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Hartwell was the first Doctor. Capaldi is the 12th. With the Doctor of War that's all 13 incarnations. Anything after that is sacrilege.
Although I do remember a 6th doctor story that said his regeneration after 12 was some evil incarnation that would destroy the universe.
The Valeyard (/ˈvæliɑːd/) is a fictional character from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is described by the Master as an amalgamation of the Doctor's darker sides from between his twelfth and final incarnations.
So way back in the 80s they were warning this would happen.
It was during the trial of the doctor. I am about to watch that. I've been watching it from beginning to end again the last year or so.
Honest question: What do you do with the missing episodes?
Do you read the surviving scripts, listen to the surviving audio, etc.?
I know every episode from Pertwee on is intact.
There's a collection I got from the high seas about a decade ago that had the missing episodes filled in with available screenshots from the episode, general screenshots, and in one or two cases, animation/animatics.
The audio exists for pretty much all the episodes, it's just a matter of filling in the visuals.
Was that the lot they found on reel in BBC South Africa?
The "Trial of a Time Lord" arc was the best thing they could have done with Colin Baker. Much as I like him, in his first season, he just wasn't good in the role. He was too used to stage productions, so every conversation was like a monologue to an audience and every gesture was meant to be seen by the people in the back rows. It was weird, and it didn't translate well to television. The scripts for his first season were rubbish too, which didn't help.
But the writers, for "Trial of a Time Lord", decided to embrace Colin Baker's odd acting. Colin Baker can't help but monologue? Give him an in-universe audience to monologue at. He wants to gesture wildly? Have him do it at an enemy fifty feet away. His character has over-the-top bluster? Make the bluster a conscious decision, and show him thinking about subtlety and politeness before deciding to project bravery and pomposity.
Doctor Who had a lot of problems during that era, and the arc wasn't enough to save the show, long term. But it was more than enough to save the character.
I agree. I am stuck in the Rain story right now and haven't got the time to watch it through yet. The Valeyard is a great badguy and I wish we saw more of him.
I need to watch the classic who episodes with the 5th through 7th doctor. I gave up during Capaldi’s run and got sick of Bill’s character. Gave Jodie a chance and quit. Then I heard how the retconned everything
It's an Era where the story was way more important than special effects.
Exactly. Baker is my favorite doctor and I love Classic Who so it’s good I have so much more I need to watch
Was just reminded that one of Capaldi's episodes killed the doctor and replaced him with a 3D printed version. So everything after that is Doctor 2.0 and therfore not my doctor and some fervor dream of writers pushing the message.