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Emerging from the [[Last Great Time War]] as the apparent sole survivor, the '''Ninth Doctor''' was forever haunted by what he had witnessed in the Time War and the immense guilt he felt over his belief that her had destroyed [[Gallifrey]] and killed all the [[Time Lord]]s and [[Dalek]]s, supressing the memory of [[War Doctor|the man he had been]] in the Time War as he tied to move forward and make amends with his actions in the conflict. While he projected a jovial and friendly demeanour during good moods, the Doctor tended to brood and act rudely as he navigated through the [[Post-Time War universe]].

As he collected and fixed the flotsam and jetsam of the Time War, the Doctor was content to skulk in the shadows instead of facing his challenges, even denying himself a companion as penance for his wartime crimes. However, as he began to heal from the Time War and embrace his second chance, the Doctor began to make new friends as he opened himself up to finding a potential companion, offering up the TARDIS to the likes of [[Adriana Jarsdel]], [[Nova (Sphere of Freedom)|Nova]] and [[Fred (Planet of the End)|Fred]]. After reunions with [[the Brigadier]] and [[Liv Chenka]] ended with them convincing him to find a new companion, the Doctor found himself being accompanied by [[Callen Lennox]] and his dog, [[Doyle (Red Darkness)|Doyle]], when he had to help them find a new home. After they settled down on [[New Earth]], the Doctor resumed his solitary travels, though now more hopeful.

When he thwarted the [[Nestene Consciousness]]'s [[Operation Mannequin|invasion attempt]] of [[London]] on [[5 March]] [[2005]], the Doctor asked [[Rose Tyler]], a [[shop assistant]] who had assisted him in defeating the Nestene after he had blown up [[Henrik's|her shop]], to join him in the TARDIS, and she accepted when he told her it could [[time travel]]. After taking her to the [[end of the world]] and [[1869]] [[Cardiff]], the Doctor accidently returned Rose to her home at the [[Powell Estate]] a year late, putting in the bad graces of her mother, [[Jackie Tyler|Jackie]], and her ex-boyfriend, [[Mickey Smith]]. However, they were able to put their tension aside to foil the [[Slitheen family]]'s [[London UFO crash|attempt]] to destroy the [[Earth]] for profit.  

When a distress signal brought him to [[Henry van Statten]]'s [[The Vault (Dalek)|Vault]] in [[2012]] [[Utah]], the Doctor found [[Metaltron|a Dalek]] had survived the Time War, but it destroyed itself after it absorbed the [[human factor]] from Rose. At Rose's request, the Doctor allowed van Statten's [[researcher]], [[Adam Mitchell]], into the TARDIS, but he was swiftly evicted when he tried to filch information from [[Satellite Five]] for his own benefit and refused to take responsibility for his actions. Rose also faced banishment afterwards when she, in a moment of high emotion, prevented [[Pete Tyler|her father]]'s death in [[1987]], but a [[Reaper]]s allowed them to make amends when her father set history back on track. Adam then returned to exact revenge on the Doctor for booting him from the TARDIS by trying to kill all his other companions, but he redeemed himself by sacrificing his live to defeat the [[Tremas Master]].

After they faced the [[Kotturuh crisis]], the Doctor and Rose were accidentally scammed by the ex-[[Time Agent]] Captain [[Jack Harkness]], who helped them resolve the [[Empty Child plague]] he had unleashed, and welcomed him on board the TARDIS after they rescued him from an exploding [[Chula warship]]. As they helped recover Jack's memories that were wiped by the [[Time Agency]], the trio was joined by [[UNIT]] soldier [[Tara Mishra]].  

Eventually, the Doctor, Rose and Jack were drawn back to Satellite Five in [[200,100]], where they learnt that that the [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War|Dalek Emperor]] had rebuilt the [[Dalek Empire]] by manipulating the [[Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire]] to its advantage. While the Doctor built a [[delta wave generator]] to destroy the Daleks, albeit at the cost of all life on Earth, Jack was killed leading [[Battle of the Game Station|a resistance]] against the Daleks. Despite sending her back to the Powell Estate to ensure her saftery, Rose absorbed the power of the [[Time Vortex]] through the [[heart of the TARDIS]] and became the [[Bad Wolf (entity)|Bad Wolf entity]], allowing her to destroy the Daleks. The Doctor absorbed the energy out of her and into himself to prevent it burning her up, forcing him to [[regenerate]] into a [[Tenth Doctor|new body]] in order to survive.

After using a [[Deathworm Morphant]] to possess [[Bruce (Doctor Who)|a human body]], {{Roberts}} tried to use the [[Eye of Harmony]] to steal the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s remaining regenerations to heal himself, but his plans were foiled when [[Grace Holloway]] sent the TARDIS's into a [[temporal orbit]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')

At the end of the [[Last Great Time War]], the [[War Doctor]]'s regenerative processes initiated automatically after he had joined with his twelve other incarnations to put [[Gallifrey]] into a pocket universe. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') Having been delaying the regeneration for some years, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') to the point that his body was frail and had visibly aged into that of an old man, the Doctor believed his death was due to him "wearing a bit thin." However, due to the timelines being "out of sync" from the presence of his future selves, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') the newly-regenerated Doctor simply thought that he had been "born in battle," ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') and believed that he had destroyed [[Gallifrey]], and the death of billions of innocent [[Time Lord]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') As a result of not knowing the truth, the Doctor began repressing the very memory of ever being the War Doctor, whom he believed had broken the vow of being the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')

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Filled with regret, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Promise (FCBD comic story)|The Promise]]'') and deciding he "didn't need companions or friends", the Doctor travelled alone after the Time War, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eyeless (novel)|The Eyeless]]'') wanting to save as many lives as he could to make up for using the Moment to destroy Gallifrey ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') as his "punishment" for surviving the conflict. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 short story)|Meet the Doctor]]'') He appeared at [[Rio de Janeiro]] before [[2005]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'') and at [[Dallas]] during the assassination of [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] on [[22 November]] [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')

