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{{first pic|Eight Regeneration.jpg|In one account, the Eighth Doctor regenerated into the [[War Doctor]] on [[Karn]]. ([[TV]]: | {{first pic|Eight Regeneration.jpg|In one account, the Eighth Doctor regenerated into the [[War Doctor]] on [[Karn]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Night of the Doctor (TV story)}})}} | ||
By most accounts, '''[[the Doctor]]'s ninth incarnation''' was the one who followed the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s [[Eighth Doctor's regeneration|regeneration]]. | By most accounts, '''[[the Doctor]]'s ninth incarnation''' was the one who followed the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s [[Eighth Doctor's regeneration|regeneration]]. | ||
When examining the Doctor's [[timeline]], [[Marnal]] exclaimed to [[Rachel Rowley]] that the Doctor had "three ninth [[incarnation]]s", ([[PROSE]]: | When examining the Doctor's [[timeline]], [[Marnal]] exclaimed to [[Rachel Rowley]] that the Doctor had "three ninth [[incarnation]]s", ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)}}) and the Eighth Doctor's visions of his next incarnation included as many as ten potential bodies. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Tomorrow Windows (novel)}}) Accounts differed as to whom he eventually regenerated into. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Name of the Doctor (TV story)}}; [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)}}, etc.) There were also other Ninth Doctors who existed in [[timeline]]s where the Doctor didn't regenerate on [[Karn]], who combated the "victorious" [[Dalek]]s after the end of the [[Time War]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Designing Eighth Doctor Adventures (feature)|page=18-19}}) | ||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] was aware that, while there were ten incarnations that preceded him, from other points in [[the Doctor's timeline|his timeline]] "there could well be a few more", while matters were further muddied by "dodgy duplicates, pan-[[dimension]]al alternates and [[canonicity|non-canonical]] [[spin-off]]s". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor, Doctor! (DWA 232 short story)|namedpart=Two of Everything|page=29}}) | |||
== The | In addition, some accounts of [[the Doctor's early life]] suggested that the so-called [[First Doctor]], from whom the numbering allotted to the conventional Eighth Doctor started, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Eight Doctors (novel)}}) was not actually the Doctor's first incarnation; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)}}, {{cs|Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius (novelisation)}}; [[TV]]: {{cs|The Timeless Children (TV story)}}) indeed, some suggested that the First Doctor was in fact the ninth, following [[The Doctor (The Brain of Morbius)|eight prior incarnations]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Brain of Morbius (TV story)}}) | ||
== The Warrior == | |||
{{main|War Doctor}} | {{main|War Doctor}} | ||
[[File:WarDoctorDesert.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor who [[Clara Oswald]] called "the Warrior". ([[TV]]: | [[File:WarDoctorDesert.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor who [[Clara Oswald]] called "the Warrior". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}})]] | ||
By many accounts, the Eighth Doctor regenerated into a ninth incarnation who renounced the title "Doctor" while fighting in the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[TV]]: | By many accounts, the Eighth Doctor regenerated into a ninth incarnation who renounced the title "Doctor" while fighting in the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Night of the Doctor (TV story)}}) Later incarnations disavowed this version of themselves for breaking the promise of their shared name, not even including him in their numbering, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Name of the Doctor (TV story)}}) with the [[Eleventh Doctor]] calling himself the "eleventh face", despite knowing it to be untrue. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)}}) However, after it was learnt that his final act was to actually [[Fall of Gallifrey|save]] [[Gallifrey]] with many of his other incarnations, he was embraced as a true incarnation, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}}) though his decision to disavow the "Doctor" title meant he was still not counted in the numbering, meaning the Eleventh Doctor still considered himself the eleventh incarnation. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}}) | ||
== The man with the ears == | == The man with the ears == | ||
{{main|Ninth Doctor}} | {{main|Ninth Doctor}} | ||
