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By the [[21st century]], '''[[the Doctor]]''' had become a significant figure in both '''folklore''' and '''popular culture''', particularly on [[Earth]]. They were variably known as a [[fiction]]al character, as a real life [[celebrity]], as a documented presence through [[history]], or as a [[myth]] or [[legend]], showing up in stories passed down through [[generation]]s, much like [[Daleks in popular culture and mythology| | By the [[21st century]], '''[[the Doctor]]''' had become a significant figure in both '''folklore''' and '''popular culture''', particularly on [[Earth]]. They were variably known as a [[fiction]]al character, as a real life [[celebrity]], as a documented presence through [[history]], or as a [[myth]] or [[legend]], showing up in stories passed down through [[generation]]s, much like [[Daleks in popular culture and mythology|their greatest enemies, the Daleks]]. | ||
Even on the Doctor's [[homeworld]] of [[Gallifrey]] their impact on its culture was varied. The [[First Doctor]] held several high positions before he became a [[Renegade Time Lord|renegade]] ([[PROSE]]: | Even on the Doctor's [[homeworld]] of [[Gallifrey]] their impact on its culture was varied. The [[First Doctor]] held several high positions before he became a [[Renegade Time Lord|renegade]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Flashback (short story)}} et al.) and the [[Fourth Doctor|Fourth]], [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]] and [[Twelfth Doctor]]s all served time as [[Lord President]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Invasion of Time (TV story)}},{{cs|The Five Doctors (TV story)}}, {{cs|Hell Bent (TV story)}}) However, by [[Gallifreyan Year 10639.5|Year 10639.5]] of the [[Rassilon Era]] there were some who believed the Doctor to be a fictional creation. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Final Chapter (comic story)}}) | ||
''[[The Time Lord Letters]]'', a publication which had access to a wide range of records from all across the [[universe]], stated that researching the Doctor was difficult and information about the [[Time Lord]] was "surprisingly scarce" with most of the knowledge about them coming from their actions, "from the [[planet]]s [they] have saved and the monsters [they] have defeated". The book went on to say the other prime source of information about the Doctor was his personal writings and jottings, of which there were many scattered across [[time]] and [[space]]. ([[PROSE]]: | ''[[The Time Lord Letters]]'', a publication which had access to a wide range of records from all across the [[universe]], stated that researching the Doctor was difficult and information about the [[Time Lord]] was "surprisingly scarce" with most of the knowledge about them coming from their actions, "from the [[planet]]s [they] have saved and the monsters [they] have defeated". The book went on to say the other prime source of information about the Doctor was his personal writings and jottings, of which there were many scattered across [[time]] and [[space]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Lord Letters (novel)}}) | ||
[[Arthur Candy|Professor Candy]] discovered that retconning himself into the popular mythology of various cultures was a deliberate move by the Doctor, enacted when it inconvenienced the Doctor to be too well-known from his various | [[Arthur Candy|Professor Candy]] discovered that retconning himself into the popular mythology of various cultures was a deliberate move by the Doctor, enacted when it inconvenienced the Doctor to be too well-known from his various interferences in this or that species' history. Once they knew the Doctor as the protagonist of cheap weekly fiction, people would be understandably disinclined to lend any credence at all to evidence of the Doctor being real. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Afterword (short story)}}) | ||
== On Earth and among humans == | == On Earth and among humans == | ||
=== As a real person === | === As a real person === | ||
{{main|The Doctor in Earth history}} | {{main|The Doctor in Earth history}} | ||
Many accounts regarding [[the Doctor]] seem to portray them as a real person. By the end of the [[2000s]], the Doctor had made appearances on [[television]] in multiple [[incarnation]]s with the [[Second Doctor]] even able to call himself famous during the first part of his [[exile on Earth]] in the [[20th century]]. ([[COMIC]]: | Many accounts regarding [[the Doctor]] seem to portray them as a real person. By the end of the [[2000s]], the Doctor had made appearances on [[television]] in multiple [[incarnation]]s with the [[Second Doctor]] even able to call himself famous during the first part of his [[exile on Earth]] in the [[20th century]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Action in Exile (comic story)}} et al.) Even just prior to his exile, the Doctor noted that he was known on Earth in this time. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The War Games (TV story)}}) Indeed, many incarnations appeared on television. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor Drops In (TV story)}}, {{Cs|The Doctor Appears (TV story)}}, et al.) | ||
Intentionally or otherwise, sightings of the Doctor were recorded throughout [[human]] [[history]], ([[TV]]: | Intentionally or otherwise, sightings of the Doctor were recorded throughout [[human]] [[history]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rose (TV story)}}, {{cs|Love & Monsters (TV story)}}) with the [[Ninth Doctor]] acknowledging that he had been "noticed" after visiting the [[planet]] "lots of times". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}) The [[Fifth Doctor]] acknowledged that groups of "[[fan]][s]" such as [[LINDA]] were established to follow him. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Time Crash (TV story)}}) Generally going only by "the Doctor", they were found in [[history book]]s, on the [[internet]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}) in [[political diary|political diaries]], [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] and [[ghost story|ghost stories]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rose (TV story)}}) They also had a habit of forming relationships with various historical figures, both amicable and hostile—and sometimes even amorous. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Tooth and Claw (TV story)}}, {{cs|Victory of the Daleks (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}}) As [[Jac (The Magician's Apprentice)|Jac]] observed, the Doctor tended to make "a lot of noise" and "love[d] to make an entrance". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)}}) | ||
An overview of the Doctor's wide-ranging involvement in specifically [[human]] [[history]] was detailed in several locations, most notably a copy of ''[[A History of Humankind]]'' in the [[Coal Hill library]] that was | An overview of the Doctor's wide-ranging involvement in specifically [[human]] [[history]] was detailed in several locations, most notably a copy of ''[[A History of Humankind]]'' in the [[Coal Hill library]] that was amended by the [[Twelfth Doctor]] in [[2014]] and [[Book (The Whoniverse)|another publication]] which included a version of history that involved the Doctor up to and including the [[end of the universe]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A History of Humankind (novel)}}, {{cs|The Whoniverse (novel)}}) | ||
As observed by [[Bridget Sinclair]], a member of LINDA, the "single constant factor" associated with "all these different Doctors" who came and went was a "faux [[police box]]" which kept "cropping up throughout [[history]]". ([[TV]]: | As observed by [[Bridget Sinclair]], a member of LINDA, the "single constant factor" associated with "all these different Doctors" who came and went was a "faux [[police box]]" which kept "cropping up throughout [[history]]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Love & Monsters (TV story)}}) | ||
In [[2119]], [[Alice O'Donnell]] counted herself as a "[[fan]]" of the Doctor, noting to the [[Twelfth Doctor]] that she followed his exploits as well as being aware of his [[companion]]s. ([[TV]]: | In [[2119]], [[Alice O'Donnell]] counted herself as a "[[fan]]" of the Doctor, noting to the [[Twelfth Doctor]] that she followed his exploits as well as being aware of his [[companion]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Under the Lake (TV story)}}/{{cs|Before the Flood (TV story)}}) | ||
An array of specific [[incarnation]]s of the Doctor were known to the general public in addition to simply their moniker. In [[1991]], ''[[Metropolitan]]'' published an article with images of their first seven incarnations plus [[The Doctor (An Army of Shadows)|one with a bushy beard]] identifying them as agents of [[UNIT]] that used the name "[[Doctor]] [[John Smith]]" ([[PROSE]]: | An array of specific [[incarnation]]s of the Doctor were known to the general public in addition to simply their moniker. In [[1991]], ''[[Metropolitan]]'' published an article with images of their first seven incarnations plus [[The Doctor (An Army of Shadows)|one with a bushy beard]], identifying them as agents of [[UNIT]] that used the name "[[Doctor]] [[John Smith]]", ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|An Army of Shadows (short story)}}) while [[Clive Finch]] was able to find records and [[photograph]]s of the first thirteen Doctors by [[2005]], plus [[The Doctor 1 (Rose)|one wielding a flaming sword]] and [[The Doctor 2 (Rose)|another in a hi-tech weelchair]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}}) | ||
=== As a character in fiction === | === As a character in fiction === | ||
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as other observations, and previously unknown material, including several [[sonnet]]s. | as other observations, and previously unknown material, including several [[sonnet]]s. | ||
The foreword of the Notebooks mentions a "[[doctor]]" and Shakespeare notes that after being freed from the influence of the [[Carrionite]]s, he came to realise that several other strangers who had influenced his life could be the same individual. He summarises the Notebooks as "volume wherein I do draw together every incident and encounter that may perchance have | The foreword of the Notebooks mentions a "[[doctor]]", and Shakespeare notes that after being freed from the influence of the [[Carrionite]]s, he came to realise that several other strangers who had influenced his life could be the same individual. He summarises the Notebooks as "volume wherein I do draw together every incident and encounter that may perchance have involved or been influenced by [[the Doctor]]", although he admits his recollections are only existent within his [[dream]]s and fading [[memory]]. The [[21st century]] collection of the Notebooks observe that the "doctor" figure appears in many guises throughout as a [[magician]], [[physician]], [[academic]], [[colleague]] and [[friend]], or merely as "the [[Man]]" or "He". It also speculates that the Notebooks themselves formed the basis of an epic work in which Shakespeare planned to present the adventures of this character but also notes that his background is "never fully explained, assuming he ever existed". | ||
involved or been influenced by [[the Doctor]]" although he admits his recollections are only existent within his [[dream]]s and fading [[memory]]. The [[21st century]] collection of the Notebooks observe that the "doctor" figure appears in many guises throughout as a [[magician]], [[physician]], [[academic]], [[colleague]] and [[friend]], or merely as "the [[Man]]" or "He". It also speculates that the Notebooks themselves formed the basis of an epic work in which Shakespeare planned to present the adventures of this character but also notes that his background is "never fully explained, assuming he ever existed". | |||
However, the later collection of this work also expresses doubt as to whether Shakespeare was the true [[author]] and encourages the reader to "determine whether [...] the Notebooks are indeed genuine, or an elaborate [[hoax]]" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Preface to the First Edition (short story)|Preface to the First Edition]]'') citing several [[anachronism]]s to give credence to this [[theory]]. ([[PROSE]]: | However, the later collection of this work also expresses doubt as to whether Shakespeare was the true [[author]] and encourages the reader to "determine whether [...] the Notebooks are indeed genuine, or an elaborate [[hoax]]" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Preface to the First Edition (short story)|Preface to the First Edition]]'') citing several [[anachronism]]s to give credence to this [[theory]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Tempest – A Work in Progress (short story)}}, {{cs|Troilus and Cressida (short story)}}) | ||
===== On television ===== | ===== On television ===== | ||
{{Main|Doctor Who ( | {{Main|Doctor Who (in-universe)}} | ||
On [[26 March]] [[1963]], former [[British Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] contacted [[Newman ( | On [[26 March]] [[1963]], former [[British Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] contacted [[Sydney Newman (in-universe)|Mr Newman]] to congratulate him about his new job at the [[BBC (in-universe)|British Broadcasting Corporation]], and suggested a new drama about [[the Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Stop, Thief! (short story)}}) On [[30 November]] [[1963]], a [[TV series (Remembrance of the Daleks)|TV series beginning with ''Doc-'']] was broadcast. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}}) | ||
