Dont hang around or youll get exhausted, jaded or worse typecast.
Besides, Big Finish have your number…
Lets begin at chapter two… (Well artfully ignore the extra pressure piled on by the Peter Cushing film adaptations.)
Nevertheless, there were a few behind-the-scenes decisions made alongside the Second Doctors debut that began to reshapeDoctor Who.
The second serial,The Highlanders, would be the last pure historical adventure.
All of that was about to change.
As with Troughton, familiar faces were on hand to help bed in the latest regeneration.
As ever, concerns that the show might fail to endure were unfounded.
Costumes, sets and companions were all overhauled, as were the theme and incidental music.
Nearly all of the shows most popular villains would also return.
Another overhaul seemed inevitable, whether the shows creators wanted one or not.
Whatever the teams intentions, they were never given a chance to succeed.
The results, as any fan will attest to, were a mixed bag at best.
