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| {{quote|I am [[the Doctor]] whether you like it or not|The Doctor|The Twin Dilemma}}
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| {{Infobox Individual|
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| individual name= Sixth Doctor |
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| image= [[Image:Bakercolindoc.jpg |250px]] |
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| race= [[Gallifreyan]] ([[Time Lord]]) |
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| home planet=[[Gallifrey]] |
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| home era= [[Rassilon Era]] |
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| appearances= [[Sixth Doctor - List of Appearances|Full List of Appearances]] |
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| actor= [[Colin Baker]]|
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| }}
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| ==Biography==
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| ===Early travels===
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| ====Regeneration====
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| [[Image:Vengeance on Varos.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The Sixth Doctor (close up)]]
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| [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] [[Regeneration|regenerated]] for a fifth time after exposure to [[spectrox]] and contracting the fatal [[spectrox toxaemia]] disease on the [[planet]] [[Androzani Minor]]. He had given his companion, [[Perpugilliam Brown|Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown]], the last of the antidote, leaving none left for himself. He remarked in his final moments that the regeneration felt "different this time". ([[DW]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani]]'')
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| =====Post-regenerative crisis=====
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| Following this regeneration, he suffered from a particularly unstable personality and even attempted to throttle Peri to death. The Doctor then decided to exile himself on [[Titan III]], but soon got involved with stopping [[Mestor]] and his [[gastropod]]s. On Titan III he also met another [[Time Lord]], his old friend [[Azmael]]. Throughout, he experienced extreme lows to bouts of near-insanity and violence. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma]]'')
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| ====With Peri and Frobisher====
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| After a short time, the Doctor's personality settled down into an extremely large ego with a side of compassion only experienced by his closest friends. He set out to fix everything wrong with [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his aging TARDIS]] and succeeded in fixing its broken [[chameleon circuit]]. For a brief time, it managed to change shape. ([[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'')
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| Peri must have parted company with the Doctor for a short amount of time; however, the Doctor stumbled upon [[Whifferdill]] calling himself "[[Frobisher|Avan Tarklu]]," a private investigator set upon the Doctor as revenge by [[Josiah W. Dogbolter]]. Initially the Doctor's tormentor, the whifferdill decided to travel with the Doctor, changing his name to Frobisher and his shape to that of a large, rather cartoonish [[penguin]]. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Shape Shifter]]'')
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| Peri and Frobisher would travel together with the Doctor for periods of time, between taking breaks from him.
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| ===The Trial===
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| ====The Prosecution====
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| During an adventure on the planet [[Thoros Beta]], the Doctor and Peri were forcibly separated by the Time Lords. Peri remained on the world in dire peril of having of the [[Mentor]] [[Kiv]]'s mind transferred into her body. Meanwhile, a council of Time Lords forced the Doctor into his TARDIS and made the ship re-materialize in the [[Space Station Zenobia]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Mindwarp]]'')
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| The [[Valeyard]] (as he learned later both enemy and, in some sense, the Doctor himself) acted as prosecutor and there was an [[Inquisitor]], [[Darkel]]. Because he had been taken out of time, the Doctor suffered from partial [[amnesia]]. He found himself once again on trial for interfering in the affairs of the universe. He elected to represent himself in the trial, for which he and his prosecutor, the [[Valeyard]], would present events from his life as evidence via [[the Matrix]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'', ''[[Mindwarp]]'') The Doctor suffered a severe emotional blow as he witnessed the apparent destruction of Peri's mind and her physical death on Thoros Beta. ([[DW]]: ''[[Mindwarp]]'')
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| ====Defence====
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| After a recess, the Doctor would have the opportunity to present a case for defending himself, presenting an adventure from his own future, by which time he had met an [[Earth]] woman [[Melanie Bush|Melanie "Mel" Bush]]. The Valeyard seized on this as a chance to try the Doctor for the [[genocide]] of the [[Vervoid]]s, prohibited by [[Article 17]] of the Constitution. ([[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids]]'')
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| ====Aftermath====
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| The Valeyard had falsified some of the evidence (which included the supposed death of Peri) with the aid of the [[High Council of Time Lords|High Council]], in order to cover up a conspiracy which the Doctor had unknowingly uncovered. By this time, though, the Doctor had gradually won Darkel over to his side.
