diff --git a/docs/rh-log.txt b/docs/rh-log.txt
index e8ea5c770..f76039730 100644
--- a/docs/rh-log.txt
+++ b/docs/rh-log.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 May 9, 2006 (Changes by Graf Zahl)
+- Changed FDoorAnimation deletion so that the array takes care of it. This
+  eliminates some complications with the requirements a destructor has.
 - Fixed: Skin definitions were never freed.
 - Fixed: Names in terrain definitions were never freed. Replacing them with
   FNames would have been a good idea anyway.
diff --git a/src/p_doors.cpp b/src/p_doors.cpp
index 4dcab349a..c995497f0 100644
--- a/src/p_doors.cpp
+++ b/src/p_doors.cpp
@@ -478,33 +478,41 @@ void P_SpawnDoorRaiseIn5Mins (sector_t *sec)
 
 // Strife's animated doors. Based on Doom's unused sliding doors, but slightly different.
 
-TArray<FDoorAnimation> DoorAnimations;
-
-FDoorAnimation::~FDoorAnimation()
+class DeletingDoorArray : public TArray<FDoorAnimation>
 {
-	if (TextureFrames != NULL) 
+public:
+	~DeletingDoorArray()
 	{
-		delete [] TextureFrames;
-		TextureFrames = NULL;
+		for(unsigned i=0;i<Size();i++)
+		{
+			FDoorAnimation *ani = &((*this)[i]);
+			if (ani->TextureFrames != NULL) 
+			{
+				delete [] ani->TextureFrames;
+				ani->TextureFrames = NULL;
+			}
+			if (ani->OpenSound != NULL)
+			{
+				delete [] ani->OpenSound;
+				ani->OpenSound = NULL;
+			}
+			if (ani->CloseSound != NULL)
+			{
+				delete [] ani->CloseSound;
+				ani->CloseSound = NULL;
+			}
+		}
 	}
-	if (OpenSound != NULL)
-	{
-		delete [] OpenSound;
-		OpenSound = NULL;
-	}
-	if (CloseSound != NULL)
-	{
-		delete [] CloseSound;
-		CloseSound = NULL;
-	}
-}
+};
+
+DeletingDoorArray DoorAnimations;
 
 // EV_SlidingDoor : slide a door horizontally
 // (animate midtexture, then set noblocking line)
 //
 
 //
-// Return index into "DoorAnimatinos" array for which door type to use
+// Return index into "DoorAnimations" array for which door type to use
 //
 static int P_FindSlidingDoorType (int picnum)
 {
diff --git a/src/p_spec.h b/src/p_spec.h
index 740c26c62..21e927294 100644
--- a/src/p_spec.h
+++ b/src/p_spec.h
@@ -578,12 +578,8 @@ struct FDoorAnimation
 	int NumTextureFrames;
 	char *OpenSound;
 	char *CloseSound;
-
-	~FDoorAnimation();
 };
 
-extern TArray<FDoorAnimation> DoorAnimations;
-
 void P_ParseAnimatedDoor ();
 
 class DAnimatedDoor : public DMovingCeiling