While still "not quite calibrated" to his latest body, the Doctor was alerted by the TARDIS to a temporal problem in [[2005]] [[London]] involving the [[Nestene Consciousness]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Beast of Babylon (short story)|The Beast of Babylon]]'') While tracking down the Consciousness in [[Henrik's]], the Doctor found the shop's [[H.P. Wilson|chief electrical officer]] murdered. Continuing his investigation, he encountered a group of [[Auton]]s who had surrounded [[Rose Tyler]], a young employee of the shop. Pulling her away from them, he warned her that he was going to blow up the building, and told her to run. By the time Rose had made it to the streets, the Doctor had blown up the store, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') and only just managed to escape himself. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[The Trip of a Lifetime (trailer)|The Trip of a Lifetime]]'')

 

The next day, the Doctor tracked down the signal from the amputated Auton arm he had passed to Rose to the [[Powell Estate]], where she lived. After saving her when it attacked, the Doctor took it to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]], telling Rose to forget him, and tried to use the arm to trace the Consciousness's signal, but the arm was too "simple" for him to do so, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') so the Doctor left London to go on more adventures, including one in which he fought a [[pterodactyl]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'')

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The Doctor was left stranded in [[1985]] [[Devon]] when the TARDIS jumped forwards in time to [[2005]]. Reading Sally's homework, the Doctor found where to leave messages for Sally at the nearby house and garden so her twelve-year-old self could read them in the future. One of these messages included telling her to find a [[VHS cassette|video tape]] at the back of the living room top shelf. He recorded a message for the tape, and spoke in a conversation with Sally from 2005, explaining where the TARDIS was and that the Christmas essay had the conversation transcript. The TARDIS arrived and Sally exited, telling the past Sally to use the TARDIS's [[reset button]] next to the [[TARDIS telephone|phone]] to return the TARDIS to the Doctor. The Doctor reminded the past Sally to complete her homework before she went to the TARDIS and placed the message on the shelf so she could read it in 2005. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)|What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow]]'')

The Slitheen framed the Doctor for their murders and ordered the troops to kill him. Escaping in the lift, the Doctor saved Rose and Harriet from [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') After they barely avoided the [[Twelfth Doctor]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Stitch in Time (CC comic story)|A Stitch in Time]]'') Harriet led the Doctor and Rose to the [[Cabinet Room]], and the Doctor shut them behind a steel barrier, saving them from the Slitheen, but also trapping them inside. To stop the Slitheen instigating a war, the Doctor contacted Mickey, and had him launch the [[Harpoon missile]], [[UGM-84A]], at Downing Street from the [[HMS Taurean|HMS ''Taurean'']]. Rose found a small, sturdy cupboard inside the Cabinet Room, and, while the Slitheen were destroyed by the missile, the Doctor, Rose and Harriet hid in the room whilst 10 Downing Street was ripped apart and reduced to a pile of rubble. After instigating Harriet's reign as Prime Minister, the Doctor invited Mickey to join him and Rose on their travels, but Mickey declined, unable to handle the dangerous life led by the Doctor. Before leaving, the Doctor entrusted Mickey with [[Computer virus (World War Three)|a computer virus]] to erase himself off the internet, ([[TV]]: {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}}) but Mickey was unable to bring himself to use it. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Hoax This! (short story)}})

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[[File:Robot Rose illustration.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor is faced with two Roses. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Robot Rose (game)|Robot Rose]]'')]]

The Doctor took Rose to meet Althea Bryce and explained their meeting in Krakatoa. When Rose recalled that she had once seen a sketch of him at Krakatoa, the Doctor groaned that he had "another part of history to fake". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Her Own Bootstraps (audio story)|Her Own Bootstraps]]'') When the [[Breeble]]s replaced Rose with [[Robot Rose|a robotic replica]] for revenge on him, the Doctor asked them both to recount their recent adventures together, and deactivated the robot with his sonic screwdriver when the robot's answers were inaccurate. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Robot Rose (game)|Robot Rose]]'')

The Doctor, telling Rose and the wedding guests to rush inside the church, tried devising a way of stopping the [[Reaper]]s that were attacking the Earth to seal off the paradox Rose had created. He started working on a way to repair the damage to the universe while leaving Pete alive for Rose. He used his TARDIS key, which was still linked to the TARDIS's interior, to bring the TARDIS back. However, after Pete accidentally made Rose hold her infant self, the Doctor sacrificed himself to the Reaper brought by the paradox and the creature was zapped by the key, killing it, but also interrupting the TARDIS's return. The Doctor was restored to life when Pete let himself get hit by the car, and Rose managed to be there for her father when he passed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'')

Grystock took the Doctor before the Sisters, who had turned Rose into a vampire, but she had also beaten them and then made to attack the Doctor as an attack of Gallifreyan forces enabled him to gain the upper hand and send her to sleep. Assisted by a vampire slave Rose had befriended named [[Centia]], the Doctor managed to escape the battle after convincing a leading vampire named [[Drogann]] to use the attack to gain freedom, giving him a synth-blood that enabled all the vampire slaves aboard to break their addictions and rebel against their masters. He also gave the substance to Rose, but she needed longer to recover, so the Doctor left her on a "cosy little moon" in Centia's care, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Monstrous Beauty (comic story)|Monstrous Beauty]]'') while he stayed with the [[Free Undead]] as they searched for a place to settle and he investigated the Dark Times further until his search led him and the Free Undead to [[Mordeela]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All Flesh is Grass (novel)|All Flesh is Grass]]'')

The Doctor tracked a strange artifact to [[1941]] [[London]], where, after Rose had wandered off, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') much to his annoyance, ([[POEM]]: ''[[The Companion's Lament (poem)|The Companion's Lament]]'') he discovered the TARDIS phone ringing; on the other side, there was [[Jamie (The Empty Child)|a boy]] asking for his mother. Investigating further, he followed [[Nancy (The Empty Child)|Nancy]], a [[homeless]] young woman who was feeding homeless children by stealing from people's meals that were left fresh on their tables, as they hid during air raids. She was being chased by a child in a gas mask who was terrifying her, and seemed to be endangering people. Nancy told the Doctor the "bomb that wasn't a bomb" landed near [[Limehouse Green station]]. Following Nancy's advice, the Doctor went to the nearby Albion Hospital. There, he found living dead creatures, with gas masks fused to their face, and identical symptoms, including a scar on the hand in the same place as the child that pursued Nancy.

