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"'''The Doctor'''" - also known as "'''Dr. Who'''" and "'''Doctor Who'''" - was the eponymous, [[fiction]]al depiction of [[the Doctor]] in the [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] television series ''[[Doctor Who (in-universe)|Doctor Who]]''. Their species was depicted as a [[Time Lord]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 464 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 464]]'', ''[[The Terror of the Umpty Ums (short story)|The Terror of the Umpty Ums]]'') Some accounts stated that the real Doctor himself starred in the television series. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[TV Terrors (TVC 709 comic story)|TV Terrors]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Extracts from the Doctor's 500 Year Diary (short story)|Extracts from the Doctor's 500 Year Diary]]'') | |||
"'''The Doctor'''" - | |||
According to the ''[[Dalek Survival Guide]]'', ''[[Doctor Who (in-universe)|Doctor Who]]'' was a [[documentary]] series, first broadcast in [[1963]], which was devised to alert the [[general public]] to the various [[alien]] [[danger]]s they faced, while at the same time serving as a dramatised [[biography]] of the central [[character]], the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Survival Guide (novel)|Dalek Survival Guide]]'') | |||
The Doctor was | "The Doctor", however, was not the only fictional depiction of his namesake in Earth's [[The Doctor in popular culture and mythology|popular culture]], with similar characters such as [[Doctor Who (Salvation)|Doctor Who]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'') and [[Dr. Who]] existing in theatrical motion pictures. Coincidentally, both of these separate characters were portrayed by veteran actor [[Peter Cushing (in-universe)|Peter Cushing]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'', ''[[A Visit to the Cinema (short story)|A Visit to the Cinema]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', et al.) Accordng to [[Penelope Creighton-Ward]], Peter Cushing's portrayal of Dr. Who was in lieu of [[William Hartnell (in-universe)|William Hartnell]]'s portrayal from the series, as he wasn't able to return due to a busy schedule. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks! (short story)|Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!]]'') Other notably similar characters included [[Professor X (fictional character)|Professor X]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'', et al.) [[Doctor X]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[In Search of Doctor X (short story)|In Search of Doctor X]]'', et al.) and [[The Time Surgeon]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Mindmorphs (comic story)|Invasion of the Mindmorphs]]'') | ||
The Doctor was portrayed by many [[English]] [[actor]]s, including William Hartnell, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks! (short story)|Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!]]'') [[Tom Baker (in-universe)|Tom Baker]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bafflement and Devotion (short story)|Bafflement and Devotion]]'') [[Colin Baker (in-universe)|Colin Baker]], ([[WC]]: ''[[The Trial (webcast)|The Trial]]'') [[Paul McGann (in-universe)|Paul McGann]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Hospitality (short story)|Hospitality]]'') [[Matt Smith (in-universe)|Matt Smith]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Appears (TV story)|The Doctor Appears]]'') and [[Peter Capaldi (in-universe)|Peter Capaldi]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 464 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 464]]'') | |||
== | == Name == | ||
Whilst originally referred to as "Dr. Who" and "Doctor Who" interchangably, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[TV Terrors (TVC 709 comic story)|TV Terrors]]'', ''[[Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks! (short story)|Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Hospitality (short story)|Hospitality]]'', ''[[The Story of Fester Cat (novel)|The Story of Fester Cat]]'', et al.) with the name even being used on [[Dr Who Paint-by-Numbers kit (in-universe)|certain merchandise]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Party Like it's 1979 (short story)|Party Like it's 1979]]'') the character was more commonly referred to as the Doctor. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Appears (TV story)|The Doctor Appears]]'', et al.) Despite this, the version of the Doctor that existed inside [[David Karpagnon]]'s [[imagination]] claimed that she was not allowed to refer to herself as "Doctor Who". David also knew some of the [[aliases of the Doctor]], such as "the [[Ka Faraq Gatri]]", "[[the Oncoming Storm]]", "the Bringer of Darkness", and "the [[Imp]] of the [[Pandorica]]", and "the Final Victor of the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Terror of the Umpty Ums (short story)|The Terror of the Umpty Ums]]'') | |||
