So, Who Wants To See The Twelfth Doctor Breakdancing?

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As you know, fresh from wrapping up the shoot for Series 8, Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman (does anyone else miss the “Louise”?) were whisked away on a promotional world tour.

They’ve received Big Love from the UK, South Korea and most recently touched down in Australia to meet the fans. In this clip from the OZ Q&A Jenna recalls the process of filming the Twelfth Doctor’s first moments in the regeneration scene including some alternative takes…

“That is what Peter is like as an actor as well – just trying things, throwing things at the wall, throwing different ideas. I mean, there was singing and… breakdancing, I remembered today, in some of the regeneration scene takes.”

Surprised, the interviewer summarises: “Breakdancing?!..”

The Doctor has often erratic and unpredictable immediately after a regeneration – the Sixth Doctor tried to throttle his companion and the Fourth engaged Harry Sullivan in skipping-stare contest. In fact the very first regeneration was imagined as being like a bad trip on LSD…

But breakdancing? Patrick Troughton’s first scenes from 1966 are sadly lost apart from a handful of telesnap photos and tiny snippets from a fan pointing a handheld film camera at the TV screen from when it was broadcast. This reconstruction gives a bit of an idea – hallucinations, confusion, grimacing and dubious fashion choices… but no breakdancing.

I don’t know about you, dear reader, but I MUST see Capaldi’s wilder alternative first scenes. As far as Who DVD extras are concerned nothing else matters. Who’s with me? And any favourite post-regeneration moments? First scene “dos” and “don’ts”? Tell us below…

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