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Knowing that his possession of the vortex energy had caused cellular damage to his body, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') the Doctor looked back on his life, deciding what was "fantastic", and that it "meant a lot". ([[POEM]]: ''[[Shortness of Breath (poem)|Shortness of Breath]]'') He told Rose how he had wanted to take her to "so many places", such as [[Barcelona (planet)|the planet Barcelona]]. Trying his best to explain regeneration, the Doctor told Rose that they had both been "fantastic", and then regenerated into [[Tenth Doctor|his next incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')

When the [[Tenth Doctor]] was confronted by [[Es'Cartrss]] within the TARDIS's Matrix, he summoned the Ninth Doctor, among his other past incarnations, to use their united memories and willpower to take back control of the Matrix. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'')

* Shortly after regenerating, the [[Tenth Doctor]] mentioned that his previous incarnation shared an adventure with Rose which involved hopping for their lives. ([[TV]]: ''[[Born Again (TV story)|Born Again]]'')

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[[File:Pensieve doc nine.jpg|thumb|A pensive Doctor ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')]]

After being "beaten by losing a war with [[Death]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What the TARDIS thought of "Time Lord Victorious" (short story)|What the TARDIS thought of "Time Lord Victorious"]]'') the Ninth Doctor was an emotional incarnation of great sorrow and anger, plagued by the outcome of the [[Last Great Time War]], breaking down or unleashing a great rage born from emotional exhaustion when faced with the consequences of the war. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') However, when truly outraged with someone, the Doctor would stare at them calmly before bluntly speaking to them about what they had done to upset him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') A mercurial individual, he hid his sorrow with a façade of manic energy, sharp wit and enthusiastic confidence, but would quickly drop the masquerade when he was either alone or deeply displeased. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') His masquerade hid a near overwhelming sense of guilt regarding his predecessor's actions in the Time War, something he kept at bay by insisting that his strife had been worth it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'')

Behind his war-torn demeanour, however, he was one of the nobler incarnations, with not even a [[continuity bomb]] able to find a timeline where he was "anything less than fantastic", ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'') and him willingly returning the power of the [[Time Vortex]] to the [[heart of the TARDIS]] after saving Rose from burning up by absorbing the power into himself, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') despite the [[Tenth Doctor]] claiming that a Time Lord would become a "vengeful god" if they absorbed such powers. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') Indeed, the Ninth Doctor found it humorous when [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]] identified his TARDIS as "technology of the gods", dismissing the idea of being a god by claiming he would "never get a day off". ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') He always tried to keep his promises. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cataclysm (audio story)|Cataclysm]]'') Not wanting to be a fighter, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All Flesh is Grass (novel)|All Flesh is Grass]]'') the Ninth Doctor described himself to [[Lynda Moss]] simply as a traveller in search of "a quiet life". ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'')

Preferring to remain unnoticed in the background, the Doctor would instead encourage or inspire others into acts of heroism. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') However, he was unafraid to confront his adversaries directly. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')

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He could get self-defensive over how others described him, defiantly telling Rose that he "[was] impressive" after she called him out for showing off his time travelling capabilities, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') claiming he was "making an effort not to be insulted" when Rose rhetorically asked why all the "great looking" men disappear from her, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') and questioning if [[Mickey Smith]] found him unattractive after Mickey pointed out how handsome [[Jack Harkness]] was. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'')

Because of the emotional burden he carried with him from the [[Last Great Time War]], the Ninth Doctor was initially reluctant to involve himself in events. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Oncoming Storm (audio story)|The Oncoming Storm]]'') Despite being less of an interventionist, the Doctor was willing to help his friend [[Plex]] populate a planet with clones using the [[Chameleon Arch]], understanding the pain Plex felt for the loss of his species in a freak [[singularity]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Promise (FCBD comic story)|The Promise]]'') Trying to hide his friendlier side, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cataclysm (audio story)|Cataclysm]]'') the Ninth Doctor could come across as uninterested in the details around him, acting out his plans and intentions without informing his allies of his objective. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') Despite initially wanting to travel alone indefinitely after the Time War, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eyeless (novel)|The Eyeless]]'') the Doctor became a lonely man in his solitude, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Day to Yourselves (short story)|A Day to Yourselves]]'') looking particularly crestfallen when Rose rejected an invitation to travel in the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')

While he was more adept at noticing the flaws of humanity than his predecessors, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') the Ninth Doctor still retained the selfless and caring attitude that he carried throughout his previous lives, being willing to lay down his own life if it meant others would be saved. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Cruel Sea (comic story)|The Cruel Sea]]'') Indeed, when facing [[Henry van Statten]], the Doctor noted the greater aspects of mankind while deriding van Statten for his greed, ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') and also admitted his admiration for [[England]]'s defiance of the [[Third Reich]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') When he realised that he could reverse the pain and suffering he had encountered with the [[Empty Child plague]], the Doctor became overjoyed, whooping how "just this once, everybody live[d]", with [[Rose Tyler]] claiming he was "beaming away like [he was] [[Father Christmas]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') He also tried not to hold grudges when those who wronged him needed his help. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Red Bicycle (short story)|The Red Bicycle]]'')

Despite initially coming across as emotionally scarred and melancholy, the Ninth Doctor displayed a fun side from time to time, bobbing his head to [[Soft Cell]]'s "[[Tainted Love]]", ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') enjoying a meal with [[Nancy (The Empty Child)|Nancy]] and her children friends, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') having a dance with [[Rose Tyler]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') and enjoying some downtime in [[Cardiff]] with Rose, Jack and Mickey. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') While discussing the grave consequences of the human race being fed constant reality television like sheep, he interrupted himself to ask [[Lynda Moss]] if they still had the program "[[Bear With Me]]", even chuckling about the celebrity edition where the bear got into a bath tub. ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'')

Preferring to be in the present, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') the Ninth Doctor would make decision in the heat of the moment, focusing more on emotion rather than logic. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'') He was also prone to falling for minor deceptions or overlooking obvious details. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') However, he confessed that he downplayed his intelligence on occasion to lure his opponents into a false sense of security to have then expose their plans to him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Clockwise Man (novel)|The Clockwise Man]]'')

