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| Affiliation = Leader of a loose-knit group of companions; former president of the High Council of Time Lords; occasional scientific advisor to United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (UNIT); former operative of the Celestial Intervention Agency, businessman, owner of the St. Louis bar
 
| Affiliation = Leader of a loose-knit group of companions; former president of the High Council of Time Lords; occasional scientific advisor to United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (UNIT); former operative of the Celestial Intervention Agency, businessman, owner of the St. Louis bar
| Relatives = Susan (granddaughter); Miranda Dawkins (adopted daughter); Irving Braxiatel (brother); Quences (cousin); Ulysses (father?); [[Penelope Gate]] (mother?)
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| Relatives = Susan (granddaughter); Miranda Dawkins (adopted daughter); Irving Braxiatel (brother); Quences, Owis, Glospin, Satthralope, Jobiska, Rynde, Arkhew, Maljamin, Farg, Celesia, Almund, Tugel, Chovor the Various, Deflosifa, Salpash and Lubin (cousins); Ulysses (father?); [[Penelope Gate]] (mother?)
 
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| HistoryText = Doctor Who is an alien from Gallifrey. His people are a humanoid species, called Time Lords because they have perfected the science of time travel. The Doctor (as he prefers to be called) is fond of Earth and visits it often.
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The Time Lords have a strict nonintervention policy with regard to the rest of the universe. The Doctor dissented from this policy, holding that great power confers great responsibility. For this heresy the Time Lords exiled him from Gallifrey. He has since traveled through space and time to battle evil wherever he finds it. Sometimes the fate of the universe hangs in the balance.
 
The Time Lords have a strict nonintervention policy with regard to the rest of the universe. The Doctor dissented from this policy, holding that great power confers great responsibility. For this heresy the Time Lords exiled him from Gallifrey. He has since traveled through space and time to battle evil wherever he finds it. Sometimes the fate of the universe hangs in the balance.

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History

The Doctor is an alien from Gallifrey. His people are a humanoid species, called Time Lords because they have perfected the science of time travel. The Doctor is fond of Earth and visits it often.

The Time Lords have a strict nonintervention policy with regard to the rest of the universe. The Doctor dissented from this policy, holding that great power confers great responsibility. For this heresy the Time Lords exiled him from Gallifrey. He has since traveled through space and time to battle evil wherever he finds it. Sometimes the fate of the universe hangs in the balance.

Attributes

Powers

Gallifreyans age backwards. Also, when one body wears out or is damaged beyond repair, a Gallifreyan can regenerate, that is, rejuvenate him/herself with a new, younger body. The process is not without risk, however. The new self may experience a period of amnesia, lasting as long as a hundred years. Also, the new self often has a personality different from the old, and it may take a while for that personality to stabilize. Because the Doctor is a veteran time traveller, someone in the present may encounter any one of his regenerations; therefore, his appearance may vary from one meeting to the next. In fact, one may encounter multiple regenerations at the same time; it doesn't happen often, though, because they tend to get on each other's nerves.

Regeneration (see above), fast healing, telepathy, precognition, chrono-senitivity (ability to perceive the flow of time), speed reading, able to put himself into comas.

Abilities

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.

Paraphernalia

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.

Weapons

None known. The Doctor prefers using brain instead of brawn, but he is an expert swordsman, crossbowman, and wrestler. When in his third incarnation, the Doctor stated he practiced Venusian Akido

Transportation

Type 40 TARDIS. Short for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space, TARDIS refers to several models of space-time vessels, capable of travelling to any place or time. The interior is an extradimensional space that can be much larger than the exterior, usually with cabins, recreational areas, and a control room. It often has a chameleon circuit, which allows the user to change its outward appearance to blend in with the scenery (in keeping with the Time Lords' nonintervention policy). The Doctor's TARDIS, for instance, took on the appearance of a London police call box when he visited Earth in the 1960s, but it kept that shape for several years when the chameleon circuit malfunctioned.

Notes

  • The Doctor first appeared on BBC Television in 1963. So far ten different actors have played the title role of Doctor Who.

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

Trivia

  • exiled at least once

See Also

Links and References

References