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|individual name = Ninth Doctor
|species    = The Doctor's species
|race = [[Gallifreyan]] ([[Time Lord]])
|partner    = Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)
|home planet = [[Gallifrey]]
|origin      = [[Gallifrey]]
|home era = [[Rassilon Era]]
|first cs    = Who's After Your Cash (short story)
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]''<br>[[EDA]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows]]'' (cameo)
|appearances = {{Il|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Tomorrow Windows (novel)}}|[[COMIC]]: {{cs|Doctor Whoah! (DWM 376 comic story)|''Doctor Whoah!'' 376}}}}
|actor = [[Rowan Atkinson]]
|actor       = Rowan Atkinson
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|clip        = Rowan Atkinson is Doctor Who - Comic Relief
The '''Ninth Doctor''' was a possible future incarnation of the [[Eighth Doctor]].
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A [[Time Lord]] who called himself '''the Doctor''' travelled in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] with his [[companion]] [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]]. After an encounter with his old enemies, the [[Dalek]]s and {{Pryce}}, he [[regenerated]] four times in quick succession, ultimately transforming into [[Thirteenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a female body]].


==Biography==
== Biography ==
When the [[eighth incarnation]] of the Doctor looked into the [[Tomorrow Windows]], he saw this incarnation as a possible ninth incarnation, as well as [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|another which would not be]] and the [[Ninth Doctor|one which would]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows]]'')
=== A day to come ===
When the [[Eighth Doctor]] looked into the [[Tomorrow Window]], he saw [[the Doctor's ninth incarnation|several possible ninth incarnations]], one of whom was "a listless-looking man [who] sat on a sofa beside [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a girl in a red dress]] in [[Castle Tersurus|an unconvincing medieval dungeon]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Tomorrow Windows (novel)}})


This incarnation met [[The Master (The Curse of Fatal Death)|the Master]] on the planet [[Tersurus]], after the Master asked him to, and announced his retirement from universe saving. He wished to settle down in domestic bliss with his companion [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]]. He confronted the Master's various traps- each Time Lord having travelled back in time to bribe the castle architect to plant various traps in the Master's case and negate the traps in the Doctor's-, before being captured by the [[Dalek]]s, whom the Master had recruited as allies after a trap the Doctor had modified resulted in the Master being trapped in the sewers of Tersurus for over a thousand years (The Master falling into the sewers and spending three hundred and twelve years climbing out of them on three separate occasions). The Doctor warned the Master using smells, the language of Terseran, about the creatures' plans to exterminate him once his usefulness was at an end.
=== Adventures with Emma ===
[[File:Who's After Your Cash.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor and Emma don [[Red Nose]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who's After Your Cash (short story)|Who's After Your Cash]]'')]]
At some point, the Doctor began travelling with the "glamorous" [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who's After Your Cash (short story)}}) in whom, "without even knowing [he] was looking", he found "a woman to [[love]]". The two developed a romantic relationship, with the Doctor's [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|next incarnation]] later indicating that the two had had [[sex]] at least once. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)}})


When the Doctor's attempt to communicate with the Master was discovered, he was shot by a Dalek energy beam and regenerated into his [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|next incarnation]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]'')
Coming back to [[Earth]] for the first time in many [[year]]s, the Doctor became aware of a [[charity]] event centred around a "[[Comic Relief spectacular|TV spectacular]]" which, among other things, contained a depiction of his and Emma's adventures battling the [[Dalek]]s and {{Pryce}}. He wrote a rambling letter to ''[[The Mirror]]'' endorsing the production and insisting that readers give what they could to those in need. In this letter, he described himself as "over [[800]] years [[The Doctor's age|old]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who's After Your Cash (short story)}})


==Behind the scenes==
=== Death ===
*Like ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]'', this incarnation of [[the Doctor]] was not considered [[canon]]. However, [[EDA]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows]]'' later brought him into canon as a possible future incarnation.
{{Main|The Doctor's regenerations (The Curse of Fatal Death)}}
The Doctor wanted to settle down in domestic bliss with his companion Emma, and so invited {{Pryce}} to meet him on the planet [[Tersurus]] to inform him of his [[retirement]]. On Tersurus, both Time Lords had travelled back in time to bribe the castle architect to plant, then negate, various traps, ending in the Master's nine-hundred-and-thirty-six year imprisonment in the sewers of Tersurus. However, the Master ultimately recruited the [[Dalek]]s to assist him.
 
The Doctor, realising that the Daleks planned to exterminate the Master once his usefulness was at an end, warned the Master of the danger through smells in the language of [[Tersuran]]. This was detected by the Daleks, and the Doctor was then accidentally shot by a Dalek energy beam. Emma was horrified, until the Master stated that the Doctor was in his ninth incarnation and would soon regenerate; sure enough, the Doctor then regenerated into his [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|next body]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)}})
 