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| The Valeyard schemed to steal the Doctor's remaining regenerations with the help of the corrupt Council. Paradoxically (because in the Doctor's timeline, he had not met her yet) Mel was brought to the trial as a witness, as well as Sabalom Glitz. The Doctor's enemy, [[the Master]], intervened. As the populace of Gallifrey reacted to news of the dishonesty of their High Council, they seemed ready to overthrow their leaders. Subsequently, Darkel suggested the Doctor as the new [[Lord President]], but the Doctor suggested that Darkel herself would make for a better choice. The Doctor left in his TARDIS with Mel. The Valeyard, apparently killed inside the Matrix, had actually survived. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'')
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| :''At some point the Doctor must return Mel to her original point in time following the conclusion of the trial.'' ([[MA]]: ''[[Time of Your Life]]'')
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| ===Later travels===
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| The Doctor travelled to [[Bianca's Bar]] and became involved in a problem concerning [[Iris Wildthyme]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Wormery]]'')
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| :''Following his trial, the Doctor appears to have become a more sombre individual,'' ([[DWM]]: ''[[Time & Time Again|Time & Time Again]]'') ''at one point even contemplating suicide''. ([[MA]]: ''[[Killing Ground]]'')
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| He spent some time on the planet [[Torrok]], determined to become a hermit and avoid becoming the Valeyard by avoiding meeting Mel; however, he was interrupted in this venture. He eventually met a young man, [[Grant Markham]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Time of Your Life]]'')
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| :''At some point Grant departs from the Doctor.''
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| The Doctor (at some point after his trial) was tracking [[nexus point]] distortion and encountered [[Evelyn Smythe]]. The Doctor then took her back in time to stablise the nexus point and save her life. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Marian Conspiracy]]'')
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| :''At some point Evelyn leaves the Doctor and settles down on the planet Vilag.''
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| At some point after his travels with Evelyn but before meeting Mel, the Doctor picked up a distress signal from a desert island in the year 500,002. There he rescued a young girl named [[Charley Pollard]] who, unbeknownst to the Doctor, was, in fact, the companion of [[Eighth Doctor|one of his later incarnations]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Condemned]]'').
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| :''At some point Charley leaves the Doctor.''
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| It is confirmed that the Doctor reunited with [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and travelled with him for a time, but the details of these adventures have yet to be revealed.[http://www.bigfinish.com/news/]
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| The Doctor met [[Melanie Bush]] on a beach in [[Brighton]] in [[1989]]. Mel was a computer programmer. She elected to travel with the Doctor for some time, until the end of the Doctor's sixth regeneration. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Business Unusual]]'')
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| ==Characteristics==
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| The sixth incarnation of the Doctor is probably the most ''consistently'' arrogant, and certainly the most bombastic. He almost never doubted his own ability, and considered himself greatly superior to nearly everyone he encountered. This included his companions, especially Peri, though he seemed to have mellowed during his time with Evelyn. More than his other incarnations, the Doctor could be something of a fatalist, more than once deciding he was doomed and resolving to accept his fate.
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| Physically, he is very tall; Mel also considered him to be overweight, and forced him to take up both a diet (consisting mainly of carrot juice) and an exercise regime, neither of which he felt he needed. ([[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids]]'')
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| ==Psychological profile==
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| ===Personality===
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| The Sixth Doctor was unpredictable. Arrogant and self-absorbed, stubborn and childish, argumentative and tasteless, he could often be seen as un-likeable or even loathsome. At other times, he could be seen as melodramatic. This was a Doctor who did not suffer fools gladly; he sometimes seemed to endure his Companion's presence far more than he actually appreciated it, and held himself as superior to almost anyone he encountered. But the new incarnation's brash exterior hid the fact that this was a Doctor more determined than ever to defeat the evil he encountered. He was possessed of a tenacity and a thirst to do what was right that was far more visible than ever before. Despite his often unstable demeanour, he was always quick to act when the situation called for it, and very little -- even his Companions -- could hope to get in his way.
