The Second Doctor
Patrick Troughton
Patrick Troughton played the Second Doctor on Doctor Who, the 1960s BBC proof that a Time Lord could change faces without ending the franchise. Police box bigger on the inside, regeneration as infinite life, early black-and-white serials building the mythology. TV Flash files him as the cosmic hobo who made the change look like a dare, not a recast apology.
Patrick Troughton is the Second Doctor on Doctor Who, the face that proved regeneration could be a series engine. Hartnell-to-Troughton: a lead change that did not end the mythology. Recorder, cosmic hobo energy, black-and-white serials still building the lore. Troughton sells the new man as the same trouble — a police box with more room than sense, a Time Lord who plays as a clown with a spine. Date the file: BBC, 1963–, Doctor Who. Troughton enters as The Second Doctor.
On TV Flash he is 1960s catalog voltage. We file the Second Doctor with the hours that taught a franchise to survive a new face. Watch the dare. It is the whole business model. Troughton is why the box still photographs as infinite on purpose.
Troughton belongs at the top of Doctor Who’s hour. s01e01 is the on-ramp — An Unearthly Child, Part One — November 1963, the police box as bigger-on-the-inside contract and Hartnell's first step into myth. The turn lives at s05e01: The Tomb of the Cybermen, Part One — Troughton-era landmark, regeneration already the franchise life-support. He is The Second Doctor in both, which is why the codes share a folder.
File Troughton next to the codes. The Second Doctor sits in BBC’s orbit on purpose; lose him and a wall comes down. An Unearthly Child, Part One — November 1963, the police box as bigger-on-the-inside contract and Hartnell's first step into myth. That is s01e01. The Tomb of the Cybermen, Part One — Troughton-era landmark, regeneration already the franchise life-support. That is s05e01. Watch him as weekly labor on Doctor Who (1963–).
FAQ
Where should I start with Patrick Troughton on Doctor Who?
Play s01e01 for the contract. An Unearthly Child, Part One — November 1963, the police box as bigger-on-the-inside contract and Hartnell's first step into myth. Add s05e01 when you want later-run proof of Patrick as The Second Doctor.
Lead, supporting, or ensemble?
Supporting. The Second Doctor is not the marquee, but the format uses him like a wall.
What hour still shows the turn?
s05e01. The Tomb of the Cybermen, Part One — Troughton-era landmark, regeneration already the franchise life-support. The desk files that number as the turn, not as trivia.
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