The Two Doctors original

Illustrated in Deleter #3 Black Drawing Ink with crow quill pen and brush on Strathmore 9x12 smooth bristol board.

This has to be one of my all time favorite Doctor Who episodes from the original series (1963-1989) and it was the first time I was introduced to one of the Doctors prior to Tom Baker.

At the time I was in the fifth grade which was probably sometime around 1986 or 1986. They had been showing Doctor Who on our local PBS Station WGBH Channel 2 in Boston for a couple years now. As far as I knew at that point Tom Baker was the first Doctor because I think I remember they had only shown his episodes. Mainly because he was the Doctor at the time the show had gain popularity in the United States. That was also the point of the show where I could only watch Doctor Who from the corner of the room because Tom Baker frightened me.

I'll explain later...

Fast forward a few years to Peter Davison and Colin Baker. That was around the time I was a little less timid to watch the show and it was during Colin Baker's tenure that I really became a fan. He's gotten a lot of harsh criticism over the years, but he is still one of my favorite Doctors.

I think at the time I was going through a lot of being picked on at school by fellow. I was also terribly overweight at the time. Something that made me really self-conscious for years to come after that.

So, I really liked this character who was not afraid of wearing something I would get made fun of on the spot. Seriously I had a student make fun of my pants because they looked slightly pink. Are you serious??

I also liked the fact that Colin Baker's Doctor was so brash and self-confident and he didn't let people bully him. So, that made Doctor Who viewing all the more fun for me.

Well, enough back story. The Two Doctors was the first episode for me to discover a Doctor prior to Tom Baker in the form of Patrick Troughton. Through the magic of home video, since 1995 I've become more familar with the past Doctors.

Some of you might remember Patrick Troughton as either the ill fated priest in The Omen or from a few of the Hammer Horror movies. In particular The Scars of Dracula.

I took a few liberities once again with my interpretation of the meeting between Doctors number two and number six. I decided to make the Second Doctor appear as he did during his tenure from 1966 till 1969 rather than how he appeared in The Two Doctors.