Why is there a new Doctor in the second season? Do they change every year or something?
SA) Chris Eccleston only wanted to do one season. They change when the lead wants out, or when he’s wanted out. LA) When the First Doctor (the veeeeery first, who was the Doctor from 1963-1966) decided that the show was becoming too much for him, as he was getting on a bit, and wasn’t very well, the producers decided that instead of cancelling a very popular show, they would change the lead. It had already been established that he was an alien, so the producers introduced a special property to his people: When his body nears an inevitable death, a Time Lord (that’s what the Doctor is) can regenerate his body, rejigging the cells, and his brain gets a quick jumble as well. Consequently, the Time Lord is a little unstable for a short while, and then settles down with a new body, a new personality, and a new dress sense. This happened for the first time in the original series, Episode 4 of The Tenth Planet.
SA) Chris Eccleston only wanted to do one season. They change when the lead wants out, or when he’s wanted out. LA) When the First Doctor (the veeeeery first, who was the Doctor from 1963-1966) decided that the show was becoming too much for him, as he was getting on a bit, and wasn’t very well, the producers decided that instead of cancelling a very popular show, they would change the lead. It had already been established that he was an alien, so the producers introduced a special property to his people: When his body nears an inevitable death, a Time Lord (that’s what the Doctor is) can regenerate his body, rejigging the cells, and his brain gets a quick jumble as well. Consequently, the Time Lord is a little unstable for a short while, and then settles down with a new body, a new personality, and a new dress sense. This happened for the first time in the original series, Episode 4 of The Tenth Planet. It was later introduced that a Time Lord could regenerate 12 times, totalling 13 b
