Second Doctor's change of appearance: Difference between revisions

In the public account of the trial, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'') the Second Doctor, after rejecting the choice of faces offered to him, then lost control of his speech and face, finding himself babbling and involuntarily gurning. As he fought to regain control of his body, resisting the process, the Doctor found himself in a dark void, orbited by swirling images of his own face. His head then abruptly vanished, leaving him clutching with both hands at the empty space where his face had been, but still able to speak. He exclaimed that he felt "giddy", and told the Time Lords, "No, you can't do this to me! No, no, no..." Finally, the headless Doctor was sent twirling into nothingness. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') This was, by some accounts, the Doctor's regeneration, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') a typical example of a [[disciplinary regeneration]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[How to be a Time Lord (novel)|How to be a Time Lord]]'')