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The gap exists because the [[regeneration]] of the [[Second Doctor]] (played by [[Patrick Troughton]]) into the [[Third Doctor]] (played by [[Jon Pertwee]]) was never explicitly shown on television — although the Second Doctor's face is shown beginning to change and contort, and then disappear, as he spins away into the void. Instead, viewers were left only with the impression that the Doctor had been sentenced to two fates: enforced regeneration and [[exile on Earth]]. Season 6B thus contains stories in which the Second Doctor is living under the ''threat'' of these two sentences. Depending on the story involved, he may be living on Earth or not, but all stories in this period have him waiting to be forcibly regenerated. | The gap exists because the [[regeneration]] of the [[Second Doctor]] (played by [[Patrick Troughton]]) into the [[Third Doctor]] (played by [[Jon Pertwee]]) was never explicitly shown on television — although the Second Doctor's face is shown beginning to change and contort, and then disappear, as he spins away into the void. Instead, viewers were left only with the impression that the Doctor had been sentenced to two fates: enforced regeneration and [[exile on Earth]]. Season 6B thus contains stories in which the Second Doctor is living under the ''threat'' of these two sentences. Depending on the story involved, he may be living on Earth or not, but all stories in this period have him waiting to be forcibly regenerated. | ||
Season 6B is regarded as a theory or [[fanon]] by those fans who hold that ''only'' the televised stories are "proper" or "[[canon]]ical", but it has been the backdrop to many officially licensed, if untelevised, stories. | Season 6B is regarded as a theory or [[fanon]] by those fans who hold that ''only'' the televised stories are "proper" or "[[canon]]ical", but it has been the backdrop to many officially licensed, if untelevised, stories. Because this wiki takes the view that all officially licensed stories are of equal value, the basic notion that the Second Doctor had many adventures after ''The War Games'' is regarded here as a "truth" of the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]]. | ||
== Origins == | == Origins == | ||
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When the [[First Doctor]] ([[William Hartnell]]) had regenerated into the Second (Patrick Troughton), things had been relatively easy for [[Polystyle Publications, Ltd.|Polystyle Publications]], the official ''[[Doctor Who]]'' comic licensees. There had been precisely a one-week gap between Hartnell and Troughton on TV and their ''[[TV Comic]]'', a weekly publication, had easily followed suit. In 1969, though, Troughton was leaving at the end of the season. To make matters worse, there would be a significant break as ''Doctor Who'' cut its annual episode output almost in half. It was almost six months between the end of ''War Games'' and the beginning of ''Spearhead'', easily the longest gap between new televised episodes of ''Doctor Who'' up to that time. | When the [[First Doctor]] ([[William Hartnell]]) had regenerated into the Second (Patrick Troughton), things had been relatively easy for [[Polystyle Publications, Ltd.|Polystyle Publications]], the official ''[[Doctor Who]]'' comic licensees. There had been precisely a one-week gap between Hartnell and Troughton on TV and their ''[[TV Comic]]'', a weekly publication, had easily followed suit. In 1969, though, Troughton was leaving at the end of the season. To make matters worse, there would be a significant break as ''Doctor Who'' cut its annual episode output almost in half. It was almost six months between the end of ''War Games'' and the beginning of ''Spearhead'', easily the longest gap between new televised episodes of ''Doctor Who'' up to that time. | ||
[[File:SecondRegen.jpg|thumb|left|The only licensed image of the actual regeneration of the Second Doctor. | [[File:SecondRegen.jpg|thumb|left|The only licensed image of the actual regeneration of the Second Doctor. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Night Walkers]]'')]] | ||
Not wanting to stop publication of their ''Doctor Who'' comic strip, Polystyle kept on publishing stories featuring the Second Doctor; however, the decision was made ''not'' to set the interregnum stories prior to ''The War Games'', but rather after. In the stories, the Doctor has indeed been [[Exile on Earth|exiled to Earth]], but was awaiting his [[Time Lord]]-imposed [[regeneration]]. For a time, the Second Doctor lived the high life as a celebrity based in [[London]]'s swanky [[Carlton Grange Hotel]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Action in Exile]]'') He travelled the Earth, responding to calls received via the Carlton Grange switchboard, with nary a [[UNIT]] soldier in sight. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Mark of Terror]]'', ''[[The Brotherhood (comic story)|The Brotherhood]]'', ''[[U.F.O. (comic story)|U.F.O.]]'') | Not wanting to stop publication of their ''Doctor Who'' comic strip, Polystyle kept on publishing stories featuring the Second Doctor; however, the decision was made ''not'' to set the interregnum stories prior to ''The War Games'', but rather after. In the stories, the Doctor has indeed been [[Exile on Earth|exiled to Earth]], but was awaiting his [[Time Lord]]-imposed [[regeneration]]. For a time, the Second Doctor lived the high life as a celebrity based in [[London]]'s swanky [[Carlton Grange Hotel]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Action in Exile]]'') He travelled the Earth, responding to calls received via the Carlton Grange switchboard, with nary a [[UNIT]] soldier in sight. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Mark of Terror]]'', ''[[The Brotherhood (comic story)|The Brotherhood]]'', ''[[U.F.O. (comic story)|U.F.O.]]'') | ||
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== Fans start to ponder things == | == Fans start to ponder things == | ||
In the meantime, [[Patrick Troughton]] returned to ''Doctor Who'' as the Second Doctor, each time looking a little older. At the same time, it became easier to get home video of early serials such as ''The War Games'' and ''Spearhead from Space''. Fans began to question what they were seeing. Amongst the questions asked were: | In the meantime, [[Patrick Troughton]] returned to ''Doctor Who'' as the Second Doctor, each time looking a little older. At the same time, it became easier to get home video of early serials such as ''The War Games'' and ''Spearhead from Space''. Fans began to question what they were seeing. Amongst the questions asked were: | ||
* Why does the Third Doctor begin | * Why does the Third Doctor begin ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' with several items that the Second Doctor didn't have at the end of ''[[The War Games]]'', such as a ring, a bracelet and a [[TARDIS homing watch]]? | ||
* How, in ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', does the Second Doctor know that the Time Lords had erased the memories of [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]]? | * How, in ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', does the Second Doctor know that the Time Lords had erased the memories of [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]]? | ||
* Why do the Second Doctor and Jamie appear older in ''[[The Two Doctors]]''? | * Why do the Second Doctor and Jamie appear older in ''[[The Two Doctors]]''? | ||
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