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The Doctor expressed a keen interest in history, claiming he travelled in time specifically so he could see history unfold after seeing the [[London UFO crash]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') He was also a fan of [[Charles Dickens]]'s work, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'') and had a fondness for art as well, taking Rose to see the original ''Mona Lisa'' at the Oriel, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Art Attack (comic story)|Art Attack]]'') and considered himself an admirer of [[Geohacker|geohacking]] rather than a critic. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hacked (comic story)|Hacked]]'') He also found pleasure in playing Mickey's video games, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]'') and enjoyed [[immersive reality]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sphere of Freedom (audio story)|Sphere of Freedom]]'')

He did not "do domestic", ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') which led to tensions between him and [[Jackie Tyler]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') He resisted speaking of his past to others, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') as well as avoided revisiting places he'd already been, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Art Attack (comic story)|Art Attack]]'') and would feel sorrow instead of nostalgia when seeing aspects of his past. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')

The Ninth Doctor liked "unsurprising" surprises, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Beast of Babylon (short story)|The Beast of Babylon]]'') with the one thing that kept on surprising him being how disobedient his companions were when we told them to avoid "wandering off". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') He also voiced an affection for [[hug]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'') and gave them out to comfort others, ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') or when in moments of joy. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'')

He disliked dealing with people who tried to deny the extra-ordinary and unexplainable, even after they had witnessed it, believing that they only wasted his time with their denial. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'')

The Doctor was a vocal fan of [[banana]]s, calling them a "good source of [[potassium]]", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') and liked [[grapefruit]] [[juice]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Cruel Sea (comic story)|The Cruel Sea]]'') Sharing [[bacon]] [[sandwiches]] with Rose in a cafe, he voiced an admiration for [[ketchup]] that challenged [[brown sauce]] as his favourite condiment. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Retail Therapy (audio story)|Retail Therapy]]'') He happily accepted [[Turkey (bird)|turkey]] while dining with young orphans, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') and ordered [[steak]] and [[chips]] while dining with [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]] for her last meal. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') He also enjoyed lemon gingerbread. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Lost Dimension (comic story)|The Lost Dimension]]'')

He liked to have his [[coffee]] with just [[milk]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') and took his [[tea]] with two [[sugar]]s. ([[TV]]:''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'') While Rose claimed to her mother that the Doctor drank, he did not enjoy [[wine]], instantly spitting what he had drank back into his glass after a toast. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') He did, however, enjoy [[brandy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Clockwise Man (novel)|The Clockwise Man]]'')

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The Doctor did not see it as his place to strip away blissful happiness from others, asking Rose, on the bases that she was human and he was not, if he should stop [[Igrix]]'s plan to give humanity a happier future, though he he was glad when she told him to stop the [[Kustollon]]. He also didn't believe in [[luck]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Love Invasion (comic story)|The Love Invasion]]'')

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While he stood against killing, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sphere of Freedom (audio story)|Sphere of Freedom]]'') the Ninth Doctor displayed a huge sense of authority against his enemies, willing to let them die when he felt it justified their actions, claiming that everything had its time and that everything eventually ended, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') but was willing to use diplomacy, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') though he preferred action to philosophical debates. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'') He showed a particular dislike for those who tried to justify their actions by saying they were only "following orders", telling the [[female programmer]] she had "lost the right to even talk to [him]" when she tried to use the excuse. ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'')

Because of his pragmatic approach to situations, he would at times brush off individual deaths to focus on the task at hand, and would even encourage others to do the same and mourn later. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'') However, while the Doctor showed the ability to move past the deaths of those around him in the heat of the moment, ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'') he acknowledged the lives lost as soon as he could. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'')

While he voiced a hatred of guns, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Weapons of Past Destruction (comic story)|Weapons of Past Destruction]]'') the Doctor was willing to use of them in drastic situations ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') and as tools. ( [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Lost Dimension (comic story)|The Lost Dimension]]'') While he similarly frowned upon violence, he admitted that he found fantasy violence in the form of video games somewhat therapeutic. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]'')

Always aiming to see the innocence in those deemed hostile, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sphere of Freedom (audio story)|Sphere of Freedom]]'') the Doctor was angered when the [[Space pig]] was killed merely for looking threatening when it was only acting out of fright and comforted it in its dying moments by stroking its snout. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') He likewise became morally outraged when he learnt that victims of the [[Empty Child Syndrome]] had been left to be forgotten. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'')

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Because he saw time as having "strands [that were] so tiny and so intricate", the Doctor saw "everyone and everything" as being important in the grand scheme. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Love Invasion (comic story)|The Love Invasion]]'')

While the Doctor never shied away from the dangers of his adventures, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'') he voiced an admiration for the mundane lives of [[Sarah Clark]] and [[Stuart Hoskins]], and was shocked when they suggested they weren't important. ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'')

More aloof than other incarnations, the Ninth Doctor failed to consider any discomfort the [[TARDIS translation circuit]] would cause, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') and was willing to temporarily allow the [[Gelth]] to occupy [[corpse|dead human bodies]], likening it to [[recycling]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'')  He also displayed a certain level of childish joy when it came to toying with people, such as by deliberately addressing them by the wrong name, insulting their intelligence or subjecting them to unnecessary humiliation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'') According to Rose, he liked to insult species as a whole when in moments of stress. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') He would often make dry jokes to diffuse the tension of a situation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')

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The Ninth Doctor was not keen to encounter his other selves, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Day to Yourselves (short story)|A Day to Yourselves]]'') being apprehensive to speak to [[Constantine (The Empty Child)|Dr. Constantine]] when he was led to believe he was another of his incarnations. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') Upon receiving a message from the [[Fourth Doctor]], the Ninth Doctor bemoaned the occasion, reaffirming the Fourth Doctor's dislike of "talking to [him]self". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Lost Dimension (comic story)|The Lost Dimension]]'') He compared a [[Multi-Doctor Event]] to ''[[Chuckle Brothers|ChuckleVision]]''. ([[WC]]: ''[[Doctors Assemble! (webcast)|Doctors Assemble!]]'')