[[File:Ninth Doctor mourns Time War The End of the World.jpg|thumb|The Doctor who traveled with [[Rose Tyler]]. ([[TV]]: | [[File:Ninth Doctor mourns Time War The End of the World.jpg|thumb|The Doctor who traveled with [[Rose Tyler]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of the World (TV story)}})]] | ||
After the Eighth Doctor saw several visions of his future in the Tomorrow Window, a single figure solidified out of the blur: one with a gaunt, hawklike face that gave him a broad, welcoming grin. ([[PROSE]]: | After the Eighth Doctor saw several visions of his future in the Tomorrow Window, a single figure solidified out of the blur: one with a gaunt, hawklike face that gave him a broad, welcoming grin. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Tomorrow Windows (novel)}}) | ||
According to some accounts, the Eighth Doctor regenerated into this incarnation after using [[the Moment]] to end the [[Last Great Time War]], ([[COMIC]]: | According to some accounts, the Eighth Doctor regenerated into this incarnation after using [[the Moment]] to end the [[Last Great Time War]], ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Forgotten (comic story)|namedep=Revelation (5)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)}}, {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}}) but many later accounts held that he was the successor to the [[War Doctor]]; as such, the "man with big ears" was the Doctor's tenth incarnation, but the ninth to use [[The Doctor (title)|the name "Doctor"]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}}, etc.) | ||
He travelled with [[companions]] such as [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Rose Tyler]]. ([[PROSE]]: | He travelled with [[companions]] such as [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Rose Tyler]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dr. Ninth (novel)}}, etc.) | ||
== The balding man == | == The balding man == | ||
{{main|The Doctor (Party Animals)}} | {{main|The Doctor (Party Animals)}} | ||
[[File:Shayde as the Fred Doctor.jpg|thumb|[[Shayde]] poses as "[[Fred|the Doctor]]". ([[COMIC]]: | [[File:Shayde as the Fred Doctor.jpg|thumb|[[Shayde]] poses as "[[Fred|the Doctor]]". ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Wormwood (comic story)}})|left]] | ||
During his travels with [[Izzy Sinclair]] and [[Fey Truscott-Sade]], the Eighth Doctor seemed to regenerate into [[Fred|a balding incarnation]] who liked to wear bowties and dark [[jacket]]s, ([[COMIC]]: | During his travels with [[Izzy Sinclair]] and [[Fey Truscott-Sade]], the Eighth Doctor seemed to regenerate into [[Fred|a balding incarnation]] who liked to wear bowties and dark [[jacket]]s, ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Final Chapter (comic story)}}) who had previously been encountered by the [[Seventh Doctor]] at ''[[Maruthea]]''. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Party Animals (comic story)}}) However, this was actually [[Shayde]] posing as the Doctor as part of a scheme agreed upon between them to bring down the [[Threshold]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Wormwood (comic story)}}) In reality, the balding man eventually severed himself from his [[past]] as part of a deal with [[man in black (Cyber-Hunt)|the man in black]] to restore [[Gallifrey|his homeworld]]. As a result, he lost his memories and continued to wander the universe, taking the name of "Fred"; a different version of himself took over the place he had occupied in his original timeline. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cyber-Hunt (novelisation)}}) | ||
== The listless-looking man == | == The listless-looking man == | ||
{{main|Ninth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)}} | {{main|Ninth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)}} | ||
[[File:Curse of Fatal Dreath Ninth Doctor.jpg|thumb|The Doctor who went to [[Tersurus]]. ([[TV]]: | [[File:Curse of Fatal Dreath Ninth Doctor.jpg|thumb|The Doctor who went to [[Tersurus]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)}})]] | ||
One of the faces the Eighth Doctor saw in the [[Tomorrow Window]] was "a listless-looking man", ([[PROSE]]: | One of the faces the Eighth Doctor saw in the [[Tomorrow Window]] was "a listless-looking man", ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Tomorrow Windows (novel)}}) who had a [[companion]] named [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who's After Your Cash (short story)}}) with whom he fell in love and decided to stop adventuring and settle down. The Doctor and Emma met [[The Master (The Curse of Fatal Death)|the Master]] on [[Tersurus]] to inform him, but the Master brought the [[Dalek]]s. | ||
This Doctor was explicitly identified by the Master as the ninth incarnation and ultimately regenerated into his [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|tenth]], [[Eleventh Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|eleventh]], [[Twelfth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|twelfth]], and [[Thirteenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|thirteenth incarnation]]s in quick succession after being shot by various energy beams. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)}}) | |||
