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A number of other possibile candidates were considered but Hartnell himself recommended Patrick Troughton. Although Troughton felt that the show had been "done to death" he accepted the role. The problem was to come up with a reasonable way to handle the changeover. Due to the alien nature of the Doctor it was decided to use this to invent the concept of "regeneration". Once this problem was solved they had to decide the new look and character of the Doctor. Troughton was concerned that the viewers would not accept him in the role and the production team were determined to get away from the Hartnell style. The scripts for Troughton's debut had already been written by David Whittaker but they were a source of some concern to Troughton. The Doctor was a very autocratic, Sherlock Holmes type of figure and Troughton wasn't keen on this at all. As Gerry Davis later recalled "...Pat was getting irritated. He was very uneasy about taking the job anyway, thinking that he might be typecast." Davis asked everyone bar Troughton to leave the room and they sat down together to work out the character. "...it came mostly out of Troughton's own personality. In an odd sort of way he was playing himself." said Davis. The Whittaker scripts had to be rewritten and Whittaker agreed to the rewrites on certain conditions. The rewrite was handled by Dennis Spooner >>> Page2 Note1 over the weekend of the 8th - 9th October, 1966. Due to one of Whittaker's conditions, Spooner was uncredited for this work. The costume was the next problem. Several ideas were rejected including a Victorian sea captain. Sydney Newman was constantly consulted over the costume and eventually the designer, Sandra Reid, decided on a Chaplinesque parody of Hartnell's, complete with stovepipe hat, spotted bow tie and hugely baggy trousers. The first glimpse of the new Doctor came on 29th October 1966 at the conclusion of THE TENTH PLANET. William Hartnell stands at the TARDIS console flicking switches. The doors are closed and the TARDIS seems to be pulsing with power. When the doors open Ben and Polly enter and the TARDIS then takes off as Hartnell collapses to the floor. As his companions remove his cloak from his face, we see Hartnell in close-up. His face is lit with an intense white light and a cross fade effect blends Patrick Troughton's features into the picture until nothing of Hartnell remains. The change was helped along with some old foes being featured in the first Troughton story and this regeneration was to become a critical feature of Dr Who over the years. Picture1 Drawing1 Page3 Picture1 Empty: story List1 SEASON FOUR (continued) TROUGHTON:TEXT/a The Power of the Daleks. TROUGHTON:TEXT/b The Highlanders. TROUGHTON:TEXT/ba The Underwater Menace. TROUGHTON:TEXT/d The Moonbase. TROUGHTON:TEXT/e The Macra Terror. TROUGHTON:TEXT/f The Faceless Ones. TROUGHTON:TEXT/g The Evil of the Daleks. SEASON FIVE TROUGHTON:TEXT/h The Tomb of the Cybermen. TROUGHTON:TEXT/i The Abominable Snowmen. TROUGHTON:TEXT/j The Ice Warriors. TROUGHTON:TEXT/k The Enemy of the World. TROUGHTON:TEXT/ka The Web of Fear. TROUGHTON:TEXT/m Fury from the Deep. TROUGHTON:TEXT/n The Wheel in Space. SEASON SIX TROUGHTON:TEXT/o The Dominators. TROUGHTON:TEXT/p The Mind Robber. TROUGHTON:TEXT/q The Invasion. TROUGHTON:TEXT/r The Krotons. TROUGHTON:TEXT/ra The Seeds of Death. TROUGHTON:TEXT/t The Space Pirates. TROUGHTON:TEXT/u The War Games. Picture2 Empty: amonty Picture3 Empty: amonty Picture4 Empty: amonty Picture5 Empty: amonty Drawing1 Drawing2 Note1 CONTENTS Note2 THE COMPANIONS Note3 THE MISSING EPISODES Page4 Picture1 Empty: montwh Note1 Polly Lopez was played by Anneke Wills and Ben Jackson by Peter Craze. They joined the Doctor in William Hartnell's era and stayed for nine stories before leaving in the Troughton adventure, THE FACELESS ONES. Polly and Ben were contemporary sixties characters and Polly was the first really decorative companion the show had. She was a secretary for Professor Brett in THE WAR MACHINES and Ben was an Able Seaman in the Royal Navy. Anneke Wills was born in 1943 and appeared in several TV series before Dr Who, including Armchair Theatre The Saint. She left England in 1979 and now lives in Canada where she works as an interior designer. Michael Craze was born in 1942. His earliest work was in stage musicals such as The King and I before moving into television. After leaving Dr Who he appeared in several TV series but is now semi-retired