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== The Doctor == | |||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] claimed that he would be brilliant at having a job. He considered his duties as [[UNIT]]'s [[scientific advisor]] to be his job, though [[Clara Oswald]] doubted that he could ever hold a job. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}}) | |||
Across their many [[incarnation]]s, [[the Doctor]] held various jobs, usually for the purposes of their investigations. The [[Tenth Doctor]] took a job as a [[teacher]] to investigate the oddities at [[Deffry Vale High School]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|School Reunion (TV story)}}) The Eleventh Doctor briefly held a job at [[Sanderson & Grainger]], a [[department store]] in [[Colchester]]. Though he claimed he did so to "live in the moment", he was actually investigating [[Cyberman|Cyber]]-activity which seemed to be localised around his new [[workplace]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Closing Time (TV story)}}) The [[Twelfth Doctor]] worked as a lecturer at [[St Luke's University]] since the [[1940s]] ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Regeneration Impossible (audio story)}}) as he and [[Nardole]] guarded [[The Vault (The Pilot)|the Vault]]. In [[2017]], he took on the additional job of being [[Bill Potts]]' personal [[tutor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Pilot (TV story)}}) When a [[Weeping Angel]] sent the Twelfth Doctor back to [[Sto]] to [[1917]] from 2017, the Doctor eventually got a job at [[Max Capricorn Cruiseliners]], using its resources to help smuggle discriminated against [[cyborg]]s off-world. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|A Confusion of Angels (comic story)}}) As part of their investigations of [[Kerb!am]], the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and [[Team TARDIS]] briefly took on jobs at the company. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Kerblam! (TV story)}}'') | |||
The [[Fifteenth Doctor]]'s job was once listed as "[[Having]] [[adventure]]s". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who's the Doctor? (short story)|page=7}}) | |||
In an [[alternate timeline]] caused by a [[temporal collision]], the [[First Doctor]] spent three months working as a guest lecturer at a [[university]] in [[Kiria City]] on [[Urbinia]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Daughter of the Gods (audio story)}}) | |||
== The Doctor's companions == | |||
The Doctor's first two [[human]] [[companion]]s, [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]], were teachers at [[Coal Hill School]], teaching [[science]] and [[history]] respectively. ([[TV]]: {{cs|An Unearthly Child (TV story)}}'') By [[2010]], the two were employed at the [[University of Cambridge]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death of the Doctor (TV story)}}'') [[Liz Shaw]] also taught at Cambridge. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Primord (audio story)}}) | |||
In an [[alternate timeline]] caused by a [[temporal collision]], [[Steven Taylor]] spent three months working at a [[spaceport]] in [[Kiria City]] on [[Urbinia]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Daughter of the Gods (audio story)}}) | |||
[[Sarah Jane Smith]] worked as a [[journalist]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Warrior (TV story)}}) | |||
Prior to her travels with the Doctor, [[Rose Tyler]] worked as a shop girl in [[Henrik's]] before the [[Ninth Doctor]] blew up the building. Before she could find a new job, she joined the Doctor in his travels. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rose (TV story)}}) During their investigation of [[Deffry Vale High School]], Rose was forced to work as a [[lunchlady]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|School Reunion (TV story)}}) | |||
When the Doctor and [[Martha Jones]] were stranded in [[1969]], the latter was forced to work at a shop. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Blink (TV story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|A Little Help from My Friends (comic story)}}) After leaving the TARDIS, Martha was employed by [[UNIT]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Reset (TV story)}}) Some time after the [[Planetary Relocation Incident]], she left UNIT to become a freelance alien hunter alongside [[Mickey Smith]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Donna Noble]]'s career consisted mainly of temp jobs. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)}}) After leaving the Doctor, Donna had taken a new job in [[2009]], one that [[Wilfred Mott]] felt did not pay enough to ensure her financial independence. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}) Some years after her travels with the Doctor, she lost a job after spilling [[coffee]] onto a [[computer]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}}) Upon her memories of her time with the Doctor being restored, Donna was employed by UNIT. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Amy Pond]] held multiple jobs during her time travelling with the Eleventh Doctor. She initially worked as a [[kissogram]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Eleventh Hour (TV story)}}) before changing jobs to become a [[model]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Closing Time (TV story)}}, {{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks}}) a [[writer]] for a travel magazine ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of Three (TV story)}}) and finally a fiction [[author]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Bells of Saint John (TV story)}}) By contrast, her husband [[Rory Williams]] kept his job as a [[nurse]] throughout his tenure as a [[companion]]. For his part, the Doctor was shocked that both of them had jobs, having assumed that the couple mainly [[kiss]]ed when he was not there. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') By one account, Rory became a full medical doctor after being separated from the Doctor. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Imaginary Enemies (comic story)}}) | |||
