Day 235: The Seeds of Death Episode 4

One of the most exciting scenes to occur in this serial is when the Doctor is being transmatted into space, thus killing him. Tension is high and it is increased by Michael Ferguson's directing, which is able to kick this story up a notch and make it somewhat memorable. What's really noteworthy, though, is that Troughton doesn't actually appear in this scene. Instead, a body double is used for him as he was on holiday. This shows how well the story has been edited, given that Troughton's disappearance, in the hands of another script editor, could stick out like a sore thumb, however Terrance Dicks is able to allow for the character of the Doctor to still be central to the plot, just less active than the other characters in the story