Peter Davison has admitted it was "tough" to film the regeneration and let go of the role.
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The two men had actually met a year previously on the set of Doctor Who, in the 1983 serial 'Arc of Infinity' where Baker played a rather nasty member of Gallifreyan Chancellery Guard.
She looked at me and said 'Oh yes? Could you take out the rubbish please?'" After the recording, I went home, got out of my car, opened my front door, walked in to where my wife was sitting watching television, and stood there and said, 'I am the Doctor'. Talking to fanzine Doctor Who Bulletin shortly after filming 'The Caves of Androzani', the Fifth's finale, Colin Baker said, "Peter and I didn't have much time to discuss the role, because he was very busy. There was no on-screen handover from second (Troughton) to third (Jon Pertwee), so let's go straight to… Third to Fourth I thought that the difficulties of selling it to the audience were enormous… almost insurmountable." Second to Third Patrick Troughton himself was slightly reticent about taking the part, once saying, "I didn't think it was a particularly good idea of the BBC to replace Billy. Some time after, the former admitted to some sadness about leaving the role, "It is a long time ago now, and I think my hurt has healed, although I must say the events of those last few months are engraved on my heart." Post- Who, Hartnell suffered an 18-month bout of pleurisy coupled with a nervous breakdown.Īnneke Wills, who played companion Polly (present at the scene) said the actor's departure was all "pretty emotional" and "rather difficult" for the man who was the first to helm the TARDIS. Recording of the transformation – from Hartnell to Troughton – was done and dusted in a 30-minute session, filmed before the rest of the final episode. Producer Innes Lloyd has stated that Hartnell was happy when told who his successor would be, "There's only one man in England who can take over, and that's Patrick Troughton!" Though here the process wasn't yet dubbed "regeneration" (fans would have to wait until 1974's 'Planet of the Spiders' for that), it was simply called "renewal". The landmark moment when the show decided to recast William Hartnell came in the 1966 tale, 'The Tenth Planet' (the first to feature the Cybermen too).
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