Doppelgänger: Difference between revisions

{{first pic|NyssaandAnn.jpg|[[Nyssa]] and [[Ann Talbot]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'')}}

== Known doppelgängers ==

[[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Robin Hood]] happened to look alike, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Thief of Sherwood (short story)|The Thief of Sherwood]]'') as did [[Polly Wright]], [[Maid Marian]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Thief of Sherwood (short story)|The Thief of Sherwood]]'', ''[[That Time I Nearly Destroyed the World Whilst Looking for a Dress (short story)|That Time I Nearly Destroyed the World Whilst Looking for a Dress]]'') and [[Tatiana Kregki]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Night Witches (audio story)|The Night Witches]]'') [[Strella]] and [[Romana I]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Androids of Tara (TV story)|The Androids of Tara]]'') [[Ann Talbot]] and [[Nyssa]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') [[Peri Brown|Peri]] and [[Anne (Queen of France)|Queen Anne]] (although Queen Anne had a crooked nose), ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Church and the Crown (audio story)|The Church and the Crown]]'') [[William Pike]] and his great-grandson [[Darius Pike]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Cambridge Spy (TV story)|The Cambridge Spy]]'') [[Barker (The Cambridge Spy)|Barker]] and his great-grandson [[Thorne]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Cambridge Spy (TV story)|The Cambridge Spy]]'') [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]] and [[Gwen Cooper]], potentially due to [[spatial genetic multiplicity]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') [[cousin]]s [[Adeola Oshodi]] and [[Martha Jones]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') and a [[Soothsayer (The Fires of Pompeii)|Soothsayer]] and [[Amy Pond]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'')

 

[[The Doctor]] had various doppelgängers across their regenerations. The [[First Doctor]] resembled the [[Abbot of Amboise]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Massacre (TV story)|The Massacre]]'') and [[Solomon (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Solomon the trader]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]'', ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') [[Cardinal]] [[Robert Bellarmine]] also closely resembled him to the point of being mistaken for him by those unfamiliar with the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'')  

 

He also resembled [[Ramón Salamander]] in his [[second incarnation]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'') [[Lutz (Talons of Terror)|Premier Lutz]] in his [[Third Doctor|third]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Talons of Terror (short story)|Talons of Terror]])'' [[Gregory (Tsar Wars)|Father Gregory]] in his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth]] , ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tsar Wars (audio story)|Tsar Wars]]'') [[Andrew Edwardson]] in his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[My Dinner with Andrew (audio story)|My Dinner with Andrew]]'') [[Maxil|Commander Maxil]] in his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'', ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') [[Edward Marlow]] in his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]'') and [[Lobus Caecilius]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'') and [[John Frobisher]] in his [[Twelfth Doctor|twelfth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth]]'')

 

[[File:Canes at Dawn.jpg|right|thumb|The [[First Doctor]] duels with his robot double. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'')]]

Sometimes exact doubles of individuals were created for the purposes of espionage or infiltration. The Daleks often employed such techniques, for example with the creation of a a [[Robot Doctor|robot double]] of the [[First Doctor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') and their use of [[Dalek duplicate|duplicates]] including [[Stien]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'')

 

Other groups also created [[robot]] or [[android]] doubles, such as the [[Kraal]]s, who replicated the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[Sergeant Benton]], and [[Harry Sullivan]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'') the [[Tara]]ns who crowned [[Reynart|Prince Reynart]]'s robot double king in his place, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Androids of Tara (TV story)|The Androids of Tara]]'') and [[Sharaz Jek]], who created android doubles of [[Salateen|Major Salateen]], the Doctor and [[Peri Brown|Peri]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'')

 

A particular type of double was known as an [[Auton]], the plastic agents of the [[Nestene Consciousness]]. Among their number include a [[Scobie (Auton)|duplicate]] of [[Scobie|General Scobie]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') a [[Mickey Smith (Auton)|duplicate]] of [[Mickey Smith]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') and a [[Rory Williams (Auton)|duplicate]] of [[Rory Williams]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''/''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')

