![]() ![]() The three judges in the final trial of the Doctor in the final episode of the The War Games (1969). Wonder what punishment the Monk would have got if they’d found out about his toaster. He pointed out all the good he’d done, but they still sentenced him to be exiled to Earth – with another new face. The Second Doctor’s last stand saw him hauled up before his own people, the Time Lords, to stand trial for interfering in the affairs of others. Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart was their commanding officer for many years, but these days his daughter Kate is in charge. UNIT, a special international army division set up to combat alien menaces, first popped up to deal with a Cyberman invasion in 1968, and they’ve been helping the Doctor out ever since. ![]() The Second Doctor unscrewers a screw in the handle of a revolver in The War Games. The only thing it doesn’t really do is drive many screws. There’s some debate about when the Doctor actually first used the trusty Sonic Screwdriver, but there’s no doubt that it’s been an extremely handy tool over the centuries – scanning stuff, opening doors, making things fizz and giving her something to point with and look cool. Viewers loved the cheeky Second Doctor, played by Patrick Troughton, so the adventures continued! Patrick Troughton who played the Second Doctor between 1966-1969. It could have been the end for Doctor Who when William Hartnell had to leave due to ill-health, but the producers came up with the brilliant idea of renewing the Doctor – same person, whole new face. And his first tussle with them also led to another famous first… The Cybermen, a strangely human race of people who appear in The Tenth Planet (1966). The Cybermen would return to battle the Doctor time and time again. The Cybermen arriveĪpart from the Daleks, the Doctor didn’t often run into the same monsters more than once, but that changed after a shipload of augmented humans from the planet Mondas turned up at the South Pole. He intends that King Harold shall win at the Battle Of Hastings, and it takes all of the Doctor's ingenuity to stop this interference. Peter Butterworth as the Monk in The Time Meddler (1965). He’d even brought an electric toaster with him – naughty. The first time we saw the Doctor meet another one of his own people – other than Susan – was in 1066, where a Time Lord meddler cosplaying as a Monk was amusing himself by messing around with the Battle of Hastings. The First Doctor had the same problem in 15th century Mexico, when Barbara was mistaken for a powerful priestess and wanted to use her new influence to curb the Aztecs’ barbaric ways. ![]() The Doctor’s had a hard time convincing Yas, Ryan and Graham that they shouldn’t meddle with established events when they visit Earth’s history. William Hartnell as the First Doctor pictured with his arch-enemy, the Daleks, in The Daleks (1963). If the Daleks hadn't been as massively popular as they were in this first appearance, there's a chance we might not still be watching Doctor Who today. But things really started to heat up at their second stop – Skaro. The Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara’s first trip together took them back in time, where they met a load of cavemen trying to learn the secret of making fire. The first story, An Unearthly Child (1963), is set in Palaeolithic times and relates the adventures met by teachers Ian Chester and Barbara Wright when they attempt to solve the mystery surrounding fifteen year old pupil Susan Foreman. If two nosey teachers hadn’t followed a slightly spooky pupil home to see what her story was, then barged their way past the white-haired old fella blocking the door to a tatty old Police Box, they’d never have discovered it was actually the TARDIS and set out on the journey on a lifetime – and neither would we! William Russell as Ian Chesterton, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright and William Hartnell as the First Doctor. ![]() WARNING! This page contains spoilers spanning the 55 years of the show, so read with caution if you haven’t seen every episode ever. But some moments were so universe-shattering that we just can’t imagine the show without them! Doctor Who is 55 years old today, and every single episode has told us something new and exciting about the Doctor’s world. ![]()
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