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Each subsequent regeneration was then filmed in a variety of different ways, as dictated by the [[Director (crew)|director]] on that particular episode. Indeed, no two regenerations were particularly similar until the first [[Russell T Davies]] era (2005-2010).
Each subsequent regeneration was then filmed in a variety of different ways, as dictated by the [[Director (crew)|director]] on that particular episode. Indeed, no two regenerations were particularly similar until the first [[Russell T Davies]] era (2005-2010).


Only [[BBC Wales]] (and later [[BBC Studios]] Wales) ''[[Doctor Who]]'' attempted to standardise the way regeneration looked. With ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'' came what is now the standard "golden glow explosion" (although the colour of the explosion is fiery orange in ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'' and is milky white in ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', as well as rudimentary version of the effect appearing in [[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]''). The subsequent [[Children in Need Special (TV story)|Children in Need Special]] established that there was residual "[[regeneration energy]]" after a transformation which had to be expelled through the mouth. This was seen again in ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' and ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'' — though the latter narrative never made quite clear that [[Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter)|Jenny]] had actually regenerated. Davies later gave [[the Restoration]] as a narrative explanation why the Doctor's regenerations are now golden in ''[[Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)|Doctor Who and the Time War]]''.
Only [[BBC Wales]] (and later [[BBC Studios]] Productions) ''[[Doctor Who]]'' attempted to standardise the way regeneration looked. With ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'' came what is now the standard "golden glow explosion" (although the colour of the explosion is fiery orange in ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'' and is milky white in ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', as well as rudimentary version of the effect appearing in [[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]''). The subsequent [[Children in Need Special (TV story)|Children in Need Special]] established that there was residual "[[regeneration energy]]" after a transformation which had to be expelled through the mouth. This was seen again in ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' and ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'' — though the latter narrative never made quite clear that [[Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter)|Jenny]] had actually regenerated. Davies later gave [[the Restoration]] as a narrative explanation why the Doctor's regenerations are now golden in ''[[Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)|Doctor Who and the Time War]]''.


This visual standardisation has allowed narratives to play around with regeneration. The mere presence of "regeneration energy" can now be used to heighten dramatic tension. This visual shortcut, unavailable to production teams in the classic era, has been a particular favourite of [[Steven Moffat]], who used the "golden glow" liberally throughout [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|the 2011 series]]; in fact, unlike in the first Russell T Davies era, in which nearly every regeneration had subtle differences, every Moffat era regeneration until [[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'' is nearly identical. Several of the 2011 episodes used that VFX in a way that wordlessly suggested regeneration. The effect shown in the last [[Twelfth Doctor]] and Steven Moffat story ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'' from Christmas 2017, and the fake-out regeneration seen in that year's ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'' uses closer visual language to the 2011 examples.
This visual standardisation has allowed narratives to play around with regeneration. The mere presence of "regeneration energy" can now be used to heighten dramatic tension. This visual shortcut, unavailable to production teams in the classic era, has been a particular favourite of [[Steven Moffat]], who used the "golden glow" liberally throughout [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|the 2011 series]]; in fact, unlike in the first Russell T Davies era, in which nearly every regeneration had subtle differences, every Moffat era regeneration until [[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'' is nearly identical. Several of the 2011 episodes used that VFX in a way that wordlessly suggested regeneration. The effect shown in the last [[Twelfth Doctor]] and Steven Moffat story ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'' from Christmas 2017, and the fake-out regeneration seen in that year's ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'' uses closer visual language to the 2011 examples.
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