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The '''seventh incarnation of [[the Doctor]]''' emerged suddenly after a misdirection of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] caused a fatal injury of [[Sixth Doctor|his previous incarnation]]. Following his [[regeneration]], he and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] arrived on [[Earth]] in the [[year]] [[2010]] where they encountered the [[CyberMondan|Cybermen]] and their leader, [[Thatchos]]. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Untitled (The Lenny Henry Show)|Untitled]]'') | The '''seventh incarnation of [[the Doctor]]''' emerged suddenly after a misdirection of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] caused a fatal injury of [[Sixth Doctor|his previous incarnation]]. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Untitled (The Lenny Henry Show)|Untitled]]'') | ||
=== Biography === | |||
Following his [[regeneration]], he and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] arrived on [[Earth]] in the [[year]] [[2010]] where they encountered the [[CyberMondan|Cybermen]] and their leader, [[Thatchos]]. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Untitled (The Lenny Henry Show)|Untitled]]'') | |||
=== Appearance === | |||
This Doctor wore a long brown leather jacket, a red jumper and yellow striped trousers. His outfit was also complimented with sunglasses. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Untitled (The Lenny Henry Show)|Untitled]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
This parodical sketch (which unexpectedly correctly predicted that the [[Sixth Doctor]] would regenerate on the floor of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] after extreme turbulence, as later seen in [[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') introduced the first incarnation of the Doctor in any licensed BBC material to feature a black actor in the role of [[the Doctor]]. [[Colin Salmon]]'s implicit [[Doctor Moon]] notiwhtstanding, it wouldn't be until the casting of [[Jo Martin]] in 2020's ''[[Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)|Fugitive of the Judoon]]'' that a person of colour would portray a unique, mainstream TV incarnation of the Doctor, the [[Fugitive Doctor]]. | This parodical sketch (which unexpectedly correctly predicted that the [[Sixth Doctor]] would regenerate on the floor of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] after extreme turbulence, as later seen in [[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') introduced the first incarnation of the Doctor in any licensed BBC material to feature a black actor in the role of [[the Doctor]]. [[Colin Salmon]]'s implicit [[Doctor Moon]] notiwhtstanding, it wouldn't be until the casting of [[Jo Martin]] in 2020's ''[[Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)|Fugitive of the Judoon]]'' that a person of colour would portray a unique, mainstream TV incarnation of the Doctor, the [[Fugitive Doctor]]. | ||
In [[2023 (releases)|2023]], [[Lenny Henry]] starred in another | In [[2023 (releases)|2023]], [[Lenny Henry]] starred in another comedic ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'' sketch, this time for [[Comic Relief]]: ''[[Lenny Henry Regenerates into David Tennant (TV story)|Lenny Henry Regenerates into David Tennant]]''. Therein, he [[Regeneration|regenerated]] into a version of [[David Tennant]]'s [[Fourteenth Doctor]]. Although not explicitly identified as such in the short, the character portrayed by Henry was listed as the "[[9.5th Doctor]]" by the YouTube Shorts upload of the regeneration clip. In this sense, Henry joined [[Jim Broadbent]] and [[Richard E Grant]] in having portrayed two distinct non-mainstream versions of the Doctor. | ||
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