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Only [[BBC Wales]] (and later [[BBC Studios]] Productions) ''[[Doctor Who]]'' attempted to standardise the way regeneration looked. With {{cs|The Parting of the Ways (TV story)}} came what is now the standard "golden glow explosion" (although the colour of the explosion is fiery orange in {{cs|The Parting of the Ways (TV story)}} and is milky white in {{cs|Utopia (TV story)}}, 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 {{cs|The Christmas Invasion (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Eleventh Hour (TV story)}} and {{cs|The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)}} — 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 {{cs|The Parting of the Ways (TV story)}} came what is now the standard "golden glow explosion" (although the colour of the explosion is fiery orange in {{cs|The Parting of the Ways (TV story)}} and is milky white in {{cs|Utopia (TV story)}}, 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 {{cs|The Christmas Invasion (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Eleventh Hour (TV story)}} and {{cs|The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)}} — 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]]: {{cs|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}} 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 {{cs|Twice Upon a Time (TV story)}} from Christmas 2017, and the fake-out regeneration seen in that year's {{cs|The Lie of the Land (TV story)}} 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 2005)|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]]: {{cs|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}} 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 {{cs|Twice Upon a Time (TV story)}} from Christmas 2017, and the fake-out regeneration seen in that year's {{cs|The Lie of the Land (TV story)}} uses closer visual language to the 2011 examples. | ||
The transition at the end of 2022's {{cs|The Power of the Doctor (TV story)}} (in broadcast terms part of the [[Chris Chibnall]] era but in production terms the beginning of the second Davies era filmed many months apart and involving two directors), notably had a significant change where the Doctor's clothing transformed once the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] regenerated into the [[Fourteenth Doctor]]. This had only happened before when the [[First Doctor]]'s outfit changed into the [[Second Doctor]]'s at the end of {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}}, when [[Innes Lloyd]] was the producer. The scene otherwise had a similar gold explosion effect to most previous regenerations. The first proper story of the second Davies era, 2023's {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}}, does not feature a regeneration ''per se'', but the return of [[Donna Noble]]'s memories and Donna and her daughter [[Rose Noble|Rose]] "letting go" of the [[Human-Time Lord Meta-Crisis]] use the same shorthand of a golden glow around the characters to evoke regeneration energy, which is the term [[Fourteenth Doctor]] actor [[David Tennant]] and [[executive producer]] [[Phil Collinson]] directly refer to it as in the episode's [[in-vision commentary]]. | The transition at the end of 2022's {{cs|The Power of the Doctor (TV story)}} (in broadcast terms part of the [[Chris Chibnall]] era but in production terms the beginning of the second Davies era filmed many months apart and involving two directors), notably had a significant change where the Doctor's clothing transformed once the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] regenerated into the [[Fourteenth Doctor]]. This had only happened before when the [[First Doctor]]'s outfit changed into the [[Second Doctor]]'s at the end of {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}}, when [[Innes Lloyd]] was the producer. The scene otherwise had a similar gold explosion effect to most previous regenerations. The first proper story of the second Davies era, 2023's {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}}, does not feature a regeneration ''per se'', but the return of [[Donna Noble]]'s memories and Donna and her daughter [[Rose Noble|Rose]] "letting go" of the [[Human-Time Lord Meta-Crisis]] use the same shorthand of a golden glow around the characters to evoke regeneration energy, which is the term [[Fourteenth Doctor]] actor [[David Tennant]] and [[executive producer]] [[Phil Collinson]] directly refer to it as in the episode's [[in-vision commentary]]. | ||
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In ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' story {{cs|Death of the Doctor (TV story)}} the [[Eleventh Doctor]] noted that his racial characteristics were not limited to white; he "can be anything". Although both actors to play [[K'anpo Rimpoche]] were Caucasian, [[Kevin Lindsay]] donned an accent and was made up to appear ethnically [[Tibetan]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Spiders (TV story)}}) [[Romana II|Romana]] was seen to regenerate into a blue-skinned form in [[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]''. [[Rassilon]] has been portrayed by white actors [[Richard Mathews]], [[Timothy Dalton]] and [[Donald Sumpter]] on-screen while black actor [[Don Warrington]] was Rassilon's voice actor and cover-art model in [[Big Finish]] ''Doctor Who'' audio stories. In {{cs|Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)}}, [[River Song]]'s second incarnation was black, while her first (in {{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}} / {{cs|Day of the Moon (TV story)}} and {{cs|A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)}}) and third and last (appearing throughout [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 4]], [[Series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|5]], [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|6]], [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|7]], and [[Series 9 (Doctor Who)|9]]) were white. Further, [[the General]]'s eleventh regeneration was from a white man into a black woman. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hell Bent (TV story)}}) One of [[Rindle]]'s incarnations had darker skin than several previous incarnations. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lady in the Lake (audio story)|The Lady in the Lake]]'') [[Karlax]] regenerated into a body that had darker coloured skin than his previous body. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]''). | In ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' story {{cs|Death of the Doctor (TV story)}} the [[Eleventh Doctor]] noted that his racial characteristics were not limited to white; he "can be anything". Although both actors to play [[K'anpo Rimpoche]] were Caucasian, [[Kevin Lindsay]] donned an accent and was made up to appear ethnically [[Tibetan]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Spiders (TV story)}}) [[Romana II|Romana]] was seen to regenerate into a blue-skinned form in [[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]''. [[Rassilon]] has been portrayed by white actors [[Richard Mathews]], [[Timothy Dalton]] and [[Donald Sumpter]] on-screen while black actor [[Don Warrington]] was Rassilon's voice actor and cover-art model in [[Big Finish]] ''Doctor Who'' audio stories. In {{cs|Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)}}, [[River Song]]'s second incarnation was black, while her first (in {{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}} / {{cs|Day of the Moon (TV story)}} and {{cs|A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)}}) and third and last (appearing throughout [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 4]], [[Series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|5]], [[Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)|6]], [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|7]], and [[Series 9 (Doctor Who)|9]]) were white. Further, [[the General]]'s eleventh regeneration was from a white man into a black woman. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hell Bent (TV story)}}) One of [[Rindle]]'s incarnations had darker skin than several previous incarnations. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lady in the Lake (audio story)|The Lady in the Lake]]'') [[Karlax]] regenerated into a body that had darker coloured skin than his previous body. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]''). | ||
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