While it was believed by many to be just a work of [[fiction]], ([[PROSE]]: | While it was believed by many to be just a work of [[fiction]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Fanboys (short story)}}, {{cs|Hospitality (short story)}}, {{cs|The Terror of the Umpty Ums (short story)}}, {{cs|A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 500 short story)}}) there were quite a lot of people who knew better, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Afterword (short story)}}, {{cs|Bafflement and Devotion (short story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor Drops In (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Doctor Appears (TV story)}}, et al.) though the Doctor actively endorsed and even ''promoted'' the series on numerous occasions. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 1 short story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor Appears (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Doctor Drops In (TV story)}}, [[WC]]: {{cs|U.N.I.T. On Call (webcast)}}) | ||
In [[1845]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] posted [[ | In [[1845]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] posted two [[Letter (A Letter from the Doctor)|letters]] in a [[post office, Ganymede|post office]] on [[Ganymede]], to ensure his letters would arrive in time to be published in the [[Doctor Who Weekly Issue 1 (in-universe)|1<sup>st</sup> issue]] of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine (in-universe)|Doctor Who Weekly]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 1 short story)}}) | ||
Sometime in the [[1970s]], a [[Doctor Who fan (U.N.I.T. On Call)|''Doctor Who'' fan]] in [[2020]] got in with [[U.N.I.T.]]; ([[WC]]: | Sometime in the [[1970s]], a [[Doctor Who fan (U.N.I.T. On Call)|''Doctor Who'' fan]] in [[2020]] got in with [[U.N.I.T.]]; ([[WC]]: {{cs|U.N.I.T. On Call (webcast)}}) in [[1971]], ''[[The Claws of Axos (in-universe)|The Claws of Axos]]'' was broadcast; ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor Appears (TV story)}}) in [[1974]], [[Planet of the Spiders (in-universe serial)|a serial]] was broadcast, depicting the [[regeneration]] of the [[Third Doctor (fictional character)|Third Doctor]] into the [[Fourth Doctor (fictional character)|Fourth Doctor]]; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Fanboys (short story)}}) on [[Christmas]] [[1977]], [[Paul Magrs (in-universe)|Paul Magrs]] was given a [[Doctor Who jigsaw (in-universe)|''Doctor Who'' jigsaw]]; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Story of Fester Cat (novel)}}) in [[1978]], the {{Fonda}} investigated [[Geoff Love]] and his remixed [[sci-fi]] themes (one of which was the [[Doctor Who theme (Bafflement and Devotion)|''Doctor Who'' theme]]); ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Bafflement and Devotion (short story)}}) on Christmas [[1979]], Paul Magrs was given a [[Dr Who Paint-by-Numbers kit]]; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Party Like it's 1979 (short story)}}) in [[January]] [[1981]], [[David Taylor (Fanboys)|David]] and [[Chris (Fanboys)|Chris]] were big fans of the series, who, among other things, purchased [[Target Books (in-universe)|Target novels]] from [[W H Smith]]s in [[Darlington]]; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Fanboys (short story)}}) in December of that year, ''[[K9 and Company]]'' was broadcast; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Story of Fester Cat (novel)}}) by the [[1980s]], episodes aired that armed young fan [[Gareth Jenkins (in-universe)|Gareth Jenkins]] with a working knowledge of the controls of the Doctor's real TARDIS; ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|A Fix with Sontarans (home video)}}) and in the [[1990s]], the [[Doctor Who TV movie (in-universe)|''Doctor Who'' TV movie]] was broadcast. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Hospitality (short story)}}) | ||
In the early [[2000s]], Paul Magrs wrote a [[Prose piece (Bafflement and Devotion)|prose piece]], which mentioned ''Doctor Who'' as being one of his inspirations; ([[PROSE]]: | In the early [[2000s]], Paul Magrs wrote a [[Prose piece (Bafflement and Devotion)|prose piece]], which mentioned ''Doctor Who'' as being one of his inspirations; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Bafflement and Devotion (short story)}}) in [[2007]], the [[Doctor Who Exhibition (in-universe)|''Doctor Who'' Exhibition]] was advertised in [[Cardiff]]; ([[TV]]: {{cs|Everything Changes (TV story)}}) in [[2008]], Paul Magrs wrote [[script]]s for [[Doctor Who CDs (The Story of Fester Cat)|''Doctor Who'' CDs]] that featured [[Tom Baker (in-universe)|Tom Baker]] as the Doctor; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Story of Fester Cat (novel)}}) in the [[2010s]], [[Matt Smith (in-universe)|Matt Smith]] was an actor in the series; ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor Drops In (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Doctor Appears (TV story)}}) in [[2013]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] visited [[Dermot O'Leary (The Doctor Appears)|Dermot O'Leary]] and [[Claudia Winkleman (in-universe)|Claudia Winkleman]] for [[Red Nose Day 2013|Red Nose Day]] [[2013]]; ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor Appears (TV story)}}) in [[November]] [[2014]], ([[PROSE]]: "[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|Assessing the Risk]]") an [[:File:Doctor Who bus.jpg|advert]] for the series was seen on the side of a bus; ([[TV]]: {{cs|In the Forest of the Night (TV story)}}) around [[October]] [[2015]], the [[Doctor Who Series 9 (in-universe)|ninth series]] was first broadcast; ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Zygon Isolation (webcast)}}) on [[29 April]] [[2016]], actor [[Peter Capaldi (in-universe)|Peter Capaldi]] wrote a [[Letter (A Letter from the Doctor)|letter]] to be printed in the [[Doctor Who Magazine Issue 500 (in-universe)|500<sup>th</sup> issue]] of [[Doctor Who Magazine (in-universe)|DWM]]; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 500 short story)}}) on [[10 May]] [[2020]], [[Petronella Osgood]] and her [[Bonnie (The Zygon Invasion)|Zygon duplicate]] watched ''Doctor Who'' after a conversation on [[Zoom]]; ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Zygon Isolation (webcast)}}) and later that year, [[Doctor Who fan (U.N.I.T. On Call)|a fan]] of the series watched several episodes of the series, and contacted [[U.N.I.T.]] in the [[1970s]], ([[WC]]: {{cs|U.N.I.T. On Call (webcast)}}) | ||
In [[2596]], [[Chris Cwej]] and [[Clarence]] watched re-runs of a show that lasted thirty years and consisted largely of the main characters running up and down corridors and being captured. ([[PROSE]]: | In [[2596]], [[Chris Cwej]] and [[Clarence]] watched re-runs of a show that lasted thirty years and consisted largely of the main characters running up and down corridors and being captured. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel)}}) | ||
The [[First Doctor]] claimed in his [[Five Hundred Year Diary]] that a 15-strong [[BBC production team]] were still in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] when he left 1963 [[London]] with [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]. He later wrote that most of them had been [[Extermination|exterminated]] by the [[Dalek]]s on [[Skaro]]. Nevertheless, some members survived ([[PROSE]]: | The [[First Doctor]] claimed in his [[Five Hundred Year Diary]] that a 15-strong [[BBC production team]] were still in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] when he left 1963 [[London]] with [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]. He later wrote that most of them had been [[Extermination|exterminated]] by the [[Dalek]]s on [[Skaro]]. Nevertheless, some members survived ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Extracts from the Doctor's 500 Year Diary (short story)}}) and [[Terry Nation (in-universe)|Terry Nation]] was able to patent the rights to the Doctor's [[archenemy]], the [[Dalek]]s, before they first appeared to [[human]]ity in their [[22nd century BC Dalek invasion|invasion of 2150 BC]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Early Man: Dalek Invasion of Earth 2150 B.C. (comic story)}}) | ||
As the final part of their [[history tour]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] showed [[Peri Brown]] the filming of a BBC production, claiming that the company's "real technological breakthrough came in 1963 with a programme about a [[doctor]]". From afar, a [[man]] and a [[woman]] could be glimpsed questioning an older gentleman on the whereabouts of one Susan Foreman in front of a sign that read "[[76 Totter's Lane|I.M. Foreman]]". ([[COMIC]]: | As the final part of their [[history tour]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] showed [[Peri Brown]] the filming of a BBC production, claiming that the company's "real technological breakthrough came in 1963 with a programme about a [[doctor]]". From afar, a [[man]] and a [[woman]] could be glimpsed questioning an older gentleman on the whereabouts of one Susan Foreman in front of a sign that read "[[76 Totter's Lane|I.M. Foreman]]". ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The (Final) Doctor Who History Tour (comic story)|The (Final) Doctor Who History Tour}}) | ||
Towards the end of his life, the First Doctor lamented in further [[diary]] entries dated to [[June]] [[1966]] that the show based on his adventures was losing in the ratings to [[ITV]]'s ''[[Batman]]'' of all things. By this point, the Doctor's involvement in the creation of the programme was recognised on an official level as the BBC bought him a new set of [[clothes]] in [[November]] of that year. However, they had made his new attire two sizes too small leaving him to rhetorically close his entry with the possibility they mistook him for [[Patrick Troughton]]. ([[PROSE]]: | Towards the end of his life, the First Doctor lamented in further [[diary]] entries dated to [[June]] [[1966]] that the show based on his adventures was losing in the ratings to [[ITV]]'s ''[[Batman]]'' of all things. By this point, the Doctor's involvement in the creation of the programme was recognised on an official level as the BBC bought him a new set of [[clothes]] in [[November]] of that year. However, they had made his new attire two sizes too small leaving him to rhetorically close his entry with the possibility they mistook him for [[Patrick Troughton]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Extracts from the Doctor's 500 Year Diary (short story)}}) | ||
===== Peter Cushing films ===== | ===== Peter Cushing films ===== | ||
A fictionalised [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Dr. Who]] was played by [[Peter Cushing ( | A fictionalised [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Dr. Who]] was played by [[Peter Cushing (in-universe)|Peter Cushing]] appeared in at least three films. ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (in-universe)|Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' was released in [[2065]] and was closely based on the then-recent historical event that was the [[Thal-Dalek battle]] on [[Skaro]]; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Peaceful Thals Ambushed! (short story)}}) Cushing was personally friends with [[the Doctor]], allowing him to appear in movies made long after his [[death]]. | ||
The Doctor, who loved Cushing's portrayal of him, lent him his coat for the part. A second movie was made, ''[[Daleks: Invasion Earth]]''. [[UNIT]] attempted to suppress the films, but they "kept showing up over bank holidays"; they stored [[VHS]] tapes of the two films in the [[Black Archive]]. When the [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]] and [[Eleventh Doctor]]s were forced to stay in the Black Archive during the human-[[Zygon]] negotiations, they availed themselves to the tapes, and pitched a third movie to Cushing over the [[TARDIS telephone|phone]]. ([[PROSE]]: | The Doctor, who loved Cushing's portrayal of him, lent him his coat for the part. A second movie was made, ''[[Daleks: Invasion Earth]]''. [[UNIT]] attempted to suppress the films, but they "kept showing up over bank holidays"; they stored [[VHS]] tapes of the two films in the [[Black Archive]]. When the [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]] and [[Eleventh Doctor]]s were forced to stay in the Black Archive during the human-[[Zygon]] negotiations, they availed themselves to the tapes, and pitched a third movie to Cushing over the [[TARDIS telephone|phone]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)}}) | ||
A third movie, a [[1980]] science fiction film called ''[[Prey for a Miracle]]'', ultimately featured Cushing portraying a darker take on "[[Doctor Who (Salvation)|Doctor Who]]. ''Prey for a Miracle'' was inspired by the [[UFO]] / [[god]]s scare caused by the [[Latter-Day Pantheon]] in [[New York City]] during [[March]] and [[April]] [[1965]]. A film critic for the magazine ''[[Film in Focus]]'' commented upon the film's release in [[November]] [[1980]] that it was far from being the "rational, methodical investigation into the events of 1965" which was required. He criticised the film's director, a newcomer named [[Anthony Jones]], for buying "wholesale into notions of alien shape-changers and government conspiracies", which resulted in the film devolving into a B-movie. | A third movie, a [[1980]] science fiction film called ''[[Prey for a Miracle]]'', ultimately featured Cushing portraying a darker take on "[[Doctor Who (Salvation)|Doctor Who]]. ''Prey for a Miracle'' was inspired by the [[UFO]] / [[god]]s scare caused by the [[Latter-Day Pantheon]] in [[New York City]] during [[March]] and [[April]] [[1965]]. A film critic for the magazine ''[[Film in Focus]]'' commented upon the film's release in [[November]] [[1980]] that it was far from being the "rational, methodical investigation into the events of 1965" which was required. He criticised the film's director, a newcomer named [[Anthony Jones]], for buying "wholesale into notions of alien shape-changers and government conspiracies", which resulted in the film devolving into a B-movie. | ||