 

In addition, [[Bill Filer]] was duplicated by [[Axos]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'') [[Drake (Liberation)|Drake]] created a [[Orthrus|duplicate]] of [[K9 Mark 2|K9]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Jaws of Orthrus (TV story)|Jaws of Orthrus]]'') and [[the Flesh]] was used to create "[[Ganger]]s" of both the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond, among other characters, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rebel Flesh (TV story)|The Rebel Flesh]]''/''[[The Almost People (TV story)|The Almost People]]'' and ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'') [[Jason (Conundrum)|Jason]] created [[Dr. Who (Land of Fiction)|Dr. Who]] with the likeness of the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'', ''[[Head Games (novel)|Head Games]]'')

 

A final method of creating duplicates was [[cloning]]. [[Sixth Doctor (clone)|A clone of the Sixth Doctor]] was created by [[the Forge]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'') and [[Martha Jones]] was [[Martha Jones (clone)|cloned]] by the [[Sontaran]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'')

 

Shapeshifting beings often adopted the appearances of other individuals for both malicious and benign reasons. The shapeshifting [[Zygon]]s often used their shapeshifting abilities to allow them to infiltrate societies they planned to invade or exploit, such as the occasion when the impersonated several people including [[Harry Sullivan]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'') The impersonation of [[Petronella Osgood]] began this way also, but the two Osgoods grew close after a deal was brokered between [[UNIT]] and the Zygons and the [[Zygon Osgood]]'s permanently adopted Osgood's appearance. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[The Zygon Invasion (TV story)|The Zygon Invasion]]'', ''[[The Zygon Inversion (in-universe)|The Zygon Inversion]]'')

 

Having lost any form of facial identity in the catalysm back in their home system, the [[Chameleon (humanoid)|Chameleons]] developed technology which allowed them to adopt the appearance of several people on [[Earth]] including [[Polly Wright]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]]. While they were using this ability to infiltrate human society and steal further identities, their goal was to permanently adopt these faces to replace their own lost ones. ([[TV]]:''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'')

 

The [[Justice Department Vehicle]] known as the ''[[Teselecta]]'' took the form of [[Grigori Rasputin]] with green skin, a caretaker, [[Erich Zimmerman]], a Nazi soldier (both with and without a [[motorbike]]), [[Amy Pond]], [[River Song]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'') and the [[Eleventh Doctor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'')

 

The Time Lady [[Romana II]] chose to take on the appearance of [[Astra of Atrios]] when she regenerated. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'', ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'') [[Omega]] once used the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s [[biodata]] to take on his form. ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'')

 

[[File:Two against one.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Fifth Doctor]]'s appearance in used by [[Kamelion]]. (centre) ([[TV]]: ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'')]]

Other shapeshifters include [[Meglos]] who took the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s form, ([[TV]]: ''[[Meglos (TV story)|Meglos]]'') [[Kamelion]], who took on the form of [[King]] [[John of England]] and, momentarily, the Fifth Doctor, {{Ainley}} and [[Tegan Jovanka]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'') and a [[Kymbra Chimera]], which took on the form of the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]] while in [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Changes (comic story)|Changes]]'')

The [[Third Doctor]] travelled to a [[Inferno Earth|parallel universe]] and encountered other versions of [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], [[Liz Shaw]], and [[John Benton]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] travelled to a parallel [[Pete's World|universe]] and encountered other versions of [[Mickey Smith]], [[Jackie Tyler]], [[Pete Tyler]], and the [[Cybermen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'') [[Zagreus]] and the Eighth Doctor were identical. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'', ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') [[Matthew Townsend|Townsend]], [[Tepesh]], and [[Walton Winkle|Winky]] were projections of the Seventh, Sixth and Fifth Doctors. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') The Tenth Doctor transferred his [[regeneration energy]] to [[The Tenth Doctor's hand|his hand]], and when [[Donna Noble]] touched it, she created the [[Meta-Crisis Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')