10 Huge Moments In Doctor Who That No One Cared About

In 1976's The Brain of Morbius, during a mind battle with the titular villain, it is revealed the Doctor had faces before the Hartnell incarnation. Did the fandom go mental? What did this mean for the series going forward after such a shock reveal? Not a lot.

Granted, this potentially means more now in 2022 with the Timeless Child plot, but in 1976, this meant nothing in the show or to fans really. It is a widely known fact, that New Who is definitely a lot more plot/lore heavy than Classic, with various contradictions in the original run, some of which we will get to later on.

The Morbius Doctors are brought to life on screen by members of the production dressed in classical outfits, meant to boost up the scope of the Doctor and Morbius' mind battle. These incarnations were portrayed by directors Graeme Harper, Douglas Camfield and Christopher Barry, as well as writer Robert Holmes and producer Philip Hinchcliffe. Some fans believe these incarnations were Morbius' rather than the Doctor's, however this seems to have been proven wrong since.

Yes, we now have the wonderful Jo Martin, who we are currently led to believe is a pre-Hartnell Doctor, and a very brilliant montage in The Timeless Children, but before this these chaps had no acknowledgement in cannon, besides maybe being considered a gag. More Doctor's should be huge events, as the War and Fugitive Doctor's were, but its taken 44 years for their true potential meaning to come to screen.