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* The Doctor is over [[900 (number)|900]] [[year]]s [[old]], but doesn't look his age because of [[regeneration]]; he will live longer than "[[human]]s like us". | * The Doctor is over [[900 (number)|900]] [[year]]s [[old]], but doesn't look his age because of [[regeneration]]; he will live longer than "[[human]]s like us". | ||
* [[Rose Tyler]] observes that the Doctor is "pretty [[brain]]y after all". | * [[Rose Tyler]] observes that the Doctor is "pretty [[brain]]y after all". | ||
* The [[ | * The [[third Doctor]][sic] was "very much the [[English]] [[gentleman]]". | ||
=== The TARDIS === | === The TARDIS === | ||
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Who's the Doctor? was the first instalment in Doctor Who Adventures's Fact Files and the first overall in Doctor Who Adventures #1, published by BBC Magazines in April 2006.[source needed]
This instalment covered the Doctor, with a primary focus on the Tenth Doctor.
Summary
Several facts are given about the Doctor, as of his tenth incarnation.
Characters
(In order of appearance)
- Tenth Doctor
- The Doctor's TARDIS
- Slitheen
- Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17
- Bronze Dalek
- Auton
- Sycorax
- Rose Tyler
- First Doctor
- Second Doctor
- Third Doctor
- Fourth Doctor
- Fifth Doctor
- Sixth Doctor
- Seventh Doctor
- Eighth Doctor
- Ninth Doctor
Worldbuilding
The Doctor
- The Doctor is in his "tenth body", and has two hearts.
- The Doctor is over 900 years old, but doesn't look his age because of regeneration; he will live longer than "humans like us".
- Rose Tyler observes that the Doctor is "pretty brainy after all".
- The third Doctor[sic] was "very much the English gentleman".
The TARDIS
- The "TARDIS" stands for "Time And Relative Dimension In Space".
Notes
To be added
Continuity
- This story primarily covers the Tenth Doctor, first seen in TV: The Parting of the Ways [+]Loading...["The Parting of the Ways (TV story)"].
- The Doctor's home planet is said to have been destroyed in the Time War, something first explicitly stated in TV: The End of the World [+]Loading...["The End of the World (TV story)"].
- The Doctor's age is said to be 900 years, something previously claimed by the Ninth Doctor in TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"] and The Empty Child [+]Loading...["The Empty Child (TV story)"]. The Tenth Doctor was later said to be the same age in PROSE: The Hero Factor [+]Loading...["The Hero Factor (short story)"].
- Regeneration is described as a "special trick". The Ninth Doctor previously described regeneration as a "little trick" in TV: The Parting of the Ways [+]Loading...["The Parting of the Ways (TV story)"], shortly before regenerating into the Tenth Doctor.
- Several enemies of the Doctor are given, referencing previous stories:
- The Slitheen, first seen in TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"]/World War Three [+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"];
- Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17, first seen in TV: The End of the World [+]Loading...["The End of the World (TV story)"];
- A Bronze Dalek, previously encountered by the Ninth Doctor in TV: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"], Bad Wolf [+]Loading...["Bad Wolf (TV story)"], and The Parting of the Ways [+]Loading...["The Parting of the Ways (TV story)"];
- An Auton, as seen in TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"];
- A Sycorax, first seen in TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"].
- The Doctor is said to be able to speed read and process "loads of information in just a few seconds", as previously seen in TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"].
- The Doctor is said to have found his suit and tie in the TARDIS wardrobe, as seen in TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"].
- The Doctor met Rose Tyler during a "nasty alien invasion", as seen in TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"].
- Several previous incarnations of the Doctor are seen:
- The First Doctor, first seen in TV: An Unearthly Child [+]Loading...["An Unearthly Child (TV story)"];
- The Second Doctor, first seen in TV: The Tenth Planet [+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"];
- The Third Doctor, first seen in TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"];
- The Fourth Doctor, first seen in TV: Planet of the Spiders [+]Loading...["Planet of the Spiders (TV story)"];
- The Fifth Doctor, first seen in TV: Logopolis [+]Loading...["Logopolis (TV story)"];
- The Sixth Doctor, first seen in TV: The Caves of Androzani [+]Loading...["The Caves of Androzani (TV story)"];
- The Seventh Doctor, first seen in TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"];
- The Eighth Doctor, first seen on television in TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"];
- The Ninth Doctor, first seen on television in TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"].
