Re: From the Archives .....

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??
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Daniel