Classic Doctor Who Regeneration Scenes

Doctor Who 'The Web of Fear' Animated Trailer

A Matter of Time: The Moonbase

(11/02/1967)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Moonbase’ was the sixth story of Season 4 of Doctor Who, and starred Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor.

FACT: Talkback from the headphones of the crew on the studio floor is clearly audible at times during Episode 4, including cues for Cybermen.

A Matter of Time: The Web of Fear

(10/02/1968)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Web of Fear’ was the fifth story of Season 5 of Doctor Who, and starred Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor.

FACT: To promote this story, a specially shot trailer featuring the Doctor in the London Underground was featured at the end ‘The Enemy of the World’.

A Matter of Time: The Seeds of Death

(08/02/1969)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Seeds of Death’ was the fifth story of Season 6 of Doctor Who, and starred Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor.

FACT: Patrick Troughton’s sideburns appear and disappear depending on whether he is seen in a pre-filmed sequence or a studio scene.

A Matter of Time: The Underwater Menace

(14/01/1967)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Underwater Menace’ was the fifth story of Season 4 of Doctor Who, and starred Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor.

FACT: During the underwater scenes in Episode 3, the Kirby wires holding up the fish people are clearly visible.

A Matter of Time: The Enemy of the World

(13/01/1968)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Enemy of the World’ was the fourth story of Season 5 of Doctor Who, and starred Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor.

FACT: The story had such a small budget that Denes is kept prisoner in a corridor, so that a prison set was not needed to be constructed.

A Matter of Time: The Three Doctors

(30/12/1972)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Three Doctors’ was the first story of Season 10 of Doctor Who, and starred Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor.

FACT: William Hartnell was too ill to play a more active role in the story, so his scenes were filmed in Ealing Television Film Studios with cue cards.

A Matter of Time: The Krotons

(28/12/1968)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Krotons’ was the fourth story of Season 6 of Doctor Who, and starred Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor.

FACT: This is the first collaboration between writer Robert Holmes and script editor Terrance Dicks, who would work together in the Third and Fourth Doctors’ eras.

A Matter of Time: The Highlanders

(24/12/1966)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Highlanders’ was the fourth story of Season 4 of Doctor Who, and starred Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor.

FACT: Although Elwyn Jones was commissioned to write the story, Story Editor Gerry Davis carried out the entire work for the scripts.

A Matter of Time: The Invasion

(14/12/1968)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Invasion’ was the third story of Season 6 of Doctor Who, and starred Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor.

FACT: In the DVD’s animated version of Episode 1, the words ‘Bad Wolf’ are written on Isobel’s wall as an in-joke to the series.

Doctor Who Step Back in Time: The Dominators

Doctor Who Cybermen Invade London Photo

A group of Cybermen were storming through London this morning to celebrate the launch of the Doctor Who Experience exhibition, which enables children to take control of the Doctor’s TARDIS and respond to the Doctor’s missions for them in a specially-built copy of the new TARDIS interior set.

The Cybermen recreated a very familiar scene from the Patrick Troughton story ‘The Invasion’, posing on the steps in front of St Paul’s Cathedral. The monsters then travelled to the London Underground, where many morning commuters kept their distance from the sinister cyborgs.

Executive producer Steven Moffat said: “The Doctor Who Experience is a fan's dream come true - a fully interactive adventure that will allow viewers of the show to get as close as possible to some of the scariest monsters from the series. It will also be the first time that Doctor Who artefacts from all the show’s 47-year history will be on display together, many of them being seen for the first time.”

Doctor Who Step Back in Time: The Five Doctors

Doctor Who Step Back in Time: The Web of Fear

This week’s Step Back in Time on the official Doctor Who website is ‘The Web of Fear’, a story which starred Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor. The clip is dedicated to one of the writers of the story, Mervyn Haisman, who sadly died last week.

Mervyn co-wrote ‘The Abominable Snowmen’, ‘The Web of Fear’ and ‘The Dominators’ with Henry Lincoln, as well as introducing the deadly robotic Yeti and Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart, who would later become a Brigadier.

Step Back in Time: The Web of Fear

Doctor Who - A Dedication to Barry Letts

(26th March 1925 – 9th October 2009)

Today is one year on from the death of Barry Letts, a British actor, director, writer and producer of the twentieth century, who is best known for his work on Doctor Who. He served as an executive producer for Jon Pertwee’s long era on the show, and became a father figure in the family atmosphere that had developed during this time.

Letts’ first involvement with Doctor Who was in 1967 when he directed the Patrick Troughton story ‘The Enemy of the World’, which saw Troughton play both the Second Doctor and the Mexican dictator Salamander. This proved a tough challenge for the entire team, and one which Barry Letts achieved brilliantly.

He became the show’s producer in 1969 when Derrick Sherwin left the role, and formed a strong friendship with the script editor Terrance Dicks. Together they produced many classic stories for the show, which are still highly regarded today. Letts also directed numerous stories during this time, including the popular ‘Terror of the Autons’ and ‘Carnival of Monsters’.

His love for the show continued throughout his lifetime, and he recorded many commentaries and interviews for DVD releases of his Doctor Who episodes up until his death in 2009. The 2009 Doctor Who episode ‘The Waters of Mars’ was dedicated to his memory, and his huge part in making the show what it is today.