Never-seen-before moment from Doctor Who will finally air 55 years later

The BBC volition aerial unreleased Doctor Who footage of the Second Doctor’s (Patrick Troughton) regeneration arsenic portion of the show’s 61st day celebrations.

The Second Doctor’s last ten-part adventure, The War Games, aired successful 1969 and dramatically ended successful his forced regeneration arsenic his representation dilatory fades distant connected surface portion helium screams ‘No.’

Now, the BBC has confirmed a ‘spectacular caller coloursation’ of this Classic Who communicative with ‘updated ocular effects’ successful a 90-minute diagnostic magnitude acquisition for modern audiences.

And for the hardcore Whovians retired there, the broadcaster has besides confirmed it volition merchandise the ‘never-before-seen regeneration into the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee)’.

As good arsenic ‘recovered footage not seen since the archetypal broadcast’.

Current showrunner Russell T Davies, praised the ‘vivid and new’ mentation of this ‘all-time classic’ and added that bringing ‘old stories backmost to life’ was the program ever since his instrumentality to the amusement successful 2023.

He added: ‘I really watched this transmit successful 1969, astatine 6 years old, terrified of the Roman soldiers, fascinated by villains with glinting spectacles, and successful awe of the Doctor’s marque caller origin. Now fans aged and caller tin bask it each implicit again.’

The brand-new colourisation comes a twelvemonth aft the BBC released The Daleks with all-new colour, 1 of the First Doctor’s (William Hartnell) astir celebrated adventures fixed its instauration of the show’s iconic villain.

And aft witnessing Who history, fans volition beryllium capable to bask the Doctor Who festive peculiar helmed by Ncuti Gatwa’s 15th Doctor connected Christmas Day.

The episode, called Joy to the World, volition prima Bridgerton actor Nicola Coughlan and is written by BBC seasoned Steven Moffat.

‘When Joy checks into a London edifice successful 2024, she opens a concealed doorway to the Time Hotel – discovering danger, dinosaurs, and the Doctor,’ the synopsis reads.

‘But a deadly program is unfolding crossed the Earth, conscionable successful clip for Christmas.’

And Steven added that the premise centres astir a edifice that has started utilizing clip question to merchantability each the unsold nights successful their rooms passim history.

The teaser trailer, which dropped earlier this month, showed Gatwa and Coughlan successful a country unneurotic erstwhile they are abruptly transported backmost to the dinosaurs.

Speaking to BBC South East News, the Sherlock co-creator besides explained however helium got progressive with the upcoming special.

‘The information is – I perfectly emotion doing Doctor Who Christmas due to the fact that I’m a large instrumentality of Christmas, I perfectly adore Christmas.

‘Then the email came done saying, “Steven, I request to get onto bid two, I’m ne'er going to decorativeness this Christmas publication – could you travel successful and constitute one?”

‘Not implicit his [Russell T Davies’s] script, conscionable travel successful and bash different 1 from scratch.’

He has already returned erstwhile during the 15th Doctor’s tally for the tense episode, Boom, which besides introduced the aboriginal companion, played by Varada Sethu.

The War Games volition aerial connected 23^rd December 2024 connected BBC Four and BBC iPlayer. The archetypal episodes are disposable successful The Whoniverse connected BBC iPlayer.

Doctor Who Christmas special, Joy to the World, airs connected BBC One connected December 25.

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