== Behind the scenes ==
[[File:Atkinson appeal.jpg|thumb|The appeal.]]
* In the first draft of the script, Moffat described the Doctor as follows: ''"Now in his ninth incarnation, he is elegant, immaculate and super-suave with an air of artfully bored insouciance. He's been everywhere, done everything and blown up most monsters. When danger strikes, he rarely does more than roll his eyes at the lack of imagination among intergalactic psychopaths these days, before disrupting their plans, ending their evil dominion and probably blowing up their planet if he thinks it won't get his jacket all creased. However, he has occasional flashes of fluster and panic, from which he recovers with a comic swiftness that serves to remind us how much effort he puts into being the cool, smart, impeccably dressed gentleman of the universe we now see emerging from the police box."''<ref>Doctor Who Magazine #328</ref>
* After the credits rolled during the original broadcast of [[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'', a roughly ten second long appeal by [[Rowan Atkinson]], still in-character as the Ninth Doctor, aired. The short "narrative" showed the Ninth Doctor on Tersurus asking the audience to donate money by using the phone number shown on the screen.
* In the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|BBC ''Eighth Doctor Adventures'']] novel ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'', there is a passing reference to the Doctor having "three [[The Doctor's ninth incarnation|ninth incarnation]]s", which was intended to refer to the [[Ninth Doctor]] played by [[Christopher Eccleston]] in the [[BBC Wales]] ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'' series, this Ninth Doctor played by [[Rowan Atkinson]] and the [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|Ninth Doctor]] played by [[Richard E Grant]] in the ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' webcast.
* In ''[[Talking 'Bout My Regeneration]]'', when asked if any other Doctors would be joining the lineup seen in ''[[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|The Sirens of Time]]'', [[Gary Russell]] said: "''It's certainly our intention, uh, to try to get as many Doctors as we can to do plays for us, um, it would be very foolish for us not to try to get [[Paul McGann]], [[Tom Baker]], hey, we may even go for Rowan Atkinson, who knows.''"
* In the short story ''Iris Explains'' in the [[2001 (releases)|2001]] [[Charity publication|charity anthology]] ''[[Missing Pieces (anthology)|Missing Pieces]]'', [[Lance Parkin]] had [[Iris Wildthyme]] suggest that "that new you", implicitly Rowan Atkinson's Doctor - then the latest incarnation of [[the Doctor]] to have debuted on television - was the version of the Doctor whom the [[Eighth Doctor]] would regenerate into, if [[Gallifrey]] was ever restored following the events of ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]''. A lasting restoration of Gallifrey would later be presented in ''[[The Tomorrow Windows (novel)|The Tomorrow Windows]]'' and ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'' as one of the possible endpoints of the [[post-War universe]]; alternatives included the Doctor becoming [[the Emperor]] of [[the Needle]] or simply remaining the [[Last of the Time Lords]].
* In the Instagram release of [[Russell T Davies]]'s short story ''[[Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)|Doctor Who and the Time War]]'', he liked a comment suggesting that, as the [[Ninth Doctor (Doctor Who and the Time War)|Ninth Doctor]] in that story was not explicitly identified, it could be any of the Doctor's ninth incarnations, including Rowan Atkinson's.
 
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Latest revision as of 22:56, 26 November 2024

A Time Lord who called himself the Doctor travelled in the TARDIS with his companion Emma. After an encounter with his old enemies, the Daleks and the Master, he regenerated four times in quick succession, ultimately transforming into a female body.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

A day to come[[edit] | [edit source]]

When the Eighth Doctor looked into the Tomorrow Window, he saw several possible ninth incarnations, one of whom was "a listless-looking man [who] sat on a sofa beside a girl in a red dress in an unconvincing medieval dungeon". (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows [+]Loading...["The Tomorrow Windows (novel)"])

Adventures with Emma[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor and Emma don Red Noses. (PROSE: Who's After Your Cash)

At some point, the Doctor began travelling with the "glamorous" Emma (PROSE: Who's After Your Cash [+]Loading...["Who's After Your Cash (short story)"]) in whom, "without even knowing [he] was looking", he found "a woman to love". The two developed a romantic relationship, with the Doctor's next incarnation later indicating that the two had had sex at least once. (TV: The Curse of Fatal Death [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)"])

Coming back to Earth for the first time in many years, the Doctor became aware of a charity event centred around a "TV spectacular" which, among other things, contained a depiction of his and Emma's adventures battling the Daleks and the Master. He wrote a rambling letter to The Mirror endorsing the production and insisting that readers give what they could to those in need. In this letter, he described himself as "over 800 years old". (PROSE: Who's After Your Cash [+]Loading...["Who's After Your Cash (short story)"])

Death[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The Doctor's regenerations (The Curse of Fatal Death)

The Doctor wanted to settle down in domestic bliss with his companion Emma, and so invited the Master to meet him on the planet Tersurus to inform him of his retirement. On Tersurus, both Time Lords had travelled back in time to bribe the castle architect to plant, then negate, various traps, ending in the Master's nine-hundred-and-thirty-six year imprisonment in the sewers of Tersurus. However, the Master ultimately recruited the Daleks to assist him.

The Doctor, realising that the Daleks planned to exterminate the Master once his usefulness was at an end, warned the Master of the danger through smells in the language of Tersuran. This was detected by the Daleks, and the Doctor was then accidentally shot by a Dalek energy beam. Emma was horrified, until the Master stated that the Doctor was in his ninth incarnation and would soon regenerate; sure enough, the Doctor then regenerated into his next body. (TV: The Curse of Fatal Death [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The appeal.

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Doctor Who Magazine #328