The doctor

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Jodie Whittaker has played the role of the 13th Doctor since late 2017 (2018)

The doctor is the central protagonist of the British science fiction - television series Doctor Who . Since the term is used less as an academic title and more as a proper name , the spelling Doctor is also used in German in this context .

He is a mysterious time traveler whose real name is not known because he usually simply introduces himself as “the doctor” (the series title resulted from the recurring question about his name “Doctor ... who?”). He travels with changing companions in the time-space machine TARDIS , which from the outside looks like an old British police cell , and is involved in various adventures. The first doctor was played by William Hartnell in 1963 , currently Jodie Whittaker plays the thirteenth doctor.

background

To person

From the beginning there are many secrets surrounding the doctor. One rarely learns personal things about him. He owns a time-space machine called the TARDIS , which is much larger on the inside and looks like an old-fashioned English police emergency call box. In order not to be too lonely, the doctor usually travels with selected companions. The first companion was his 15-year-old granddaughter Susan Foreman . Later there are different people who mostly meet the doctor by chance, go through an adventure with him and then join his travels. Over the years these have mainly been people from Earth, but also the robot dog K-9 or travelers from distant planets. The Doctor himself belongs to a species called the Timelords, from the planet Gallifrey. In his eighth incarnation he once claimed that he himself was only half a Timelord and that he was descended from a human on his mother's side. On the other hand, a half-human version of the tenth doctor is later shocked to be only half a Timelord. The twelfth doctor also rejects the implication that he is a timelord / human hybrid. Regardless of whether the eighth Doctor's testimony was a bluff or not, the Doctor grew up on the Timelords' home planet, Gallifrey.

Doctor who?

The real name of the doctor is his greatest secret to this day. He always introduces himself as "the Doctor" (German: der Doktor ), which often leads to the question which gives the series its title: "Doctor who?" (German: Doctor who? ). If he cannot avoid appearing with a common name, he usually calls himself "John Smith" - a name that is the combination of the most common (men's) first and last name in English. Regarding the question of whether or in which subject area he even has a doctorate , there are various statements in the course of the series. He initially declared that he was not a doctor of medicine, but later stated that he had studied with the well-known surgeons Joseph Lister and Joseph Bell and finally specified that he had studied in Glasgow in the 19th century for a medical degree. It is also mentioned several times that he is a doctor of many things .

The doctor hides his name for reasons unknown. All that is indicated is that he is uncomfortable with his real name. After reading through the doctor's mind, Mademoiselle de Pompadour realizes that it is more than a secret. His companion, Professor River Song, apologizes for whispering his name in his ear, after which he is visibly shaken. It is clear that there is a certain motivation or specific symbolism behind the term doctor : The master says that they both chose their names consciously and that it is significant that the doctor has a name that means something like “the man who helps people "(English: the man who makes people better ). River Song also claims that the meaning of the term “doctor” was derived from this one doctor anywhere in the universe - the term on earth describes the “man who helps people” and the question of the doctorate is thus the wrong way round would be posed. In the 50-year special, the three doctors are reminded by their companion, Clara Oswald, that the name "Doctor" was a promise. They then quote: “Never be cowardly or cruel. Never give up. Never give in ”.

regeneration

Like all Timelords, the Doctor has the ability to "regenerate" if he is mortally wounded. The process itself is usually extremely uncomfortable for the doctor and is often associated with temporary disturbances such as memory loss or confusion. The exact effects vary greatly from one regeneration to the next. The tenth doctor, for example, was largely unconscious in his first few hours, while the eleventh only felt a few painful attacks and a complete realignment of his taste buds. In addition, its appearance and character change significantly. Depending on the regeneration, the doctor may, for example, have a more serious, dark or humorous impact. The doctor is aware of this and after several regenerations emphasizes that he is still in the process of finding out his new personality. It is not uncommon for him to regret parts of his new appearance. However, he retains all memories and experiences of his previous incarnations.

A Timelord can regularly go through this process twelve times and thus have a total of thirteen incarnations . Since the eleventh doctor, deviating from the numbering, was already the thirteenth incarnation, the doctor's existence should actually have ended after him. However, from a rift in the universe, which apparently represents a connection to the Timelords, he was granted a complete, new cycle, which allows him another twelve regenerations.

The process of regeneration made it possible to keep the series fresh for over 50 years without any noticeable fundamental changes in the concept. These ever changing doctors were not planned from the start, but were introduced out of necessity, as the first doctor William Hartnell had to struggle with health problems.

His age

Exactly how old the doctor is cannot be said with certainty. His second incarnation gave her age for the first time at around 450 (Earth) years, the seventh then with 953 years. Later the ninth doctor spoke again of 900 years. In a later episode, however, he formulated it as 900 years of time travel in the TARDIS (English Nine hundred years of phone box travel ), instead of speaking of 900 years as his age.