The critic added that the film's "fair cast does its best with a script that veers from the turgid to the unbelievable". The veteran science fiction and horror star Peter Cushing played the lead role of "the mysterious government adviser, Doctor Who". However, the critic noted that Cushing's "endearingly eccentric professor [was] as fictional as the rest of ''Prey for a Miracle''" as what little was known about the [[First Doctor|real life "Doctor"]] suggested that he was "a shadowy, manipulative figure". ([[PROSE]]: | The critic added that the film's "fair cast does its best with a script that veers from the turgid to the unbelievable". The veteran science fiction and horror star Peter Cushing played the lead role of "the mysterious government adviser, Doctor Who". However, the critic noted that Cushing's "endearingly eccentric professor [was] as fictional as the rest of ''Prey for a Miracle''" as what little was known about the [[First Doctor|real life "Doctor"]] suggested that he was "a shadowy, manipulative figure". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Salvation (novel)}}) | ||
===== ''Doctor Who Discovers'' ===== | ===== ''Doctor Who Discovers'' ===== | ||
[[File:Doctor Who Discovers Historical Mysteries.jpg|thumb|The sixth book in the series. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'')]] | [[File:Doctor Who Discovers Historical Mysteries.jpg|thumb|The sixth book in the series. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'')]] | ||
{{main|Doctor Who Discovers}} | {{main|Doctor Who Discovers}} | ||
''[[Doctor Who Discovers]]'' was a series of educational children's books written by the [[Fourth Doctor]] during his time working with [[ | ''[[Doctor Who Discovers]]'' was a series of educational children's books written by the [[Fourth Doctor]] during his time working with [[UNIT]]. | ||
The intended title for the series was ''The Doctor, Who Discovers...'' but the publishing company misprinted the title, resulting in the author being mistakenly credited as "Doctor Who". | The intended title for the series was ''The Doctor, Who Discovers...'' but the publishing company misprinted the title, resulting in the author being mistakenly credited as "Doctor Who". | ||
The Doctor completed five books in the series. He began work on the sixth, ''Doctor Who Discovers Historical Mysteries | The Doctor completed five books in the series. He began work on the sixth, ''[[Doctor Who Discovers Historical Mysteries]]'', but left it unfinished until a robot sent by the publishers from the [[64th century]] invaded the TARDIS to forcefully remind the [[Fifth Doctor]] of his contractual obligation. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Kingmaker (audio story)}}) | ||
===== Sarah Jane Smith's novels ===== | ===== Sarah Jane Smith's novels ===== | ||
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[[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s first science-fiction novel, published "a few years on" from [[1983]], was entitled ''[[World War Skaro]]'', ([[PROSE]]: | [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s first science-fiction novel, published "a few years on" from [[1983]], was entitled ''[[World War Skaro]]'', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Roving Reporter (short story)}}) and presumably based on her witnessing of the tail end of the [[Thousand Year War]] alongside the [[Fourth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
Circa [[1991]], Sarah was well-known to the public for publishing her "fanciful series" of science fiction novels. They featured the mysterious [[alien]] Doctor and his cheerful, long-suffering [[companion]] [[Nicola Jones]] as well as other characters such as the stalwart but slow-witted [[Rupert Thomason]] and the very stiff-upper-lipped [[General]] [[Lutwidge-Douglas]]. They also featured an organisation called the [[World Investigative Network]] which was clearly based upon [[ | Circa [[1991]], Sarah was well-known to the public for publishing her "fanciful series" of science fiction novels. They featured the mysterious [[alien]] Doctor and his cheerful, long-suffering [[companion]] [[Nicola Jones]] as well as other characters such as the stalwart but slow-witted [[Rupert Thomason]] and the very stiff-upper-lipped [[General]] [[Lutwidge-Douglas]]. They also featured an organisation called the [[World Investigative Network]] which was clearly based upon [[UNIT]]. At the time of [[Kevin W. Parker (The Roving Reporter)|Kevin W. Parker]]'s article on the series, the most recently published work in the series was ''[[Day of the Dinosaurs]]'' and the next title announced had changed from ''[[The North Sea Monster]]'' to a work tentatively titled ''[[Sutekh the Destroyer (novel)|Sutekh the Destroyer]]''. Her publisher was [[Bullseye Press]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|An Army of Shadows (short story)}}) | ||
''[[Doctor (series)|Doctor]]'' was a series of short stories and novels which were written by Sarah Jane Smith and published from [[1994]] to [[2003]], adapted from her adventures with [[the Doctor]]. The short stories were published by the ''[[Metropolitan]]'' from [[January]] [[1994]] to [[November]] 1997 starting with ''[[Operation Golden Age]]''. The novels were published by [[Virgin Publishing (Moving On)|Virgin Publishing]] | ''[[Doctor (series)|Doctor]]'' was a series of short stories and novels which were written by Sarah Jane Smith and published from [[1994]] to [[2003]], adapted from her adventures with [[the Doctor]]. The short stories were published by the ''[[Metropolitan]]'' from [[January]] [[1994]] to [[November]] [[1997]] starting with ''[[Operation Golden Age]]''. The novels were published by [[Virgin Publishing (Moving On)|Virgin Publishing]] from 1997 to 2003 starting with ''[[Noah's Ark (book)|Noah's Ark]]''. The [[Dalek]]s were [[Daleks in popular culture and mythology|directly referred to]] in the title of one of these novels, ''[[Dalek Dawn]]'', as were the [[Kraal (species)|Kraals]] in ''[[The Kraal Invasion]]''. | ||
The series of books made Sarah a best-selling [[author]] and [[Amblin Entertainment]] were allegedly interested in producing one or more films based on the series. | The series of books made Sarah a best-selling [[author]] and [[Amblin Entertainment]] were allegedly interested in producing one or more films based on the series. | ||
In ''[[Moving On]]'', the last story of the series, the character of the Doctor was "almost peripheral" to the plot which was a great change from the previous installments which had attracted criticisms that "the Doctor was a dominant male | In ''[[Moving On]]'', the last story of the series, the character of the Doctor was "almost peripheral" to the plot, which was a great change from the previous installments which had attracted criticisms that "the Doctor was a dominant male lead whose accomplices were feeble caricatures of helpless women". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Moving On (short story)}}) | ||
lead whose accomplices were feeble caricatures of helpless women". ([[PROSE]]: | |||
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Loosely based on the Doctor's adventures, ''[[Time Surgeon]]'' was a popular [[comic book]] series in the [[2010s]] written by [[Sonny Robinson]], who was inspired after finding [[internet]] records of the Doctor. [[The Time Surgeon|The eponymous Time Surgeon]] travelled through time in a [[Time-Cabinet|flatpack wardrobe]] with [[Nurse]] [[Kara (Invasion of the Mindmorphs)|Kara]]. | Loosely based on the Doctor's adventures, ''[[Time Surgeon]]'' was a popular [[comic book]] series in the [[2010s]] written by [[Sonny Robinson]], who was inspired after finding [[internet]] records of the Doctor. [[The Time Surgeon|The eponymous Time Surgeon]] travelled through time in a [[Time-Cabinet|flatpack wardrobe]] with [[Nurse]] [[Kara (Invasion of the Mindmorphs)|Kara]]. | ||
One of the stories from this series was named ''[[Day of the Deathroids]]'', which saw the Time Surgeon and Nurse Kara face the [[Deathroid]]s and [[The Minister (Invasion of the Mindmorphs)|the Minister]]. ([[COMIC]]: | One of the stories from this series was named ''[[Day of the Deathroids]]'', which saw the Time Surgeon and Nurse Kara face the [[Deathroid]]s and [[The Minister (Invasion of the Mindmorphs)|the Minister]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Mindmorphs (comic story)}}) | ||
===== Other works ===== | ===== Other works ===== | ||
After her encounter with the newly [[regenerated]] [[Eleventh Doctor]] in [[1996]], [[Amy Pond]] created numerous "[[cartoon]]s" depicting "[[the Raggedy Doctor]]", leading to the Doctor being recognised as such by several [[Leadworth]] residents when he returned in [[2008]]. ([[TV]]: | After her encounter with the newly [[regenerated]] [[Eleventh Doctor]] in [[1996]], [[Amy Pond]] created numerous "[[cartoon]]s" depicting "[[the Raggedy Doctor]]", leading to the Doctor being recognised as such by several [[Leadworth]] residents when he returned in [[2008]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Eleventh Hour (TV story)}}) | ||
[[Steven Moffat ( | [[Steven Moffat (in-universe)|Steven Moffat]] was credited with writing down the afterword to a [[book (Afterword)|book]] of [[fiction]] about [[the Doctor]], under dictation from a temporally-displaced [[Arthur Candy|Professor Candy]] who had been stranded in [[1996]] [[Birmingham]] by the Doctor. Professor Candy knew that this was an effect of the Doctor having retconned himself into fiction to avoid being noticed. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Afterword (short story)}}) | ||
In [[2102]], [[Zoe Heriot]] began writing stories based on the adventures of the Doctor. She began with ''[[The Dominators - Episode 1]]''. ([[PROSE]]: | In [[2102]], [[Zoe Heriot]] began writing stories based on the adventures of the Doctor. She began with ''[[The Dominators - Episode 1]]''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dream a Little Dream for Me (short story)}}) | ||
In an [[Alternate timeline (The Crash of the UK-201)|alternate timeline]], circa [[2493]], [[Vicki Pallister]] novelised some of her adventures with the [[First Doctor]], for example she had works published titled ''[[Vicki and the Zarbi]]'', ''[[Vicki and the Crusaders]]'' and ''[[Vicki and the Space Museum]]''. She also wrote about the time she and [[Steven Taylor]] first met. ([[AUDIO]]: | In an [[Alternate timeline (The Crash of the UK-201)|alternate timeline]], circa [[2493]], [[Vicki Pallister]] novelised some of her adventures with the [[First Doctor]], for example she had works published titled ''[[Vicki and the Zarbi]]'', ''[[Vicki and the Crusaders]]'' and ''[[Vicki and the Space Museum]]''. She also wrote about the time she and [[Steven Taylor]] first met. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Crash of the UK-201 (audio story)}}) | ||
At some point, the Doctor wrote and published a [[Book (The Day of the Doctor)|book]] about the last day of the [[Last Great Time War]], the primary bulk of which consisted of the [[Doctor Papers]], which were punctuated by excerpts from the Doctor which, due to time constraints, they were forced to write "live" via a psychic time-space link as they were being read, taking advantage of the | At some point, the Doctor wrote and published a [[Book (The Day of the Doctor)|book]] about the last day of the [[Last Great Time War]], the primary bulk of which consisted of the [[Doctor Papers]], which were punctuated by excerpts from the Doctor which, due to time constraints, they were forced to write "live" via a psychic time-space link as they were being read, taking advantage of the book's publication on [[psychic paper]] to do so. An [[audiobook]] version was also available. The Doctor deliberately had the book marketed as pure fiction, per the insistance of [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] that it remain classified information. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)}}) | ||
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Several [[Meta-fiction universe|different universes]] existed where [[the Doctor]]'s adventures were prominently presented in a [[science fiction]] series called ''[[Doctor Who (TV Action!)|Doctor Who]]''. | Several [[Meta-fiction universe|different universes]] existed where [[the Doctor]]'s adventures were prominently presented in a [[science fiction]] series called ''[[Doctor Who (TV Action!)|Doctor Who]]''. | ||
In a version of history where the [[Great House]]s were [[fiction]]al, the Houses came to regard [[Lawrence Burton ( | In a version of history where the [[Great House]]s were [[fiction]]al, the Houses came to regard [[Lawrence Burton (in-universe)|Lawrence Burton]] as [[the Enemy]] because he wrote their very existence in works such as ''[[Against Nature (in-universe)|Against Nature]]'', ensuring the continuation of the [[War in Heaven]] just to make interesting stories. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|We Are the Enemy (short story)}}) | ||
