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(I thought it was important to include Season 6B, as it came about due to the publishers not wanting to stop making Doctor Who stories, along with the cliffhanger ending of the War Games not actually showing the Second Doctor's regeneration. If this information is already on this page then by all means edit what I've added.) |
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The final episode saw the departure of [[Patrick Troughton]] as the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Frazer Hines]] and [[Wendy Padbury]] as [[companion]]s [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]]. It was the first time in the history of ''Doctor Who'' that either a companion or an incarnation of [[the Doctor]] made their last regular appearance in the concluding episode of a season. It was also the first time that an incarnation of the Doctor and all his companions were written out of the program in the same story. | The final episode saw the departure of [[Patrick Troughton]] as the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Frazer Hines]] and [[Wendy Padbury]] as [[companion]]s [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]]. It was the first time in the history of ''Doctor Who'' that either a companion or an incarnation of [[the Doctor]] made their last regular appearance in the concluding episode of a season. It was also the first time that an incarnation of the Doctor and all his companions were written out of the program in the same story. | ||
Also, unlike most regeneration stories, the [[Jon Pertwee|new lead actor]] did not appear in the final moments of the tenth part, in fact the Second Doctor's actual regeneration isn't actually shown on screen fully explicitly although his face is shown contorting as he's shown spinning away at the very end of the story. Because of the six month gap between the end of this story and the first story of [[Season 7]] [[Polystyle Publications, Ltd.|Polystyle Publications]], the official ''[[Doctor Who]]'' comic licensees at the time, opted to continue publishing stories starring the Second Doctor | Also, unlike most regeneration stories, the [[Jon Pertwee|new lead actor]] did not appear in the final moments of the tenth part, in fact the Second Doctor's actual regeneration isn't actually shown on screen fully explicitly although his face is shown contorting as he's shown spinning away at the very end of the story. Because of the six month gap between the end of this story and the first story of [[Season 7]] [[Polystyle Publications, Ltd.|Polystyle Publications]], the official ''[[Doctor Who]]'' comic licensees at the time, opted to continue publishing stories starring the Second Doctor ''after'' his last regular TV appearance rather than before. This resulted in what is known as [[Season 6B]], an in-between "season" of mainly comic stories detailing the Second Doctor's adventures while trying to avoid his impending forced regeneration, with the last comic story to have the Second Doctor as the leading incarnation, [[The Night Walkers (comic story)|The Night Walkers]], being the only form of Doctor Who media, and uniquely the only story in comic form, to fully show the start of the Second Doctor's regeneration. | ||
The story also featured a father and son playing roles on screen: [[David Troughton]], the son of Patrick Troughton, appeared in this story. | The story also featured a father and son playing roles on screen: [[David Troughton]], the son of Patrick Troughton, appeared in this story. | ||