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| It was during this incarnation that in some instances he began to see the logic in murder. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Alien Bodies]]'') This might be reflected by how he seems to be a bit more accepting of violence in certain circumstances. While his physical attack on Peri can be attributed to a post-regenerative crisis, he reacts with humour after witnessing two men fall to their death in an acid bath ([[DW]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'') - though rumours that he pushed them in are unfounded - and, most notably, he smothers [[Shockeye]] to death. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]''). Perhaps due to his initially erratic behaviour (or perhaps due to as-yet unchronicled incidents), Peri appears to occasionally act nervous around the Doctor ([[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[Timelash]]'').
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| ===Habits and Quirks===
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| The Sixth Doctor is very fond of cats, and always wears one of a number of cat-shaped pins or brooches in his possession (by the time of his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]], however, he had developed a dislike for the breed ([[DW]]: ''[[Fear Her]]'')). His taste in clothes is the subject of much ridicule, though it has been suggested that he wears his outlandish coat in order to distract people from noticing anything else about him. He once mentioned that his coat was the "height of sartorial elegance." ([[BFA]]: ''[[Jubilee]]'') At some point, the Doctor abandoned his outlandish multi-coloured outfit for a more subdued blue costume ([[WC]]: ''[[Real Time]]'', ''plus assorted Big Finish cover art''), though by the time of his regeneration, he had resumed wearing his original garb ([[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'').
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| After an unpleasant encounter with an [[Androgum]] in Spain, the Doctor proclaimed that he was becoming a vegetarian, though it's not known if or for how long he followed this promise. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'').
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| He also had an ear for poetry, often reciting bits of it when events remind him of it ([[DW]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma]]'', ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'', ''[[Terror of the Vervoids]]'').
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| This Doctor also had a habit of walking in a different direction to where he proclaimed he would be going; this quirk was mirrored in the [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor's tenth incarnation]], though it was more of the Doctor simply going the wrong way as opposed to purposely going the wrong direction. This led to the Tenth Doctor being corrected more than a few times.
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| ==Mysteries and Discrepancies==
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| *Why is he so much more erratic than the other Doctors immediately following his regeneration? Is [[Spectrox toxaemia]] especially toxic to [[Time Lord]]s?
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| :''It's entirely possible. Regardless, every incarnation has different aspects to his personality. It's also theorized that this incarnation was the closest the Doctor came to becoming the Valeyard. Some believe that he intentionally triggered his next regeneration, because he could feel himself giving in to his darker impulses.''
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| *Why does he leave with Mel at the end of his trial? Surely, even if he is taking her back to her proper place with his future self, wouldn't that flout the [[Laws of Time]] right under the Time Lord's noses? Besides, the Time Lords are a bit busy right now.
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| :''Perhaps the Laws of Time work differently than the way which has been assumed.''
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| ===Undocumented adventures===
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| * The Doctor had met [[Travers|Captain Travers]] previously. ([[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids]]'')
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| * The Doctor's first "official" meeting with Melanie Bush.
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| * The Doctor and Peri's destination after defeating the Daleks ("I'll take you to ...") ([[DW]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]''), as well as their activities thereafter. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'') Peri is noticeably more mature after the interval, suggesting some time has passed for her.
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| : ''The Doctor's first introduction to Mel, and stories intended for the aborted Season 23, have been covered in spin-off media, specifically novels and audio dramas.''
