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individual name= The Doctor |
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race= Half-[[Human]], Half-[[Gallifreyan]] ([[Time Lord]]) |
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==Biography==
==Biography==


The Second Doctor began his life as the [[First Doctor]]'s body finally wore out during an encounter with the [[Cybermen]] at the [[Snowcap Base]] in [[1986]], forcing him to [[regeneration|regenerate]]. Almost immediately after this new life began, [[the Doctor]] found himself thrown into a battle with his old enemies, the [[Dalek]]s, at the [[Earth]] colony on [[Vulcan]]. Owing to the non-sequential appearances of the Doctor in their own history, these Daleks already recognized this Doctor from what for them was a previous encounter.  
===New life===
This incarnation's life began  began his life when his [[old body|First Doctor]]] finally wore out during an encounter with the [[Cybermen]] and he [[regeneration|regenerate]]d. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'').


While the First Doctor's [[companion]]s, with the possible exception of [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], had been from the [[20th century]] or the future, this Doctor acquired two companions from Earth's past, namely [[Jamie McCrimmon]], from the year [[1745]], and [[Victoria Waterfield]], from [[1866]]. Only [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly]], whom the Doctor had "inherited" from his predecessor, and his last companion, [[Zoe Heriot]], were from the periods in which the First Doctor was likely to meet new assistants.
The Doctor found himself suspected as an imposter by his companion [[Ben Jackson]] and thrown thrown into a battle with his old enemies, the [[Dalek]]s, at the [[Earth]] colony on the [[planet]] [[Vulcan]]. The fact that the Daleks recognized Ben as their enemyconvinced him of the Doctor's credentials and by the end of this adventure, the Doctor had won over the trust of Ben and Polly. ([[DW]]: ''[[Evil of the Daleks]]'')


It was in this incarnation that the Doctor had his first known encounters with the [[Yeti]] and the [[Ice Warrior]]s. Most authorities agree that his first battle with the [[Time Lord]] criminal known as [[the Master]] also occured during this period. The Doctor also continued to have battles with the Daleks, at one point fomenting a civil war among the Daleks which he believed, or at least hoped, was their final end. He especially had continued battles with the Cybermen. Perhaps most importantly, in battles with the [[Great Intelligence]] and the Cybermen the Doctor had his first meetings with [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], who would play significant roles in some of the Doctor's greatest adventures.  
===New companions===
Shortly, the trio met [[Jamie McCrimmon]], in [[1745]] [[Scotland]] and let him come along on their travels ([[DW]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]''.


Finally, after untold years of eluding capture, the Doctor was forced to betray his location to the Time Lords in order to enlist their help in returning the many soldiers kidnapped from various periods of Earth history by the [[War Lord]]s. The Second Doctor was captured and placed on trial for violating the cardinal rule of the Time Lords against interference in the affairs of other worlds. Sentenced to exile to 20th century Earth, the Doctor was forced to undergo another regeneration.
Together, on [[Earth's Moon]], they would fight a new, more machine-like form of [[Cyberman (Mondasian)|Cyberman]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'').


From some point prior to this moment, the Second Doctor was recruited by the Time Lords to help the [[Third Doctor]] in his battle with [[Omega]]. There exists some evidence that, just as the Third Doctor was rewarded by the Time Lords by having his exile rescinded, the Second may have been shunted into an alternate timeline, or had his exile delayed, on condition that he work as the Time Lords' agent when needed.
Ben and Polly decided to stop off together on [[1966]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]''). The Doctor found themselves transported abducted back to [[1867]]. Two [[19th century]] [[Human]] scientists, [[Edward Waterfield]] and [[Theodore Maxtible]], trying to isolate the [[Human Factor]]. Jamie and the Doctor befriended Waterfield's daughter, [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]]. Waterfield now having died and the introduction of the Human Factor having instigated a war on [[Skaro]], the Doctor and Jamie left with Victoria. The Doctor believed at the time that the Daleks had truly destroyed each other, forever. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'')
 
===Cybermen, Yeti and Ice Warriors===
With Jamie and Victoria alongside him, the Doctor forced back the Cybermen back to their ice tombs on [[Telos]] and first encoutnered the [[Cybermat]]s ([[DW]]: ''[[Tomb of the Cybermen]]''. On [[Earth]] had their first known encounters with the [[Yeti]] and the [[Great Intelligence]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]') and the [[Ice Warrior]]s ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ice Warriors]]'').
 
During a second battle with the Great Intelligence and the Yeti, the Doctor met for the first time, then-Colonel [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'').
 
'':Lethbridge-Stewart would later found [[UNIT]] and play a significant roles in some of the Doctor's greatest adventures.''
 