In the | == Biography == | ||
=== History === | |||
In the early [[1960s]], [[Winston Churchill]] contacted a friend of his, [[Sydney Newman (in-universe)|Mr Newman]], to propose the idea of a television series based off Churchill's old friend, the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Stop, Thief! (short story)|Stop, Thief!]]'') | |||
In [[ | In the late [[1990s]], an [[Older man (Hospitality)|older man]] and [[Boy 1 (Hospitality)|a boy]] commented at a film studio in [[London]] that [[Paul McGann (in-universe)|Paul McGann]] was [[sexy]] and that they wanted to [[shag]] him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Hospitality (short story)|Hospitality]]'') | ||
[[ | In [[2008]], Paul Magrs worked on several [[script]]s for [[Doctor Who CDs (The Story of Fester Cat)|''Doctor Who'' CDs]], which, once completed, would require Paul to travel to [[London]] and help with the production, where he got to meet Tom Baker. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Story of Fester Cat (novel)|The Story of Fester Cat]]'') | ||
==== | [[File:The Zygon Isolation (N-Space).jpg|left|thumb|[[Peter Capaldi (A Letter from the Doctor)|Peter Capaldi]] appears as the Twelfth Doctor in ''[[The Zygon Inversion (in-universe)]]'', as available on [[BBC iPlayer]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]'')]] | ||
[[Peter Capaldi (in-universe)|Peter Capaldi]] was cast as the [[Twelfth Doctor#Legacy|Twelfth Doctor]] in [[2013]], where he attended a meeting with [[Steven Moffat (in-universe)|Steven Moffat]]. Capaldi prepared for this meeting by reading issues of [[Doctor Who Magazine (in-universe)|DWM]]. Later, he wrote [[Letter (A Letter from the Doctor)|a letter]] to the readers of DWM, writing about his more than positive opinions of the magazine. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 464 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 464]]'', ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 500 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 500]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'', et al.) | |||
{{section stub|Info from [[PROSE]]: ''[[Extracts from the Doctor's 500 Year Diary (short story)|Extracts from the Doctor's 500 Year Diary]]'' and [[COMIC]]: ''[[Early Man: Dalek Invasion of Earth 2150 B.C. (comic story)| Dalek Invasion of Earth 2150 B.C.]]'' needs to be added.}} | |||
==== Undated events ==== | |||
[[John Lucarotti (in-universe)|John Lucarotti]] was once visited by the [[First Doctor]] while he was dining in [[France]]. John believed the Doctor wasn't real, and that the version of the Doctor that was present was just a figment of his [[imagination]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Meeting (short story)|The Meeting]]'') | |||
===Fictional biography=== | |||
==== Dr. Who ==== | |||
{{section stub|Info from [[PROSE]]: ''[[Extracts from the Doctor's 500 Year Diary (short story)|Extracts from the Doctor's 500 Year Diary]]'' and [[COMIC]]: ''[[Early Man: Dalek Invasion of Earth 2150 B.C. (comic story)|Dalek Invasion of Earth 2150 B.C.]]'' needs to be added.}} | |||
Originally, Dr. Who himself apparently starred in the television series. | Originally, Dr. Who himself apparently starred in the television series. | ||
After seeing Dr. Who's adventures on television, [[Monica (TV Terrors)|Monica]], [[Buttons (TV Terrors)|Buttons]], and [[Cuthbert (TV Terrors)|Cuthbert]] arrived at the [[studio]] to attempt to | After seeing Dr. Who's adventures on television, [[Monica (TV Terrors)|Monica]], [[Buttons (TV Terrors)|Buttons]], and [[Cuthbert (TV Terrors)|Cuthbert]] arrived at the [[studio]] to attempt to receive his [[autograph]], but their plan went awry when the [[Hoppit|guard]] chased them into [[the Doctor's TARDIS|Dr. Who's TARDIS]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[TV Terrors (TVC 709 comic story)|TV Terrors]]'') | ||