In [[Godfrey Porter's | In [[Godfrey Porter's universe|one universe]], from [[19 September]] to [[24 October]] [[1964]], a six-part ''[[Doctor Who (in-universe)|Doctor Who]]'' story entitled ''[[The Outlaws]]'' was first broadcast, starring actor [[William Hartnell (The Thief of Sherwood)|William Hartnell]] as a version of the [[First Doctor]], [[William Russell (The Thief of Sherwood)|William Russell]] in a dual role as [[companion]] [[Ian Chesterton (The Thief of Sherwood)|Ian Chesterton]] and [[Robin Hood (The Thief of Sherwood)|Robin Hood]], [[Jacqueline Hill (The Thief of Sherwood)|Jacqueline Hill]] as [[Barbara Wright (The Thief of Sherwood)|Barbara Wright]] and [[Carole Ann Ford (The Thief of Sherwood)|Carole Ann Ford]] as [[Susan Foreman (The Thief of Sherwood)|Susan Foreman]]. | ||
There was coverage of the story in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine (The Thief of Sherwood)|Doctor Who Magazine]]'', ''[[Radio Times (The Thief of Sherwood)|Radio Times]]'', ''[[Gallifrey Guardian]]'', ''[[A Celebration (The Thief of Sherwood)|Doctor Who - A Celebration]]'', ''[[The Discontinuity Guide (The Thief of Sherwood)|The Discontinuity Guide]]'' and ''[[The Television Companion (The Thief of Sherwood)|Doctor Who: The Television Companion]]''. | There was coverage of the story in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine (The Thief of Sherwood)|Doctor Who Magazine]]'', ''[[Radio Times (The Thief of Sherwood)|Radio Times]]'', ''[[Gallifrey Guardian]]'', ''[[A Celebration (The Thief of Sherwood)|Doctor Who - A Celebration]]'', ''[[The Discontinuity Guide (The Thief of Sherwood)|The Discontinuity Guide]]'' and ''[[The Television Companion (The Thief of Sherwood)|Doctor Who: The Television Companion]]''. | ||
A [[novelisation]] of the story called ''[[The Thief of Sherwood]]'' was also published | A [[novelisation]] of the story called ''[[The Thief of Sherwood]]'' was also published, written by original writer [[Godfrey Porter]]. The [[Dalek]]s had appeared by [[1964]] and [[Tom Baker (in-universe)|Tom Baker]] was the Doctor for some of the [[1970s]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Thief of Sherwood (short story)}}) | ||
In [[parallel universe (TV Action!)|one universe]] which the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Izzy Sinclair]] visited on [[12 October]] [[1979]], [[Tom Baker ( | In [[parallel universe (TV Action!)|one universe]] which the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Izzy Sinclair]] visited on [[12 October]] [[1979]], [[Tom Baker (in-universe)|Tom Baker]] played the Doctor. He managed to defeat [[Beep]] the [[Meep]] with his endless rambling by reminding Beep of his old foe, the [[Fourth Doctor]]. The Eighth Doctor learnt the truth when he was given a copy of [[DWM 1 (TV Action!)]] which featured Tom Baker's Doctor and a [[Dalek]] on the cover. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|TV Action! (comic story)}}) | ||
In [[Parallel universe (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|another universe]] that the [[Eleventh Doctor]] visited in [[2013]], [[Matt Smith (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Matt Smith]] played the Doctor. [[Tom Baker ( | In [[Parallel universe (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|another universe]] that the [[Eleventh Doctor]] visited in [[2013]], [[Matt Smith (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Matt Smith]] played the Doctor. [[Tom Baker (in-universe)|Tom Baker]] and [[Peter Davison (in-universe)|Peter Davison]] had played previous [[incarnation]]s and the Doctor recommended [[Peter Capaldi (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Peter Capaldi]] to [[Steven Moffat (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Steven]] as a future possibility. [[Elisabeth Sladen (in-universe)|Elisabeth Sladen]] played [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. | ||
While in this universe, the Doctor defeated a [[Cyberman (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Cyberman]] from his universe with the help of [[Ally (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Ally]], gave some [[ | While in this universe, the Doctor defeated a [[Cyberman (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Cyberman]] from his universe with the help of [[Ally (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Ally]], gave some [[autograph]]s, placed second in a [[cosplay]] competition and actually made it onto the set of the programme. [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] was caught dematerialising on [[camera]] with one member of the crew voicing their happiness at the amount of [[money]] this was saving. | ||
[[File:Eleven at Doctor Who con.jpg|thumb|The [[Eleventh Doctor]] attends a ''[[Doctor Who (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Doctor Who]]'' convention. ([[COMIC]]: | [[File:Eleven at Doctor Who con.jpg|thumb|The [[Eleventh Doctor]] attends a ''[[Doctor Who (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Doctor Who]]'' convention. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)}})]] | ||
Other characters and monsters that resembled those from the Doctor's universe included [[Amy Pond]], [[Rory Williams]], [[Azmael]], [[Romulus Sylvest]], [[Remus Sylvest]], [[Mestor]], [[Sontaran]]s, [[Ice Warrior]]s, [[Zygon]]s, [[Peg doll (Night Terrors)| | Other characters and monsters that resembled those from the Doctor's universe included [[Amy Pond]], [[Rory Williams]], [[Azmael]], [[Romulus Sylvest]], [[Remus Sylvest]], [[Mestor]], [[Sontaran]]s, [[Ice Warrior]]s, [[Zygon]]s, [[Peg doll (Night Terrors)|peg dolls]], [[K9]], [[Kroton (species)|Krotons]], [[Robot Yeti]], [[K1]], [[Dum]]s, [[Voc]]s, [[Smiler]]s, [[Sea Devil]]s and [[Raxacoricovarlonpatorian]]s. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)}}) | ||
There also existed [[Parallel universe (Deadline)|another parallel universe]] where a [[television]] programme featuring [[the Doctor]] was extremely popular, but ended up being erased from history due to edits to the timeline made by the [[Bureau of Time Travel]]. One of these time | There also existed [[Parallel universe (Deadline)|another parallel universe]] where a [[television]] programme featuring [[the Doctor]] was extremely popular, but ended up being erased from history due to edits to the timeline made by the [[Bureau of Time Travel]]. One of these time travellers, [[Richard (All Our Christmases)|Richard]], explained this to the [[First Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|All Our Christmases (short story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Deadline (audio story)}}) | ||
=== As a myth or legend === | === As a myth or legend === | ||
According to [[River Song]], "good [[wizard]]s" in [[fairy tale]]s usually turned out to have been the Doctor, passing through. ([[TV]]: | According to [[River Song]], "good [[wizard]]s" in [[fairy tale]]s usually turned out to have been the Doctor, passing through. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Pandorica Opens (TV story)}}) | ||
Shortly before his [[death]] in [[March]] [[2005]], [[conspiracy theorist]] [[Clive Finch]] observed to [[Rose Tyler]] that the Doctor was "a [[legend]] woven throughout [[history]]". | Shortly before his [[death]] in [[March]] [[2005]], [[conspiracy theorist]] [[Clive Finch]] observed to [[Rose Tyler]] that the Doctor was "a [[legend]] woven throughout [[history]]". | ||
{{Quote|When disaster comes, he's there. He brings the storm in his wake and he has one constant [[companion]] ([[death]]).|[[Clive Finch]].|Rose (TV story)}} | {{Quote|When disaster comes, he's there. He brings the storm in his wake and he has one constant [[companion]] ([[death]]).|[[Clive Finch]].|Rose (TV story)}} | ||
[[File:Skinner on the Doctor.jpg|thumb|[[Colin Skinner]] shares his theories on the Doctor to [[LINDA]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'')]] | [[File:Skinner on the Doctor.jpg|thumb|[[Colin Skinner]] shares his theories on the Doctor to [[LINDA]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'')]] | ||
Initially unaware of the Doctor's [[alien]] [[longevity]] or nature as a [[time travel]]ler, Rose believed that the appearances of the [[Ninth Doctor]] were of a [[lineage]] of identical [[men]], and that the title of ''[[doctor]]'' was passed down from [[father]] to [[son]]. ([[TV]]: | Initially unaware of the Doctor's [[alien]] [[longevity]] or nature as a [[time travel]]ler, Rose believed that the appearances of the [[Ninth Doctor]] were of a [[lineage]] of identical [[men]], and that the title of ''[[doctor]]'' was passed down from [[father]] to [[son]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rose (TV story)}}) | ||
[[Colin Skinner]], a member of [[LINDA]], was of the view that the Doctor was not a [[man]], rather a "collection of [[archetype]]s", including [[king]], [[fool]], [[stranger]], and [[thief]], which were found in "[[mythological]] structures". ([[TV]]: | [[Colin Skinner]], a member of [[LINDA]], was of the view that the Doctor was not a [[man]], rather a "collection of [[archetype]]s", including [[king]], [[fool]], [[stranger]], and [[thief]], which were found in "[[mythological]] structures". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Love & Monsters (TV story)}}) | ||
In [[64]] [[AD]], during the [[reign]] of [[Emperor]] [[Nero]], the [[First Doctor]] visited [[Rome]]. ([[TV]]: | In [[64]] [[AD]], during the [[reign]] of [[Emperor]] [[Nero]], the [[First Doctor]] visited [[Rome]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Romans (TV story)}}) In [[79]] [[AD]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] was convinced by [[Donna Noble]] to save the [[Caecilius]] family from the [[eruption]] at [[Pompeii]]. After their departure, the family kept a carving of the pair and the TARDIS, whom they respected as [[household god]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}}) In both instances, the appearance of a "blue box" was reported and was recalled as late as [[451]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Combat Magicks (novel)}}) | ||
In the [[14th century]], it was said that a [[demon]] fell from the [[sky]] only to be intercepted by a "sainted physician" in a blue box, who smote the demon before disappearing. This was remembered by an [[English]] [[church]] [[convent]], who depicted the box in a stained glass called the ''[[Legend of the Blue Box]]''. The church and its glass stood as late as [[2009]], when [[the Woman (The End of Time)|the Woman]] recalled the story to [[Wilfred Mott]]. ([[TV]]: | In the [[14th century]], it was said that a [[demon]] fell from the [[sky]] only to be intercepted by a "sainted physician" in a blue box, who smote the demon before disappearing. This was remembered by an [[English]] [[church]] [[convent]], who depicted the box in a stained glass called the ''[[Legend of the Blue Box]]''. The church and its glass stood as late as the [[2000s]],{{note|Both ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' and ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' are referred to in dialogue as taking place after the end of ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', which is set in either [[2008]], according to [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' (and heavily implied by [[TV]]: ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]''), or six weeks after the middle of [[May]] [[2009]], circa [[June]], according to [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]''. However, the year of ''The End of Time'' is unspecified, as is whether or not it is intended to be the [[Christmas]] immediately after ''Journey's End''.}} when [[the Woman (The End of Time)|the Woman]] recalled the story to [[Wilfred Mott]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}) | ||
During the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s first visit to [[Mordee]], he inadvertently imposed his [[personality]] on the [[supercomputer]] [[Xoanon]]. Generations later, the Sevateem began worshipping their own technology, forming a religion with Xoanon as a benevolent god. They worshipped the Doctor as a demonic entity known as the [[Evil One]], a fact which clearly discomforted the Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Face of Evil (TV story)}}) | |||
=== As a complete unknown === | === As a complete unknown === | ||
[[File:CyberKing dreadnought class.jpg|thumb|The [[CyberKing]] towers over [[London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'')]] | [[File:CyberKing dreadnought class.jpg|thumb|The [[CyberKing]] towers over [[London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'')]] | ||
Although [[Jackson Lake]] believed that a [[CyberKing]]'s rampage and the [[Tenth Doctor]] disintegrating the CyberKing from a [[Tethered Aerial Release Developed In Style|big balloon]] in [[19th century London]] would be "spoken of for centuries to come", it evidently wasn't, as the Tenth Doctor replied, "Yeah. Funny that," ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Next Doctor (TV story)}}) and the [[Eleventh Doctor]] guessed this was because the events were erased by the energy from the [[cracks in time]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Flesh and Stone (TV story)}}) | |||
The [[Third Doctor]] initially theorised that the reason [[Great Britain]] was a [[fascist]] [[Republic of Great Britain|republic]] in the [[20th century]] in the "[[Inferno Earth|Inferno universe]]" was somehow because of the fact his [[Second Doctor (Inferno Earth)|second incarnation]] had not been [[Exile on Earth|exiled to Earth]]. However, he later realised [[ | The [[Third Doctor]] initially theorised that the reason [[Great Britain]] was a [[fascist]] [[Republic of Great Britain|republic]] in the [[20th century]] in the "[[Inferno Earth|Inferno universe]]" was somehow because of the fact his [[Second Doctor (Inferno Earth)|second incarnation]] had not been [[Exile on Earth|exiled to Earth]]. However, he later realised [[the Leader]] was one of the [[face]]s offered to him at [[The Doctor's trial (The War Games)|his trial]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)}}) | ||