===Menoptera, Veltrochni and Koschei===
 
The TARDIS landed once more on [[Vortis]] ([[MA]]: ''[[Twilight of the Gods]]''). On Doctor met, once again, Near [[Darkheart]], they encountered the war-llike [[Veltrochni]] and [[Koschei]], an close friend from [[Gallifrey]], now sent by the [[Time Lord]]s to retrieve him. ([[MA]]: ''[[The Dark Path]]'').
 
Craving peace and quiet, Victoria left the TARDIS crew to live with the [[Harris family]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Fury of the Deep]]'').
 
===Cybermen, Quarks and Ice Warriors===
The Doctor and Jamie discovered a Cyberman plot involving a [[Wheel in Space|space station]] and picked up one of the space station's crew, [[Zoe Herriot]]. To make sure that she really wanted to come with them, the Doctor showed her a mental projection of his last adventure with the Daleks in the year [[1966]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'')
 
On the plnaet [[Dulkis]], the Doctor, Zoe and Jamie first fought the [[Quark]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dominators]]''). Shortly after an adventure in the [[Land of Fiction]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mind Robber]]'') the travelers landed on Earth where learned Lethbridge-Stewart, now a Brigadier, headed a new [[alien defense organization]] named [[UNIT]]. Alongside UNIT, they defeated [[Tobias Vaughan]] and the Cybermen ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'')
 
Late they once more battled the Ice Warriors. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'').
 
===The trial and its aftermath===
The Doctor discovered a former friend, Magnus, now calling himself the [[War Chief]], who had given [[SIDRAT|spacetime vessel technology]] to the [[War Lords]], a race planning to use Human soldiers as an army to conquer [[Mutter's Spiral|the galaxy]]. The Doctor was forced to betray his location to the Time Lords in order to returning the many soldiers kidnapped from various periods of Earth history. ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]'')
 
The Doctor was captured and placed on trial for violating the cardinal rule of the Time Lords, never to interfere. His sentence would consist of exile on Earth in the [[20th century]] and a forced regeneration. ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]'').
 
The [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] had stepped in, secretly, to intercede and prevent the Time Lords from executing the Doctor. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assasin]]''). Reluctantlly, the Doctor then worked for them. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'', [[PDA]]: ''[[World Game]]'')
 
:''At an unknown later time, the Doctor did regenerate and the Doctor's exile commenced.''
 
=Characteristics=
 
==Appearance==
The Doctor dressed similarly to his [[First Doctor|earlier self]], though in far less natty fashion, the pants now clownishly large and the cravat replaced with a bow tie. He abandoned the blue [[signet ring]] as it no longer fit him. In his first adventure on Vulcan he possessed a tall stovepipe hat. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'').  
He had longish, rumpled hair and brown eyes. In later years, his dark hair began to gray. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'')


==Psychological profile==
==Psychological profile==


===Personality===
===Personality===
The Second Doctor was a complete change of pace from his predecessor. Whimsical, buffoonish, witty. The Doctor was no longer a grandfather figure, but rather more of a favourite uncle. Indeed, the slow transition of the First Doctor from a reluctant travelling companion to a more kindly compatriot was completed here, as the Second Doctor very much enjoyed embroiling himself in adventures with his assistants. Despite this Doctor's almost childlike recklessness, it was always clear to his allies that a keen, deliberate intellect lurked behind every action. Although the Second Doctor frequently gave the impression that he never knew what he was doing, this was simply an affectation: an act put on to fool those who would underestimate him.


The Second Doctor was a complete change of pace from his predecessor. Whimsical, buffoonish, witty. The Doctor was no longer a grandfather figure, but rather more of a favourite uncle. Indeed, the slow transition of the First Doctor from a reluctant travelling companion to a more kindly compatriot was completed here, as the Second Doctor very much enjoyed embroiling himself in adventures with his assistants. Despite this Doctor's almost childlike recklessness, it was always clear to his allies that a keen, deliberate intellect lurked behind every action. Although the Second Doctor frequently gave the impression that he never knew what he was doing, this was simply an affectation: an act put on to fool those who would underestimate him.
===Habits and Quirks===
 
:''While in the Land of Fiction he wore it again and gave it to [[Bernice Summerfield]], who needed it to complete the second [[Key to Time]]. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Time and Tima Again]]'')
 
He also possessed a [[recorder]] which he played to concentrate or while under stress. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' onwards.)


===Habits and Quirks===
On Vulcan he In [[Scotland]], he posed as a [[German]] physican., calling himself [[Doctor von Wer]] ([[DW]]: ''The Highlanders]]'') and in [[Atlantis]] he dressed as a strange gypsy-like musican ([[DW]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]''). In most of these instances, he seemed as much motivated by the fun of doing it as much as for any practical purpose.