==== Third Doctor ==== | |||
In [[1974]], ''[[Planet of the Spiders (in-universe serial)|Planet of the Spiders]]'' was broadcast, portraying the regeneration of Third Doctor into his next incarnation, the Fourth Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fanboys (short story)|Fanboys]]'') | |||
==== Fourth Doctor ==== | |||
Prior to [[1981]], the character of the Fourth Doctor [[regeneration|regenerated]] into the Fifth Doctor, who was set to return in the [[Doctor Who Season 19 (in-universe)|upcoming season]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fanboys (short story)|Fanboys]]'') | |||
==== | ==== Sixth Doctor ==== | ||
The lockscreen of [[Colin Baker (in-universe)|Colin Baker]]'s [[Colin Baker's iPad|iPad]] showed a picture of the Sixth Doctor and Peri. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Trial (webcast)|The Trial]]'') | |||
==== | ==== Eighth Doctor ==== | ||
In the late [[1990s]], an unspecified incarnation of the character was portrayed by [[Paul McGann (in-universe)|Paul McGann]] in the [[Doctor Who TV movie (in-universe)|''Doctor Who'' TV movie]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Hospitality (short story)|Hospitality]]'') | |||
==== | ==== Tenth Doctor ==== | ||
[[Turn Left (in-universe)|An episode]] of ''Doctor Who'' featured another unspecified incarnation of the Doctor who told his [[Donna Noble#Legacy|female companion]] that [[Cloister Bell|the bell]] meant "[[Bad Wolf]]". He elaborated by saying it was the "end of the [[universe]]". ([[WC]]: ''[[U.N.I.T. On Call (webcast)|U.N.I.T. On Call]]'') | |||
==== | ==== Eleventh Doctor ==== | ||
[[ | [[File:Matt Smith Snowmen 2.jpg|thumb|[[Matt Smith (in-universe)|Matt Smith]] appears as "the Doctor" in [[The Snowmen (in-universe)|an episode]] of ''[[Doctor Who (in-universe)|Doctor Who]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Appears (TV story)|The Doctor Appears]]'')|left]] | ||
An unspecified incarnation of the Doctor was portrayed by [[Matt Smith (in-universe)|Matt Smith]] in ''[[Doctor Who (in-universe)|Doctor Who]]'', and appeared in at least [[The Snowmen (in-universe)|one episode]] of the show, which appeared on a screen during [[Red Nose Day 2013]] when the [[Eleventh Doctor]] appeared on-stage. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Appears (TV story)|The Doctor Appears]]'') | |||
===== Peter Capaldi as the Doctor | ==== Twelfth Doctor ==== | ||
[[File:Capaldi episodes.jpg|thumb|Several [[episode]]s of ''[[Doctor Who (in-universe)|Doctor Who]]'', featuring [[Peter Capaldi (in-universe)|Peter Capaldi]] as the Twelfth Doctor. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]'')]] | |||
Around late [[2015]], [[Doctor Who Series 9 (in-universe)|''Doctor Who'' series nine]] was broadcast, ([[WC]]: ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]'') and the Twelfth Doctor, as portrayed by [[Peter Capaldi (in-universe)|Peter Capaldi]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 464 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 464]]'') starred in the series along with characters such as [[Clara Oswald]], [[Petronella Osgood]], [[Kate Stewart]], and [[Missy]]. In the ''[[New Series Prologue]]'', the Doctor seemingly ran away from a [[fireball]]. In the story ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (in-universe)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'', something happened to the [[sky]]. In ''[[The Witch's Familiar (in-universe)|The Witch's Familiar]]'', the Doctor was trapped on a "[[Skaro|terrifying planet]]" with [[Daleks in popular culture and mythology|Daleks]]. In ''[[Under the Lake (in-universe)|Under the Lake]]'', the Doctor and Clara tried to help an [[The Drum|underwater base]]. In ''[[Before the Flood (in-universe)|Before the Flood]]'', the Doctor encountered a [[Fisher King|fearsome alien warlord]] who set in motion a "twisted" [[plan]]. In ''[[The Girl Who Died (in-universe)|The Girl Who Died]]'', the Doctor, Clara, and a character who resembled [[Ashildr]] protected a [[Viking]] village. In the following episode, ''[[The Woman Who Lived (in-universe)|The Woman Who Lived]]'', the character who resembled Ashildr was going by the name "[[the Knightmare]]". In ''[[The Zygon Invasion (in-universe)|The Zygon Invasion]]'' and ''[[The Zygon Inversion (in-universe)|The Zygon Inversion]]'', the Doctor, Clara, and UNIT had to set [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] free from a group of [[Zygon]]s, but then UNIT was neutralised, leaving only the Doctor to save the day. ''[[Sleep No More (in-universe)|Sleep No More]]'' contained [[footage]] recovered from the wreckage of [[Le Verrier]]. ''[[Face the Raven (in-universe)|Face the Raven]]'' saw the Doctor and Clara in [[Trap Street, London|an "alien world"]], and finally, in ''[[Heaven Sent (in-universe)|Heaven Sent]]'', the Doctor was trapped in a [[Confession Dial|world unlike any other]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]'') | |||
