On 24 November 1986 Colin Baker appeared on the kids
show Saturday Superstore a normal
promotional event for the incumbent Doctor promoting his latest season. However
something he said during the interview seemed far more significant not long
afterwards. Asked where he would go if he had a real working Tardis he replied:
“I think I’d probably go back to the beginning and start it all again because
I’ve enjoyed doing Doctor Who so much
that I would like to go right back to the beginning and do it all again,
because I’ve met so many nice people and talked to so many nice people that it
would be nice…to go back and start from scratch.” These are not the words of
someone nearer the start than the end of his tenure because although it had yet
to be announced he knew at this point that he had become the first Doctor to be
directly sacked from the role.
