{"id":17871,"date":"2022-07-04T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T08:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1672159"},"modified":"2022-07-04T10:12:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T08:12:10","slug":"michael-troughton-on-honour-of-playing-second-doctor-for-big-finish","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/michael-troughton-on-honour-of-playing-second-doctor-for-big-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Troughton on \u201chonour\u201d of playing Second Doctor for Big Finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 04 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Long-time producers of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-2022-specials-release\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Who<\/a> audio dramas <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/big-finish-doctor-who-licence-2030-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Big Finish<\/a> have teamed up with Michael Troughton, son of Second Doctor actor Patrick, to produce The Second Doctor Adventures: Beyond War Games, with Michael taking on his father\u2019s iconic role for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The box set of audio adventures will take place directly following 1969\u2019s The War Games and when speaking with <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press about his role in the production, Troughton said it was \u201cbloody lovely\u201d to step in to his father\u2019s shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Troughton continued: \u201cIt\u2019s quite a big task because Christ, he was a bloody amazing actor. Even if he was my dad, he was such a brilliant actor that it\u2019s an honour, really, to be asked to try and recreate him. It really is.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;x_x_x_xmsonormal&quot;\">\u201cAnd I\u2019m sure he\u2019d be absolutely delighted that I was doing it and having fun with it. Because he took the business seriously but he wanted to have fun and he wanted to enjoy what he was doing. And my goodness me, he did. He really put a lot into everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">COVER REVEAL! ???? Click <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/x6bn3Eevyq&quot;\">https:\/\/t.co\/x6bn3Eevyq<\/a> to read more about <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DoctorWho?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#DoctorWho<\/a> Beyond War Games, starring Michael Troughton as the Second Doctor. <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/gzdqdIbAwj&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/gzdqdIbAwj<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Big Finish Insider (@bigfinish) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/bigfinish\/status\/1521174259254632448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">May 2, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p class=\"&quot;x_x_x_xmsonormal&quot;\">However, Troughton was quick to note that his version of the Second Doctor would be exactly that \u2013\u00a0his version \u2013\u00a0and he wouldn\u2019t be looking to do an exact impression of his father\u2019s portrayal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;x_x_x_xmsonormal&quot;\">He said: \u201cWhat I didn\u2019t want was, you know, \u2018Patrick Troughton\u2019s son is doing it because he\u2019s the son\u2019. I want it to be a bit of me, as well as dad mixed in. I said right from the start, \u2018I\u2019m not Jon Culshaw, I cannot do brilliant impressions of voices and people, but what I can do is act the character.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;x_x_x_xmsonormal&quot;\">\u201cIt\u2019s a sort of mixture of myself and Patrick and to be honest, because I\u2019m his son, it gets quite close I think. The real problem with trying to recreate dad on audio is that he was such a physical actor. It would be looks, it would be movements, it would be various things. So I\u2019ve had to grab certain mannerisms he has.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;x_x_x_xmsonormal&quot;\">\u201cFor instance, he used to cough. And everybody used to think that was part of his performance, but actually it was a cough to give him time to remember the next line. And so I put a bit of that in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The set is made up of two stories, both told in four parts \u2013\u00a0there is The Final Beginning, written by Mark Wright and Nicholas Briggs, and Wrath of the Ice Warriors, written by Andrew Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Troughton previously appeared on-screen in Doctor Who during Peter Capaldi\u2019s run as the Time Lord, playing Professor Albert in Last Christmas.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/doctor-who-the-second-doctor-adventures-beyond-war-games-2514&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Second Doctor Adventures: Beyond War Games<\/a> releases July 2022. 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