The Second Doctor dressed similarly to the [[First Doctor]], though in far less natty fashion, the pants now clownishly large and the cravat replaced with a bow tie. He abandoned the blue [[signet ring]] as it no longer fit him. In his first adventure on Vulcan he possessed a tall stovepipe hat, never seen subsequently. He also possessed a [[recorder]] which he played to concentrate or while under stress.  
:''The alias Doctor von Wer translates, roughly, in English to "Doctor Who".''


On Vulcan, [[Scotland]] ("[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]") and [[Atlantis]] ("[[The Underwater Menace]]"), he posed as or disguised himself as other people, sometimes positively relishing the chance. Less willingly, he also impersonated [[Salamander]], the Second Doctor's physical double.  
Taking events more seriously,, he impersonated the murdered [[Earth Examiner]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]''). Agains his will, he also impersonated [[Salamander]], the Doctor's physical double. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World]]''). On the Wheel in Space, he adopted for the fist time the alias of [[Dr. John Smith]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'').


The Second Doctor introduced several qualities later picked up upon by future incarnations. The Doctor first showed interest in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] to us in this incarnation ("[[The Web of Fear]]"). He also first revealed to us and his companions the [[Five Hundred Year Diary]] ("[[The Power of the Daleks]]"), his [[sonic screwdriver]] ("[[Fury from the Deep]]") and the alias [[Doctor John Smith]] ("[[The Wheel in Space]]"), all of which he would return to in later incarnations. He had the ability to pull almost out of his pockets. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'')
This Doctor introduced several qualities later picked up upon by future incarnations. The Doctor first showed interest in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] to us in this incarnation ([[DW]]: ''[[The Abominable Snomwen]]''). He also first revealed to us and his companions the [[Five Hundred Year Diary]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]''), his [[sonic screwdriver]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep]]''). He had the ability to pull almost out of his pockets. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'')


==Mysteries and Discrepancies==
==Mysteries and Discrepancies==
*How did the Daleks on Vulcan recognize the Doctor?
:''The Daleks could have come from further ahead in the Doctor's personal timestream. Otherwise, they may simly have deduced his identity without having encountered this incarnation before.''
*At what time in his life did the Doctor fight Omega alongside his [[First Doctor|past]] and [[Third Doctor|future]] selves?
:''We only know this event happened, for him, sometime after he fought the Cybermen alongside UNIT.''


*The Doctor showed a certain familarity with the Cybermen tombs on Telos ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'').  
*The Doctor showed a certain familarity with the Cybermen tombs on Telos ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'').  

Revision as of 17:50, 4 February 2007

Biography

New life

This incarnation's life began began his life when his First Doctor] finally wore out during an encounter with the Cybermen and he regenerated. (DW: The Tenth Planet).

The Doctor found himself suspected as an imposter by his companion Ben Jackson and thrown thrown into a battle with his old enemies, the Daleks, at the Earth colony on the planet Vulcan. The fact that the Daleks recognized Ben as their enemyconvinced him of the Doctor's credentials and by the end of this adventure, the Doctor had won over the trust of Ben and Polly. (DW: Evil of the Daleks)

New companions

Shortly, the trio met Jamie McCrimmon, in 1745 Scotland and let him come along on their travels (DW: The Highlanders.

Together, on Earth's Moon, they would fight a new, more machine-like form of Cyberman. (DW: The Moonbase).

Ben and Polly decided to stop off together on 1966 (DW: The Faceless Ones). The Doctor found themselves transported abducted back to 1867. Two 19th century Human scientists, Edward Waterfield and Theodore Maxtible, trying to isolate the Human Factor. Jamie and the Doctor befriended Waterfield's daughter, Victoria. Waterfield now having died and the introduction of the Human Factor having instigated a war on Skaro, the Doctor and Jamie left with Victoria. The Doctor believed at the time that the Daleks had truly destroyed each other, forever. (DW: The Evil of the Daleks)

Cybermen, Yeti and Ice Warriors

With Jamie and Victoria alongside him, the Doctor forced back the Cybermen back to their ice tombs on Telos and first encoutnered the Cybermats (DW: Tomb of the Cybermen. On Earth had their first known encounters with the Yeti and the Great Intelligence (DW: The Abominable Snowmen') and the Ice Warriors (DW: The Ice Warriors).

During a second battle with the Great Intelligence and the Yeti, the Doctor met for the first time, then-Colonel Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (DW: The Web of Fear).

:Lethbridge-Stewart would later found UNIT and play a significant roles in some of the Doctor's greatest adventures.

Menoptera, Veltrochni and Koschei

The TARDIS landed once more on Vortis (MA: Twilight of the Gods). On Doctor met, once again, Near Darkheart, they encountered the war-llike Veltrochni and Koschei, an close friend from Gallifrey, now sent by the Time Lords to retrieve him. (MA: The Dark Path).

Craving peace and quiet, Victoria left the TARDIS crew to live with the Harris family. (DW: Fury of the Deep).