[[Clara Oswald]] initially worked as a [[nanny]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Bells of Saint John (TV story)}}) before she became a teacher at [[Coal Hill School]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}}) She later transferred to [[Ravenscaur School]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Clara Oswald and the School of Death (comic story)}}) Not long after the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s [[Fall of the Eleventh|regeneration]], Clara noted to the [[Twelfth Doctor]] that their travels were her [[hobby]], not her job. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Into the Dalek (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Yasmin Khan]] was a [[police officer]] employed at [[Hallamshire Police]] when she met the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)}}) Though she was initially heavily dedicated to her profession, to the point that her family considered her to be "married to her job", ([[TV]]: {{cs|Arachnids in the UK (TV story)}}) her increasing association with the Doctor caused her to she leave this profession sometime before the [[First Flux event]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Graham O'Brien]] was once employed as a [[bus driver]], but had [[Retirement|retired]] prior to becoming a [[companion]] of the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)}}, {{cs|Rosa (TV story)}}) | |||
In the [[3 (number)|three]] [[week]]s following her [[interview]] for [[Davina McCall (in-universe)|Davina McCall]]'s [[Long Lost Family|television programme]], [[Ruby Sunday]] experienced [[bad luck]] due to the meddling of [[Goblin]]s; one such case of bad luck was loosing a job. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)|chaptnum=Five}}) | |||
== Others == | |||
[[Lavinia Smith]] was a world-renowned [[virologist]] in the late [[20th century]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Warrior (TV story)}}) | |||
In [[2008]], [[Tish Jones]] got a [[PR]] job at [[Lazarus Laboratories]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)}}) which was secretly arranged by {{Simm}}. Later, having been "[[phone]]d up" "out of the [[blue]]", Tish got a job at [[10 Downing Street]] on the Master's first [[day]] as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Sound of Drums (TV story)}}) | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:18, 21 October 2024
A job was the task an individual did on a daily basis.
The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Eleventh Doctor claimed that he would be brilliant at having a job. He considered his duties as UNIT's scientific advisor to be his job, though Clara Oswald doubted that he could ever hold a job. (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])
Across their many incarnations, the Doctor held various jobs, usually for the purposes of their investigations. The Tenth Doctor took a job as a teacher to investigate the oddities at Deffry Vale High School. (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"]) The Eleventh Doctor briefly held a job at Sanderson & Grainger, a department store in Colchester. Though he claimed he did so to "live in the moment", he was actually investigating Cyber-activity which seemed to be localised around his new workplace. (TV: Closing Time [+]Loading...["Closing Time (TV story)"]) The Twelfth Doctor worked as a lecturer at St Luke's University since the 1940s (AUDIO: Regeneration Impossible [+]Loading...["Regeneration Impossible (audio story)"]) as he and Nardole guarded the Vault. In 2017, he took on the additional job of being Bill Potts' personal tutor. (TV: The Pilot [+]Loading...["The Pilot (TV story)"]) When a Weeping Angel sent the Twelfth Doctor back to Sto to 1917 from 2017, the Doctor eventually got a job at Max Capricorn Cruiseliners, using its resources to help smuggle discriminated against cyborgs off-world. (COMIC: A Confusion of Angels [+]Loading...["A Confusion of Angels (comic story)"]) As part of their investigations of Kerb!am, the Thirteenth Doctor and Team TARDIS briefly took on jobs at the company. (TV: Kerblam! [+]Loading...["Kerblam! (TV story)"])
The Fifteenth Doctor's job was once listed as "Having adventures". (PROSE: Who's the Doctor? [+]Loading...{"page":"7","1":"Who's the Doctor? (short story)"})
In an alternate timeline caused by a temporal collision, the First Doctor spent three months working as a guest lecturer at a university in Kiria City on Urbinia. (AUDIO: Daughter of the Gods [+]Loading...["Daughter of the Gods (audio story)"])
The Doctor's companions[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor's first two human companions, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, were teachers at Coal Hill School, teaching science and history respectively. (TV: An Unearthly Child [+]Loading...["An Unearthly Child (TV story)"]) By 2010, the two were employed at the University of Cambridge. (TV: Death of the Doctor [+]Loading...["Death of the Doctor (TV story)"]) Liz Shaw also taught at Cambridge. (AUDIO: Primord [+]Loading...["Primord (audio story)"])