== The pale aristocrat == | == The pale aristocrat == | ||
{{main|Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)}} | {{main|Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)}} | ||
[[File:Shalka Doctor three-quarters.jpeg|thumb|left|The Doctor who fought the [[Shalka]]. ([[WC]]: | [[File:Shalka Doctor three-quarters.jpeg|thumb|left|The Doctor who fought the [[Shalka]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Scream of the Shalka (webcast)}})]] | ||
Another possible future the Eighth Doctor glimpsed in the Tomorrow Window included [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|a pale aristocrat]] ([[PROSE]]: | Another possible future the Eighth Doctor glimpsed in the Tomorrow Window included [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|a pale aristocrat]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Tomorrow Windows (novel)}}) who fought the [[Shalka]]. This incarnation of the Doctor had formed an "alliance of sorts" with [[The Master (Scream of the Shalka)|the Master]], who was confined to [[the TARDIS]] in an [[android]] [[body]] ([[WC]]: {{cs|Scream of the Shalka (webcast)}}) after losing his original body assisting the Doctor in defeating [[Alien (Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor)|an alien race]] which had invaded [[Gallifrey]] and killed nearly all other [[Time Lord]]s, including the [[Lord President's daughter]], with whom the Doctor had fallen in love. | ||
After the Time Lords retreated into [[the Matrix]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor (short story)}}) they sent the Doctor and the Master on dangerous missions as punishment for the death ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)}}) of the Lord President's daughter. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor (short story)}}) Following the [[Shalka invasion of Earth]], they were joined in the TARDIS by [[Alison Cheney]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Scream of the Shalka (webcast)}}; [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Feast of the Stone (short story)}}) | |||
In circumstances unexplained this Doctor once expressed how he was "sort of" the Ninth Doctor; the [[Eleventh Doctor]], later in his life, once explained to [[Rebecca (Doctor, Doctor! 232)|Rebecca]] that depending on what point in [[the Doctor's timeline|his timeline]] he was at, more incarnations existed beyond the known ten. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor, Doctor! (DWA 232 short story)|namedpart=Two of Everything|page=29}}) | |||
[[Daughter of Mine]] was visited several times by the "tall white aristocrat" incarnation of the Doctor. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Shadow of a Doubt (audio story)}}) | |||
[[ | His image was extrapolated by [[Rogue's ship]] when [[Rogue]] scanned the [[Fifteenth Doctor]], alongside other images of the Doctor's incarnations, notably including the big-eared Ninth Doctor, as well as the War Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rogue (TV story)}}) | ||
== Others == | == Others == | ||
Other possible future selves the [[Eighth Doctor]] glimpsed in the [[Tomorrow Window]] included [[Ninth Doctor 1 (The Tomorrow Windows)|a figure in a velvet suit and eyeliner]]; [[Ninth Doctor 2 (The Tomorrow Windows)|a man with curly hair and a lopsided smile]]; [[the Doctor (Battlefield)|a ginger incarnation]] ([[PROSE]]: | Other possible future selves the [[Eighth Doctor]] glimpsed in the [[Tomorrow Window]] included [[Ninth Doctor 1 (The Tomorrow Windows)|a figure in a velvet suit and eyeliner]]; [[Ninth Doctor 2 (The Tomorrow Windows)|a man with curly hair and a lopsided smile]]; [[the Doctor (Battlefield)|a ginger incarnation]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Tomorrow Windows (novel)}}) whose adventures intersected the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s several times; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Battlefield (novelisation)}}, {{cs|Transit (novel)}}, {{cs|Birthright (novel)}}, {{cs|Happy Endings (novel)}}) and [[the Valeyard]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Tomorrow Windows (novel)}}) who repeatedly menaced the [[Sixth Doctor]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mysterious Planet (TV story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Brink of Death (audio story)}}, et al.) and was described as an amalgamation of the Doctor's darker sides from between his twelfth and final incarnations. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ultimate Foe (TV story)}}) | ||