No mention of [[Harriet Jones]]' encounters with the Doctor was made in her [[autobiography]], ''[[Do You Know Who I Am?]]''. ([[PROSE]]: "[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|Congratulations and Regrets]]") | No mention of [[Harriet Jones]]' encounters with the Doctor was made in her [[autobiography]], ''[[Do You Know Who I Am?]]''. ([[PROSE]]: "[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|Congratulations and Regrets]]") | ||
In [[2012]], [[Henry van Statten]], who claimed to own the [[internet]], failed to recognise the [[Ninth Doctor]] | In [[2012]], [[Henry van Statten]], a collector of extra-terrestrial artefacts who claimed to own the [[internet]], failed to recognise the [[Ninth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}) | ||
The [[Seventh Doctor]] wiped most references to himself from computer records, resulting in the [[Dalek Prime]] seeing no mention of his involvement in the [[Ministry of Defence]]'s record of the [[Shoreditch Incident]] found during the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth]]. The [[Eighth Doctor]] attributed the actions of his predecessor to "good reason[ed]" [[paranoia]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|War of the Daleks (novel)}}) Later, wanting to be left alone, ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|The Inforarium (home video)}}) the Eleventh Doctor erased himself from every database in the universe, making sure that no one had ever heard of him. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}}, {{cs|Nightmare in Silver (TV story)}}) However, he was unable to erase Earth's records of him because he had played a major role in the planet's history and future, with organisations across the world having been influenced by him. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)}}) | |||
== On Gallifrey and among Time Lords == | == On Gallifrey and among Time Lords == | ||
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During his first year at [[the Academy]], the Doctor gained a troublesome reputation by trapping his teacher in a time-loop for a day, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Island of Death (novel)|Island of Death]]'') and "mucking about" with space-time portals, something the [[Tenth Doctor]] indicated were easy to create. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Made of Steel (novel)|Made of Steel]]'') | During his first year at [[the Academy]], the Doctor gained a troublesome reputation by trapping his teacher in a time-loop for a day, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Island of Death (novel)|Island of Death]]'') and "mucking about" with space-time portals, something the [[Tenth Doctor]] indicated were easy to create. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Made of Steel (novel)|Made of Steel]]'') | ||
Using his [[Academy Student Identification Code]] "[[ | Using his [[Academy Student Identification Code]] "[[Aliases of the Doctor|Theta Sigma]]", the Doctor sent a letter to his then-[[tutor]] and head of [[Prydonian Academy|Prydon Academy]] [[Borusa]] regarding his [[Interim Academy Report]]. In it, the Doctor takes issue with some of Borusa's comments in the report such as his supposed "tonal problems" and "propensity for vulgar facetiousness". This letter was one of the earliest items of correspondence from the Doctor's life. It was stored in the [[Academy Archives]] and reproduced with their permission in ''[[The Time Lord Letters]]''. ([[PROSE]]: "[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|Academic Progress]]") | ||
At the Academy, the Doctor and [[the Master]] joined the "[[Gallifrey Academy Hot Five]]" band, with the Doctor playing the lead [[perigosto]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion (novel)|Deadly Reunion]]'') He was also part of the same [[zero-grav hyperball]] team as [[Padrac]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eleven (audio story)|The Eleven]]'') | At the Academy, the Doctor and [[the Master]] joined the "[[Gallifrey Academy Hot Five]]" band, with the Doctor playing the lead [[perigosto]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion (novel)|Deadly Reunion]]'') He was also part of the same [[zero-grav hyperball]] team as [[Padrac]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eleven (audio story)|The Eleven]]'') | ||
[[File:Young First Doctor.jpg|thumb|The Doctor held high power on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Flashback (comic story)|Flashback]]'')]] | [[File:Young First Doctor.jpg|thumb|The Doctor held high power on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Flashback (comic story)|Flashback]]'')]] | ||
The Doctor worked as a [[Scrutationary Archivist]] in the [[Bureau of Possible Events]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') and rose high in the ranks of the Time Lords, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'') until he was considered a "superior" on Gallifrey by some, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Flashback (comic story)|Flashback]]'') with his [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]] claiming to have held a seat on the [[High Council]] during the "latter years of [his] first incarnation", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'') a claim repeated by the [[Scrolls of Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'') He also made powerful enemies due to his controversial views on the [[Time Lord]]s' [[non-interference policy]], even being accused of being a meddler. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'') He also lost popularity when he voiced his opinions on [[evil]] being a genuine force to his contemporaries, who found "such black and white notions of morality" to be "archaic". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Strange England (novel)|Strange England]]'') | The Doctor worked as a [[Scrutationary Archivist]] in the [[Bureau of Possible Events]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') and rose high in the ranks of the Time Lords, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'') until he was considered a "superior" on Gallifrey by some, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Flashback (comic story)|Flashback]]'') with his [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]] claiming to have held a seat on the [[High Council]] during the "latter years of [his] first incarnation", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'') a claim repeated by the [[Scrolls of Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey (short story)|The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'') He also made powerful enemies due to his controversial views on the [[Time Lord]]s' [[non-interference policy]], even being accused of being a meddler. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey (short story)|The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'') He also lost popularity when he voiced his opinions on [[evil]] being a genuine force to his contemporaries, who found "such black and white notions of morality" to be "archaic". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Strange England (novel)|Strange England]]'') | ||
The Doctor learned of the existence of the [[miniscope]]s and was outraged by their cruelty to the specimens within. He campaigned to have them banned and, despite the [[non-interference policy]] of the [[Time Lord]]s, was successful. ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'') His role in banning the use of miniscopes was known throughout nine galaxies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'') He also successfully campaigned on Gallifrey to ban a chemical of Time Lord invention which converted vertebrae [[blood]] into [[acid]], the formula for which he was never able to forget. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Age of Ambition (short story)|The Age of Ambition]]'') He also served as an [[ambassador]] for the Time Lords. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Exiles (short story)|The Exiles]]'') | The Doctor learned of the existence of the [[miniscope]]s and was outraged by their cruelty to the specimens within. He campaigned to have them banned and, despite the [[non-interference policy]] of the [[Time Lord]]s, was successful. ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'') His role in banning the use of miniscopes was known throughout nine galaxies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'') He also successfully campaigned on Gallifrey to ban a chemical of Time Lord invention which converted vertebrae [[blood]] into [[acid]], the formula for which he was never able to forget. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Age of Ambition (short story)|The Age of Ambition]]'') He also served as an [[ambassador]] for the Time Lords. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Exiles (short story)|The Exiles]]'') | ||
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After foiling a plan by the Master and the [[Dalek]]s to start a war between [[Human]]s and [[Draconian]]s the Doctor sent a message to the Time Lords from [[2540]] via the TARDIS [[telepathic circuits]] requesting that they help him send the TARDIS after the [[Dalek flying saucer|Dalek ship]] to wherever the Dalek army was waiting as he was close to collapse himself. The message was received and acted upon by Castellan [[Terrynate]] who stored the correspondence in the Panopticon Archives ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'', [[PROSE]]: "[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|Telepathic Directions]]") and sent the TARDIS to [[Spiridon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'') The message was later reproduced in ''The Time Lord Letters''. ([[PROSE]]: "[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|Telepathic Directions]]") | After foiling a plan by the Master and the [[Dalek]]s to start a war between [[Human]]s and [[Draconian]]s the Doctor sent a message to the Time Lords from [[2540]] via the TARDIS [[telepathic circuits]] requesting that they help him send the TARDIS after the [[Dalek flying saucer|Dalek ship]] to wherever the Dalek army was waiting as he was close to collapse himself. The message was received and acted upon by Castellan [[Terrynate]] who stored the correspondence in the Panopticon Archives ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'', [[PROSE]]: "[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|Telepathic Directions]]") and sent the TARDIS to [[Spiridon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'') The message was later reproduced in ''The Time Lord Letters''. ([[PROSE]]: "[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|Telepathic Directions]]") | ||
Early in his travels with [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Harry Sullivan]] the [[Fourth Doctor]] was tasked with a Time Lord, either [[Ferain]] or [[Valyes]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ascension (audio story)|Ascension]]'') with averting the [[creation of the Daleks]]. He failed ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') and some people including the [[Eleventh Doctor]] considered this the "first shot" of the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'') | Early in his travels with [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Harry Sullivan]] the [[Fourth Doctor]] was tasked with a Time Lord, either [[Ferain]] or [[Valyes]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ascension (Gallifrey audio story)|Ascension]]'') with averting the [[creation of the Daleks]]. He failed ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') and some people including the [[Eleventh Doctor]] considered this the "first shot" of the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'') | ||
After the Doctor defeated [[Morbius]] on [[Karn]] after the Time Lords directed the TARDIS there without his approval, he sent a handwritten letter to the [[High Council]] which was delivered by [[trans-portal]] rather than than the usual telepathic method. In it, he made clear that he would have been happy to help should they have asked him while noting he was unhappy with Sarah almost being killed during the course of the adventure. This letter was reproduced in ''The Time Lord Letters''. ([[PROSE]]: "[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|Interference]]") | After the Doctor defeated [[Morbius]] on [[Karn]] after the Time Lords directed the TARDIS there without his approval, he sent a handwritten letter to the [[High Council]] which was delivered by [[trans-portal]] rather than than the usual telepathic method. In it, he made clear that he would have been happy to help should they have asked him while noting he was unhappy with Sarah almost being killed during the course of the adventure. This letter was reproduced in ''The Time Lord Letters''. ([[PROSE]]: "[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|Interference]]") | ||