In an alternate timeline caused by a temporal collision, Steven Taylor spent three months working at a spaceport in Kiria City on Urbinia. (AUDIO: Daughter of the Gods [+]Loading...["Daughter of the Gods (audio story)"])
Sarah Jane Smith worked as a journalist. (TV: The Time Warrior [+]Loading...["The Time Warrior (TV story)"])
Prior to her travels with the Doctor, Rose Tyler worked as a shop girl in Henrik's before the Ninth Doctor blew up the building. Before she could find a new job, she joined the Doctor in his travels. (TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"]) During their investigation of Deffry Vale High School, Rose was forced to work as a lunchlady. (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"])
When the Doctor and Martha Jones were stranded in 1969, the latter was forced to work at a shop. (TV: Blink [+]Loading...["Blink (TV story)"], COMIC: A Little Help from My Friends [+]Loading...["A Little Help from My Friends (comic story)"]) After leaving the TARDIS, Martha was employed by UNIT. (TV: Reset [+]Loading...["Reset (TV story)"]) Some time after the Planetary Relocation Incident, she left UNIT to become a freelance alien hunter alongside Mickey Smith. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"])
Donna Noble's career consisted mainly of temp jobs. (TV: The Doctor's Daughter [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)"]) After leaving the Doctor, Donna had taken a new job in 2009, one that Wilfred Mott felt did not pay enough to ensure her financial independence. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) Some years after her travels with the Doctor, she lost a job after spilling coffee onto a computer. (TV: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"]) Upon her memories of her time with the Doctor being restored, Donna was employed by UNIT. (TV: The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"])
Amy Pond held multiple jobs during her time travelling with the Eleventh Doctor. She initially worked as a kissogram, (TV: The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"]) before changing jobs to become a model, (TV: Closing Time [+]Loading...["Closing Time (TV story)"], Asylum of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)","Asylum of the Daleks"]) a writer for a travel magazine (TV: The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"]) and finally a fiction author. (TV: The Angels Take Manhattan [+]Loading...["The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)"], The Bells of Saint John [+]Loading...["The Bells of Saint John (TV story)"]) By contrast, her husband Rory Williams kept his job as a nurse throughout his tenure as a companion. For his part, the Doctor was shocked that both of them had jobs, having assumed that the couple mainly kissed when he was not there. (TV: The Power of Three) By one account, Rory became a full medical doctor after being separated from the Doctor. (COMIC: Imaginary Enemies [+]Loading...["Imaginary Enemies (comic story)"])
Clara Oswald initially worked as a nanny, (TV: The Bells of Saint John [+]Loading...["The Bells of Saint John (TV story)"]) before she became a teacher at Coal Hill School. (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) She later transferred to Ravenscaur School. (TV: Clara Oswald and the School of Death [+]Loading...["Clara Oswald and the School of Death (comic story)"]) Not long after the Eleventh Doctor's regeneration, Clara noted to the Twelfth Doctor that their travels were her hobby, not her job. (TV: Into the Dalek [+]Loading...["Into the Dalek (TV story)"])
Yasmin Khan was a police officer employed at Hallamshire Police when she met the Thirteenth Doctor. (TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth [+]Loading...["The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)"]) Though she was initially heavily dedicated to her profession, to the point that her family considered her to be "married to her job", (TV: Arachnids in the UK [+]Loading...["Arachnids in the UK (TV story)"]) her increasing association with the Doctor caused her to she leave this profession sometime before the First Flux event. (TV: The Halloween Apocalypse [+]Loading...["The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)"])
Graham O'Brien was once employed as a bus driver, but had retired prior to becoming a companion of the Thirteenth Doctor. (TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth [+]Loading...["The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)"], Rosa [+]Loading...["Rosa (TV story)"])
In the three weeks following her interview for Davina McCall's television programme, Ruby Sunday experienced bad luck due to the meddling of Goblins; one such case of bad luck was loosing a job. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"], PROSE: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...{"chaptnum":"Five","1":"The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)"})
Others[[edit] | [edit source]]
Lavinia Smith was a world-renowned virologist in the late 20th century. (TV: The Time Warrior [+]Loading...["The Time Warrior (TV story)"])
In 2008, Tish Jones got a PR job at Lazarus Laboratories, (TV: The Lazarus Experiment [+]Loading...["The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)"]) which was secretly arranged by the Saxon Master. Later, having been "phoned up" "out of the blue", Tish got a job at 10 Downing Street on the Master's first day as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (TV: The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"])