One possibility was that the Eighth Doctor's successor was the [[First Minister of Chance|man with a bent nose]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Tomorrow Windows (novel)}}) who was not a proper incarnation of the Doctor but the [[Minister of Chance]], another of the [[four surviving elementals]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)}}) | |||
Another possibility was that the Eighth Doctor's future included [[The Doctor (The Brain of Morbius)|many men in pseudo-Edwardian dress]], as well as the [[First Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Tomorrow Windows (novel)}}) The [[Infinity Doctor]] resembled the Eighth Doctor with short hair but lived on Gallifrey and had forgotten many of his adventures. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Infinity Doctors (novel)}}) By one account, the old man and young girl who landed their spaceship in the [[junkyard]] at [[76 Totter's Lane]] were [[Soul (Sometime Never...)|Soul]] and [[Zezanne]] in the shape-shifting ''[[Jonah (ship)|Jonah]]''; in their [[amnesia]]c states, Zezanne believed that Soul was her grandfather. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Sometime Never... (novel)}}) | |||
In an account where the [[Time War]] had been fought, ended, and reignited by [[the Catalyst]] all during the lifetime of the [[Seventh Doctor]], many [[temporal ripple|temporal wakes]] affected [[the Doctor's time stream|the Doctor's own history]]. It was majorly rewritten, resulting in numerous [[timeline]]s where the [[Eighth Doctor]] never [[Eighth Doctor's regeneration|died and regenerated]] on [[Karn]]; in these versions of history, these Doctors were forced to combat the [[Dalek]]s — who had won the Time War — with the universe in a state of [[entropy]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Designing Eighth Doctor Adventures (feature)|page=15-16, 18-19}}) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
[[File:The Doctor (Battle for the Universe).jpg|thumb|right|The Doctor seen in ''[[Battle for the Universe (game)|Battle for the Universe]]''.]] | [[File:The Doctor (Battle for the Universe).jpg|thumb|right|The Doctor seen in ''[[Battle for the Universe (game)|Battle for the Universe]]''.]] | ||
[[File:9regenerated.jpg|thumb|Illustration of the Ninth Doctor made for ''[[The Flood (graphic novel)|The Flood]]'' graphic novel]] | |||
[[File:Who-ology unused Eighth Doctor regeneration.jpg|thumb|Unused illustration made for ''[[Who-ology: The Official Miscellany]]'']] | |||
* In the [[1989 (releases)|1989]] board game ''[[Battle for the Universe (game)|Battle for the Universe]]'', a [[The Doctor (Battle for the Universe)|distinct incarnation of the Doctor]] is depicted as having access to four remaining regenerations. | * In the [[1989 (releases)|1989]] board game ''[[Battle for the Universe (game)|Battle for the Universe]]'', a [[The Doctor (Battle for the Universe)|distinct incarnation of the Doctor]] is depicted as having access to four remaining regenerations. | ||
* The reference to the Doctor having "three ninth incarnations" in | * The reference to the Doctor having "three ninth incarnations" in {{cs|The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)}} is a reference to [[Rowan Atkinson]]'s [[Ninth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Ninth Doctor]] in {{cs|The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)}}, [[Richard E Grant]]'s [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|Ninth Doctor]] in {{cs|Scream of the Shalka (webcast)}}, and [[Christopher Eccleston]]'s [[Ninth Doctor]] in [[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 1]]. Each of these incarnations and many more had been previously depicted in {{cs|The Tomorrow Windows (novel)}}. | ||
* According to [[Jonathan Morris]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/jonnymorris1973/status/1161368523555430401 Jonathan Morris on Twitter]</ref>, the appearance of [[Ninth Doctor 1 (The Tomorrow Windows)|a Doctor wearing eyeliner]] and [[Ninth Doctor 2 (The Tomorrow Windows)|a Doctor with curly hair]] in ''The Tomorrow Windows'' were based respectively on actors {{w|Eddie Izzard}} and {{w|Alan Davies}}, both of whom were rumoured as the Ninth Doctor in 2003 before the reveal of Christopher Eccleston. Mark Gatiss mentioned people "glibly talk[ing]" about casting Izzard or Davies in 1999. ("We're gonna be bigger than Star Wars!", [[DWM 279]]) | * According to [[Jonathan Morris]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/jonnymorris1973/status/1161368523555430401 Jonathan Morris on Twitter]</ref>, the appearance of [[Ninth Doctor 1 (The Tomorrow Windows)|a Doctor wearing eyeliner]] and [[Ninth Doctor 2 (The Tomorrow Windows)|a Doctor with curly hair]] in ''The Tomorrow Windows'' were based respectively on actors {{w|Eddie Izzard}} and {{w|Alan Davies}}, both of whom were rumoured as the Ninth Doctor in 2003 before the reveal of Christopher Eccleston. Mark Gatiss mentioned people "glibly talk[ing]" about casting Izzard or Davies in 1999. ("We're gonna be bigger than Star Wars!", [[DWM 279]]) | ||
