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Regeneration was introduced to the mythos of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' to solve a practical staffing problem: the production team needed to find a way to exit [[William Hartnell]] but still keep the show running. | Regeneration was introduced to the mythos of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' to solve a practical staffing problem: the production team needed to find a way to exit [[William Hartnell]] but still keep the show running. | ||
The original idea for this replacement came from [[producer]] [[John Wiles]] and [[script editor]] [[Donald Tosh]]. They proposed to write out Hartnell during {{cs|The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)}}, a [[serial]] they commissioned and prepped, but ultimately didn't produce. Their notion was that [[the Toymaker]] would make the Hartnell Doctor disappear, but when the Doctor re-appeared he would magically be another actor entirely. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'', ''[[The Second Doctor Handbook]]'') Though not at all a regenerative process as the term has since come to be understood, Wiles and Tosh do at least get some credit for being the first people to moot the possibility of carrying on the show with a new lead — and for the necessity of finding a ''narrative'' explanation for this switch. Though this is taken for granted today, this was an important milestone on the way to regeneration. ''Doctor Who'' could just as easily have gone down the route of another 1960s show, | The original idea for this replacement came from [[producer]] [[John Wiles]] and [[script editor]] [[Donald Tosh]]. They proposed to write out Hartnell during {{cs|The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)}}, a [[serial]] they commissioned and prepped, but ultimately didn't produce. Their notion was that [[the Toymaker]] would make the Hartnell Doctor disappear, but when the Doctor re-appeared he would magically be another actor entirely. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'', ''[[The Second Doctor Handbook]]'') Though not at all a regenerative process as the term has since come to be understood, Wiles and Tosh do at least get some credit for being the first people to moot the possibility of carrying on the show with a new lead — and for the necessity of finding a ''narrative'' explanation for this switch. Though this is taken for granted today, this was an important milestone on the way to regeneration. ''Doctor Who'' could just as easily have gone down the route of another 1960s show, ''[[Bewitched (series)|Bewitched]]'', where a main character was simply recast ''without'' narrative explanation. | ||
However, Wiles and Tosh were ultimately unsuccessful in their bid to replace Hartnell, due to resistance from BBC [[Head of Serials]], [[Gerald Savory]]. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Second Doctor Handbook]]'') This failure was a part of the reason Wiles resigned relatively soon after taking over the show from [[Verity Lambert]]. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'') | However, Wiles and Tosh were ultimately unsuccessful in their bid to replace Hartnell, due to resistance from BBC [[Head of Serials]], [[Gerald Savory]]. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Second Doctor Handbook]]'') This failure was a part of the reason Wiles resigned relatively soon after taking over the show from [[Verity Lambert]]. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'') | ||
