The Doctor (Doctor Who) and therefore cannot be spoken. The character played by Peter Cushing in the films "Dr. Who and the Daleks" and "" referred to himself as "Dr. Who". However, these films are not considered part of the same narrative continuity as the television programme, as they were based upon two television serials featuring William Hartnell and made considerable alterations to the characters of the Doctor and his companions. Quite apart from his name, why the Doctor uses the title "The Doctor" has never been fully explained on screen. The Doctor, at first, said that he was not a physician, often referring
Lost in Time (Doctor Who) lengthy recreation of the first regeneration sequence put together from all that exists of the end of "The Tenth Planet" and the start of "The Power of the Daleks". The feature was previously released on VHS. In its original form, this documentary was presented in an earlier VHS boxset ("The Ice Warriors" in the UK, and with "The Edge of Destruction and Dr. Who: The Pilot Episode" in North America); both regions shared the tape with the one surviving episode of "The Underwater Menace" (with Hines' intro as mentioned above), which pre-dates the rediscovery of some of the "Lost in