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| Equipment = Sonic Screwdriver. This innocent-looking device is the Doctor's favorite tool. He can reprogram it to manipulate sound and matter in nearly infinite combinations. Plus, it doesn't kill, doesn't wound, doesn't maim. But it is ''very'' good at opening doors. |
| Equipment = Sonic Screwdriver. This innocent-looking device is the Doctor's favorite tool. He can reprogram it to manipulate sound and matter in nearly infinite combinations. Plus, it doesn't kill, doesn't wound, doesn't maim. But it is ''very'' good at opening doors. |
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History
The Doctor was born on the planet Gallifrey, in the constellation of Kasterborous, home of the Time Lords. Details of his early life are unknown, but he attended the Time Lord Academy, where his best friend was the man who was destined to become his nemesis, the Master. The Doctor eventually stole an obsolete type 40 TARDIS and fled Gallifrey in it, apparently accompanied by his granddaughter (who took the name Susan Foreman on Earth) in order to experience the universe for himself. Over the years he traveled the universe with numerous companions including Susan, K9, Sharon and Ace, meeting allies like the shadow man Shayde, Death's Head and Abslom Daak, Dalek Killer, and battling monsters and villains such as the Daleks, Cybermen, the Master, Beep the Meep, the Malevilus, the demon Melanicus and countless others. Although he was eventually captured by the Time Lords and exiled to Earth in the 20th Century for a time, where he found employment with the paramilitary organization UNIT, he was later given his freedom by the Time Lords after assisting them against their insane former hero, Omega. More recently though, the Doctor became involved in the last great Time War, in which he was apparently responsible for the destruction of both his own race and the Dalek race. He has "regenerated" ten times so far; a process in which a Time Lord can change his physical appearance and cheat death.
The Doctor has extensive knowledge and experience in the fields of temporal mechanics, cybernetics, robotics, starship engineering, medicine, history and alien biology. He knows how to hypnotize normal humans and has limited telepathic ability.Attributes
Weaknesses
Paraphernalia
Equipment
Weapons
Transportation
Notes
- Marvel Comics ceased to hold the license for the Doctor's comic book adventures in 1996, and consequently some of the information on this page (specifically, everything relating to the Time War and the last three Doctors) was not revealed until after he ceased to be a Marvel character. It is included here purely for the sake of completeness but may not necessarily be relevant to the Doctor of Earth-5556, whose history does not always precisely match that of the original Doctor and whose position in relation to the canon of the television series is debatable. The image on this main page depicts the eighth Doctor, the last to appear in titles carrying the Marvel UK banner on the cover.
- The Doctor first appeared on BBC Television in 1963; the original series ran until 1989, was followed by an American made-for-TV film in 1996, and then the series was revived in 2005 and continues to air as of 2011.all three productions are considered part of the same continuity.
- So far, eleven different actors have played the Doctor in Doctor Who: William Hartnell (1963-66); Patrick Troughton (1966-69); Jon Pertwee (1970-74); Tom Baker (1974-81); Peter Davison (1981-84); Colin Baker (1984-86); Sylvester McCoy (1987-89 and the 1996 TV movie); Paul McGann (1996 TV movie and later audio adventures); Christopher Eccleston (2005); David Tennant (2005-2010) and Matt Smith (2010-).
- Much of the character background detailed above comes from varied sources of uncertain canonicity with relation to the television series. The BBC, owners of the franchise, have never made a firm statement as to what is considered canon, therefore all spin-offs including Marvel Comics stories, are considered a "grey area".
- Two spin-off TV series have been produced by the BBC: Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures; as well as the non-BBC spin-off, K9. No spin-offs have as yet been adapted as full-length comic books by Marvel, although Torchwood has been adapted as a regular comic by Titan Publishing.
Recommended Readings
- About Time, volumes 1-6, by Lawrence Miles and Tat Wood, Mad Norwegian Press
- I, Who: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who Novels and Audios, volumes 1-3, by Lars Pearson, Mad Norwegian Press
- AHistory: An Unauthorized History of the Doctor Who Universe 2nd Edition , by Lance Parkin with additional material by Lars Pearson, Mad Norwegian Press
- The Comic Strip Companion 1964-79 by Paul Scoones
Trivia
- The Doctor was exiled at least once.
See Also
- 314 appearance(s) of The Doctor (Earth-5556)
- 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of The Doctor (Earth-5556)
- 11 mention(s) of The Doctor (Earth-5556)
- 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of The Doctor (Earth-5556)
- 265 image(s) of The Doctor (Earth-5556)
- 23 quotation(s) by or about The Doctor (Earth-5556)
Links and References
References
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