When forced to reflect on his memories of his [[war incarnation]] in the [[Last Great Time War]], the Doctor reacted in agony, showing a great dislike of his immediate predecessor, as well as his [[eighth incarnation]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Weapons of Past Destruction (comic story)|Weapons of Past Destruction]]'') though he reflected on how innocent the Eighth Doctor was before the Time War. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'') He was especially angry with the War Doctor for leaving him to "clean up the mess" left by the Time War. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Day to Yourselves (short story)|A Day to Yourselves]]'')  

The [[Tenth Doctor]] held a somewhat low opinion of the Ninth Doctor, thinking him to have been "full of blood and anger and revenge" due to being "born in battle". ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] seemingly harboured no such ill feelings, cheerfully delivering a message to the Ninth Doctor and signing off with a jovial, ''"Cheers, Ears"'', before apologising for the joke with concern. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night of the Whisper (audio story)|Night of the Whisper]]'') The [[Twelfth Doctor]] would later claim that there was no possible timeline that even the [[continuity bomb]] could find where his ninth incarnation was anything other than "fantastic", a sentiment shared by the tenth and eleventh incarnations. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'', ''[[The Promise (FCBD comic story)|The Promise]]'')

The Doctor cared very deeply about [[Rose Tyler]], being reluctant to put her in danger, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'') and was even willing to let [[Metaltron|a Dalek]] loose on Earth to keep her safe. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') When the Daleks invaded [[Satellite Five]], the Doctor sent her back home to protect her, and deliberately absorbed the Time Vortex energy in her to save her life, knowing that he would regenerate afterwards. ([[TV]]:'' [[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') While others would mistake them for lovers, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'') the Doctor himself denied such a claim when it was made by [[Ali (The Beast of Babylon)|Ali]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Beast of Babylon (short story)|The Beast of Babylon]]'')

During his limited travels with [[Adam Mitchell]], the Doctor admitted to him that he was a "tiny bit fantastic" after he helped the Doctor defeat the [[Bygone Horde]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Other Side (audio story)|The Other Side]]'') and accepted him as a true companion when he sacrificed his life to defeat the [[Tremas Master]]'s plan to end the universe, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Endgame (POT comic story)|Endgame]]'') despite previously kicking him out of the TARDIS for attempting to [[biochip|send]] information from [[200000]] to his [[2012]] [[answering machine]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'') He was initially being dismissive of [[Jack Harkness]] for being a [[con man]] and indirectly causing the [[Empty Child plague]], but chose to save him from the bomb he had taken onto his ship and invited Jack along as a companion when he emended his mistake . ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'')

The Doctor though that his TARDIS was a "magnificent time ship", ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') even calling it the "best ship in the universe." ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'')

 

While he initially believed him to be no more than Rose's "stupid boyfriend", and claimed that he was "choking on [his] words" asking for his help, the Doctor nonetheless entrusted [[Mickey Smith]] with a computer virus to delete all mentions of him from the internet, even inviting him along in the TARDIS after his help in defeating the Slitheen family, and defended his honour in front of Rose by claiming he was refusing Mickey entry after he turned down the offer. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') While he stilled enjoyed teasing him, the Doctor came to enjoy Mickey's company in [[Cardiff]], even offering to wait for Rose to say goodbye to him before they left. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'')

 

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While he though humans could be "warlike and stupid", the Doctor did admire them for their artwork. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Art Attack (comic story)|Art Attack]]'')

 

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Believing marrying for love to be overrated, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Only Human (novel)|Only Human]]'') the Ninth Doctor would turn down explicit romantic advances, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') but would be willing to return romantic pursuits if he felt there was chemistry with them. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fond Farewell (audio story)|Fond Farewell]]'') He would also engage in friendly flirting, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') and openly called [[Sam Bishop]] "gorgeous". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Way of the Burryman (audio story)|Way of the Burryman]]'')

When it came to children, the Ninth Doctor generally treated them kindly. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') When [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen|Blon]] reverted back into an egg, rather than send her to execution, the Doctor desired to give her to a new family to start a new life, believing the new child had a chance to make things better. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') He also cared for a baby Rose Tyler, taking surprise that Jackie deemed him the best man to be trusted with her care. ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'') However, he could grow irritated with children who misbehaved, ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') and once had to wrestle a television remote control out of a little boy's hand, though the boy at least had a laugh about it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'')

The Ninth Doctor held a deep hatred for the Daleks, but was also fearful of them. When he realised that [[Henry van Statten]]'s prized [[Metaltron]] was a Dalek, and that its weaponry was powerless, the Doctor proceeded to try and kill it after via torture, and even tried to convince it to kill itself when it demanded orders. However, after Rose came to its defence, the Doctor calmed down, with his anger turning into apathy as he realised the Dalek was dying of its own mutation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') Upon learning the Daleks had survived by hiding away in the year [[200100]], the Doctor noted his desire to "burn every last stinking Dalek out of the sky". ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') However, when dared by the [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War|Dalek Emperor]], the Doctor struggled with the decision to either destroy the Daleks and the Earth with a [[delta wave]] or simply allow the Daleks to kill him and take over the universe. In the end, the Doctor couldn't bring himself to pull the trigger, happily calling himself a "coward" instead of a "killer". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')

[[Mickey Smith]] described the Ninth Doctor as being "tall, dark, handsome [and with a] good sense of humour", but also mentioned that he was [[anti-social]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Lodger (comic story)|The Lodger]]'') [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] noted that the Ninth Doctor had a military mind set to him, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Official Secrets (comic story)|Official Secrets]]'') with [[Adam Mitchell]] identifying the Ninth Doctor as the "soldier" in comparison to his other incarnations. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Unnatural Selection (comic story)|Unnatural Selection]]'') Rose believed he had a "worry etched on his face" that hid his true feelings, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[He's Behind You (short story)|He's Behind You]]'') while [[Audrey Mohinson]] recognised his apathy "mask[ed] the troubled soul just beneath the surface". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cataclysm (audio story)|Cataclysm]]'')

When talking about the possibility of his death, the Doctor would show no concern for his demise, only hoping for a good death, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') with his only concern when faced with being killed by the [[Gelth]] was that it was to happen in a [[Cardiff]] [[Sneed and Company|morgue]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'')  

