10. The First Regeneration Regenerated
It would make sense to pick things up at exactly the point 'An Adventure In Space And Time' left off. Namely the change from Hartnell's First Doctor into Troughton's Second. With most TV stories featuring the first two incarnations of the Time Lord sadly wiped from the BBC archives, the time could be right for the passing of the torch to be redone with Bradley and Shearsmith taking over the leading roles. Anyone old enough to have seen 'The Tenth Planet' on its original broadcast date will remember the moment. The First's body wears a bit thin following his debut battle with the Cybermen. He exits stage left into the TARDIS looking a bit tired and he closes the door, leaving companions Ben and Polly out in the cold. Something big's about to happen and the man in the smoking jacket knows it. In a first real hint of its own sentient nature, the police box starts to move its own controls independently and the central column starts making that lovely whirring noise as it rises and falls. The two companions are finally allowed in, but before the Doctor can utter even a final 'hmm' he's barely conscious on the floor. As light begins to flood around him the end is near. When it fades, though, he's changed. He looks younger, and enter Shearsmith for a new series of Second Doctor adventures, taking the baton from the esteemed Mr Bradley. No need for animated reconstruction either. Everybody wins!