The Sixth Doctor: Time And The Rani
I havent seen this story. In truth, Ive tried to avoid Sylvesters first series as the Seventh Doctor because Ive heard truly terrible things about it. (Though I have seen
Draonfire and it wasnt as bad as I thought it would be). The Regeneration of the Sixth Doctor, which opened series 24, is a terrible affair. Colin Baker was unceremoniously sacked from Doctor Who and refused to return for his regeneration scene. As such his regeneration goes something like this. Some rubbish Green laser special effects hit the Tardis while it is floating in space. It crash lands into a quarry, knocking Mel and the Doctor unconscious. In comes the Rani, with some kind of hulking beast and orders the Doctor to be taken to her laboratory. As the best turns over the Doctor his face is lit up and he regenerates. Watching the clip, its not too badly done. Considering they dressed McCoy up into the clown outfit that the Sixth Doctor wore (Im not his biggest fan) and a blond wig, they just about pull the scene off. But its so quickly done, with the emotional intensity of a slightly depressed gnat, that it washes over anything to do with the Sixth Doctor. Considering the emotional farewells and memories that accompanied Doctors Two through Five, this is a shoddy regeneration indeed. Ranking: 9th Shock Value: 1 Epic Scale: 1 Emotional trauma: 1