** The Izzard rumour was prolific enough that [[Fourth Doctor]] actor [[Tom Baker]] openly spoke in favour of their hypothetical casting.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3158624.stm Comic Izzard tipped as new Dr Who]</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3158624.stm "Jonathan Creek star Alan Davies and Richard E Grant are the bookies' favourites to take the role."]</ref> | ** The Izzard rumour was prolific enough that [[Fourth Doctor]] actor [[Tom Baker]] openly spoke in favour of their hypothetical casting.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3158624.stm Comic Izzard tipped as new Dr Who]</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3158624.stm "Jonathan Creek star Alan Davies and Richard E Grant are the bookies' favourites to take the role."]</ref> | ||
* In a [[Radio Times]] readers' poll, the top five favourites to play the incoming Ninth Doctor were [[Ian Richardson (actor)|Ian Richardson]], Alan Davies, [[Stephen Fry]], and {{w|Alan Rickman}}, with [[Anthony Head]] in 1st place.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3276905.stm</ref> | * In a [[Radio Times]] readers' poll, the top five favourites to play the incoming Ninth Doctor were [[Ian Richardson (actor)|Ian Richardson]], Alan Davies, [[Stephen Fry]], and {{w|Alan Rickman}}, with [[Anthony Head]] in 1st place.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3276905.stm</ref> | ||
* [[ITV]]'s animated comedy sketch series {{wi|2DTV}}, which preceded the introduction of Eccleston's Ninth Doctor, featured a pair of [[grey Dalek]]s announcing their return, vowing to exterminate "the new Doctor", "whoever he is" before one of the Daleks is intercepted by [[Trinny Woodall]] and [[Susannah Constantine]]. Incidentally, the introduction of the Time War and resulting developments in ''Doctor Who'' lore furthered the idea that the Daleks held a particular conviction towards exterminating the Eighth Doctor's successor. | * [[ITV]]'s animated comedy sketch series {{wi|2DTV}}, which preceded the introduction of Eccleston's Ninth Doctor, featured a pair of [[grey Dalek]]s announcing their return, vowing to exterminate "the new Doctor", "whoever he is" before one of the Daleks is intercepted by [[Trinny Woodall]] and [[Susannah Constantine]]. Incidentally, the introduction of the Time War and resulting developments in ''Doctor Who'' lore furthered the idea that the Daleks held a particular conviction towards exterminating the Eighth Doctor's successor. | ||
* [[ | * [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Flood (comic story)}} was originally going to end with the regeneration of the [[Eighth Doctor]], with the [[BBC]] approving the plan. However, a condition imposed by the BBC and Russell T Davies (namely, that the Ninth Doctor could not be seen to travel with any companion other than Rose) rendered this unworkable, and the idea was abandoned. Thought was given to a storyline that would have seen Destrii travel with a Doctor who was 'trapped' mid-regeneration, with a flaming head and hidden features that the writers and artists compared to Dormammu of Marvel Comics, but this idea was considered too much effort for too little reward, considering the main purpose of a regeneration storyline was to see how the companions reacted to the new Doctor. | ||
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** For the graphic novel release of ''[[The Flood (graphic novel)|The Flood]]'', [[Martin Geraghty]] illustrated the Ninth Doctor after his regeneration as it was originally scripted by [[Scott Gray]]. | ** For the graphic novel release of ''[[The Flood (graphic novel)|The Flood]]'', [[Martin Geraghty]] illustrated the Ninth Doctor after his regeneration as it was originally scripted by [[Scott Gray]]. | ||
* In ''[[AHistory]]'', Lance Parkin revealed that a deleted line from his 2009 novel ''[[The Eyeless (novel)|The Eyeless]]'' would have revealed that the [[Eighth Doctor]] was betrayed by his [[companion]]s during the [[Last Great Time War]], leading to him ending his life alone. | * In ''[[AHistory]]'', Lance Parkin revealed that a deleted line from his 2009 novel ''[[The Eyeless (novel)|The Eyeless]]'' would have revealed that the [[Eighth Doctor]] was betrayed by his [[companion]]s during the [[Last Great Time War]], leading to him ending his life alone. | ||
* [[Ben Morris (illustrator)|Ben Morris]] made an illustration of the Eighth Doctor regenerating into the Ninth Doctor for ''[[Who-ology: The Official Miscellany]]''. The illustration was excluded from the final product. | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
Latest revision as of 01:24, 21 September 2024
By most accounts, the Doctor's ninth incarnation was the one who followed the Eighth Doctor's regeneration.
