Seventh Doctor (The Lenny Henry Show)

The seventh incarnation of the Doctor emerged suddenly after a misdirection of the TARDIS caused a fatal injury of his previous incarnation. Following his regeneration, he and Peri arrived on Earth in the year 2010 where they encountered the Cybermen and their leader, Thatchos. (NOTVALID: Untitled)

Behind the scenes

 * The sketch unexpectedly correctly predicted that the Sixth Doctor would regenerate on the floor of the TARDIS after extreme turbulence, later seen in TV: Time and the Rani.
 * This Seventh Doctor seemingly emerges from his regeneration in a new outfit, which had occurred with the Second Doctor and would later happen to the Fourteenth Doctor. Incidentally, Comic Relief 2023 depicts Lenny Henry regenerating into the Fourteenth Doctor in a homage to The Power of the Doctor.
 * This was the first incarnation of the Doctor in any story made by the BBC to feature a black actor in the role. It wouldn't until be the casting of Jo Martin in 2020's Fugitive of the Judoon where a POC (person of colour) would portray an official incarnation of the Doctor, the Fugitive Doctor.