Re: From the Archives .....

The Doctor wrote on 23/4/24 12:30 am:

In article <v05er9$teco$1@dont-email.me>, Daniel70
<daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

The True Doctor wrote on 21/4/24 10:45 am:

On 21/04/2024 01:21, Blueshirt wrote:

The Doctor wrote:

In article <xn0okt4k1cdpbe1000@post.eweka.nl>, Blueshirt
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

The True Doctor wrote:

 Morbius is winning the game because his faces are on the screen indicating that the more past regenerations you
have had the stronger your mind becomes in the game.
Hinchcliffe didn't write the story, it was Dicks.

 Robert Holmes re-wrote the script as you well know and it
was the intent of the Production team of that story that
those were the faces of the Doctor. When you watched "The
Brain of Morbius" as a child, that was the intent behind
that scene. This is a simple fact that has been mentioned
many times over the years by members of the production team
(whose faces they actually were) and it is easily
researched.
 Terrance Dicks - like some fans - did not like the idea of pre-Hartnell Doctors, so revised it in his novelisation.
So yes, in the Target novel they are the faces of Morbius.
 There has been plenty of interviews with Uncle Terrance
over the years where he explained why he changed it. But
him not liking the idea of pre-Hartnell Doctors is the
short version! He was aware of the original intent behind
that scene in the episode though and has often talked about
it.

 I go with 4 Doctors taking on Morbius!

 You can take from that scene whatever you like... it doesn't change the way the scene was conceived. There is no Doctor Who bible so whatever works for you and your enjoyment of the show is fine. We are all free to make our own head-canon.

 What there is are established facts. No regenerations existed
before Hartnell as stated by Hartnell in The Tenth Planet and the
1st Doctor in The Five Doctors.

 Hey, Aggy, in "An Unearthly Child" or any of the other William
Hartnell Episodes, did DoctorBill state that he was the First
Incarnation of The Doctor or that he could, in fact, regenerate
(pick a number, any number) of times at all?? Did he mention that
ability at any time during his reign??
 Or was this "ability" ONLY mentioned AFTER Bill Hartnell had
left??

 Why just An Unearthly Child?

Do try READING FOR COMPREHENSION, asswipe!! 'in "An Unearthly Child" or
*any of the other* William Hartnell Episodes'!!
--
Daniel