from acting. >>> Page5 Picture1 pat+jamie Drawing1 Note1 Jamie McCrimmon is the longest serving companion in Dr Who history. He first appeared in THE HIGHLANDERS and stayed in the show for three years before leaving at the end of the Troughton era in THE WAR GAMES. Jamie was played by Frazer Hines. Hines was born in 1944 in Yorkshire. By the age of 15 he had appeared in six films. After leaving Dr Who in 1969 he continued acting, landing the role of Joe Sugden in Emmerdale Farm in 1972, a role he has played ever since. Away from acting he owns and rides horses. >>> Picture2 Empty: ptfh2 Page6 Picture1 Empty: montagept Drawing1 Note1 Zoe Heriot was a quite different companion for the Doctor, being a quite brilliant astrophysicist and astronomer who could out-think computers and even the Doctor himself at times. Zoe was played by the extremely youthful looking Wendy Padbury and joined the Doctor and Jamie during THE WHEEL IN SPACE adventure. She stayed until the end of Troughton's era when the entire regular cast was cleaned out to make room for a new Doctor and a distinctly different style. She appeared in eight stories altogether and made a cameo appearance in THE FIVE DOCTORS with Jamie. Wendy Padbury was born in 1948. She trained at the Aida Foster Stage School and by the age of 17 was appearing regularly in Crossroads. She left Dr Who and went on to divide her time between acting and bringing up a family. >>> Page7 Picture1 Empty: brigadier Note1 Although not a companion in the strictest sense, Lethbridge-Stewart was to become a very significant figure in Dr Who. He first appeared in THE WEB OF FEAR as a Colonel but by the time of his second story, THE INVASION, he had risen to the rank of Brigadier and commanded the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, U.N.I.T. This organization was to become the focal point of Dr Who for the major part of the early seventies as Dr Who "grew up". Lethbridge-Stewart was played by Nicholas Courtney, who also played Bret Vyon in THE DALEKS' MASTERPLAN. More information about Nicholas Courtney can be found in the next part of this series. >>> Page8 Picture1 Empty: amonty Picture2 Empty: amonty Picture3 Empty: amonty Picture4 Empty: Drawing1 List1 HTHE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE FROM:- THE WHEEL IN SPACE, THE ENEMY OF THE WORLD, . THE INVASION. F In the 1970s, the BBC decided to dispose of some of its older stock Fof programmes. In the days before the home video recorder, nobody knew Gthat these vintage, black and white recordings would have the potential Cto make the BBC vast sums of money. Many hours of tapes were wiped, Dtapes which held such classic comedy as "Hancock's Half Hour", "Till CDeath Do Us Part" and "The Likely Lads" as well as some of the most Hcritically acclaimed drama of the period. One of the "lesser" programmes to suffer was "Dr Who". E Apart from a lack of foresight regarding the future value of these Ftapes, the BBC compounded the error by ordering the destruction of all Ecopies sold overseas at the end of their three-year repeat contract. G Of the entire Troughton era, just six complete stories remain at the HBBC. There are approximately 58 episodes from the Troughton era missing, Galthough many of these are believed to be in the hands of fans and film Gcollectors. Some stories, such as "POWER OF THE DALEKS", are missing in Htheir entirety though many episodes of other stories were either kept as F"examples of the genre" or have been recovered from overseas. The most Gspectacular find of recent years was the entire story, "THE TOMB OF THE GCYBERMEN" in Hong Kong in 1991. This was released on video and has made ,over one million pounds for the BBC to date. THE MISSING TROUGHTON EPISODES. HThe Power of the Daleks. All. The Highlanders. All. HThe Underwater Menace. 1,2,4. The Moonbase. 1,3. HThe Macra Terror. All. The Faceless Ones. 2,4-6. HThe Evil of the Daleks. 1,3-7. The Abominable Snowmen. 1,3-6. HThe Ice Warriors. 2,3. The Enemy of the World. 1,2,4-6. HThe Web of Fear. 2-6. Fury from the Deep. 1-6. HThe Wheel in Space. 1,2,4,5. The Invasion. 1,4. $The Space Pirates. 