Doctor Who regeneration was 'modelled on LSD trips'
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8616413.stm
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Doctor Who's regenerations were modelled on bad LSD trips, internal BBC memos have revealed.
The Doctor's transformations were meant to convey the "hell and dank horror" of the hallucinogenic drug, according to papers published on the BBC Archive.
Regenerations were introduced in 1966 to allow writers to replace the lead actor. New Doctor Matt Smith is the 11th Time Lord.
The papers also reveal the difficulties of bedding in a new Doctor.
In an internal memo dating from 1966, producers outlined how the original Doctor, William Hartnell, would be transformed for his successor Patrick Troughton.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8616413.stm
The Doctor's transformations were meant to convey the "hell and dank horror" of the hallucinogenic drug, according to papers published on the BBC Archive.
Regenerations were introduced in 1966 to allow writers to replace the lead actor. New Doctor Matt Smith is the 11th Time Lord.
The papers also reveal the difficulties of bedding in a new Doctor.
In an internal memo dating from 1966, producers outlined how the original Doctor, William Hartnell, would be transformed for his successor Patrick Troughton.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8616413.stm
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Felleybeat
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If Dr Who is a product of an acid trip, then Teletubbies is the product of a night involving some Mescaline, a bottle of Rum and a couple of E's
- 2 years ago
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Felleybeat
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jonbrooks
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old Dr Who was much better
- 2 years ago
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jonbrooks
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jonbrooks:
nah! It really wasn't! Tennant was a great Doc bu this new guy nah it's like the 60's but in colour. Far too childish now too.
- 2 years ago
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NJ2D