After the regeneration process was started by the cellular damage he had achieved from siphoning the [[Time Vortex]] out of Rose's body, the Doctor first stated his regret at being unable to take her to the planet [[Barcelona (planet)|Barcelona]], and then speculated what he would look like after he regenerated. In the closing moments of his life, though, the Doctor made peace with his past actions, smiling peacefully before he regenerated. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')

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The Ninth Doctor spoke with a distinctive Northern [[English]] accent, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') and had a fondness for saying "[[fantastic]]" when he was pleased with something, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') came across a dangerous situation, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') explaining his admiration for someone, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') describing a favoured place, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') found something of interest, ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') or was sarcastically expressing displeasure. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night of the Whisper (audio story)|Night of the Whisper]]'')

He would at times promote his actions with the phrase, ''"and for my next trick"'', ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[Sin-Eaters (comic story)|Sin-Eaters]]'') and exclaim, ''"give the man a medal"'', when celebrating a positive outcome, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'') or congratulating cleverness. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') During interactions with new people, the Doctor often uttered that it was "nice to meet [them]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)| The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'')

He also used Cockney slang and street lingo more freely than his earlier selves, such as telling Rose to "leg it" when instructing her to escape, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') yelling "oi" to get people's attention or when offended, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') calling other men "mate", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'') and saying, ''"I'll have 'ya"'', to those who irritated him. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') He often gave speeches about things, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') or lectured those he wished to scold. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'')

 

While his previous incarnations were rarely heard uttering curse words, the Ninth Doctor used minor curses more freely, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') though his TARDIS had a swear filter nested in the translation circuit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Only Human (novel)|Only Human]]'') When being critical of [[human]] nature, the Ninth Doctor would call humans "stupid [[ape]]s", ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'') and, on one occasion, "brainless sheep". ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'')

The Ninth Doctor had a habit of folding his [[arm]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'', ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') especially as he leaned back on his shoulder. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'')

 

He would also keep his hands in his jacket pockets, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') or held behind his back. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')

 

The Doctor would also grin when pleased with something, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') found something funny, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'', ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') trying to look welcoming, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') explaining a situation, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') admiring someone, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') when admitting to an embarrassing mistake on his part, ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') when pretending to be nice, ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') taunting his enemies. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') or trying to be reassuring. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')

 

He would roll his eyes when annoyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') and also made a habit of lounging when sitting down, usually propping himself up on an arm. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') When in his TARDIS with nothing to do, the Doctor would fiddle with a ball in his hands. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'')

While he was rarely seen eating, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]'') the Doctor helped himself to two slices of turkey, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') ate three sandwiches and two cakes with two cups of tea, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]'') happily gobbled down multiple bacon sandwiches, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Retail Therapy (audio story)|Retail Therapy]]'') and helped himself to a huge slice of lemon cake. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Lost Dimension (comic story)|The Lost Dimension]]'')

Like his other incarnations, the Ninth Doctor had his TARDIS key with him at all times, but also carried a spare placed on a chain with a D-shackle. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') He also began habitually carrying his [[psychic paper]] around. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') The Ninth Doctor otherwise broke away from the behaviour of his other incarnations, whose pockets were usually filled with seemingly random objects and knick-knacks, by carrying very little on his person, with only [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]] on him when frisked by security. ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'')

 

When vocalising his outrage, the Doctor would punctuate his speech with sharp little head-nods that drew emphasis to his words.{{source}}

The Ninth Doctor held a commanding presence, and had a gift for leading others, ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') even those initially hostile towards him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') As such, he disliked it when he was interrupted while explaining the situation at hand, ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)| Aliens of London]]'') or when someone else gave out instructions on how to apprehend the enemy. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') He could also convince others he was needed as a leader for the benefit of survival, ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') and was able to successfully order the victims of the [[Empty Child plague]] to "go to [their] room" as if he were an angry parent. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') He could also be effectively intimidating with just a stare. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') However, he did not seem as skilled at holding audiences, being heckled while stepping in for [[William Shakespeare]] on stage, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Groatsworth of Wit (comic story)|A Groatsworth of Wit]]'') and being treated as a comedy act in a makeshift cabaret when attempting to ask about a [[Chula ambulance]] falling from the sky during [[the Blitz]]. However, he could amuse and hold the attention of a group of children, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') and took a bow to roaring applause when he appeared on stage in the middle of a theatrical production in [[1894]] [[Birmingham]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Other Side (audio story)|The Other Side]]'')

Unafraid of fighting, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'') the Ninth Doctor was skilled in close combat, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') and showed a great deal of strength and agility, being able rip parts off of artificial beings, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') and kick open a locked door. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'') However, he struggled to break free from an Auton's grip, only flipping it off with Rose's help, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') and was restrained by two of the Editor's reanimated workers. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'') He also possessed keen reflexes, catching a poisoned dart-like projectile in mid-air with his fingers without even looking up from his menu when he took [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]] out for a last meal, and repelled her exhaled poison with some mouthwash before she could exhale the full force of her fatal breath. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') He also avoided the attack of three [[Elian]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Red Bicycle (short story)|The Red Bicycle]]'') easily manoeuvred through the chaos of [[Traxis]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Weapons of Past Destruction (comic story)|Weapons of Past Destruction]]'') and grabbed onto the underside of a passing spaceship that [[Slist Fayflut Marteveerthon Slitheen]] was flying. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctormania (comic story)|Doctormania]]'')

Despite being bad at card tricks, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') the Doctor was a good pickpocket, being able to swap Jack's [[sonic blaster]] with a banana undetected. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') He was also quite stealthy, able to disappear from [[Albion Hospital]] without a trace, ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') and arrive at a dinner table without anyone noticing him until he spoke. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') Despite some initial confusion, the Doctor proved to be a skilled dancer. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'')

He also displayed psychic abilities, telepathically placing Rose in a dreamscape of the [[Powell Estate]] from his memories before stealing energy from [[Makassar]]'s gestalt to create a projection with physical substance, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Masks of Makassar (short story)|The Masks of Makassar]]'') and confronting [[Sea (The Cruel Sea)|the entity]] using him as a host body within his mind before projecting his consciousness into the TARDIS to act as his vessel. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Cruel Sea (comic story)|The Cruel Sea]]'') He also managed to project his consciousness into [[Tycho Fairbank]]'s body and reverse his influence on the people drained by [[Glubby Glub]]s, inducing them to forget the incident, and return to his body as Tycho's withered. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Retail Therapy (audio story)|Retail Therapy]]'')

