The TARDIS arrives on the Earth colony of Vulcan where the newly-regenerated Doctor assumes the identity of an Earth Examiner.The TARDIS arrives on the Earth colony of Vulcan where the newly-regenerated Doctor assumes the identity of an Earth Examiner.The TARDIS arrives on the Earth colony of Vulcan where the newly-regenerated Doctor assumes the identity of an Earth Examiner.
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- Director
- Writers
- David Whitaker
- Sydney Newman(uncredited)
- Dennis Spooner(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe original script had newly-regenerated Doctor wondering where he'd left Susan.
- GoofsIn the color animated version made available for streaming online, as the Doctor is rummaging through the trunk, a button appears and disappears on his lapel. It is the "Vulcan Earth Examiner Accord Every Access" pin he doesn't acquire until after he exits the TARDIS. The black-and-white animated version of this episode as aired did not have this error.
- Quotes
Ben Jackson: [Ben picks up the Doctor's ring from the floor] Now look, the Doctor always wore this. So, if you're him it should fit, now shouldn't it?
[Ben grabs the Doctor's hand, and slips the ring on. However, the ring is far too big for the Doctor's finger]
Ben Jackson: There... That settles it!
The Doctor: I'd like to see a butterfly fit into a chrysalis case after it's spreads its wings.
Polly Wright: Then you did change!
The Doctor: Life depends on change, and renewal.
Ben Jackson: [sarcastically] Oh, so that's it, you've been renewed, have ya?
The Doctor: [taking Ben's remark seriously] I've been renewed, have I? That's it, I've been renewed! It's part of the TARDIS. Without it I couldn't survive.
- Alternate versionsIn 2016, a black-and-white animated version of the whole 6-part story was created, airing starting in November 2016.
- ConnectionsEdited into Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks (2016)
It's a wonderful start to the opening episode, the sequences at the beginning would become part of the show's everyday culture. I can only imagine what the show's fans made on The Doctor's regeneration, today we accept and sometimes look forward to the Doctor's transformation, but back then it was a more then brave decision to change the lead actor on a show, it was a huge gamble, one that very much paid off. It could have been a disaster, but the brilliance of Patrick Troughton, well, it was never really in doubt.
Great use of music on the episode, it helps add to the wonderful atmosphere which the episode has.
Pat is wonderfully madcap in his earlier episodes, he did mellow quite a lot as his time went on, but he was a bundle of energy and fun from the very first.
Absolutely brilliant episode, you could not ask for more (only for it to appear!) 10/10
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Nov 10, 2015
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- Runtime26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1