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During the [[Last Great Time War]], the War Doctor not only thought himself unworthy of the name of "the Doctor", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') dispatching the moniker immediately after regeneration, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'') along with the "philosophies and ideals" shared with it, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') in favour of the title of "[[Warrior]]", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stranger (short story)|The Stranger]]'') but also of any identity at all, eventually leaving it to others to choose how they wished to address him, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'') as he did not carry a name "as a rule". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eternity Cage (audio story)|The Eternity Cage]]'') He would show great irritation, and even extreme bouts of anger, if anyone called him by his former title, especially if they did so after he committed what he considered an atrocity. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Innocent (audio story)|The Innocent]]'', ''[[The Thousand Worlds (audio story)|The Thousand Worlds]]'', ''[[The Neverwhen (audio story)|The Neverwhen]]'', ''[[Eye of Harmony (audio story)|Eye of Harmony]]'', ''[[The Enigma Dimension (audio story)|The Enigma Dimension]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[Kill God (comic story)|Kill God]]'', ''[[Physician, Heal Thyself (comic story)|Physician, Heal Thyself]]'', ''[[The Clockwise War (comic story)|The Clockwise War]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Third Wise Man (short story)|The Third Wise Man]]'') | During the [[Last Great Time War]], the War Doctor not only thought himself unworthy of the name of "the Doctor", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') dispatching the moniker immediately after regeneration, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'') along with the "philosophies and ideals" shared with it, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') in favour of the title of "[[Warrior]]", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stranger (short story)|The Stranger]]'') but also of any identity at all, eventually leaving it to others to choose how they wished to address him, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'') as he did not carry a name "as a rule". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eternity Cage (audio story)|The Eternity Cage]]'') He would show great irritation, and even extreme bouts of anger, if anyone called him by his former title, especially if they did so after he committed what he considered an atrocity. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Innocent (audio story)|The Innocent]]'', ''[[The Thousand Worlds (audio story)|The Thousand Worlds]]'', ''[[The Neverwhen (audio story)|The Neverwhen]]'', ''[[Eye of Harmony (audio story)|Eye of Harmony]]'', ''[[The Enigma Dimension (audio story)|The Enigma Dimension]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[Kill God (comic story)|Kill God]]'', ''[[Physician, Heal Thyself (comic story)|Physician, Heal Thyself]]'', ''[[The Clockwise War (comic story)|The Clockwise War]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Third Wise Man (short story)|The Third Wise Man]]'') | ||
Before joining the Time War fully, the [[Eighth Doctor]] told [[Ohila]] he'd "like to think" that [[ | Before joining the Time War fully, the [[Eighth Doctor]] told [[Ohila]] he'd "like to think" that [[Aliases of the Doctor|his name]] and "good man" were synonymous with each other. When he chose to [[regenerate]] into a warrior, he cited his opinion "I don't suppose there's any need for a doctor any more". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'') | ||
On the last day of the Time War, [[General | On the last day of the Time War, the [[Eleventh General]] called the meeting of the Doctor's war, [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] and [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnations]] all in one place at the same time "all my worst [[nightmare]]s at once". He had previously called the War Doctor a "mad fool". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | ||
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[[File:Return of the Crack.jpg|thumb|The [[Time field|crack in time]] the Doctor first saw on [[Amy Pond]]'s bedroom wall on [[Trenzalore]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'')]] | [[File:Return of the Crack.jpg|thumb|The [[Time field|crack in time]] the Doctor first saw on [[Amy Pond]]'s bedroom wall on [[Trenzalore]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'')]] | ||
[[The Question]], "Doctor who?", a transmission being broadcast across all of time and space, making it the "oldest question in the universe," used as a code by the [[Time Lord]]s on [[Gallifrey]] who were sealed inside a pocket universe. They were transmitting the message through a [[Time | [[The Question]], "Doctor who?", a transmission being broadcast across all of time and space, making it the "oldest question in the universe," used as a code by the [[Time Lord]]s on [[Gallifrey]] who were sealed inside a pocket universe. They were transmitting the message through a [[Time field|crack in time]] on the planet [[Trenzalore]], asking the Doctor to speak his true name in order to let them know that it was safe to emerge from the pocket universe. Along with the Question, the Time Lords also transmitted a [[Truth Field]] which enveloped the town of [[Christmas (town)|Christmas]] so that the Doctor could not lie if he were to answer the Question. This prompted a [[Siege of Trenzalore|siege]] on the planet by a host of alien races who wanted to prevent the start of another [[time war]], but they were held off for almost 900 years by a combination of the Doctor and a [[force field]] that had been put in place by the [[Papal Mainframe]]. | ||
The conflict on Trenzalore eventually boiled down to the point that only the [[Dalek]]s remained at war with the Church and the Doctor. The Doctor, having run out of [[regeneration]]s and convinced of his [[Alternate timeline (The Name of the Doctor)|foreseen death]] on the planet, intended to let the Daleks kill him, but [[Clara Oswald]] believed that the future could be changed and implored the Time Lords to help the Doctor. Ultimately, she became the one to answer the Question, although she stated that the Doctor's real name was simply "the Doctor," and that the meaning behind that answer was a sufficient-enough reason for the Time Lords to give him their support, which they then did by changing the future and granting the Doctor a brand new [[Regeneration cycle|regenerative cycle]], thereby allowing him to defeat the Daleks and survive the battle. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') | The conflict on Trenzalore eventually boiled down to the point that only the [[Dalek]]s remained at war with the Church and the Doctor. The Doctor, having run out of [[regeneration]]s and convinced of his [[Alternate timeline (The Name of the Doctor)|foreseen death]] on the planet, intended to let the Daleks kill him, but [[Clara Oswald]] believed that the future could be changed and implored the Time Lords to help the Doctor. Ultimately, she became the one to answer the Question, although she stated that the Doctor's real name was simply "the Doctor," and that the meaning behind that answer was a sufficient-enough reason for the Time Lords to give him their support, which they then did by changing the future and granting the Doctor a brand new [[Regeneration cycle|regenerative cycle]], thereby allowing him to defeat the Daleks and survive the battle. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') | ||
For his part in the Time War, the [[Twelfth Doctor]] was acknowledged as a "[[war]] [[hero]]" by [[General | For his part in the Time War, the [[Twelfth Doctor]] was acknowledged as a "[[war]] [[hero]]" by the [[Eleventh General]]. It was for this reason that [[Gallifreyan]] [[soldier]]s, some of whom had served with the Doctor, chose to side with the [[Twelfth Doctor]] against [[Lord President]] [[Rassilon]] in [[Coup against Rassilon|a coup]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | ||
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Scholars later called documents concerning Rassilon, Omega and the Other the [[ROO text]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera (novel)|Goth Opera]]'') A minor Gallifreyan festival known as [[Otherstide]] was celebrated yearly in his honour. It coincided with the Doctor's [[birthday]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (audio story)|Cold Fusion]]'') Secret societies on Gallifrey were dedicated to the worship of [[Rassilon]], [[Omega]], and the Other. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Intervention Earth (audio story)|Intervention Earth]]'') | Scholars later called documents concerning Rassilon, Omega and the Other the [[ROO text]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera (novel)|Goth Opera]]'') A minor Gallifreyan festival known as [[Otherstide]] was celebrated yearly in his honour. It coincided with the Doctor's [[birthday]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (audio story)|Cold Fusion]]'') Secret societies on Gallifrey were dedicated to the worship of [[Rassilon]], [[Omega]], and the Other. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Intervention Earth (audio story)|Intervention Earth]]'') | ||
A comparable but different account showed [[ | A comparable but different account showed the [[Spy Master]] claiming that the Doctor had originally been the [[Timeless Child]], the adopted child of Gallifrey's founder [[Tecteun]]. The Timeless Child was erased fro the official histories by the early Time Lords, who wanted a "noble creation myth", finding the idea that their [[regeneration]] had been stolen from [[Timeless Child's species|another species]] via experimenting on a child less than edifying. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') However, the image of the Timeless Child remained buried in all the memories of the Time Lords, ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'') and most of the Timeless Child's history was recorded deep in [[the Matrix]], although parts of their story involving [[the Division]] were redacted, with only the allegorical images of [[Brendan (Ascension of the Cybermen)|Brendan]]'s life remaining. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') | ||
The [[Father of Time]], whom the [[First Doctor]] later nearly recognised as his own future self, was known by him on sight when he materialised inside [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Test of Time (comic story)|The Test of Time]]'') | The [[Father of Time]], whom the [[First Doctor]] later nearly recognised as his own future self, was known by him on sight when he materialised inside [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Test of Time (comic story)|The Test of Time]]'') | ||
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The [[Ninth Doctor]] recalled that he was known as "[[the Oncoming Storm]]" in the ancient [[legend]]s of Skaro. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') | The [[Ninth Doctor]] recalled that he was known as "[[the Oncoming Storm]]" in the ancient [[legend]]s of Skaro. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') | ||
Recognising the [[First Doctor]]'s role in delaying the [[ | Recognising the [[First Doctor]]'s role in delaying the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth|conquest]] of [[Earth]], the Daleks pursued him and his [[companion]]s through time in an attempt to kill him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') | ||
The [[Fifth Doctor]] was recognised by the Daleks as they moved to retrieve Davros following the [[Dalek-Movellan War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'') | The [[Fifth Doctor]] was recognised by the Daleks as they moved to retrieve Davros following the [[Dalek-Movellan War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'') | ||
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The [[Sixth Doctor]] was recognised by [[Imperial Dalek|Daleks]] created by [[Davros]] on [[Necros]]. However, contemporary [[Renegade Dalek|Daleks]] loyal to the [[Supreme Dalek]] failed to recognise him, observing that his image did not compute with the known appearance of the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'') | The [[Sixth Doctor]] was recognised by [[Imperial Dalek|Daleks]] created by [[Davros]] on [[Necros]]. However, contemporary [[Renegade Dalek|Daleks]] loyal to the [[Supreme Dalek]] failed to recognise him, observing that his image did not compute with the known appearance of the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'') | ||
During the [[Shoreditch Incident]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] was recognised by both Davros' Imperial Daleks and the Renegade Daleks led by the [[ | During the [[Shoreditch Incident]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] was recognised by both Davros' Imperial Daleks and the Renegade Daleks led by the [[Black Dalek Leader|Supreme Dalek]]. When confronted by the Doctor, Davros observed that he had "changed again". ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') | ||
The "[[Metaltron]]", a survivor of the [[Last Great Time War]], recognised the Ninth Doctor as an enemy when he identified himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') | The "[[Metaltron]]", a survivor of the [[Last Great Time War]], recognised the Ninth Doctor as an enemy when he identified himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') Similarly, the [[Cult of Skaro]] identified the image of the [[Tenth Doctor]] as an enemy. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'') | ||