Claiming to have "[come] first in [[jiggery pokery]]", ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') the Doctor was capable of reversing a teleportation feed, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') and had the technical skills to make [[Satellite Five]] into a [[delta wave]] [[Delta wave generator|generator]] in a few hours after initially predicting it would take at least three days to do so. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')

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Professing that he "[had] [his] moments", the Ninth Doctor proved a skilled physician, notably being able to accurately diagnose that the patients at the [[Albion Hospital]] had all suffered the same physical injuries. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') He also understood [[nanogene]]s and how they could heal any physical injuries, and even revive the dead, so long as they had been previously exposed to the patient's species. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'')

The Doctor could recognise substances such as ozone from smell alone, associating it with the "distinctive tingle" of teleportation, as well as tell it apart from [[chronon energy]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]'', ''[[The Red Bicycle (short story)|The Red Bicycle]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Bidding War (comic story)|The Bidding War]]'') was able to tell that the Lend-a-Hand girls didn't "smell human", ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Love Invasion (comic story)|The Love Invasion]]'') and was able to track down Nancy without her detection, jokingly claiming his nose had "special powers". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') While he did not enjoy [[wine]], ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') he could identify its year and place of origin by taste alone. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Clockwise Man (novel)|The Clockwise Man]]'')

He could play the [[guitar]], and use [[spoon]]s as a musical instrument. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}})

The Ninth Doctor displayed refined control of his TARDIS, managing to accurately pilot it back to where had bid farewell to Rose after he defeated [[Starman (The Beast of Babylon)|the Starman]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Beast of Babylon (short story)|The Beast of Babylon]]'') so that he arrived only seconds after he left from her perspective, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') take Rose to see her mother and father marry and returned her to the moment her father died twice with no issues, ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'') and even piloted it around Rose and a Dalek when coming to save her. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') He was also successful at riding a [[moped]] [[scooter]] after some initial difficulty, quickly took command of a horse drawn carriage, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Love Invasion (comic story)|The Love Invasion]]'') and rode a dinosaur on [[Clix]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctormania (comic story)|Doctormania]]'')

The Doctor boasted that he could speak all the "five billion languages in [his] head", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') such as [[Arabic (language)|Arabic]], [[Iraqi (language)|Iraqi]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}}) and [[Latin]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sphere of Freedom (audio story)|Sphere of Freedom]]'') He was once seen talking with [[donkey (Have You Seen This Man?)|a donkey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'')''

Being a [[Time Lord]], the Ninth Doctor could slow down his perception of time through sheer concentration, being able to pass through a spinning blade as a result. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') He also had no difficulty breathing in a room filling with gas after it became uninhabitable to humans, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'') and could withstand electrical forces that were harmful to other species. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') He also showed the ability to read through a book in seconds, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') and suck the power of the Time Vortex out of [[Rose Tyler]] with a [[kiss]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')

Intellectually, the Doctor was capable of making accurate deductions on how his adversaries utilised their technology, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') and could identify certain technology on sight. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') He was also capable of mentally narrowing down a list of five thousand planets within a matter of seconds by focusing on the characteristics of the [[Slitheen family]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') He could judge character quickly, summing up their motivations and history after keenly observing them. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'')

He was also skilled at [[video game]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]'') knew how to handle explosives, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') and could be a capable swordsman when the situation called for it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)|What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow]]'')

The Ninth Doctor possessed certain control over [[regeneration]], being able to hold back the process long enough to carry Rose into the TARDIS and pilot it away from Satellite Five. The action proved strenuous though, causing him to cry out in pain after resisting it for too long. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')

Standing over six [[feet]] tall, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]'') the Ninth Doctor looked like a man in his early forties, ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') and had pale [[blue]] [[eye]]s, strong [[cheekbone]]s, a small beauty mark on his [[right cheek]], and dark [[brown]] [[hair]], which he wore close-cropped. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') At times, he sported a five o'clock shadow, ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') and [[Rose Tyler]] claimed that he shaved. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') Whilst immobilised on [[Occasus]] for ninety years, the Doctor's hair grew out and he also grew a beard, which he distastefully noted made him look like a [[wizard]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Planet of the End (audio story)|Planet of the End]]'')

[[Rose Tyler]]'s first impression of the Doctor was that he looked "hard as nails" due to his "brutal buzzcut, weathered clothing and apparent fitness." When he turned to face her, Rose noted the delight in his eyes, as well as the Doctor's prominent cheekbones, and his "splendid ears" most of all. Even after the two parted company, as Rose processed the encounter, she thought mostly of the Doctor's bright blue eyes, beaming with excitement. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'')

When the [[Eighth Doctor]] looked into the [[Tomorrow Windows]], he had glimpses of various possible futures, including [[The Doctor's ninth incarnation|several possible ninth incarnations]], but eventually "the tall, thin man with [the] piercing grey-blue eyes and a prominent nose" asserted itself as more solid than the others. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows (novel)|The Tomorrow Windows]]'')

Picking the first outfit he could find after his regeneration, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Day to Yourselves (short story)|A Day to Yourselves]]'') the Ninth Doctor opted for a more stripped-down and rugged attire. The main staple of his outfit was a battered black double breasted [[leather jacket]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') which was compared to those worn by German U-boat captains by [[Jack Harkness]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') and implied to be the same jacket that once belonged to [[Fitz Kreiner]] in one account. ([[NOTVALID]]: [https://haribeaux.tumblr.com/post/173834772418/with-all-awry ''With All Awry'']) Some accounts suggested he also had a jacket that was dark brown in colour. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Mr Nobody (comic story)|Mr Nobody]]'', ''[[The Cruel Sea (comic story)|The Cruel Sea]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Clockwise Man (novel)|The Clockwise Man]]'', ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'') The Doctor was particularly fond of his jacket, even being more concerned with locating it when both the jacket and the TARDIS went missing, only cheering up once it was returned. After the stitching under the arms began to rip and a sleeve was damaged by a shard of glass, the Doctor left his jacket with [[Edward Repple]] and replaced it with an identical one. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Clockwise Man (novel)|The Clockwise Man]]'')

