There's a longstanding, rather odd Doctor Who tradition that the newly regenerated Doctor doesn't actually appear all that much in his first adventure. Much like David Tennant here, Jon Pertwee was asleep in a hospital bed
Doctor Who: "The Christmas Invasion" · TV Club · The A.V. Club
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