===== A female incarnation | ==== Thirteenth Doctor ==== | ||
[[File:The Terror of the Umpty Ums.jpg|thumb|A female [[incarnation]] of the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Terror of the Umpty Ums (short story)|The Terror of the Umpty Ums]]'')|left]] | |||
By [[2020]], the Doctor [[Regeneration|changed]] into a [[woman]]. She appeared in at least [[Doctor Who Series 12 (in-universe)|the twelfth series]] of ''Doctor Who'' along with [[Bradley Walsh (in-universe)|an older male co-star]], and was featured in the preview for [[Can You Hear Me? (in-universe)|an episode]] in what appeared to be [[the TARDIS]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]'') By this time, she was known to many as the greatest [[warrior]] in the universe and had earned the titles "the [[Oncoming Storm]], the Bringer of [[Darkness]], the [[Imp]] of the [[Pandorica]] and the final victor of the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]]. She had also fought [[Cybermen]], [[Weeping Angel]]s, [[Sontaran]]s, and [[Slitheen]]. | |||
[[David Karpagnon]], an [[orphan]] with [[dissociative personality disorder]], watched the show around this time. A version of the Doctor inside his head managed to convince him that he was not a [[DeathBorg 400]] but a resident of a [[Children's home (The Terror of the Umpty Ums)|children's home]] that he was otherwise going to destroy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Terror of the Umpty Ums (short story)|The Terror of the Umpty Ums]]'') | [[David Karpagnon]], an [[orphan]] with [[dissociative personality disorder]], watched the show around this time. A version of the Doctor inside his head managed to convince him that he was not a [[DeathBorg 400]] but a resident of a [[Children's home (The Terror of the Umpty Ums)|children's home]] that he was otherwise going to destroy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Terror of the Umpty Ums (short story)|The Terror of the Umpty Ums]]'') | ||
== Meta-fiction universes == | |||
Whilst existing in [[the Doctor's universe]], fictional depictions of the Doctor were also common in "[[meta-fiction universe]]s". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[TV Action! (comic story)|TV Action!]]'', ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Deadline (audio story)|Deadline]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[All Our Christmases (short story)|All Our Christmases]]'', ''[[The Thief of Sherwood (short story)|The Thief of Sherwood]]'') | Whilst existing in [[the Doctor's universe]], fictional depictions of the Doctor were also common in "[[meta-fiction universe]]s". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[TV Action! (comic story)|TV Action!]]'', ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Deadline (audio story)|Deadline]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[All Our Christmases (short story)|All Our Christmases]]'', ''[[The Thief of Sherwood (short story)|The Thief of Sherwood]]'') | ||
== Other information == | |||
[[Justin Richards ( | [[Justin Richards (in-universe)|Justin Richards]] wrote fictional stories about the Doctor, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|About the Authors (feature)}}) as did [[Paul Magrs (in-universe)|Paul Magrs]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Bafflement and Devotion (short story)}}, {{cs|The Story of Fester Cat (novel)}}, et al.) among others. | ||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
[[Patrick Troughton (in-universe)|Patrick Troughton]], [[Peter Davison (in-universe)|Peter Davison]], [[David Tennant (in-universe)|David Tennant]] and [[John Hurt (in-universe)|John Hurt]] exist in [[the Doctor's universe]], however no [[T:VALID|valid source]] has identified them playing the Doctor in-universe. | |||
=== Information from invalid sources === | |||
