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The Doctor wrote on 23/4/24 12:30 am:
> In article <v05er9$teco$1@dont-email.me>, Daniel70
> <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>> The True Doctor wrote on 21/4/24 10:45 am:
>>> On 21/04/2024 01:21, Blueshirt wrote:
>>>> The Doctor wrote:
>>>>> In article <xn0okt4k1cdpbe1000@post.eweka.nl>, Blueshirt
>>>>> <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>>>>>> The True Doctor wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Morbius is winning the game because his faces are on the 
>>>>>>> screen indicating that the more past regenerations you
>>>>>>> have had the stronger your mind becomes in the game.
>>>>>>> Hinchcliffe didn't write the story, it was Dicks.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Robert Holmes re-wrote the script as you well know and it
>>>>>> was the intent of the Production team of that story that
>>>>>> those were the faces of the Doctor. When you watched "The
>>>>>> Brain of Morbius" as a child, that was the intent behind
>>>>>> that scene. This is a simple fact that has been mentioned
>>>>>> many times over the years by members of the production team
>>>>>> (whose faces they actually were) and it is easily
>>>>>> researched.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Terrance Dicks - like some fans - did not like the idea of 
>>>>>> pre-Hartnell Doctors, so revised it in his novelisation.
>>>>>> So yes, in the Target novel they are the faces of Morbius.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> There has been plenty of interviews with Uncle Terrance
>>>>>> over the years where he explained why he changed it. But
>>>>>> him not liking the idea of pre-Hartnell Doctors is the
>>>>>> short version! He was aware of the original intent behind
>>>>>> that scene in the episode though and has often talked about
>>>>>> it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I go with 4 Doctors taking on Morbius!
>>>> 
>>>> You can take from that scene whatever you like... it doesn't 
>>>> change the way the scene was conceived. There is no Doctor Who 
>>>> bible so whatever works for you and your enjoyment of the show 
>>>> is fine. We are all free to make our own head-canon.
>>> 
>>> What there is are established facts. No regenerations existed
>>> before Hartnell as stated by Hartnell in The Tenth Planet and the
>>> 1st Doctor in The Five Doctors.
>> 
>> Hey, Aggy, in "An Unearthly Child" or any of the other William
>> Hartnell Episodes, did DoctorBill state that he was the First
>> Incarnation of The Doctor or that he could, in fact, regenerate
>> (pick a number, any number) of times at all?? Did he mention that
>> ability at any time during his reign??
>> 
>> Or was this "ability" ONLY mentioned AFTER Bill Hartnell had
>> left??
> 
> Why just An Unearthly Child?

Do try READING FOR COMPREHENSION, asswipe!! 'in "An Unearthly Child" or
*any of the other* William Hartnell Episodes'!!
-- 
Daniel