When examining the Doctor's timeline, Marnal exclaimed to Rachel Rowley that the Doctor had "three ninth incarnations", (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles [+]Loading...["The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)"]) and the Eighth Doctor's visions of his next incarnation included as many as ten potential bodies. (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows [+]Loading...["The Tomorrow Windows (novel)"]) Accounts differed as to whom he eventually regenerated into. (TV: The Name of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Name of the Doctor (TV story)"]; PROSE: Doctor Who and the Time War [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)"], etc.) There were also other Ninth Doctors who existed in timelines where the Doctor didn't regenerate on Karn, who combated the "victorious" Daleks after the end of the Time War. (PROSE: Designing Eighth Doctor Adventures [+]Loading...{"page":"18-19","1":"Designing Eighth Doctor Adventures (feature)"})
The Eleventh Doctor was aware that, while there were ten incarnations that preceded him, from other points in his timeline "there could well be a few more", while matters were further muddied by "dodgy duplicates, pan-dimensional alternates and non-canonical spin-offs". (PROSE: "Two of Everything" [+]Part of Doctor, Doctor! 232, Loading...{"page":"29","namedpart":"Two of Everything","1":"Doctor, Doctor! (DWA 232 short story)"})
In addition, some accounts of the Doctor's early life suggested that the so-called First Doctor, from whom the numbering allotted to the conventional Eighth Doctor started, (PROSE: The Eight Doctors [+]Loading...["The Eight Doctors (novel)"]) was not actually the Doctor's first incarnation; (PROSE: The Power of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)"], Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius (novelisation)"]; TV: The Timeless Children [+]Loading...["The Timeless Children (TV story)"]) indeed, some suggested that the First Doctor was in fact the ninth, following eight prior incarnations. (TV: The Brain of Morbius [+]Loading...["The Brain of Morbius (TV story)"])
The Warrior[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: War Doctor
By many accounts, the Eighth Doctor regenerated into a ninth incarnation who renounced the title "Doctor" while fighting in the Last Great Time War. (TV: The Night of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Night of the Doctor (TV story)"]) Later incarnations disavowed this version of themselves for breaking the promise of their shared name, not even including him in their numbering, (TV: The Name of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Name of the Doctor (TV story)"]) with the Eleventh Doctor calling himself the "eleventh face", despite knowing it to be untrue. (PROSE: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)"]) However, after it was learnt that his final act was to actually save Gallifrey with many of his other incarnations, he was embraced as a true incarnation, (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) though his decision to disavow the "Doctor" title meant he was still not counted in the numbering, meaning the Eleventh Doctor still considered himself the eleventh incarnation. (TV: The Time of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"])
The man with the ears[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Ninth Doctor
After the Eighth Doctor saw several visions of his future in the Tomorrow Window, a single figure solidified out of the blur: one with a gaunt, hawklike face that gave him a broad, welcoming grin. (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows [+]Loading...["The Tomorrow Windows (novel)"])
According to some accounts, the Eighth Doctor regenerated into this incarnation after using the Moment to end the Last Great Time War, (COMIC: "Revelation" [+]Part of The Forgotten, Loading...{"namedep":"Revelation (5)","1":"The Forgotten (comic story)"}, PROSE: Doctor Who and the Time War [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)"], Have You Seen This Man? [+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"]) but many later accounts held that he was the successor to the War Doctor; as such, the "man with big ears" was the Doctor's tenth incarnation, but the ninth to use the name "Doctor". (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"], The Time of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"], etc.)
He travelled with companions such as Jack Harkness and Rose Tyler. (PROSE: Dr. Ninth [+]Loading...["Dr. Ninth (novel)"], etc.)
The balding man[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: The Doctor (Party Animals)
During his travels with Izzy Sinclair and Fey Truscott-Sade, the Eighth Doctor seemed to regenerate into a balding incarnation who liked to wear bowties and dark jackets, (COMIC: The Final Chapter [+]Loading...["The Final Chapter (comic story)"]) who had previously been encountered by the Seventh Doctor at Maruthea. (COMIC: Party Animals [+]Loading...["Party Animals (comic story)"]) However, this was actually Shayde posing as the Doctor as part of a scheme agreed upon between them to bring down the Threshold. (COMIC: Wormwood [+]Loading...["Wormwood (comic story)"]) In reality, the balding man eventually severed himself from his past as part of a deal with the man in black to restore his homeworld. As a result, he lost his memories and continued to wander the universe, taking the name of "Fred"; a different version of himself took over the place he had occupied in his original timeline. (PROSE: Cyber-Hunt [+]Loading...["Cyber-Hunt (novelisation)"])
The listless-looking man[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Ninth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)
One of the faces the Eighth Doctor saw in the Tomorrow Window was "a listless-looking man", (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows [+]Loading...["The Tomorrow Windows (novel)"]) who had a companion named Emma, (PROSE: Who's After Your Cash [+]Loading...["Who's After Your Cash (short story)"]) with whom he fell in love and decided to stop adventuring and settle down. The Doctor and Emma met the Master on Tersurus to inform him, but the Master brought the Daleks.
