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"I loved
the way Bill Hartnell played
Doctor Who, but I knew I couldn't
possibly do it like that" recalled Patrick
Troughton, who died in 1987.
So his Doctor became the "cosmic
hobo". a whimsical little
man with a Chaplinesque gait
and his trademark recorder.
(The instrument was accidently
broken during filming of The Three
Doctors, much to Troughton's
horror and possibly listeners'
delight.) The Second Doctor
is also well known for encountering
a long line of the series's
most enduring monsters: Cybermen four times,
Daleks twice, Yetis twice, Ice Warriors twice.
This era of Doctor Who was to
be known as "The Monster
Era". Special effects
improved and occasionally became
a little grislier, prompting
heated debate on a Points of
view style programme back in
1967 over the increasing "horror"
of the series. |
