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I changed the last point in the Behind the Scenes section to note key differences between The Old Man in John Smith's story and Dr. Who. Also, found instances of "Dr. Who" being written as "Dr Who" and changed them for the sake of consistency with the article title and the rest of the text.
(I changed the last point in the Behind the Scenes section to note key differences between The Old Man in John Smith's story and Dr. Who. Also, found instances of "Dr. Who" being written as "Dr Who" and changed them for the sake of consistency with the article title and the rest of the text.) |
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According to several sources, the character of Dr. Who existed as a piece of fiction within [[N-Space|the universe]] of [[the Doctor]], a [[Time Lord]] from the [[planet]] [[Gallifrey]]. | According to several sources, the character of Dr. Who existed as a piece of fiction within [[N-Space|the universe]] of [[the Doctor]], a [[Time Lord]] from the [[planet]] [[Gallifrey]]. | ||
When in the [[Black Archive]], [[Kate Stewart]] noted two [[VHS cassette]]s, one of them being ''[[Daleks: Invasion Earth]]''. She noted that [[the Doctor]] and [[Peter Cushing (Peaceful Thals Ambushed!)|Peter Cushing]] had been friends and that the Doctor had loaned him a waistcoat "for the second one". The [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]] and [[Eleventh Doctor]]s particularly loved the movies, joking around calling each other Dr Who, and phoned Cushing to persuade him to make a third movie. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') Indeed, another account noted the [[Third Doctor]] visiting the cinema to see a double-bill of Peter Cushing films, which closely resembled the adventures of Dr. Who. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Visit to the Cinema (short story)|A Visit to the Cinema]]'') While biking, [[Lawrence Burton (We Are the Enemy)|Lawrence Burton]] thought to himself that [[the enemy]] of the [[Great Houses]] might be those [[Dalek|"outer space robot people"]] that appeared in "at least two films with [[Peter Cushing (Peaceful Thals Ambushed!)|Peter Cushing]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[We Are the Enemy (short story)|We Are the Enemy]]'') | When in the [[Black Archive]], [[Kate Stewart]] noted two [[VHS cassette]]s, one of them being ''[[Daleks: Invasion Earth]]''. She noted that [[the Doctor]] and [[Peter Cushing (Peaceful Thals Ambushed!)|Peter Cushing]] had been friends and that the Doctor had loaned him a waistcoat "for the second one". The [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]] and [[Eleventh Doctor]]s particularly loved the movies, joking around calling each other Dr. Who, and phoned Cushing to persuade him to make a third movie. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') Indeed, another account noted the [[Third Doctor]] visiting the cinema to see a double-bill of Peter Cushing films, which closely resembled the adventures of Dr. Who. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Visit to the Cinema (short story)|A Visit to the Cinema]]'') While biking, [[Lawrence Burton (We Are the Enemy)|Lawrence Burton]] thought to himself that [[the enemy]] of the [[Great Houses]] might be those [[Dalek|"outer space robot people"]] that appeared in "at least two films with [[Peter Cushing (Peaceful Thals Ambushed!)|Peter Cushing]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[We Are the Enemy (short story)|We Are the Enemy]]'') | ||
Another account stated that Cushing had the lead role in the [[1980]] [[science fiction]] film ''[[Prey for a Miracle]]'' as "the mysterious government adviser, Doctor Who". The character was loosely based on the [[First Doctor]] and was inspired by the [[UFO]]/[[god]]s scare caused by the [[Latter-Day Pantheon]] in [[New York City]] in [[March]] and [[April]] [[1965]]. A film critic for the magazine ''[[Film in Focus]]'' claimed the "endearingly eccentric professor" was as fictional as the rest of the film. What little information there was about his real counterpart suggested he was a shadowy, manipulative figure. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'') | Another account stated that Cushing had the lead role in the [[1980]] [[science fiction]] film ''[[Prey for a Miracle]]'' as "the mysterious government adviser, Doctor Who". The character was loosely based on the [[First Doctor]] and was inspired by the [[UFO]]/[[god]]s scare caused by the [[Latter-Day Pantheon]] in [[New York City]] in [[March]] and [[April]] [[1965]]. A film critic for the magazine ''[[Film in Focus]]'' claimed the "endearingly eccentric professor" was as fictional as the rest of the film. What little information there was about his real counterpart suggested he was a shadowy, manipulative figure. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'') | ||
