The Doctor (fictional character): Difference between revisions

"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 separate 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]]'')

Whilst originally referred to as "Dr. Who" and "Doctor Who" interchangably, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[TV Terrors (TVC 709 comic story)|TV Terrors]]'', ''[[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!]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Hospitality (short story)|Hospitality]]'', ''[[The Story of Fester Cat (novel)|The Story of Fester Cat]]'', et al.) with the name even being used on [[Dr Who Paint-by-Numbers kit|certain merchandise]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Party Like it's 1979 (short story)|Party Like it's 1979]]'') the character was more commonly referred to as the Doctor. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Appears (TV story)|The Doctor Appears]]'', et al.) Despite this, the version of the Doctor that existed inside [[David Karpagnon]]'s [[imagination]] claimed that she was not allowed to refer to herself as "Doctor Who". David also knew some of [[the Doctor's aliases]], such as "the [[Ka Faraq Gatri]]", "[[the Oncoming Storm]]", "the Bringer of Darkness", and "the [[Imp]] of the [[Pandorica]]", and "the Final Victor of the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Terror of the Umpty Ums (short story)|The Terror of the Umpty Ums]]'')

===History===

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!]]'')