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(He says he's like space Gandalf OR the little green one in Star Wars.) |
(It's misleading to lead with "a name used for the Doctor". Gandalf is primarily a fictional character; while it's the bulk of what we know about him in the DWU, that the Doctor was compared to him is in truth a minor point.) |
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{{wikipediainfo}} | {{wikipediainfo}}'''Gandalf''' was a fictional character, an old man who apparently possessed characteristics that made others liken the figure to [[the Doctor]]. | ||
'''Gandalf''' was a | |||
Thus, when {{Simm}} sent a message to [[Martha Jones]] via a [[television]] broadcast, he showed her the aged [[Tenth Doctor]] and sarcastically said, "Say hello, Gandalf." ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') | |||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] compared himself to the character, saying he was "the outer [[space]] Gandalf". ([[TV]]: ''[[Meanwhile in the TARDIS (TV story)|Meanwhile in the TARDIS]]'') | The [[Eleventh Doctor]] compared himself to the character, saying he was "the outer [[space]] Gandalf". ([[TV]]: ''[[Meanwhile in the TARDIS (TV story)|Meanwhile in the TARDIS]]'') | ||
Revision as of 22:54, 25 October 2018
Gandalf was a fictional character, an old man who apparently possessed characteristics that made others liken the figure to the Doctor.
Thus, when the Saxon Master sent a message to Martha Jones via a television broadcast, he showed her the aged Tenth Doctor and sarcastically said, "Say hello, Gandalf." (TV: Last of the Time Lords)
The Eleventh Doctor compared himself to the character, saying he was "the outer space Gandalf". (TV: Meanwhile in the TARDIS)
Behind the scenes
Gandalf as he appears in LEGO Dimensions.
- In the real world, Gandalf is a character from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. Televised Doctor Who never explicitly makes this connection.
- Ian McKellen played Gandalf in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy; he later provided his voice for the Great Intelligence in The Snowmen. He also made a cameo as himself in costume as Gandalf on the set of The Hobbit in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.
- Fourth Doctor actor Tom Baker was briefly considered for the part of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy; coincidentally, Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy would later be cast as Gandalf's fellow wizard Radagast the Brown.
- Gandalf appears as one of the main characters in LEGO Dimensions.
