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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]] (or, as it was named here, "[[change of appearance]]") stories, the [[Jon Pertwee|new lead actor]] and the Doctor's [[Third Doctor|next incarnation]] did not appear in the final moments of the tenth part, in fact the [[Second Doctor's change of appearance]] isn't fully shown on screen, although his face is shown contorting as he's shown spinning away at the very end of the story. This marks the first and so far only time in the show's history that a story featured the last regular appearance of one of the Doctor's incumbent incarnations without revealing the succeeding incarnation at the end, with viewers having to wait six months until they would be able to get their first glimpse of the next Doctor. 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, given the ambiguous ending of this story. The last comic story to have the Second Doctor as the leading incarnation, [[The Night Walkers (comic story)|The Night Walkers]], shows the start of the Second Doctor's change of appearance, beginning the Doctor's sentence and exile on Earth, and leading directly into the [[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|next TV story]]. The fan theory of [[Season 6B]] later also developed from the serial's ambiguous ending. | Also, unlike most [[regeneration]] (or, as it was named here, "[[change of appearance]]") stories, the [[Jon Pertwee|new lead actor]] and the Doctor's [[Third Doctor|next incarnation]] did not appear in the final moments of the tenth part, in fact the [[Second Doctor's change of appearance]] isn't fully shown on screen, although his face is shown contorting as he's shown spinning away at the very end of the story. This marks the first and so far only time in the show's history that a story featured the last regular appearance of one of the Doctor's incumbent incarnations without revealing the succeeding incarnation at the end, with viewers having to wait six months until they would be able to get their first glimpse of the next Doctor. Because of the six month gap between the end of this story and the first story of [[Season 7 (Doctor Who 1963)|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, given the ambiguous ending of this story. The last comic story to have the Second Doctor as the leading incarnation, [[The Night Walkers (comic story)|The Night Walkers]], shows the start of the Second Doctor's change of appearance, beginning the Doctor's sentence and exile on Earth, and leading directly into the [[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|next TV story]]. The fan theory of [[Season 6B]] later also developed from the serial's ambiguous ending. | ||
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. | ||
