it. Of course, Baker has admitted that he was pretty unbearable during this period, so perhaps it's best to think of his departure as a kind of divorce with faults on both sides. In [[DWM 181]], or thereabouts, he says, "…because I was the constant factor [as compared with transient directors], I became more and more proprietorial, and in the end it became obvious I had to go. I got more and more irascible and people seemed to think the programme was me, we became to ''utterly'' intertwined. This was very bad, and a sign that I had to go. Also I didn't find rehearsals as funny as I had done." | ||
* Peter Davison has said repeatedly that he was influenced by Troughton's advice to only do three years. However, the best reason for his departure is really that he was disappointed in the quality of scripts in [[season 20]]. He has repeatedly said that if he had been making the decision on the basis of [[season 21]], he'd have stayed for a fourth year. | * Peter Davison has said repeatedly that he was influenced by Troughton's advice to only do three years. However, the best reason for his departure is really that he was disappointed in the quality of scripts in [[season 20]]. He has repeatedly said that if he had been making the decision on the basis of [[season 21]], he'd have stayed for a fourth year. | ||