Along with the jacket, the Ninth Doctor wore a number of v-neck jumpers, coloured in plain maroon, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') navy blue, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'') olive green, ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') dark purple, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') plain black, ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') [[crimson]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Endgame (POT comic story)|Endgame]]'') bright lilac, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Weapons of Past Destruction (comic story)|Weapons of Past Destruction]]'') emerald green, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctormania (comic story)|Doctormania]]'') gunmetal grey, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Official Secrets (comic story)|Official Secrets]]'') plain white, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Promise (FCBD comic story)|The Promise]]'') [[Charcoal (colour)|charcoal]] grey, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Bidding War (comic story)|The Bidding War]]'') sapphire blue, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Monstrous Beauty (comic story)|Monstrous Beauty]]'') rust orange, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)|The Guide to the Dark Times]]'') [[Bottle (colour)|bottle]] green, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Food Fight (audio story)|Food Fight]]'') [[army green]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Lady Macbeth (audio story)|The Curse of Lady Macbeth]]'') [[indigo]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Last of the Zetacene (audio story)|Last of the Zetacene]])'' and [[Bronze (colour)|bronze]] [[brown]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beautiful Game (audio story)|The Beautiful Game]]'') However, he was photographed wearing a navy blue polo-neck jumper at the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') and wore a sage green crewneck sweater in [[1923]] [[Paris]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'') and a [[midnight blue]] turtleneck jumper during a trip to the [[Arctic]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Northern Lights (audio story)|Northern Lights]]'')

Completing the ensemble were a pair of trousers, coloured in either black, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') grey ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Weapons of Past Destruction (comic story)|Weapons of Past Destruction]]'') or midnight blue, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctormania (comic story)|Doctormania]]'') along with a black leather belt, ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') a pair of black leather [[Dr Marten]] boots, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Red Bicycle (short story)|The Red Bicycle]]'') and a black, strapped wristwatch, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') which he often looked at to find out dates and years, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') and that the TARDIS was able to home in on while flown by [[Sally Sparrow (What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow)|Sally Sparrow]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)|What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow]]'') He also wore diamond-print socks. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]'')

Both [[Charles Dickens]] and [[Honoré Lechasseur]] compared the Ninth Doctor to a navvy. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Albino's Dancer (novel)|The Albino's Dancer]]'') [[Jackie Tyler]] was particularly critical of his stripped down clothing style, believing he either owned only one T-shirt or threw them out after wearing them once. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Retail Therapy (audio story)|Retail Therapy]]'') The Doctor once suggested that he bought his clothes from a Gap in [[Croydon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Only Human (novel)|Only Human]]'')

Whilst at the launch of the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] in [[1912]], the Doctor wore a [[Burgundy (colour)|burgundy]] brocade [[cravat]] with an [[Ivory (colour)|ivory]] [[shirt]] and double-breasted [[frock coat]] of ebony black [[moleskin]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') When hijacking [[the 68]] to [[Bolton]], the Doctor wore a [[bus driver]] [[uniform]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'')

The Doctor and Jack briefly donned skin suits of [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]]s when searching for Rose and [[Slist Fayflut Marteveerthon Slitheen]] on [[Clix]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctormania (comic story)|Doctormania]]'') During his imprisonment at [[Stormcage Containment Facility|Hesguard Institute]], the Doctor wore an orange prison jumpsuit. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Sin-Eaters (comic story)|Sin-Eaters]]'')

* Originally, Russell T Davies approached [[Hugh Grant]], who previously played the Doctor's alternate [[Twelfth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|twelfth incarnation]] in the spoof ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'', to play the Ninth Doctor. He turned down the role, thinking the show would not take off. He expressed deep regret over this in 2007 after seeing how successful the show had become.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/5216/42/ |title=Hugh Grant in Doctor Who: Could have been the Doctor... |author=Rubio, A. |date of source=21 February 2007 |website name=Bits of News |accessdate=23 July 2013}}</ref>

* The Ninth Doctor was the second incarnation whose main attire does not include any form of neck wear, following the [[Fifth Doctor]].  

* The Ninth Doctor is unique in being the only Doctor to not be seen immediately after his regeneration. ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' shows the beginning of the transformation from the [[War Doctor]] to the Ninth Doctor, but it is cut off before the full results are shown.

* The Ninth Doctor is currently the only incarnation whose incoming and outgoing regenerations were broadcast in reverse order. The War Doctor's regeneration into the Ninth Doctor was not shown on-screen until ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', eight years after the Ninth Doctor's regeneration into the Tenth Doctor in ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]''.  

* The Ninth Doctor is currently the only incarnation of the [[BBC Wales]] era of the show whose outgoing regeneration occurred in the final episode of a standard series rather than a special.

* With only one season, the Ninth Doctor's television run is the third shortest, behind that of the Eighth Doctor's two appearances in the 1996 made-for-television movie ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'' and the mini-episode ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'', and the [[War Doctor]]'s two appearances in the television episode ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'' and the fiftieth anniversary special ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''.

* The Ninth Doctor was the first incarnation to have the same companion throughout all their television appearances, with [[Rose Tyler]] being present for all of his thirteen episodes. They would be followed by the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and her companion [[Yaz Khan]].

* The Ninth Doctor was the first incarnation never to face another [[Time Lord]] as an opponent on-screen, with the [[Eleventh Doctor]] coming second if one discounts the [[Dream Lord]] or [[Mr Clever]], both being amalgams of the Doctor instead of distinct individuals.

* The original plan for ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' was for the Ninth Doctor to be the one who fought in the Time War, as hinted throughout his era. However, [[Steven Moffat]] admitted that he had difficulty with this since the Ninth Doctor is clearly "a new man" at the beginning of his adventures with Rose, as deduced from comments he makes about his physical appearance upon looking in a mirror. After talking about the project with Moffat, however, Eccleston decided to decline being involved in the 50th anniversary special, as Moffat thought that he would. The character of the [[War Doctor]] was created to take his place. Moffat later explained Eccleston's reasons for passing on the reprisal in an interview:

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