Doctor Who: Regeneration
Doctor Who: Regeneration was a Doctor Who book published by HarperCollins Publishers.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1996, over nine million people in Britain alone tuned in to watch the rebirth of a legend — the Doctor Who film, starring Paul McGann as the eighth incarnation of BBC Television¹s famous Time Lord. As seen through the eyes of the only man who could tell it as it was — the film's executive producer, Philip Segal — Doctor Who-Regeneration offers a unique insight into television politics and the traumas of creating a whole new era for Doctor Who. Packed with behind-the-scenes accounts, this is the story of one man¹s struggle to bring one of the longest-running and most popular science fiction series of all time back to the television screens of the world.
With additional views from the director Geoffrey Sax and stars of the television movie itself, this is the most detailed exploration of a previously mysterious part of the Doctor Who universe.
Subject matter[[edit] | [edit source]]
In great detail through concept drawings and behind the scenes information and photographs the development and production of Doctor Who as well as many previous attempts to make a Doctor Who movie.
Notable features[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Features details on the previous attempts including:
- Material concerning John Leekley's planned mid-1990s revival or reboot of Doctor Who, including:
- Background information on the writing of the Leekley Bible, including deleted content from earlier drafts;
- A reprinting of The Chronicles of Doctor Who?;
- The full story outline of Don't Shoot, I'm the Doctor! written by Leekley;
- Documentation on Philip Segal's "Amblin" Daleks, including a picture of "a Gallifrey ruined by war with the Daleks" and a full printing of the non-narrative fiction piece Skaro - The Dead Planet: A brief history of the Daleks;
- Information on the Robert deLaurentis script;
- Information on the "Daltenrays Project" (linked to a poster proclaiming "Doctor Who" - "Last of the Time Lords", which featured in some books of the early 1990s);
- An afterword from Nicholas Courtney, wherein which he expresses hope that Paul McGann's Doctor will soon meet the Brigadier.
- Material concerning John Leekley's planned mid-1990s revival or reboot of Doctor Who, including:
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