The Daleks were among the [[Inforarium]]'s most dangerous clientele who purchased information regarding the Doctor. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Inforarium (home video)|The Inforarium]]'') | The Daleks were among the [[Inforarium]]'s most dangerous clientele who purchased information regarding the Doctor. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Inforarium (home video)|The Inforarium]]'') | ||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] found that, having accessed the Dalek [[pathweb]], [[ | The [[Eleventh Doctor]] found that, having accessed the Dalek [[pathweb]], [[Oswin Oswald]] had removed the memory of the Doctor from the Dalek race. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'') Ultimately, however, the Daleks regained their knowledge of the Doctor, having harvested information on him from the [[cadaver]] of [[Tasha Lem]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') | ||
During the conflict with the [[Combined Galactic Resistance]], the Dalek that would be named [[Rusty (Into the Dalek)|Rusty]] recognised the [[Twelfth Doctor]] on sight. ([[TV]]: ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]'') The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] had only to mention [[Aliases of the Doctor|her name]] to spark fear in the [[Reconnaissance Dalek]], who had been one of the first to leave Skaro, having long since lost contact with them. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'') | |||
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The [[Sixth Doctor]] was recognised by the CyberNeomorphs on his return to Telos. ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') | The [[Sixth Doctor]] was recognised by the CyberNeomorphs on his return to Telos. ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') | ||
The [[Seventh Doctor]] was recognised on sight, albeit as a "new appearance", by [[CyberIsomorph]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'') | The [[Seventh Doctor]] was recognised on sight, albeit as a "new appearance", by the [[Cyber-Leader (Silver Nemesis)|Leader]] of the [[CyberIsomorph]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'') | ||
The Cybermen were among the [[Inforarium]]'s most dangerous clientele who purchased information regarding the Doctor. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Inforarium (home video)|The Inforarium]]'') | The Cybermen were among the [[Inforarium]]'s most dangerous clientele who purchased information regarding the Doctor. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Inforarium (home video)|The Inforarium]]'') | ||
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[[File:Doctor Who (Doctormania) advertisement.jpg|thumb|A [[Hologram|holo]]-[[advertisement]] featuring [[The Doctor (Doctormania)|the Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctormania (comic story)|Doctormania]]'')]] | [[File:Doctor Who (Doctormania) advertisement.jpg|thumb|A [[Hologram|holo]]-[[advertisement]] featuring [[The Doctor (Doctormania)|the Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctormania (comic story)|Doctormania]]'')]] | ||
{{main|Doctor Who?}} | {{main|Doctor Who? (Doctormania)}} | ||
A holo-show broadcast in the form of minisodes called ''[[Doctor Who?]]'' existed in the [[38th century]] and was especially popular on [[Gharusa Prime]]. Its main characters were [[The Doctor (Doctormania)|the Doctor]] played by [[Slist Fayflut Marteveerthon Slitheen]] in a [[Slist Fayflut Marteveerthon Slitheen's skin suit|skin suit]] of the [[Ninth Doctor]] and his companion [[Penny (Doctormania)|Penny]], actually another disguised [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]]. Fans of the series were called [[Doctorian]]s and a group called the [[Doctor Who Appreciation Society (Doctormania)|Doctor Who Appreciation Society]] existed, to which [[Yani Mamora]] belonged. | A holo-show broadcast in the form of minisodes called ''[[Doctor Who? (Doctormania)|Doctor Who?]]'' existed in the [[38th century]] and was especially popular on [[Gharusa Prime]]. Its main characters were [[The Doctor (Doctormania)|the Doctor]] played by [[Slist Fayflut Marteveerthon Slitheen]] in a [[Slist Fayflut Marteveerthon Slitheen's skin suit|skin suit]] of the [[Ninth Doctor]] and his companion [[Penny (Doctormania)|Penny]], actually another disguised [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]]. Fans of the series were called [[Doctorian]]s and a group called the [[Doctor Who Appreciation Society (Doctormania)|Doctor Who Appreciation Society]] existed, to which [[Yani Mamora]] belonged. | ||
The Doctor was a [[Time Lord]] from [[Gallifrey]] who left his homeworld to defend from alien threats. He seemed to favour Gharusa Prime over other planets and had been voted [[Cosmopolitan]]'s [[Sexuality|sexiest]] planetary saviour nine [[year]]s running by [[3764]]. He had also released an [[autobiography]] titled ''[[Doctor's Orders]]''. | The Doctor was a [[Time Lord]] from [[Gallifrey]] who left his homeworld to defend from alien threats. He seemed to favour Gharusa Prime over other planets and had been voted [[Cosmopolitan]]'s [[Sexuality|sexiest]] planetary saviour nine [[year]]s running by [[3764]]. He had also released an [[autobiography]] titled ''[[Doctor's Orders]]''. | ||
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=== As President of the Universe === | === As President of the Universe === | ||
[[File:Warner Doctor.jpg|thumb|[[The Doctor ( | [[File:Warner Doctor.jpg|thumb|[[The Doctor (Unbound Universe)|The Doctor]], [[Ruler of the Universe]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Planet X (audio story)|Planet X]]'')]] | ||
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In | In the [[Unbound Universe]], after a [[Great War (Unbound Universe)|Great War]], the [[Unbound Doctor]] was left as [[Ruler of the Universe]] as everybody before him in the line of succession had been killed. This was much to the anger and displeasure to many races and people, many of whom didn't trust him, and whenever he met any of these individuals they would mock or deride him for his actions during the Great War. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Library in the Body (audio story)|The Library in the Body]]'') | ||
After the Doctor began taking up his [[president]]ial duties more seriously, the Doctor had [[Ebbis ( | After the Doctor began taking up his [[president]]ial duties more seriously, the Doctor had [[Ebbis (Unbound Universe)|Ebbis]] as a spokesperson, who defended his actions to the press including a [[Host (Unbound Universe)|radio host]] who thought of the Doctor as a bad [[politician]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Asking for a Friend (audio story)|Asking for a Friend]]'') | ||
Towards the end of his tenure, the Doctor became increasingly frustrated as his enemies [[surrender]]ed as soon as he asked them to instead of giving him a good fight. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Truant (audio story)|Truant]]'') He was eventually [[Impeachment|impeached]] in a rigged vote of the [[Parliament of the Universe]] which was headed by the [[Mother Superior ( | Towards the end of his tenure, the Doctor became increasingly frustrated as his enemies [[surrender]]ed as soon as he asked them to instead of giving him a good fight. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Truant (audio story)|Truant]]'') He was eventually [[Impeachment|impeached]] in a rigged vote of the [[Parliament of the Universe]] which was headed by the [[Mother Superior (Unbound Universe)|Mother Superior]] and replaced by the [[Unbound Master]]. He left and travelled with [[Bernice Summerfield]] to [[N-Space|her universe]] soon afterwards. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The True Saviour of the Universe (audio story)|The True Saviour of the Universe]]'') | ||
=== Others === | === Others === | ||
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Wanting to be left alone, ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Inforarium (home video)|The Inforarium]]'') the [[Eleventh Doctor]] erased himself from every database in the universe, making sure that no one had ever heard of him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]'', ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'', ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'') Though he could not remove the information about him from the [[Inforarium]]'s data banks, he managed to reverse engineer the [[memory-proof]]ing ability of [[the Silence]] so that no one could retain any knowledge that they gained about him from there. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Inforarium (home video)|The Inforarium]]'') | Wanting to be left alone, ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Inforarium (home video)|The Inforarium]]'') the [[Eleventh Doctor]] erased himself from every database in the universe, making sure that no one had ever heard of him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]'', ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'', ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'') Though he could not remove the information about him from the [[Inforarium]]'s data banks, he managed to reverse engineer the [[memory-proof]]ing ability of [[the Silence]] so that no one could retain any knowledge that they gained about him from there. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Inforarium (home video)|The Inforarium]]'') | ||
The [[Abzorbaloff]], a native of the [[planet]] [[Clom]], studied [[the Doctor]]. With a particular interest in the [[Tenth Doctor]], he came to [[Earth]] to search for him, wishing to absorb his immense [[experience]] and [[knowledge]] and take [[the TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'') [[ | The [[Abzorbaloff]], a native of the [[planet]] [[Clom]], studied [[the Doctor]]. With a particular interest in the [[Tenth Doctor]], he came to [[Earth]] to search for him, wishing to absorb his immense [[experience]] and [[knowledge]] and take [[the TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'') The [[Family of Blood]] hunted the Doctor as they sought a Time Lord to increase their limited [[lifespan]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'') | ||
In [[2009]], [[General]] [[Staal]] of the [[Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet]] recognised "[[doctor]]" as the name of a "facechanger" and [[enemy]] of the [[Sontaran]]s who led the battle in the [[Last Great Time War]], an object of shame for the Sontarans as they were forbidden from taking part in it. He took pride in capturing the TARDIS, the Doctor's "infamous vessel". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') | In [[2009]], [[General]] [[Staal]] of the [[Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet]] recognised "[[doctor]]" as the name of a "facechanger" and [[enemy]] of the [[Sontaran]]s who led the battle in the [[Last Great Time War]], an object of shame for the Sontarans as they were forbidden from taking part in it. He took pride in capturing the TARDIS, the Doctor's "infamous vessel". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') | ||
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After River Song's death, the Doctor and [[Donna Noble]] decided to leave [[River Song's diary|her diary]] in the [[biography]] section of [[the Library]] where it remained for a time ([[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'') before it was retrieved by [[Nardole]] after the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s night on [[Darillium]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]'') River used it to record their adventures together with the book itself acting as an indicator to where the Doctor was in their personal timeline. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'' et al.) Among other things such as detailed information on [[alien]] species, the diary contained pictures of all the Doctor's [[incarnation]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'') including the [[War Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'') | After River Song's death, the Doctor and [[Donna Noble]] decided to leave [[River Song's diary|her diary]] in the [[biography]] section of [[the Library]] where it remained for a time ([[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'') before it was retrieved by [[Nardole]] after the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s night on [[Darillium]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]'') River used it to record their adventures together with the book itself acting as an indicator to where the Doctor was in their personal timeline. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'' et al.) Among other things such as detailed information on [[alien]] species, the diary contained pictures of all the Doctor's [[incarnation]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'') including the [[War Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'') | ||
There existed [[Books (Meet Rose)|books]] about [[Rose Tyler]]'s and the [[Ninth Doctor]]'s travels to the [[1920s]], the [[Justicia Penal System]], and the [[war]] against the [[Mantodean]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Meet Rose (short story)|Meet Rose]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
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==== ''Doctor Who?'' ==== | ==== ''Doctor Who?'' ==== | ||
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The comic strip series ''[[Doctor Who?]]'' often broke the fourth wall to various extents, or otherwise referred to [[the Doctor]]'s in-universe fame. Several strips were played off as the Doctor speaking directly to the reader and answering a question from the fandom. Furthermore, [[Doctor Who? (DWM 95 comic story)|one strip]] showcased the existence of an [[Annual Gallifreyan Doctor Who Con]], attended by several of the Doctor's actual incarnations (including [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Dr. Who]]!) | The comic strip series ''[[Doctor Who? (comic series)|Doctor Who?]]'' often broke the fourth wall to various extents, or otherwise referred to [[the Doctor]]'s in-universe fame. Several strips were played off as the Doctor speaking directly to the reader and answering a question from the fandom. Furthermore, [[Doctor Who? (DWM 95 comic story)|one strip]] showcased the existence of an [[Annual Gallifreyan Doctor Who Con]], attended by several of the Doctor's actual incarnations (including [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Dr. Who]]!). | ||