This Doctor was explicitly identified by the Master as the ninth incarnation and ultimately regenerated into his tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth incarnations in quick succession after being shot by various energy beams. (TV: The Curse of Fatal Death [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)"])
The pale aristocrat[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)
Another possible future the Eighth Doctor glimpsed in the Tomorrow Window included a pale aristocrat (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows [+]Loading...["The Tomorrow Windows (novel)"]) who fought the Shalka. This incarnation of the Doctor had formed an "alliance of sorts" with the Master, who was confined to the TARDIS in an android body (WC: Scream of the Shalka [+]Loading...["Scream of the Shalka (webcast)"]) after losing his original body assisting the Doctor in defeating an alien race which had invaded Gallifrey and killed nearly all other Time Lords, including the Lord President's daughter, with whom the Doctor had fallen in love.
After the Time Lords retreated into the Matrix, (PROSE: Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor [+]Loading...["Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor (short story)"]) they sent the Doctor and the Master on dangerous missions as punishment for the death (PROSE: Scream of the Shalka [+]Loading...["Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)"]) of the Lord President's daughter. (PROSE: Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor [+]Loading...["Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor (short story)"]) Following the Shalka invasion of Earth, they were joined in the TARDIS by Alison Cheney. (WC: Scream of the Shalka [+]Loading...["Scream of the Shalka (webcast)"]; PROSE: The Feast of the Stone [+]Loading...["The Feast of the Stone (short story)"])
In circumstances unexplained this Doctor once expressed how he was "sort of" the Ninth Doctor; the Eleventh Doctor, later in his life, once explained to Rebecca that depending on what point in his timeline he was at, more incarnations existed beyond the known ten. (PROSE: "Two of Everything" [+]Part of Doctor, Doctor! 232, Loading...{"page":"29","namedpart":"Two of Everything","1":"Doctor, Doctor! (DWA 232 short story)"})
Daughter of Mine was visited several times by the "tall white aristocrat" incarnation of the Doctor. (AUDIO: Shadow of a Doubt [+]Loading...["Shadow of a Doubt (audio story)"])
His image was extrapolated by Rogue's ship when Rogue scanned the Fifteenth Doctor, alongside other images of the Doctor's incarnations, notably including the big-eared Ninth Doctor, as well as the War Doctor. (TV: Rogue [+]Loading...["Rogue (TV story)"])
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Other possible future selves the Eighth Doctor glimpsed in the Tomorrow Window included a figure in a velvet suit and eyeliner; a man with curly hair and a lopsided smile; a ginger incarnation (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows [+]Loading...["The Tomorrow Windows (novel)"]) whose adventures intersected the Seventh Doctor's several times; (PROSE: Battlefield [+]Loading...["Battlefield (novelisation)"], Transit [+]Loading...["Transit (novel)"], Birthright [+]Loading...["Birthright (novel)"], Happy Endings [+]Loading...["Happy Endings (novel)"]) and the Valeyard, (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows [+]Loading...["The Tomorrow Windows (novel)"]) who repeatedly menaced the Sixth Doctor (TV: The Mysterious Planet [+]Loading...["The Mysterious Planet (TV story)"], AUDIO: The Brink of Death [+]Loading...["The Brink of Death (audio story)"], et al.) and was described as an amalgamation of the Doctor's darker sides from between his twelfth and final incarnations. (TV: The Ultimate Foe [+]Loading...["The Ultimate Foe (TV story)"])
One possibility was that the Eighth Doctor's successor was the man with a bent nose, (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows [+]Loading...["The Tomorrow Windows (novel)"]) who was not a proper incarnation of the Doctor but the Minister of Chance, another of the four surviving elementals. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles [+]Loading...["The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)"])
