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The fresh Doctor Who : The War Games in Colour 90 - mo edit has a new twist in the new regeneration conniption that did n’t exist in the original .
Here ’s a utilitarian supercut of the original black - and - white-hot version ofDoctor Who : The War Gamesif you do n’t want to arrest up with the story by sitting through over four hours :
But First, The Re-Edited “New Faces” Scene…
At the ending of " The War Games , " the Time Lords declared the Doctor would be deport to Earth , but first , he would be forced to regenerate into a raw form so that he would bulge out again . The original 1969 series had them show The Doctor a serial of random pictures of uncharismatic men ( and one that looked like a drawing ofKarl Marx ) . The Doctor kick up a pettifoggery in the main to stay the inevitable . The colourised version re - edited that scene to replace the random Isle of Man with word picture of the Doctor ’s future selves from the modern era of the serial , namelyPeter Capaldi , David Tennant , Jodie Whittaker , andMatt Smith ! All this without changing any of the original dialogue or script .
Where Did the New Regeneration Scene Come From?
Russell T. Davies ' new credo forDoctor Whois " There ’s always a twist at the end ! " Well , " The War Games in Colour " has a twisting as well , which is that the novel re-formation scene was there all along . It was created by a fan group of FX artists called The Confession Dial , akaJacob Booth , who let go of their cartridge holder a yr ago on theirYouTube Channel . They ’re not the only fan group creating FX scenery from the serial publication – the scene has been flourish for year . This is the first prison term a fan grouping ’s total created scene has been used for an prescribed BBC exit ofDoctor Who . year before , a sports fan ’s title chronological succession inspired the BBCto redesign the Twelfth Doctor ’s ( Peter Capaldi ) novel championship sequence because it was genuinely modern .
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour: A Must-Watch for New Fans
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