Who's the Doctor? (DWA 1 feature)

Who's the Doctor?
Doctor:	Tenth Doctor
Companion(s):	Rose Tyler
Key crew
Publisher:	BBC Magazines
Release details
Genre:	Science fiction
Printed in:	DWA 1
Release date:	April 2006
Format:	Feature
Fact Files
Next →	Rose
Doctor Who Adventures #1
Next →	Which Switch?

You may wish to consult Who's the Doctor? (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

Who's the Doctor? was the first instalment in Doctor Who Adventures's Fact Files and the first overall in Doctor Who Adventures #1, published by BBC Magazines in April 2006.

This instalment covered the Doctor, with a primary focus on the Tenth Doctor.

Summary

Several facts are given about the Doctor, as of his tenth incarnation.

Characters

(In order of appearance)

• Tenth Doctor
• The Doctor's TARDIS
• Slitheen
• Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17
• Bronze Dalek
• Auton
• Sycorax
• Rose Tyler
• First Doctor
• Second Doctor
• Third Doctor
• Fourth Doctor
• Fifth Doctor
• Sixth Doctor
• Seventh Doctor
• Eighth Doctor
• Ninth Doctor

Worldbuilding

The Doctor

• The Doctor is in his "tenth body", and has two hearts.
• The Doctor is over 900 years old, but doesn't look his age because of regeneration; he will live longer than "humans like us".
• Rose Tyler observes that the Doctor is "pretty brainy after all".
• The third Doctor[sic] was "very much the English gentleman".

The TARDIS

• The "TARDIS" stands for "Time And Relative Dimension In Space".

Notes

To be added

Continuity

• This story primarily covers the Tenth Doctor, first seen in TV: The Parting of the Ways ^[+]Loading...["The Parting of the Ways (TV story)"].
• The Doctor's home planet is said to have been destroyed in the Time War, something first explicitly stated in TV: The End of the World ^[+]Loading...["The End of the World (TV story)"].
• The Doctor's age is said to be 900 years, something previously claimed by the Ninth Doctor in TV: Aliens of London ^[+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"] and The Empty Child ^[+]Loading...["The Empty Child (TV story)"]. The Tenth Doctor was later said to be the same age in PROSE: The Hero Factor ^[+]Loading...["The Hero Factor (short story)"].
• Regeneration is described as a "special trick". The Ninth Doctor previously described regeneration as a "little trick" in TV: The Parting of the Ways ^[+]Loading...["The Parting of the Ways (TV story)"], shortly before regenerating into the Tenth Doctor.
• Several enemies of the Doctor are given, referencing previous stories:
  • The Slitheen, first seen in TV: Aliens of London ^[+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"]/World War Three ^[+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"];
  • Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17, first seen in TV: The End of the World ^[+]Loading...["The End of the World (TV story)"];
  • A Bronze Dalek, previously encountered by the Ninth Doctor in TV: Dalek ^[+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"], Bad Wolf ^[+]Loading...["Bad Wolf (TV story)"], and The Parting of the Ways ^[+]Loading...["The Parting of the Ways (TV story)"];
  • An Auton, as seen in TV: Rose ^[+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"];
  • A Sycorax, first seen in TV: The Christmas Invasion ^[+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"].
• The Doctor is said to be able to speed read and process "loads of information in just a few seconds", as previously seen in TV: Rose ^[+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"].
• The Doctor is said to have found his suit and tie in the TARDIS wardrobe, as seen in TV: The Christmas Invasion ^[+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"].
• The Doctor met Rose Tyler during a "nasty alien invasion", as seen in TV: Rose ^[+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"].
• Several previous incarnations of the Doctor are seen:
  • The First Doctor, first seen in TV: An Unearthly Child ^[+]Loading...["An Unearthly Child (TV story)"];
  • The Second Doctor, first seen in TV: The Tenth Planet ^[+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"];
  • The Third Doctor, first seen in TV: Spearhead from Space ^[+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"];
  • The Fourth Doctor, first seen in TV: Planet of the Spiders ^[+]Loading...["Planet of the Spiders (TV story)"];
  • The Fifth Doctor, first seen in TV: Logopolis ^[+]Loading...["Logopolis (TV story)"];
  • The Sixth Doctor, first seen in TV: The Caves of Androzani ^[+]Loading...["The Caves of Androzani (TV story)"];
  • The Seventh Doctor, first seen in TV: Time and the Rani ^[+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"];
  • The Eighth Doctor, first seen on television in TV: Doctor Who ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"];
  • The Ninth Doctor, first seen on television in TV: Rose ^[+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"].