Another possibility was that the Eighth Doctor's future included many men in pseudo-Edwardian dress, as well as the First Doctor. (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows [+]Loading...["The Tomorrow Windows (novel)"]) The Infinity Doctor resembled the Eighth Doctor with short hair but lived on Gallifrey and had forgotten many of his adventures. (PROSE: The Infinity Doctors [+]Loading...["The Infinity Doctors (novel)"]) By one account, the old man and young girl who landed their spaceship in the junkyard at 76 Totter's Lane were Soul and Zezanne in the shape-shifting Jonah; in their amnesiac states, Zezanne believed that Soul was her grandfather. (PROSE: Sometime Never... [+]Loading...["Sometime Never... (novel)"])
In an account where the Time War had been fought, ended, and reignited by the Catalyst all during the lifetime of the Seventh Doctor, many temporal wakes affected the Doctor's own history. It was majorly rewritten, resulting in numerous timelines where the Eighth Doctor never died and regenerated on Karn; in these versions of history, these Doctors were forced to combat the Daleks — who had won the Time War — with the universe in a state of entropy. (PROSE: Designing Eighth Doctor Adventures [+]Loading...{"page":"15-16, 18-19","1":"Designing Eighth Doctor Adventures (feature)"})
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- In the 1989 board game Battle for the Universe, a distinct incarnation of the Doctor is depicted as having access to four remaining regenerations.
- The reference to the Doctor having "three ninth incarnations" in The Gallifrey Chronicles [+]Loading...["The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)"] is a reference to Rowan Atkinson's Ninth Doctor in The Curse of Fatal Death [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)"], Richard E Grant's Ninth Doctor in Scream of the Shalka [+]Loading...["Scream of the Shalka (webcast)"], and Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor in Series 1. Each of these incarnations and many more had been previously depicted in The Tomorrow Windows [+]Loading...["The Tomorrow Windows (novel)"].
- According to Jonathan Morris[1], the appearance of a Doctor wearing eyeliner and a Doctor with curly hair in The Tomorrow Windows were based respectively on actors Eddie Izzard and Alan Davies, both of whom were rumoured as the Ninth Doctor in 2003 before the reveal of Christopher Eccleston. Mark Gatiss mentioned people "glibly talk[ing]" about casting Izzard or Davies in 1999. ("We're gonna be bigger than Star Wars!", DWM 279)
- The Izzard rumour was prolific enough that Fourth Doctor actor Tom Baker openly spoke in favour of their hypothetical casting.[2][3]
- In a Radio Times readers' poll, the top five favourites to play the incoming Ninth Doctor were Ian Richardson, Alan Davies, Stephen Fry, and Alan Rickman, with Anthony Head in 1st place.[4]
- ITV's animated comedy sketch series 2DTV, which preceded the introduction of Eccleston's Ninth Doctor, featured a pair of grey Daleks announcing their return, vowing to exterminate "the new Doctor", "whoever he is" before one of the Daleks is intercepted by Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine. Incidentally, the introduction of the Time War and resulting developments in Doctor Who lore furthered the idea that the Daleks held a particular conviction towards exterminating the Eighth Doctor's successor.
- COMIC: The Flood [+]Loading...["The Flood (comic story)"] was originally going to end with the regeneration of the Eighth Doctor, with the BBC approving the plan. However, a condition imposed by the BBC and Russell T Davies (namely, that the Ninth Doctor could not be seen to travel with any companion other than Rose) rendered this unworkable, and the idea was abandoned. Thought was given to a storyline that would have seen Destrii travel with a Doctor who was 'trapped' mid-regeneration, with a flaming head and hidden features that the writers and artists compared to Dormammu of Marvel Comics, but this idea was considered too much effort for too little reward, considering the main purpose of a regeneration storyline was to see how the companions reacted to the new Doctor.
- For the graphic novel release of The Flood, Martin Geraghty illustrated the Ninth Doctor after his regeneration as it was originally scripted by Scott Gray.
- In AHistory, Lance Parkin revealed that a deleted line from his 2009 novel The Eyeless would have revealed that the Eighth Doctor was betrayed by his companions during the Last Great Time War, leading to him ending his life alone.
- Ben Morris made an illustration of the Eighth Doctor regenerating into the Ninth Doctor for Who-ology: The Official Miscellany. The illustration was excluded from the final product.
