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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
The [[First Doctor]] nears his end after an [[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|encounter]] with | The [[First Doctor]] nears his end after an [[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|encounter]] with [[CyberMondan|Mondasian Cybermen]]. He is freed from his restraints by his companions [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly Wright|Polly]], now that the threat is over. However, he is weak, his body beginning to [[regenerate]]. Refusing to give in, the Doctor leaves and wanders the South Pole, mumbling to himself that he will not change out of [[cowardice]]. Nearing his [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], he hears a voice in the distance yelling in defiance. Seeing a figure kneeling outside his TARDIS, the Doctor asks who the man is. The man claims to be [[the Doctor]]. With a smug sense of superiority, the First Doctor tells the man that's not true; "you may be ''a'' doctor, but I am ''the'' Doctor. The original, you might say." | ||
The scene transitions to the [[Twelfth Doctor]] as he gets to his feet, shocked to see his past self. The Doctor is delighted at meeting his first incarnation but realises that he is refusing to regenerate; he panics as he doesn't remember refusing to regenerate the first time or meeting himself. The First Doctor is confused and dismisses his future self as just another Time Lord; he asks if he has come to take back "the ship". The Twelfth Doctor laughs in amusement that his original incarnation still calls the TARDIS "the ship". | The scene transitions to the [[Twelfth Doctor]] as he gets to his feet, shocked to see his past self. The Doctor is delighted at meeting his first incarnation but realises that he is refusing to regenerate; he panics as he doesn't remember refusing to regenerate the first time or meeting himself. The First Doctor is confused and dismisses his future self as just another Time Lord; he asks if he has come to take back "the ship". The Twelfth Doctor laughs in amusement that his original incarnation still calls the TARDIS "the ship". | ||
The First Doctor then asks what the Twelfth has done to the TARDIS, as it's bigger than it used to be. The Twelfth Doctor tells him its from "all those years of being bigger on the inside. You try keeping your tummy tucked in that long", defending his beloved vessel. The Twelfth Doctor questions why his younger self is refusing to regenerate, with the First Doctor | The First Doctor then asks what the Twelfth has done to the TARDIS, as it's bigger than it used to be. The Twelfth Doctor tells him its from "all those years of being bigger on the inside. You try keeping your tummy tucked in that long", defending his beloved vessel. The Twelfth Doctor questions why his younger self is refusing to regenerate, with the First Doctor [[Lie|lies]] he has courage, and more importantly the right to live and die as he is now. The Twelfth Doctor tells him it's already too late, explaining to the First Doctor that moments ago he was weak but is now suddenly fine, the First as well as the Twelfth Doctor are currently in a "[[state of grace]]" but that it won't last forever as both Doctors need to make a choice: choose to regenerate and continue with their lives, or die as they are now. A dreadful realisation suddenly hits the Twelfth Doctor: if his first incarnation refuses to regenerate and dies now, then all of the things he would do in the future would never happen. However, as the Twelfth Doctor tries explaining this realisation to the First Doctor, as he fears what consequences this decision might cause, the snow around them suddenly freezes in midair, capturing the pair's attention, as [[Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart|a man]] dressed in [[World War I]] attire approaches them. He seems disorientated and asks the pair if either of them are a doctor. Exchanging a glance with the First Doctor, the Twelfth asks if the man is making some sort of joke. | ||
[[File:Ypres_battlefield.jpg|thumb|left|The worn torn [[battlefield]] in [[Ypres]], [[1914]].]] | [[File:Ypres_battlefield.jpg|thumb|left|The worn torn [[battlefield]] in [[Ypres]], [[1914]].]] | ||
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* The First Doctor mentions that the TARDIS needs a "good spring clean" which [[Barbara Wright]] also stated before. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'') | * The First Doctor mentions that the TARDIS needs a "good spring clean" which [[Barbara Wright]] also stated before. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'') | ||
* The First Doctor jokingly compares the TARDIS to a restaurant which [[Ian Chesterton]] did in a straight manner. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'') | * The First Doctor jokingly compares the TARDIS to a restaurant which [[Ian Chesterton]] did in a straight manner. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'') | ||
* The First Doctor seems to'd forgotten seeing future generations. (TV: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]], [[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]], [[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | |||
* The Doctor was present for the Christmas truce of 1914 earlier in his first incarnation ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Little Drummer Boy (short story)|The Little Drummer Boy]]'') as well as during his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Never Seen Cairo (short story)|Never Seen Cairo]]'') and [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnations]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'') | * The Doctor was present for the Christmas truce of 1914 earlier in his first incarnation ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Little Drummer Boy (short story)|The Little Drummer Boy]]'') as well as during his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Never Seen Cairo (short story)|Never Seen Cairo]]'') and [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnations]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'') | ||
* The Twelfth Doctor goes to the abandoned weapon forges of [[Villengard]], to find an old ally. The [[War Doctor]] had previously visited Villengard, when he caused the main [[reactor]] to go critical and vaporise everything to prevent it from providing weapons for [[Bronze Dalek|Mark VII Daleks]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Whole Thing's Bananas (comic story)|The Whole Thing's Bananas]]'') an adventure he later recounted to Captain [[Jack Harkness]]. Jack's [[sonic blaster]] was made there. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') | * The Twelfth Doctor goes to the abandoned weapon forges of [[Villengard]], to find an old ally. The [[War Doctor]] had previously visited Villengard, when he caused the main [[reactor]] to go critical and vaporise everything to prevent it from providing weapons for [[Bronze Dalek|Mark VII Daleks]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Whole Thing's Bananas (comic story)|The Whole Thing's Bananas]]'') an adventure he later recounted to Captain [[Jack Harkness]]. Jack's [[sonic blaster]] was made there. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') | ||
