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A number of unauthorized versions of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and of ''[[the Doctor]]'' have appeared.
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A number of '''pastiches of the Doctor''' have appeared, some "real" in the context of the fiction, others [[Wikipedia:fictional fictional characters|fictional fictional characters]]. A few have appeared in the [[Doctor Who Universe]] itself.


==Partial list==
==List of pastiches of the Doctor==
===Video===
===[[Doctor Who Universe]]===
*[[BBV Productions]] introduced [[Colin Baker]] as "[[the Stranger]]", originally a loose pastiche of the Doctor, who developed into a more original character. Appearing in the first three films was [[Nicola Bryant]] as Miss Brown, a pastiche of [[Peri Brown]].
*''[[Dr. Who (Land of Fiction)|Dr. Who]]'', an inhabitant of the [[Land of Fiction]] and/or a creation of the Doctor's own mind
*BBV also produced a comedy short film, ''[[Do You Have a Licence to Save This Planet?]]'' a parody in which [[Sylvester McCoy]] plays "The Foot Doctor". The film includes numerous references to ''Doctor Who'' as well as original alien races from the show such as [[Sontaran]]s, [[Auton]]s and a bastardized version of [[Cybermen]], the [[Cyberons]]. The film poked fun at the fact that BBV and others were able to use monsters and other characters from ''Doctor Who'', but never the Doctor himself.
===Other===
====Direct-to-video====
*The [[BBV]] character [[The Stranger]], played by [[Colin Baker]] and Miss Brown, played by [[Nicola Brown]], started off as a thinly-veiled version of their ''[[Doctor Who]]'' roles of the [[Sixth Doctor]] and his [[companion]] [[Peri Brown]]. (Miss Brown, however, used an [[English]] rather than [[American]] accent.) Starting with the fourth adventure of the Stranger, BBV decided with the fourth adventure to explain away the Stranger as a different character, named Solomon, with an entirely different past.
====Audio====
*BBV also produced the adventures of the Professor (later called the Dominie, for legal reasons) played by [[Sylvester McCoy]] and Ace (played by [[Sophie Aldred]]) (later called Alice), as even more thinly veiled versions of the [[Seventh Doctor]] and his [[companion]] [[Ace]]. Depending on your point of view, these might count either as true adventures of the Doctor using an alias or fan fiction using the original actors.
====Prose====
*[[Wikipedia:Doctor Omega|Doctor Omega]] was a character from the [[1906]] [[Freech]] [[science fiction]] novel ''Le Docteur Omega''. After ''[[Doctor Who]]'' nonfiction writer [[Jean-Marc Lofficier]], discovered the character and noticed the similarities between him and the [[First Doctor]]. Lofficier and his wife [[Randy Lofficier|Randy]] republished the book in an English translation and added lines suggesting that the novel told adventures of the Doctor shortly before ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' with the Doctor having taken a brief leave of absence from his grand-daughter [[Susan Foreman]].  


===Audio===
[[Category:Parodies and pastiches|*]]
*[[BBV Productions|BBV]] introduced [[Sylvester McCoy]] as "the Professor", later (for legal reasons), "the Dominie", with [[Sophie Aldred]] as "[[Ace]]", later Alice. The audios featured scripts by, among others, [[Robert Shearman]] (under a [[pseudonym]]), [[Mark Gatiss]] and [[Nigel Fairs]].
[[Category:Real World lists]]
 
*The Wanderer or Fred, played by [[Nicholas Briggs]] in the BBV audio adventures ''[[Cyber-Hunt]]'' and ''[[Vital Signs]]'' is loosely based on the Doctor as portrayed by Briggs in the [[Audio Visuals]] fan audio series. In ''Cyber-Hunt'', he comes up against "Cyberons".
 
*[[Lalla Ward]] and [[John Leeson]] reprised their roles as [[Romana II|Romana]] and [[K-9]], respectively, for a series of audio dramas called ''The Mistress and K-9''. While the producers of these audios were able to licence K-9, they couldn't licence Romana, thus she was never referred to by this name. Later, when [[Big Finish]] obtained a full licence to produce ''Doctor Who''-based audio dramas, Ward was once again able to perform the character as Romana.
 
====Comics====
*The [[Wikipedia:Marvel Universe|Marvel Universe]] had [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/jagamble.htm Professor Gamble] and his enemies [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/incinerators.htm the Incinerators] who inspired the fictional. Later Marvel and [[Marvel UK]] stories introduced WHO, or the Weird Happenings Organization, led by Doctor Alistaire Stuart along with his sister, Brigadier Alysande Stuart. (They are obviously named after [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]].) This was originally the creation of Marvel writer and [[Wikipedia:Anglophile|Anglophile]], [[Wikipedia:Chris Claremont|Chris Claremont]], who, during the course of his career, incorporated several brief references to ''Doctor Who'' into his scripts.
 
*The [[Wikipedia:Wildstorm|Wildstorm]] comic book ''[[Wikipedia:Establishment (comic book)|The Establishment]]'' featured Mister Pharmacist, who resembled a much darker and sinister version of the [[Fourth Doctor]]. He worked alongside a team of super-secret agents based on other characters from British fantasy and adventure television series. ''The Establishment'' made many other allusions to this genre and to British pulp fiction.
 
*[[Grant Morrison]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:The Invisibles|The Invisibles]]'' featured surgically altered drone henchmen known as the Cyphermen.
 
==Other information==
The [[Doctor Who Universe]] itself has a pastiche version of ''Doctor Who'', called ''[[Professor X]]''. [[Bernice Summerfield]] briefly visited that fictional universe and met Professor X during ''[[No Future]]''.
 
==See also==
*[[Doctor Who parodies]]
*[[Doctor Who Universe in other continuities]]
*[[Doctor Who spin-offs]]
 
[[Category:Real World]]

Revision as of 17:16, 16 April 2009

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A number of pastiches of the Doctor have appeared, some "real" in the context of the fiction, others fictional fictional characters. A few have appeared in the Doctor Who Universe itself.

List of pastiches of the Doctor

Doctor Who Universe

Other

Direct-to-video

Audio

  • BBV also produced the adventures of the Professor (later called the Dominie, for legal reasons) played by Sylvester McCoy and Ace (played by Sophie Aldred) (later called Alice), as even more thinly veiled versions of the Seventh Doctor and his companion Ace. Depending on your point of view, these might count either as true adventures of the Doctor using an alias or fan fiction using the original actors.

Prose

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