[[File:The Doomsday Contract.jpg|thumb|[[Tom Baker (Bafflement and Devotion)|Tom Baker]] appears as the Doctor on the cover of ''[[The Doomsday Contract]]''. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Tom Baker stars in John Lloyd's lost Doctor Who adventure, The Doomsday Contract (webcast)|Tom Baker stars in John Lloyd's lost Doctor Who adventure, The Doomsday Contract]]'')]] | |||
In the unproduced television story ''[[The Doomsday Contract]]'', the Fourth Doctor, [[Romana II]] (as played by [[Lalla Ward (in-universe)|Lalla Ward]]), and [[K9 Mark II]] (as played by [[John Leeson (in-universe)|John Leeson]]) had to defend [[Earth]] from the [[Cosmegalon Corporation]]. Further details, however, were prohibited due to [[spoiler]]s. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Tom Baker stars in John Lloyd's lost Doctor Who adventure, The Doomsday Contract (webcast)|Tom Baker stars in John Lloyd's lost Doctor Who adventure, The Doomsday Contract]]'') | |||
[[Fans (The Daft Dimension 484)|Three fans]] once mused about the meaning of the Twelfth Doctor's expression after he pushed the [[Half-Face Man]] in [[Deep Breath (The Daft Dimension)|an episode]]. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[The Daft Dimension (DWM 484 comic story)|The Daft Dimension 484]]'') | |||
[[File:2016 BBC Christmas ident.jpg|thumb|The Twelfth Doctor appears in ''[[Heaven Sent (in-universe)|Heaven Sent]]''. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[2016 BBC Christmas ident]]'')|left]] | |||
At [[Christmas]], a young girl cuddled her mum as she watched a scary scene of ''[[Heaven Sent (in-universe)|Heaven Sent]]'' that showed the Twelfth Doctor being attacked. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[2016 BBC Christmas ident]]'') | |||
The real Doctor knew that the fictional version of themself was based on their real life, and the Twelfth Doctor considered the [[actor]]s who portrayed them, such as [[Peter Davison (in-universe)|Peter Davison]] and [[David Tennant (in-universe)|David Tennant]], to be some of the greatest actors on [[Earth]]. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors (webcast)|Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors]]'') | |||
The [[Thirteenth Doctor]], seemingly now playing herself in the television series, wished her audience "[[love]] and [[luck]]" for [[2021]]. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[A New Year's message from the Doctor... (webcast)|A New Year's message from the Doctor...]]'') | The [[Thirteenth Doctor]], seemingly now playing herself in the television series, wished her audience "[[love]] and [[luck]]" for [[2021]]. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[A New Year's message from the Doctor... (webcast)|A New Year's message from the Doctor...]]'') | ||
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"The Doctor" - also known as "Dr. Who" and "Doctor Who" - was the eponymous, fictional depiction of the Doctor in the BBC television series Doctor Who. Their species was depicted as a Time Lord. (PROSE: A Letter from the Doctor 464, The Terror of the Umpty Ums) Some accounts stated that the real Doctor himself starred in the television series. (COMIC: TV Terrors, PROSE: Extracts from the Doctor's 500 Year Diary)
According to the Dalek Survival Guide, Doctor Who was a documentary series, first broadcast in 1963, which was devised to alert the general public to the various alien dangers they faced, while at the same time serving as a dramatised biography of the central character, the Doctor. (PROSE: Dalek Survival Guide)
"The Doctor", however, was not the only fictional depiction of his namesake in Earth's popular culture, with similar characters such as Doctor Who (PROSE: Salvation) and Dr. Who existing in theatrical motion pictures. Coincidentally, both of these separate characters were portrayed by veteran actor Peter Cushing. (PROSE: Salvation, A Visit to the Cinema, The Day of the Doctor, et al.) Accordng to Penelope Creighton-Ward, Peter Cushing's portrayal of Dr. Who was in lieu of William Hartnell's portrayal from the series, as he wasn't able to return due to a busy schedule. (COMIC: Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!) Other notably similar characters included Professor X, (PROSE: No Future, et al.) Doctor X, (PROSE: In Search of Doctor X, et al.) and The Time Surgeon. (COMIC: Invasion of the Mindmorphs)