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* In an interview in [[DWM 490]], Moffat instead proposed that Dr. Who recklessly altering Time to change the outcome of the bank robbery at the end of ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (theatrical film)|Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' caused him to accidentally [[Big Bang Two|restart the universe]], rewriting himself into a [[Time Lord]] and losing his family name. | * In an interview in [[DWM 490]], Moffat instead proposed that Dr. Who recklessly altering Time to change the outcome of the bank robbery at the end of ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (theatrical film)|Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' caused him to accidentally [[Big Bang Two|restart the universe]], rewriting himself into a [[Time Lord]] and losing his family name. | ||
* The inclusion of the character in the short story ''[[Dr Who and the House on Oldark Moor (short story)|Dr Who and the House on Oldark Moor]]'' from the anthology ''[[Short Trips and Side Steps]]'' suggests that the world of Dr. Who is a [[parallel universe]] to the regular [[Doctor Who universe|DWU]]. This is also suggested by the [[Titan Publishing Group|Titan]] comic story ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'', where a face resembling Dr. Who (albeit without a moustache, and clearly designed to resemble [[David Tennant]]) appears when [[Gabby Gonzalez]]'s "magic" notebook is writing about how Gabby thought the Doctor's "[[Regeneration|other selves]]" would be from parallel universes. Despite this, no story has explicitly called the adventures of Dr. Who an alternate universe. Therefore, all stories featuring him are considered [[Tardis:Valid sources|invalid on this wiki]]. | * The inclusion of the character in the short story ''[[Dr Who and the House on Oldark Moor (short story)|Dr Who and the House on Oldark Moor]]'' from the anthology ''[[Short Trips and Side Steps]]'' suggests that the world of Dr. Who is a [[parallel universe]] to the regular [[Doctor Who universe|DWU]]. This is also suggested by the [[Titan Publishing Group|Titan]] comic story ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'', where a face resembling Dr. Who (albeit without a moustache, and clearly designed to resemble [[David Tennant]]) appears when [[Gabby Gonzalez]]'s "magic" notebook is writing about how Gabby thought the Doctor's "[[Regeneration|other selves]]" would be from parallel universes. Despite this, no story has explicitly called the adventures of Dr. Who an alternate universe. Therefore, all stories featuring him are considered [[Tardis:Valid sources|invalid on this wiki]]. | ||
* The novel ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' showed [[John Smith]] remembering the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s repressed memories from "before his birth", wherein he was a human scientist who built the very first [[TARDIS]] before setting out to explore the universe | * The novel ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' showed [[John Smith]] remembering the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s repressed memories from "before his birth", wherein he was a human scientist who built the very first [[TARDIS]] before setting out to explore the universe. The novel further states that the scientist subsequently found a wild jungle planet and educated its people into a [[Time Lord|mighty civilisation]], strongly hinting at the scientist becoming [[the Other]]. As the Other is reckoned to have later "reincarnated" himself into the Doctor, this provides yet another potential way to bridge Dr. Who with the televised Doctor, though merely through unstated implication. While the reference to Dr. Who is apparent, the scientist mentioned in ''Human Nature'' has some significant differences from Dr. Who: he comes from Victorian England and the TARDIS was initially invented as just a tool for police, while Dr. Who came from what was then modern-day England and invented the TARDIS as a time machine all along. If this account does refer to Dr. Who, it must therefore be viewed as being partially inaccurate, either due to the Doctor's incomplete memory or due to liberties in how it was written by John Smith. | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||