When the BBC broadcasts a program… Special editing with colors or “The Daleks” to celebrate Doctor WhoLast year's 60th anniversary Aside from the actual fixes to the shorter runtime. The series remains largely the same, aside from lovely example in the end to tease the adventures 60 years in time and space, with a second take. This time, Patrick Troughton's iconic exit as the Second Doctor took over. “War Games”– Things are very different. a lot different.
It aired on BBC 4 in the UK earlier this week. Television movies with special colors will start showing. Doctor WhoThe final black-and-white story, which took four hours and was condensed to just 90 minutes, takes the opportunity to answer some questions. WHO Fans have been around for years at this point, creating crazy checklists of pointed references and acknowledgments of the show's future, which is now an obvious part of the show's future. Doctor WhoA continuum that is constantly evolving. Here are three of the biggest tweaks and changes added to the action.
War Chief and Master
Possibly the biggest theory at play with the color “The War Games” specifically established the connection between the original story and Doctor WhoThe near future is much clearer. That is one of the main antagonists of the series. That's the war chief. It is none other than the incarnation of the Master himself. Throughout War Chief's revamped appearance, the revamped soundtrack incorporates a contemporary twist. WHO Famous songwriter Murray Gold Theme “Grandmaster Vainglorious”—And when the War Chief is executed by the Time Lords at the climax of “The War Games,” you hear a brief narration of Doctor WhoState-of-the-art reconstruction SFX of the moment his body is dragged away.
Although the original story had always been told that the War Chief was a traitorous Time Lord. For years, supplemental material and fiction have cemented the idea that he was an early incarnation of the Time Lord who would eventually take over. or patriarch (The implication is that he now does so in the first episode with Roger Delgado's character.) Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke, the writers of “The War Games,” also have their own stories to tell. Doctor Who New episodes suggest that the Master and Doctor are the only renegade Time Lords to ever escape Gallifrey with their own TARDIS. This means that the War Chief and the Master are really one and the same. But later, the original novel featured parts of the Virgin Mary. new adventure The book will also treat the War Chief as a prominent character. Those who survive the events of “The War Games” will eventually be reborn as different avatars. Like the Big Finish audio drama that created previous incarnations of the Master that were separate from War Chief.
The trial and the face of the doctor
One particularly random shift towards the story's climax occurs during the Time Lord's trial of the Doctor. After agreeing with the doctor that there are still many dangers throughout the universe that must be faced despite with a policy of non-interference (Supplemented from the original here with additional clips from other places Doctor Who The Time Lords still chose to punish the Doctor with exile on Earth and forced regeneration, presenting the Doctor with several options for possible appearances. However, in recoloring his face, this All of which doctors still deny for various reasons. No longer just a random unknown identity, the Doctor, on the other hand, was given the chance to be resurrected as the face of their future avatar apart from the Doctor Who. three As the Time Lord projected, we Actually, it's the twelfth one. (rejected as “too old”), the tenth (“too thin”), the thirteenth (“Too young”) and the eleventh (simply described as “Not doing anything!”) Doctor.
This one is a particularly strange addition. Considering that there isn't really any theory or wish that these faces have any special connection to the Doctor beyond the Time Lord offering them to him right now, it's not like it. Doctor Who The idea of the Doctor having an avatar other than what we're already familiar with hasn't been explored. We have many examples, from the infamous face seen in “The Brains of Morbius” to contemporary WHOAdding avatars like John Hurt's “War Doctor” between the Eighth and Ninth Doctors or Jo Martin's “Fugitive Doctor” and other avatars before William Hartnell's Doctor, but it's so ridiculous now that the Doctor hardly wishes that Will there be any of the many faces we know they will eventually meet later in life?
Second Doctor's Rehabilitation (and UNIT dating)
'The War Games' revamp reaches its pinnacle with nearly all new expansions. Using rotoscoped footage of Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee's Doctors to recreate the actual moment of the Doctor's second regeneration, here after a trippy sequence of the Doctor's face distorted across the shadowy void from the series. manuscript The action then cuts to the interior of the TARDIS. Sitting in his chair, he heard the faint sound of his departed friend. The Doctor readied himself as he glowered. With the power of regeneration, transform into your next life. As we mentioned recentlyThe Doctor's second off-screen remake has been mentioned in additional material outside of the show. (This time, there was no Time Lord-approved Scarecrow execution team.) But now that time period has been brought into line with depictions of the regeneration, such as seen in Doctor Whoof the modern era, whether for better or for worse
But the canonization isn't just a fanciful nod to a new setting. As the newly minted doctor examines when He had already landed. Before we cut to the first scene of Pertwee from “Spearhead From Space” crashing out of the TARDIS into Oxley Woods. Performances of the TARDIS would fluctuate briefly between 1970 and 1980. This in itself is Long nod in the other direction. Doctor Who The so-called fan theory “UNIT Dating Conflict” Although many of the Third Doctor's adventures appear to be contemporary with their broadcasts in the early 1970s, two dates have been mentioned related to the career of one of his near allies. His closest friend, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart 1968's Second Doctor story “The Invasion” established UNIT's existence and promoted Lethbridge-Stuart to the famous rank of brigadier general. Set around 1979, and 1983's Fifth Doctor story “Mawdryn Undead,” which states that Lethbridge-Stewart retired from UNIT in 1976, throwing the continuity into disarray.
There have been many attempts to acknowledge it. (if not fixed) perceived continuity errors over the years in both TV shows and other media (Doctor Who (For the most part at the time, it was considered that the Third Doctor's time on Earth was largely coincident with the broadcast.) So while this isn't the first time there's been an on-screen nod to the controversy, it's the first time we've gotten one. I see it mentioned clearly. Even if the answer is comical. The TARDIS raised its metaphorical hand in confusion.
What do these changes mean? Doctor Who–
At least in the case of the two stories that have been adapted so far. Colorization isn't the only way to experience these series, with both the original versions of “The Daleks” and “The War Games” also available to watch on physical media. and streaming at this pointSo, despite the “confirmation” of this latest addition of color, But anyone who wants to see the original, unadulterated story can do so.
Although on the surface these many changes and “retcons” are only the tip of the iceberg, in big projects It's true that the scope of these tonings has grown rapidly between “The Daleks” and “The War Games,” beyond cosmetic touches and condensed colors. An interesting picture of what future color adjustments can be made of. Because each new color adjustment brings with it an effort to become more cohesive. Doctor WhoConstant and often in constant conflict As always, the story that follows and the changes that may occur as a result remains to be seen. Doctor WhoTime will tell.
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