Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site sunybcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!rochester!rocksvax!sunybcs!hobbit From: hobbit@sunybcs.UUCP (Thomas Pellitieri) Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho Subject: Re: The Watcher Message-ID: <1230@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Mar-84 13:03:23 EST Article-I.D.: sunybcs.1230 Posted: Tue Mar 20 13:03:23 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 22-Mar-84 00:10:43 EST References: <152@uwvax.ARPA>, <206@sjuvax.UUCP> Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science Lines: 26 I'm glad this is on the net... I wanted some comments on my own observations. At the end of "Planet of the Spiders", the third Doctor (Pertwee) starts his regeneration. Apparently there were some problems, since another Time Lord (K'An Po, I believe) had to give his regeneration a "boost". The Doctor has always had trouble with his regenerations. The first Doctor had waited almost 700 years to regenerate. The second was put to death (i.e. regeneration) by the High Council of the Time Lords and banished to 20th Century Earth. The third had been exposed to radiation and it took him about 3 months to get around to regenerating, therefore he needed help. Apparently, the Time Lords saw fit to give the fourth Doctor some help by sending The Watcher, his Next Self. Perhaps our friends across the water can help by telling us how Peter D. becomes Colin Baker? -- -The Parker Hobbit a.k.a. Thomas R. Pellitieri UUCP: {allegra, seismo}!rochester!rocksvax!sunybcs!hobbit decvax!watmath!sunybcs!hobbit ARPA & CSNET: hobbit.buffalo@rand-relay Physical: Department of Computer Science 226 Bell Hall SUNY Center at Buffalo Amherst, NY 14226