The Doctor (fictional character): Difference between revisions

|aka            = Dr. Who, Doctor Who

|species        = Time Lords in popular  culture and mythology {{!}} Fictional Time Lord

|appearances    = {{Il|[[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Appears (TV story)|The Doctor Appears]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Diary of a Dr. Who Addict (novel)|The Diary of a Dr. Who Addict]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Extracts from the Doctor's 500 Year Diary (short story)|Extracts from the Doctor's 500 Year Diary]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Terror of the Umpty Ums (short story)|The Terror of the Umpty Ums]]''|[[WC]]: ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]''|[[WC]]: ''[[U.N.I.T. On Call (webcast)|U.N.I.T. On Call]]''}}

|made by = [[BBC]]

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"The Doctor", however, was not the only fictional depiction of his namesake in [[Earth]]'s [[The Doctor in popular culture and mythology|popular culture]], with similar characters such as [[Doctor Who (Salvation)|Doctor Who]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'') and [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Dr. Who]] existing in theatrical motion pictures. Coincidentally, both of these seperate characters were portrayed by veteran actor [[Peter Cushing (Peaceful Thals Ambushed!)|Peter Cushing]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'', ''[[A Visit to the Cinema (short story)|A Visit to the Cinema]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', et al.) Accordng to [[Penelope Creighton-Ward]], Peter Cushing's portrayal of Dr. Who was in lieu of [[William Hartnell (Pier Pressure)|William Hartnell]]'s portrayal from the series, as he wasn't able to return due to a busy schedule. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks! (short story)|Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!]]'') Other notably similar characters included [[Professor X (fictional character)|Professor X]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'', et al.) [[Doctor X]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[In Search of Doctor X (short story)|In Search of Doctor X]]'', et al.) and [[The Time Surgeon]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Mindmorphs (comic story)|Invasion of the Mindmorphs]]'')

=== Biography ===

In the early [[1960s]], [[Winston Churchill]] contacted a friend of his, [[Sydney Newman (Stop, Thief!)|Mr Newman]], to propose the idea of a television series based off Churchill's old friend, the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Stop, Thief! (short story)|Stop, Thief!]]'')

[[Peter Capaldi (A Letter from the Doctor)|Peter Capaldi]] was cast as the [[Twelfth Doctor#Legacy|Twelfth Doctor]] in [[2013]], where he attended a meeting with [[Steven Moffat (Afterword)|Steven Moffat]]. Capaldi prepared for this meeting by reading issues of [[Doctor Who Magazine (periodical)|DWM]]. Later, he wrote [[Letter (A Letter from the Doctor)|a letter]] to the readers of DWM, writing about his more than positive opinions of the magazine. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 464 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 464]]'', ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 500 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 500]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'', et al.)

===== Dr. Who =====

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In [[1974]], ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'' was broadcast, portraying the regeneration of Third Doctor into his next incarnation, the Fourth Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fanboys (short story)|Fanboys]]'')

Prior to [[1981]], the character of the Fourth Doctor [[regeneration|regenerated]] into the Fifth Doctor, who was set to return in the [[Doctor Who Season 19|upcoming season]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fanboys (short story)|Fanboys]]'')

In the late [[1990s]], an unspecified incarnation of the character was portrayed by [[Paul McGann (Hospitality)|Paul McGann]] in the [[Doctor Who TV movie|''Doctor Who'' TV movie]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Hospitality (short story)|Hospitality]]'')

[[Turn Left|An episode]] of ''Doctor Who'' featured another unspecified incarnation of the Doctor who told his [[Donna Noble#Legacy|female companion]] that [[Cloister Bell|the bell]] meant "[[Bad Wolf]]". He elaborated by saying it was the "end of the [[universe]]". ([[WC]]: ''[[U.N.I.T. On Call (webcast)|U.N.I.T. On Call]]'')

Around late [[2015]], [[Doctor Who Series 9|''Doctor Who'' series nine]] was broadcast, ([[WC]]: ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]'') and the Twelfth Doctor, as portrayed by [[Peter Capaldi (A Letter from the Doctor)|Peter Capaldi]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 464 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 464]]'') starred in the series along with characters such as [[Clara Oswald#Legacy|Clara]], [[Petronella Osgood]], [[Kate Stewart]], and {{Gomez}}. In the ''[[New Series Prologue]]'', the Doctor seemingly ran away from a [[fireball]]. In the story ''[[The Magician's Apprentice]]'', something happened to the [[sky]]. In ''[[The Witch's Familiar]]'', the Doctor was trapped on a "[[Skaro|terrifying planet]]" with [[Daleks in popular culture and mythology|Daleks]]. In ''[[Under the Lake]]'', the Doctor and Clara tried to help an [[The Drum|underwater base]]. In ''[[Before the Flood]]'', the Doctor encountered a [[Fisher King|fearsome alien warlord]] who set in motion a "twisted" [[plan]]. In ''[[The Girl Who Died]]'', the Doctor, Clara, and a character who resembled [[Ashildr]] protected a [[Viking]] village. In the following episode, ''[[The Woman Who Lived]]'', the character who resembled Ashildr was going by the name "[[the Knightmare]]". In ''[[The Zygon Invasion]]'' and ''[[The Zygon Inversion]]'', the Doctor, Clara, and UNIT had to set [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] free from a group of [[Zygon]]s, but then UNIT was neutralised, leaving only the Doctor to save the day. ''[[Sleep No More]]'' contained [[footage]] recovered from the wreckage of [[Le Verrier]]. ''[[Face the Raven]]'' saw the Doctor and Clara in [[Trap Street, London|an "alien world"]], and finally, in ''[[Heaven Sent]]'', the Doctor was trapped in a [[Confession dial|world unlike any other]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]'')

[[David Karpagnon]], an [[orphan]] with [[dissociative personality disorder]], watched the show around this time. A version of the Doctor inside his head managed to convince him that he was not a [[DeathBorg 400]] but a resident of a [[Children's home (The Terror of the Umpty Ums)|children's home]] that he was otherwise going to destroy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Terror of the Umpty Ums (short story)|The Terror of the Umpty Ums]]'')