The Tenth Planet was a major historical turning point for the Doctor Who series by employing a new concept that would come to be known as regeneration. This plot mechanic has contributed to its long run on television. Likewise, it introduced the idea the Doctor has multiple incarnations and can regenerate to coincide with the departure of an actor playing an incarnation to avoid cold transition from one actor to the next. Newcomer Patrick Troughton took Hartnell's place at the end of this serial, marking his debut as the Second Doctor.
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| - The Tenth Planet was a major historical turning point for the Doctor Who series by employing a new concept that would come to be known as regeneration. This plot mechanic has contributed to its long run on television. Likewise, it introduced the idea the Doctor has multiple incarnations and can regenerate to coincide with the departure of an actor playing an incarnation to avoid cold transition from one actor to the next. Newcomer Patrick Troughton took Hartnell's place at the end of this serial, marking his debut as the Second Doctor.
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| - First Doctor regenerates - William Hartnell to Patrick Troughton
- Battle in the Snow Vs Cybermen - Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet - BBC
- Get me Geneva - Quick! - Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet - BBC
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| - Antarctica and Geneva, December 1986
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| - Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis
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| - Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet
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| - The Tenth Planet was a major historical turning point for the Doctor Who series by employing a new concept that would come to be known as regeneration. This plot mechanic has contributed to its long run on television. Likewise, it introduced the idea the Doctor has multiple incarnations and can regenerate to coincide with the departure of an actor playing an incarnation to avoid cold transition from one actor to the next. This was actor William Hartnell's final story as a regular on the series, as he was asked to leave the role, and the last adventure of the First Doctor. Hartnell returned to reprise the role of the First Doctor one final time in 1972-73's The Three Doctors for the opening of the tenth anniversary season of Doctor Who. Newcomer Patrick Troughton took Hartnell's place at the end of this serial, marking his debut as the Second Doctor. Currently, the fourth and final episode of this serial remains missing from the BBC film archive, with only the regeneration sequence and various other scenes discovered intact. However, the missing episode has been carefully reconstructed in animated format.
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