Puppet
A puppet was a movable model of a person that was controlled by another person, typically with strings.
The Carrionite Lilith in 1599 used a wooden puppet of William Shakespeare to hypnotise him into writing Love's Labour's Won without his knowledge of having ever written it. (TV: The Shakespeare Code)
Ashildr made puppets. (TV: The Girl Who Died)
When the Master was watching a television series, George Trenchard informed him that they were not actual aliens but merely a puppet show for children, to the disappointment of the Time Lord. (TV: The Sea Devils)
The Tenth Doctor vaguely recalled seeing an adaptation of The War of the Worlds that involved puppets. (AUDIO: The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50)
The Ninth Doctor sarcastically compared Dieter Jovanovic's skills in puppeteering a Cyberman to Jim Henson. (AUDIO: Monsters in Metropolis)
Behind the scenes
- Puppet versions of the Seventh Doctor and Ace in the style of Spitting Image were featured on the cover of DWM 144 and DWM 157. They were made by Stephen Mansfield, Susan Moore and Mike Goddard with costumes by Paul Lunn.
- The puppet Eighth Doctor on the cover of Solitaire was created by Alex Mallinson.
- Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor #1 Cover J by Alisa Stern featured a "Doctor Puppet" version of the Thirteenth Doctor.
