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• Although the lead character's name is The Doctor NOT Doctor Who, the
  closing credits from 1963 to 1979 still used the name Doctor Who.
• The final episode of the 1982 story "Earthshock" ended with the death of a
  continuing character. The closing credits for that episode were silent -
  the only time in the history of the series that this was done.
• A number of episodes in the 1960s did not feature William Hartnell as The
  Doctor. Despite this, he is still given lead actor credit on those
  episodes.
• For the first several seasons, each individual chapter (episode) carried
  its own title. This practice was abandoned following the 1966 story "The
  Gunfighters." As a result, several early stories are known by several
  different titles.
• The tradition of showing The Doctor's face in the opening titles was not
  introduced until Patrick Troughton's tenure with the program was under way.
  During Jon Pertwee's era, the producers experimented with changing the
  opening credits and music. One of the rejected opening credits was
  accidentally included on some prints of the story "Carnival of Monsters"
  that were broadcast overseas.
• In a number of 1980s episodes, recurring villain The Master often first
  appeared in disguise. Actor Anthony Ainley was credited under a pseudonym
  on these occasions (usually an anagram of his own name) in order to
  preserve the element of surprise.
• While several episodes made use of teaser sequences before the opening
  credits (though only a handful in the show's 26-year history), the 1970
  7-part story "The Ambassadors of Death" was unique in that it was an
  experiment in changing the format of the opening credits that was not
  repeated. At the start of each chapter, the credits would begin as usual
  but end right after the title "Doctor Who" appeared (before the episode and
  writer titles appeared). A brief teaser then followed, followed by the
  remainder of the opening sequence, as usual. Another story from the same
  season, "Inferno", also altered the format of the opening credits slightly
  by showing the episode and writer titles over footage of bubbling lava.
• For most of the Hartnell era, the episode title appeared superimposed over
  the first scene (after the title sequence had completed). Later, and
  continuing on occasion during the Troughton era, the episode title and
  writer credit would be presented in a unique format (i.e. in the form of a
  computer print-out for "The War Machine", for example). When the opening
  credits were redesigned during the Troughton era (and now incorporated an
  image of the Doctor's face), the episode title and writer credit were
  usually included during this sequence.

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