Cybermen, Quarks and Ice Warriors

The Doctor and Jamie discovered a Cyberman plot involving a space station and picked up one of the space station's crew, Zoe Herriot. To make sure that she really wanted to come with them, the Doctor showed her a mental projection of his last adventure with the Daleks in the year 1966 (DW: The Wheel in Space)

On the plnaet Dulkis, the Doctor, Zoe and Jamie first fought the Quarks. (DW: The Dominators). Shortly after an adventure in the Land of Fiction (DW: The Mind Robber) the travelers landed on Earth where learned Lethbridge-Stewart, now a Brigadier, headed a new alien defense organization named UNIT. Alongside UNIT, they defeated Tobias Vaughan and the Cybermen (DW: The Invasion)

Late they once more battled the Ice Warriors. (DW: The Seeds of Death).

The trial and its aftermath

The Doctor discovered a former friend, Magnus, now calling himself the War Chief, who had given spacetime vessel technology to the War Lords, a race planning to use Human soldiers as an army to conquer the galaxy. The Doctor was forced to betray his location to the Time Lords in order to returning the many soldiers kidnapped from various periods of Earth history. (DW: The War Games)

The Doctor was captured and placed on trial for violating the cardinal rule of the Time Lords, never to interfere. His sentence would consist of exile on Earth in the 20th century and a forced regeneration. (DW: The War Games).

The Celestial Intervention Agency had stepped in, secretly, to intercede and prevent the Time Lords from executing the Doctor. (DW: The Deadly Assasin). Reluctantlly, the Doctor then worked for them. (DW: The Two Doctors, PDA: World Game)

At an unknown later time, the Doctor did regenerate and the Doctor's exile commenced.

Characteristics

Appearance

The Doctor dressed similarly to his earlier self, though in far less natty fashion, the pants now clownishly large and the cravat replaced with a bow tie. He abandoned the blue signet ring as it no longer fit him. In his first adventure on Vulcan he possessed a tall stovepipe hat. (DW: The Power of the Daleks). He had longish, rumpled hair and brown eyes. In later years, his dark hair began to gray. (DW: The Two Doctors)

Psychological profile

Personality

The Second Doctor was a complete change of pace from his predecessor. Whimsical, buffoonish, witty. The Doctor was no longer a grandfather figure, but rather more of a favourite uncle. Indeed, the slow transition of the First Doctor from a reluctant travelling companion to a more kindly compatriot was completed here, as the Second Doctor very much enjoyed embroiling himself in adventures with his assistants. Despite this Doctor's almost childlike recklessness, it was always clear to his allies that a keen, deliberate intellect lurked behind every action. Although the Second Doctor frequently gave the impression that he never knew what he was doing, this was simply an affectation: an act put on to fool those who would underestimate him.

Habits and Quirks

While in the Land of Fiction he wore it again and gave it to Bernice Summerfield, who needed it to complete the second Key to Time. (DWM: Time and Tima Again)

He also possessed a recorder which he played to concentrate or while under stress. (DW: The Power of the Daleks onwards.)

On Vulcan he In Scotland, he posed as a German physican., calling himself Doctor von Wer (DW: The Highlanders]]) and in Atlantis he dressed as a strange gypsy-like musican (DW: The Underwater Menace). In most of these instances, he seemed as much motivated by the fun of doing it as much as for any practical purpose.

The alias Doctor von Wer translates, roughly, in English to "Doctor Who".

Taking events more seriously,, he impersonated the murdered Earth Examiner (DW: The Power of the Daleks). Agains his will, he also impersonated Salamander, the Doctor's physical double. (DW: The Enemy of the World). On the Wheel in Space, he adopted for the fist time the alias of Dr. John Smith. (DW: The Wheel in Space).

This Doctor introduced several qualities later picked up upon by future incarnations. The Doctor first showed interest in Tibetan Buddhism to us in this incarnation (DW: The Abominable Snomwen). He also first revealed to us and his companions the Five Hundred Year Diary (DW: The Power of the Daleks), his sonic screwdriver (DW: Fury from the Deep). He had the ability to pull almost out of his pockets. (DW: The Five Doctors)

Mysteries and Discrepancies

  • How did the Daleks on Vulcan recognize the Doctor?
The Daleks could have come from further ahead in the Doctor's personal timestream. Otherwise, they may simly have deduced his identity without having encountered this incarnation before.
  • At what time in his life did the Doctor fight Omega alongside his past and future selves?
We only know this event happened, for him, sometime after he fought the Cybermen alongside UNIT.
  • When did Jamie finally return home and under what circumstances?
  • When did this incarnation really regenerate?

Unrecorded adventures

  • Probably the Doctor and Jamie had least one other adventure together.
Strangely, the Doctor later recalled the Cyber-Planner saying this (DWM: The World Shapers), even though he could not possibly have heard.

Key Life Events

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