The Doctor was portrayed by many English actors, including William Hartnell, (COMIC: Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!) Tom Baker, (PROSE: Bafflement and Devotion) Colin Baker, (WC: The Trial) Paul McGann, (PROSE: Hospitality) Matt Smith, (TV: The Doctor Appears) and Peter Capaldi. (PROSE: A Letter from the Doctor 464)
Name[[edit] | [edit source]]
Whilst originally referred to as "Dr. Who" and "Doctor Who" interchangably, (COMIC: TV Terrors, Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!, PROSE: Hospitality, The Story of Fester Cat, et al.) with the name even being used on certain merchandise, (PROSE: Party Like it's 1979) the character was more commonly referred to as the Doctor. (WC: The Zygon Isolation, TV: The Doctor Appears, et al.) Despite this, the version of the Doctor that existed inside David Karpagnon's imagination claimed that she was not allowed to refer to herself as "Doctor Who". David also knew some of the aliases of the Doctor, such as "the Ka Faraq Gatri", "the Oncoming Storm", "the Bringer of Darkness", and "the Imp of the Pandorica", and "the Final Victor of the Time War". (PROSE: The Terror of the Umpty Ums)
Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the early 1960s, Winston Churchill contacted a friend of his, Mr Newman, to propose the idea of a television series based off Churchill's old friend, the Doctor. (PROSE: Stop, Thief!)
In the late 1990s, an older man and a boy commented at a film studio in London that Paul McGann was sexy and that they wanted to shag him. (PROSE: Hospitality)
In 2008, Paul Magrs worked on several scripts for Doctor Who CDs, which, once completed, would require Paul to travel to London and help with the production, where he got to meet Tom Baker. (PROSE: The Story of Fester Cat)
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Peter Capaldi was cast as the Twelfth Doctor in 2013, where he attended a meeting with Steven Moffat. Capaldi prepared for this meeting by reading issues of DWM. Later, he wrote a letter to the readers of DWM, writing about his more than positive opinions of the magazine. (PROSE: A Letter from the Doctor 464, A Letter from the Doctor 500, TV: In the Forest of the Night, et al.)
Undated events[[edit] | [edit source]]
John Lucarotti was once visited by the First Doctor while he was dining in France. John believed the Doctor wasn't real, and that the version of the Doctor that was present was just a figment of his imagination. (PROSE: The Meeting)
Fictional biography[[edit] | [edit source]]
Dr. Who[[edit] | [edit source]]
Info from PROSE: Extracts from the Doctor's 500 Year Diary and COMIC: Dalek Invasion of Earth 2150 B.C. needs to be added.
Originally, Dr. Who himself apparently starred in the television series.
After seeing Dr. Who's adventures on television, Monica, Buttons, and Cuthbert arrived at the studio to attempt to receive his autograph, but their plan went awry when the guard chased them into Dr. Who's TARDIS. (COMIC: TV Terrors)
Third Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1974, Planet of the Spiders was broadcast, portraying the regeneration of Third Doctor into his next incarnation, the Fourth Doctor. (PROSE: Fanboys)
Fourth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
Prior to 1981, the character of the Fourth Doctor regenerated into the Fifth Doctor, who was set to return in the upcoming season. (PROSE: Fanboys)
Sixth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
The lockscreen of Colin Baker's iPad showed a picture of the Sixth Doctor and Peri. (WC: The Trial)
Eighth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the late 1990s, an unspecified incarnation of the character was portrayed by Paul McGann in the Doctor Who TV movie. (PROSE: Hospitality)
Tenth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
An episode of Doctor Who featured another unspecified incarnation of the Doctor who told his female companion that the bell meant "Bad Wolf". He elaborated by saying it was the "end of the universe". (WC: U.N.I.T. On Call)
Eleventh Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
An unspecified incarnation of the Doctor was portrayed by Matt Smith in Doctor Who, and appeared in at least one episode of the show, which appeared on a screen during Red Nose Day 2013 when the Eleventh Doctor appeared on-stage. (TV: The Doctor Appears)
Twelfth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