1,3-6. E The BBC are supposedly hunting down the lost episodes but seem to Chave less success than the fans! If you know the whereabouts of ANY EBBC material, contact Adam Lee at the BBC Archive. All communications Gwill be in the strictest confidence but be warned, BBC policy is not to Gpay for the return of their own property, so don't ask for cash. If you Fwould rather deal with fans, who MIGHT be willing to pay for episodes H(not thousands of pounds though!) you can reach me at the address on the BREAD ME file. Again, all correspondece will be confidential and no 6questions will be asked as to the origin of the tapes. Button1 Page9 Note1 PATRICK TROUGHTON Patrick Troughton was born on March 25th 1920. He attended Mill Hill Public School and then the Embassy School of Acting at Swiss Cottage. From there he was offered a scholarship to the Leighton Rallius Studios in New York. When war broke out, Troughton returned to Britain on a Belgian ship which was hit by a mine and sunk. Troughton managed to make it to a life boat and in 1940 he joined the Royal Navy. He rose through the ranks and became captain of a motor gunboat on duty in the North Sea. When he was demobbed in 1945 he went back to acting, working with the Amersham Repertory Company and the Bristol Old Vic Company among others. Patrick Troughton's first film role came in 1948 in Hamlet and he appeared in 23 films spanning 30 years. Troughton is probably best remembered for his roles in horror films such as The Scars of Dracula The Omen. He preferred television to films and his early roles included the lead in Robin Hood (1953) and most famously, The Old Curiosity Shop in 1962, playing Quilp. When he was offered the role of the Doctor he turned it down, convinced that the show wouldn't last six weeks without Hartnell. Eventually, after lots of phone calls from the BBC, he accepted the part. The main worry for Troughton was that he would be typecast and part of the reason for the outlandish costume he wore was to disguise himself as much as was feasible. The stovepipe hat, however, was soon ditched and the baggy trousers were taken in an inch at a time as the weeks went by. Despite 20 years of experience as a character actor, the prospect of thinking up a new approach to the Doctor was a daunting one. Many ideas were tried and rejected until Story Editor Gerry Davis and Troughton sat down together and worked on Sydney Newman's "cosmic hobo" idea. The eventual characterisation of the second Doctor was basically Troughton playing himself. >>> Page10 Note1 The first season for Troughton was hugely successful although he had to face the inevitable comparisons with William Hartnell. Some newspaper critics were not at all impressed with Innes Lloyd's new approach to the series and Patrick Troughton took his share of the flak too. Steadily he won over his few critics and the programme was steady at around the eight million mark in viewing figures, well up on the majority of Hartnell's final season. By the end of Troughton's second season he was already considering giving up the role. He found the work load tiring and asked for a reduction in the number of episodes for the next year. Although this request was turned down, Troughton continued for a third and final year. Patrick Troughton left Doctor Who in June 1969 and made his return to films with the role of Klove in The Scars of Dracula for Hammer. His main stage though was once again television, with appearances in Coronation Street, Family at War, The Six Wives of Henry VIII The Feathered Serpent. He made three further appearances as the Doctor in The Three Doctors (1973), The Five Doctors (1983) The Two Doctors (1985) . It was around the mid 1980s that Troughton did his most critically acclaimed work in television shows such as The Box of Delights (1984). Patrick Troughton was a very private man, rarely giving interviews. After attending the 20th Anniversary celebrations at Longleat however, the reaction of the fans to his appearance caused him to somewhat change his attitude. He began to appear at conventions, though he restricted his British fans to just one appearnce, PanoptiCon in 1984. Troughton concentrated on the American circuit as he didn't want to become too associated with Dr Who in the country where his work was, fearing typecasting. He was attending a convention in Columbus, Georgia when he died of a heart attack, just three days after his 67th birthday, on 28th March 1987. >>> Page11 Picture1 Empty: Note1 Victoria Waterfield was the daughter of Edward Waterfield and joined the Doctor in THE EVIL OF THE DALEKS. She stayed for seven stories and left at the conclusion of FURY FROM THE DEEP. Victoria was played by Deborah Watling, a member of the famous acting family. Born in 1948, Deborah left Dr Who to go back to the theatre and she also appeared in the films Take Me High That'll Be The Day. Page12