==== ''The Doctor Who Fun Book'' ==== | ==== ''The Doctor Who Fun Book'' ==== | ||
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[[NOTVALID]]: ''[[A Life in the Day of a Doctor Who Production (comic story)|A Life in the Day of a Doctor Who Production]]'', meanwhile, was a parody of a behind-the-scenes making-of documentary which claimed to be a sneak peek into the future, as the making-of documentary of the [[2003]] [[Doctor Who Fortieth Anniversary Special|''Doctor Who'' Fortieth Anniversay Special]]. [[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Untitled 2 (The Doctor Who Fun Book comic story)|Untitled 2]]'', meanwhile, featured a [[Louise Jameson (Untitled 2)|version]] of [[Louise Jameson]] getting into character as [[Leela]] to the extent that she murdered several people in real life using her prop knife while on her way to work. | [[NOTVALID]]: ''[[A Life in the Day of a Doctor Who Production (comic story)|A Life in the Day of a Doctor Who Production]]'', meanwhile, was a parody of a behind-the-scenes making-of documentary which claimed to be a sneak peek into the future, as the making-of documentary of the [[2003]] [[Doctor Who Fortieth Anniversary Special|''Doctor Who'' Fortieth Anniversay Special]]. [[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Untitled 2 (The Doctor Who Fun Book comic story)|Untitled 2]]'', meanwhile, featured a [[Louise Jameson (Untitled 2)|version]] of [[Louise Jameson]] getting into character as [[Leela]] to the extent that she murdered several people in real life using her prop knife while on her way to work. | ||
[[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Doctor Who 3 - The Third Motion Picture (short story)|Doctor Who 3 - The Third Motion Picture]]'' was a metafictional continuation of the adventures of [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Dr. Who]] and [[Susan (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Susan]] from ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' framed as the rediscovered lost script for a third "Dalek movie", which [[Peter Cushing]] had previous attempted to suppress and indeed destroy. The typed script became increasingly ludicrous and fourth-wall-breaking, culminating in Susan realising that she was a fictional character and [[the Scriptwriter]]'s | [[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Doctor Who 3 - The Third Motion Picture (short story)|Doctor Who 3 - The Third Motion Picture]]'' was a metafictional continuation of the adventures of [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Dr. Who]] and [[Susan (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Susan]] from ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (theatrical film)|Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' framed as the rediscovered lost script for a third "Dalek movie", which [[Peter Cushing]] had previous attempted to suppress and indeed destroy. The typed script became increasingly ludicrous and fourth-wall-breaking, culminating in Susan realising that she was a fictional character and [[the Scriptwriter]]'s plaything, and reaching out into the real world to slay the Scriptwriter, hence ending the franchise and liberating her and her companions from his authorial power. | ||
In the comic [[NOTVALID]]: ''[[The Final Script (comic story)|The Final Script]]'', [[Melanie Bush]] is somehow reading a copy of [[The Doctor Who Fun Book (The Final Script)|''The Doctor Who Fun Book'' itself]]. In that story, a reference is also made to the [[Peter Cushing]] movies, as the Doctor comically cites [[Roberta Tovey (Doctor Who?)|Roberta Tovey]] as one of his defeated enemies. | In the comic [[NOTVALID]]: ''[[The Final Script (comic story)|The Final Script]]'', [[Melanie Bush]] is somehow reading a copy of [[The Doctor Who Fun Book (The Final Script)|''The Doctor Who Fun Book'' itself]]. In that story, a reference is also made to the [[Peter Cushing]] movies, as the Doctor comically cites [[Roberta Tovey (Doctor Who?)|Roberta Tovey]] as one of his defeated enemies. | ||
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==== Dez Skinn's nightmares ==== | ==== Dez Skinn's nightmares ==== | ||
[[File:Time Lord by Stan Lee.jpg|thumb|left|[[Stan Lee]]'s ''[[Timelord (comic book)|Timelord]]''. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[The Origin of Doctor Who Magazine (comic story)|The Origin of Doctor Who Magazine]]'')]]In [[NOTVALID]]: ''[[The Origin of Doctor Who Magazine (comic story)|The Origin of Doctor Who Magazine]]'', a special ''[[The Daft Dimension]]''-branded comic story printed in [[2019 (releases)|2019]]'s [[DWM 544]] in | [[File:Time Lord by Stan Lee.jpg|thumb|left|[[Stan Lee]]'s ''[[Timelord (comic book)|Timelord]]''. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[The Origin of Doctor Who Magazine (comic story)|The Origin of Doctor Who Magazine]]'')]]In [[NOTVALID]]: ''[[The Origin of Doctor Who Magazine (comic story)|The Origin of Doctor Who Magazine]]'', a special ''[[The Daft Dimension]]''-branded comic story printed in [[2019 (releases)|2019]]'s [[DWM 544]] in honour of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''{{'}}s 40th anniversary, a fictionalised look at [[Dez Skinn (The Origin of Doctor Who Magazine)|Dez Skinn]]'s creation of the magazine was provided. In the story, ''[[Televisual Comic]]'' had previously been printing the ''[[Doctor Who (in-universe)|Doctor Who]]'' comics; upon that book's loss of their licence, Skinn, the protagonist, intends to take the idea of a ''Doctor Who'' comic book to his bosses at [[Marvel UK]]. | ||
Before it gives a relatively realistic account of the creation of the well-known ''Doctor Who Weekly'' as it really existed, the story briefly segues into a nightmare sequence where the protagonist attempts to pitch the idea to [[Stan Lee]] and to [[Wayfleet Publications]], resulting in the creation of two horrendously inaccurate retools of ''Doctor Who'', Lee's [[superhero]]ic ''[[Timelord (comic book)|Timelord]]'' (where the [[Timelord (The Origin of Doctor Who Magazine)|titular character]] is a [[sonic sceptre]]-wielding human whose secret identity is a lowercase-D [[doctor]]) and [[Lionel Bluster-Outrage]]'s [[pre-school]]-oriented ''[[Sergeant Who's Jelly Baby Adventures]]'' (starring "[[Sergeant Who]]"). | Before it gives a relatively realistic account of the creation of the well-known ''Doctor Who Weekly'' as it really existed, the story briefly segues into a nightmare sequence where the protagonist attempts to pitch the idea to [[Stan Lee]] and to [[Wayfleet Publications]], resulting in the creation of two horrendously inaccurate retools of ''Doctor Who'', Lee's [[superhero]]ic ''[[Timelord (comic book)|Timelord]]'' (where the [[Timelord (The Origin of Doctor Who Magazine)|titular character]] is a [[sonic sceptre]]-wielding human whose secret identity is a lowercase-D [[doctor]]) and [[Lionel Bluster-Outrage]]'s [[pre-school]]-oriented ''[[Sergeant Who's Jelly Baby Adventures]]'' (starring "[[Sergeant Who]]"). | ||
==== ''Film Star Wins Oscar—Misses Premiere!'' ==== | ==== ''Film Star Wins Oscar—Misses Premiere!'' ==== | ||
''[[Film Star Wins Oscar—Misses Premiere! (short story)|Film Star Wins Oscar—Misses Premiere!]]'' was a parodical short story about the release of ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'', printed in Issue 28 of ''[[TV Century 21]]'' alongside more conventional material about the Daleks. It focused on the premier of "''[[Doctor Da and the Humanies]]''", a movie in which [[Sir]] [[Seamus Vampire]] starred as "[[Dr. Da]]", who travelled in the spaceship [[Dardis]] to the planet [[Eartho]] where he fought the [[City Man|City Men]] and their terrifying [[umbrella]] [[weapon]]s. | ''[[Film Star Wins Oscar—Misses Premiere! (short story)|Film Star Wins Oscar—Misses Premiere!]]'' was a parodical short story about the release of ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (theatrical film)|Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'', printed in Issue 28 of ''[[TV Century 21]]'' alongside more conventional material about the Daleks. It focused on the premier of "''[[Doctor Da and the Humanies]]''", a movie in which [[Sir]] [[Seamus Vampire]] starred as "[[Dr. Da]]", who travelled in the spaceship [[Dardis]] to the planet [[Eartho]] where he fought the [[City Man|City Men]] and their terrifying [[umbrella]] [[weapon]]s. | ||
==== ''On the Icy Edge of the Galaxy...'' ==== | |||
In ''[[On the Icy Edge of the Galaxy... (comic story)|On the Icy Edge of the Galaxy...]]'', a promotional [[1980 (releases)|1980]] [[Fourth Doctor]] comic story tying in with the release of a soundtrack [[LP]] of ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', the Doctor was seen attempting to purchase an in-universe record entitled ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (record)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', from "circa [[1979]]", at the [[Inter-Gallactic Record Shop]] on [[Gamma-Ursa 9]], but was prevented by two actual [[Dalek]]s. He resolved to try to buy a copy on [[Earth|Terra]] instead. | |||
=== Other matters === | === Other matters === | ||
[[File:Bus advert.jpg|thumb|The fan-made poster used on the [[bus]] in ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]''.]] | [[File:Bus advert.jpg|thumb|The fan-made poster used on the [[bus]] in ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]''.]] | ||
* The references to [[Peter Cushing]] playing Doctor Who in films is a reference to his character of [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Dr. Who]] in the [[Dr. Who and the Daleks|Dalek films]]. His appearances are considered not a [[T:VS|valid source]] for writing on this wiki. | * The references to [[Peter Cushing]] playing Doctor Who in films is a reference to his character of [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Dr. Who]] in the [[Dr. Who and the Daleks (theatrical film)|Dalek films]]. His appearances are considered not a [[T:VS|valid source]] for writing on this wiki. | ||
* [[Steven Moffat]] had wanted a poster of the Cushing films in ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' but could not afford the rights. This was not a problem in the novelisation. | * [[Steven Moffat]] had wanted a poster of the Cushing films in ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' but could not afford the rights. This was not a problem in the novelisation. | ||
* The bus seen in ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'' was cardboard, as it was too hard to transport a real [[bus]] into the [[forest]]. The [[advert]] seen on the bus was a fan-made poster for [[Series 8 (Doctor Who)|series 8]] of ''Doctor Who'', made by [[Logan Fulford]]. | * The bus seen in ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'' was cardboard, as it was too hard to transport a real [[bus]] into the [[forest]]. The [[advert]] seen on the bus was a fan-made poster for [[Series 8 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 8]] of ''Doctor Who'', made by [[Logan Fulford]]. | ||
* The ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'' series of publications implies that ''[[Doctor Omega]]'' is the in-universe version of the [[William Hartnell]] era of ''Doctor Who''. | * The ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'' series of publications implies that ''[[Doctor Omega]]'' is the in-universe version of the [[William Hartnell]] era of ''Doctor Who''. | ||
[[File:Doctor X VHS.jpg|thumb|A ''[[Doctor X]]'' [[VHS]] seen in [[WC]]: ''[[Varunastra (webcast)|Varunastra]]''.]] | |||
* Other in-universe analogues of ''Doctor Who'' include ''[[Doctor X]]'', ''[[Professor X]]'' and ''[[Time Surgeon]]''. | * Other in-universe analogues of ''Doctor Who'' include ''[[Doctor X]]'', ''[[Professor X]]'' and ''[[Time Surgeon]]''. | ||
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As the titular star of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the character of [[the Doctor]] has been [[Doctor Who parodies|parodied]] or [[Cultural references to the Doctor Who universe|referenced]] since the programme's inception in the [[1960s]]. | As the titular star of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the character of [[the Doctor]] has been [[Doctor Who parodies|parodied]] or [[Cultural references to the Doctor Who universe|referenced]] since the programme's inception in the [[1960s]]. | ||
[[Tom Baker]]'s [[Fourth Doctor]] is among the most recognisable and most referenced [[incarnation]] of the character, especially in the [[United States of America|United States]]. For example, the Doctor resembled their fourth | [[Tom Baker]]'s [[Fourth Doctor]] is among the most recognisable and most referenced [[incarnation]] of the character, especially in the [[United States of America|United States]]. For example, the Doctor resembled their fourth incarnation for all of their several appearances on ''[[The Simpsons]]''. Baker's Doctor has also appeared twice in ''[[Futurama]]'' and the ''[[Doctor Who theme|opening titles]]'' from his era was used in {{wi|Family Guy}} when a ship entered [[hyperspace]]. The [[The Doctor's scarf|Fourth Doctor's scarf]] was a staple of the character and has often been used to reference ''Doctor Who'' such as when Sheldon [[cosplay]]ed the character in {{wi|The Big Bang Theory}}. | ||
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