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| ==Key Life Events==
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| *The Doctor [[regeneration|regenerates]]. ([[DW]]: <u>''[[The Caves of Androzani]])''</u>
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| *He experiences a period of unstable behaviour immediately after, even attempting to strangle his companion, [[Peri Brown]]. ([[DW]]: ''<u>[[The Twin Dilemma]]</u>'')
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| *The Doctor returns to the site of [[76 Totter's Lane]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'')
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| *Encounters [[Sil]] for the first time ([[DW]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'').
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| *Encounters [[The Master (Tremas)|the Master]] and [[the Rani]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'')
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| *The Doctor re-unites with [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] and encounters his [[Second Doctor|own second incarnation]]. After this adventure, he temporarily becomes a vegetarian. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'')
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| *Meets [[Sabalom Glitz]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'').
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| *The [[Time Lord]]s put the Doctor on trial and he serves as his own defender. [[The Valeyard]] is his prosecutor and also his own possible future incarnation. The Doctor learns that he has been deposed as Lord President of [[Gallifrey]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]'').
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| *The Doctor is led to believe that his companion, [[Peri Brown]], has been killed. ([[DW]]: ''[[Mindwarp]]'').
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| *The Doctor meets [[Melanie Bush]] for the first time (in his timeline) just prior to the defeat of the Valeyard ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'').
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| *Travels alone for a time before his official first meeting with Melanie Bush, and occasionally with companions such as [[Grant Markham]] ([[MA]]: ''[[Time of Your Life]]''), [[Evelyn Smythe]] ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Marian Conspiracy]]''), [[Frobisher]] ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Shape Shifter]]''), [[Charley Pollard]] ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Condemned]]''), and even former companion [[Jamie McCrimmon]] ([[BFA]]: to be announced[http://www.bigfinish.com/news/]).
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| *Reunites with [[Romana II|Romana]] ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Element]]'')
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| *Meets [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] for the first time in this incarnation. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Spectre of Lanyon Moor]]''.)
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| *[[Melanie Bush]] meets the Doctor; she becomes his companion. ([[PDA]]; ''[[Business Unusual]]).''
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| *Visits the planet [[Carsus]] and solves the mystery about the murdered [[Professor Rummas]], and the contracting multiverse. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Spiral Scratch]]'').
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| *The Doctor [[regenerate]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'').
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| ==Behind the scenes==
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| *According to [[Colin Baker]] his coat was created (the way it appears) because [[John Nathan-Turner]] had the idea that it should be in ''"very bad taste"''. ([[DWM]]: ''[[DWM Issue 118|DWM Issue 118 - Colin Baker Interviewed]]'')
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| *Baker declined an invitation to film the regeneration sequence at the start of ''[[Time and the Rani]]'', so his successor, [[Sylvester McCoy]], donned a blonde wig and briefly appeared on screen as the Sixth Doctor.
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| *''[[Spiral Scratch]]'' by [[Gary Russell]] gives a "revisionist" account of the circumstances behind the Doctor's regeneration, explaining that it had not simply happened because he had hit his head. ''[[Love and War]]'' by [[Paul Cornell]] had offered a different revisionist explanation, or at least implied one (Although it should be noted that neither theory expressly contradicts each other; ''Scratch'' features the Doctor being weakened after having his chronal energy drained fighting the [[Lamprey]], while ''Love and War'' implies that he deliberately flew into the tractor beam to trigger his regeneration, but it is possible that the injuries the Doctor sustained in the beam were simply made worse by his already-weakened state and his incarnation could have otherwise lived for a while longer even in his weakened condition).
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| *In August 2009, [[Big Finish Productions]] announced that [[Jamie McCrimmon]], last seen in [[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'', will become a companion to the Sixth Doctor for a series of audio dramas scheduled for release in 2010.[http://www.bigfinish.com/news/]
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.drwhoguide.com/mp3/who6.mp3 Sixth Doctor's theme music]
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| *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/titles/realmedia/drwho6.ram Sixth Doctor title sequence]
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