Around late 2015, Doctor Who series nine was broadcast, (WC: The Zygon Isolation) and the Twelfth Doctor, as portrayed by Peter Capaldi, (PROSE: A Letter from the Doctor 464) starred in the series along with characters such as Clara Oswald, Petronella Osgood, Kate Stewart, and Missy. In the New Series Prologue, the Doctor seemingly ran away from a fireball. In the story The Magician's Apprentice, something happened to the sky. In The Witch's Familiar, the Doctor was trapped on a "terrifying planet" with Daleks. In Under the Lake, the Doctor and Clara tried to help an underwater base. In Before the Flood, the Doctor encountered a fearsome alien warlord who set in motion a "twisted" plan. In The Girl Who Died, the Doctor, Clara, and a character who resembled Ashildr protected a Viking village. In the following episode, The Woman Who Lived, the character who resembled Ashildr was going by the name "the Knightmare". In The Zygon Invasion and The Zygon Inversion, the Doctor, Clara, and UNIT had to set Osgood free from a group of Zygons, but then UNIT was neutralised, leaving only the Doctor to save the day. Sleep No More contained footage recovered from the wreckage of Le Verrier. Face the Raven saw the Doctor and Clara in an "alien world", and finally, in Heaven Sent, the Doctor was trapped in a world unlike any other. (WC: The Zygon Isolation)
Thirteenth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
By 2020, the Doctor changed into a woman. She appeared in at least the twelfth series of Doctor Who along with an older male co-star, and was featured in the preview for an episode in what appeared to be the TARDIS. (WC: The Zygon Isolation) By this time, she was known to many as the greatest warrior in the universe and had earned the titles "the Oncoming Storm, the Bringer of Darkness, the Imp of the Pandorica and the final victor of the Time War. She had also fought Cybermen, Weeping Angels, Sontarans, and Slitheen.
David Karpagnon, an orphan with dissociative personality disorder, watched the show around this time. A version of the Doctor inside his head managed to convince him that he was not a DeathBorg 400 but a resident of a children's home that he was otherwise going to destroy. (PROSE: The Terror of the Umpty Ums)
Meta-fiction universes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Whilst existing in the Doctor's universe, fictional depictions of the Doctor were also common in "meta-fiction universes". (COMIC: TV Action!, The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who, AUDIO: Deadline, PROSE: All Our Christmases, The Thief of Sherwood)
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Justin Richards wrote fictional stories about the Doctor, (PROSE: About the Authors [+]Loading...["About the Authors (feature)"]) as did Paul Magrs, (PROSE: Bafflement and Devotion [+]Loading...["Bafflement and Devotion (short story)"], The Story of Fester Cat [+]Loading...["The Story of Fester Cat (novel)"], et al.) among others.
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Patrick Troughton, Peter Davison, David Tennant and John Hurt exist in the Doctor's universe, however no valid source has identified them playing the Doctor in-universe.
Information from invalid sources[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the unproduced television story The Doomsday Contract, the Fourth Doctor, Romana II (as played by Lalla Ward), and K9 Mark II (as played by John Leeson) had to defend Earth from the Cosmegalon Corporation. Further details, however, were prohibited due to spoilers. (NOTVALID: Tom Baker stars in John Lloyd's lost Doctor Who adventure, The Doomsday Contract)
Three fans once mused about the meaning of the Twelfth Doctor's expression after he pushed the Half-Face Man in an episode. (NOTVALID: The Daft Dimension 484)
At Christmas, a young girl cuddled her mum as she watched a scary scene of Heaven Sent that showed the Twelfth Doctor being attacked. (NOTVALID: 2016 BBC Christmas ident)
The real Doctor knew that the fictional version of themself was based on their real life, and the Twelfth Doctor considered the actors who portrayed them, such as Peter Davison and David Tennant, to be some of the greatest actors on Earth. (NOTVALID: Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors)
The Thirteenth Doctor, seemingly now playing herself in the television series, wished her audience "love and luck" for 2021. (NOTVALID: A New Year's message from the Doctor...)
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