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{{Infobox Individual
|image          = Dan Lewis WttT.jpg
|origin        = [[Liverpool]]
|species        = Human
|mother        = Eileen Lewis
|father        = Neville Lewis
|job            = Volunteer
|affiliation    = Jenning Street Food Bank
|first          = Welcome to the TARDIS... (TV story)
|appearances    = {{Il|[[WC]]: ''[[The Flux is Coming... (webcast)|The Flux is Coming...]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[War of the Sontarans (TV story)|War of the Sontarans]]''}}
|actor          = John Bishop
|clip          = Introducing John Bishop as ‘Dan’
|clip2          = Dan's Halloween - FIRST LOOK CLIP - Doctor Who- Flux
|bts            = An Intro to Dan Lewis - Behind the Scenes - Doctor Who- Flux
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'''Daniel "Dan" Lewis''' was a [[companion]] of the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]. He joined [[Yasmin Khan]] in [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] as they faced [[the Flux]], an unforeseen threat to the very structure of the cosmos.
Dan lived a simple life in [[Liverpool]] before being thrust into the Doctor's world. He remained open and inquisitive, and challenged [[Karvanista]] when he was taken away from home, to [[outer space]]. He was interested, most of all, in other people.
== Biography ==
=== Life in Liverpool ===
[[File:Dan at LFC (THA).jpg|thumb|left|Dan Lewis at [[Anfield (stadium)|Anfield]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')]]
Dan was born an [[Aries]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Welcome to the TARDIS... (TV story)|Welcome to the TARDIS...]]'') He lived in the [[Anfield (suburb)|Anfield]] district of [[Liverpool]] at [[37 Granger Street]] and supported [[Liverpool F.C.]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')
Following the [[2021 Dalek civil war]], [[Dan Lewis' friend|Dan's friend]] read out Dan's [[horoscope]], which foretold that he would find surprises later that year, that the colour [[blue]] and the letter [[D]] would be important and that [[13 (number)|thirteen]] would be his [[lucky number]]. He was told to be prepared for action and to remember that, no matter what, it would not be the end of the [[Earth|world]]. After his friend finished, Dan closed the rear doors of his [[Dan Lewis' Ford Transit|Ford Transit]], turned, and smiled. ([[TV]]: ''[[Welcome to the TARDIS... (TV story)|Welcome to the TARDIS...]]'')
Dan volunteered at [[Jenning Street Food Bank]], but refused to take home [[soup]] for himself when offered, even though he had no food at home. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')
Dan regularly took groups round the [[Museum of Liverpool]] in an unofficial capacity, against the wishes of Museum management. Though [[Diane (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Diane]] had a close personal relationship with Dan, [[Alan (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Alan]] threatened to ban him from the site permanently. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')
=== Meeting the Doctor ===
On [[Halloween]] night, 2021, Dan was in [[37 Granger Street|his home]] on [[Granger Street]] in [[Anfield (suburb)|Anfield]], when [[Children (The Halloween Apocalypse)|three children]] came to his house, [[trick-or-treating]]. He gave them the last of his sweets, and they left. A few seconds later, [[Kev (The Halloween Apocalypse)|a man]] came to Dan's home, asking for sweets; Dan turned him away, both because he was an adult, and because he was not even dressed up.
Later that night, Dan was kidnapped by [[Karvanista]], who intended to rescue him from [[the Flux]]. He found himself on [[Karvanista's ship]].
Meanwhile, the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and [[Yasmin Khan]] followed Karvanista's trail to Dan's house, which was miniaturised when they triggered technology he had planted there.
The Doctor and Yaz came to rescue him, confronted Karvanista, and took Dan aboard [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')
=== Travels in the TARDIS ===
[[File:Thirteenth Doctor distress.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] sends a [[distress call]] while [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]] and Dan are at the console. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Flux is Coming... (webcast)|The Flux is Coming...]]'')]]
Both Dan and Yaz were studiously operating [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] when the Thirteenth Doctor sent a [[distress call]] about the arrival of [[the Flux]]. Dan then called out to the Doctor, saying that he and Yaz needed her help. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Flux is Coming... (webcast)|The Flux is Coming...]]'')
== Psychological profile ==
=== Personality ===
Dan considered others' needs often before his own, volunteering at his [[Jenning Street Food Bank|local food bank]] and giving out treats for [[Halloween]] while he did not have [[food]] for himself at home. According to [[Wilma (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Wilma]], whom he volunteered with, his continued refusal to take food home was a matter of [[pride]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')
[[Liverpool]] was central to Dan's identity. He knew much about the city, and felt strongly about its rivalry with [[Leeds]]. He even distrusted [[Yasmin Khan]], at least in jest, for her association with [[Sheffield]], which was "too close to Leeds". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')
When faced with the unknown, Dan tended towards quick, rational conclusions, and had no trouble asserting his reality. He reasoned that an adult [[trick-or-treating|trick-or-treater]] should not be given [[candy]], that [[Karvanista]] must have been play-acting in [[costume]], and should leave his home, and later, when faced with the reality of [[Karvanista's ship|Karvanista's spaceship]], that he must have captured ''Dan'' in particular for a reason. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')
Nonetheless, he remained open to new possibilities, and adapted quickly, even joking that he had a friend with a [[TARDIS]] which was even "bigger", moments into first encountering [[dimensional transcendentalism]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')
=== Skills ===
As part of the crew, Dan played his part in operating the controls of the [[TARDIS control console]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Flux is Coming... (webcast)|The Flux is Coming...]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
* As Dan Lewis is said to be an [[Aries]], this would place the character's date of birth from [[20 March]] to [[21 April]], if the [[Zodiac]] of the real world holds true in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]].
* Dan appeared in the [[T:VALID|invalid]] webcast ''[[A Message (webcast)|A Message]]''.
[[File:Dan art card DWM 570.jpg|thumb|The art card of Dan Lewis in [[DWM 570]].]]
* An art card of Dan Lewis was included in [[DWM 570]].
* Dan Lewis' apparent dislike for Leeds, and nearby Sheffield, in ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'' is most likely banter, stemming from the historic rivalry between [[Lancashire]] and [[Yorkshire]]. Dan is a born Liverpudlian, and the city of [[Liverpool]] was historically part of [[Lancashire]] before the reform of county boundaries in [[1974]]; both Leeds and [[Sheffield]] are typical Yorkshire cities.
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