In the 50-year-special, when asked about his age, the eleventh doctor replied that he was always confused and that he would sometimes lie, but later stated that he was 1200 years old. After he was forced to stay as a protector in a small village for several centuries, his old age is becoming increasingly visible and he has aged a lot on the outside. The twelfth doctor then gives his age several times during his first adventures as over 2000 years.

family

Susan Foreman

Carole Ann Ford on the Whovent 1986

Granddaughter, portrayed by Carole Ann Ford from 1963 to 1964 and again in 1983.

The doctor has offspring. Known as an individual is his initially 15-year-old granddaughter Susan Foreman , who is the companion of the first doctor in the first and at the beginning of the second season of the classic series . She falls in love with the young freedom fighter David Campbell from the 22nd century. At the end of this adventure she stays with him in his time.

Similar to the doctor, her real last name is not known. Foreman is just an alias that she gave herself after the junkyard owner IM Foreman, on whose premises the TARDIS used to land at the time. Like the doctor, she comes from the planet Gallifrey, which u. a. in it shows that she can describe the planet as well as the doctor himself. She also has excellent knowledge of the appearance and customs of the Timelord Society when she was brought there. It is also obvious that she is descended from the doctor on her mother's side, since the ninth doctor specifies that she had a daughter who, along with all other timelords, was wiped out in the time war. Since then, Susan has rarely been featured in the revival of the series; In the seventh season, the doctor mentioned to his companion Clara Oswald that he and his granddaughter were visiting the rings of Akhaten. At the beginning of the tenth season there is a photo of her on the desk of the twelfth Doctor (see also Susan Foreman in the article Doctor Who and in the list of races and individuals from Doctor Who ).

Jenny

Georgia Moffett at a 2008 SciFi convention

Cloned daughter portrayed by Georgia Moffett in a 2008 episode.

Another daughter of the doctor is created in an unnatural way by inserting his hand into a machine that was previously unknown to him. In it, genetic material is split up, reassembled and a new, fully grown individual is created from it. In the case of the doctor, a young blonde woman comes out.

Initially, the doctor does not accept her as a daughter, but describes the hitherto nameless creature as "generated anomaly" (Engl. For generated anomaly ). His companion Donna derives the name Jenny from this term . The clone, like the Doctor and every Timelord, has two hearts. Jenny is fatally wounded at the end of the episode and is - to the grief of the doctor, who has now accepted her - apparently not able to regenerate. When the doctor thinks she is dead, he leaves. Then Jenny finally wakes up again (without complete regeneration in the same body) and takes off in a spaceship towards space.

Meta-crisis doctor

Human clone portrayed by David Tennant in a 2008 episode.

The regeneration from the ninth to the tenth doctor was not quite finished when the new incarnation (Tennant) was cut off a hand in a duel with a Sycorax. The remaining regeneration energy was enough for a new hand to grow. Captain Jack Harkness ( Torchwood ) found the severed hand in his search for the Doctor and kept it until they first saw it, after which it was stored in the TARDIS.

In the season four finale, the 10th Doctor is fatally wounded by a Dalek . He manages to redirect the beginning regeneration into the severed hand. When Donna touches the hand, a so-called bio-meta-crisis is triggered by the connection with her human DNA . Donna's brain absorbs all of the Timelord's memories and knowledge, while a clone of the tenth doctor grows out of the hand, similar to Jenny's creation. This resembles the doctor in almost everything, has his memories, knowledge, appearance, sensations and character traits. The only difference lies in his physiology: Due to the bio-meta-crisis with Donna's human genes, the meta-crisis doctor only has one heart and ages like a human being, he cannot regenerate.

Now the three of them, the Timelords manage to defeat the strengthened Dalek Empire. During a brief absence of the Doctor, the Meta-Crisis Doctor finally genocide this new, all-powerful Dalek people in order to fulfill the Dalek Caan's prophecy and to put an end to the danger. The real doctor, who has been able to recover from his war trauma through Rose's influence over the years, considers the meta-crisis doctor's (“creature of war”) angry thirst for revenge to be too dangerous and hands him over to Rose's care. The clone remains in their parallel universe , where the two can finally begin a life together, while the real doctor returns to his universe and the "Doctor-Donna" has to erase all memories of him in order to save her life.

The doctors

First doctor

Portrayed by William Hartnell from 1963 to 1966 and again in The Three Doctors in 1972 . Due to the death of William Hartnell, Richard Hurndall played the first doctor in 1983 in The Five Doctors . In 2017 David Bradley took on the role in The Doctor Falling and Falling Out of Time , after he played the role of William Hartnell in the television film An Adventure in Space and Time in 2013 .

characterization

It is this form of doctor that he grows up in on Gallifrey, the home planet of the Timelords. Later he steals a TARDIS there and begins to travel through space and time.

The first doctor can be extremely reckless when it comes to achieving his goals. This includes lying, and in one case even trying to kill someone. But he is emotionally closely tied to his granddaughter Susan, who has accompanied him from the first episode. In contrast to his human companions, he is quite rough, dismissive, sullen and suspicious. Later he thaws a bit and establishes a kind of grandfather connection with his companions. William Hartnell himself once described the character of his doctoral incarnation as a cross between Santa Claus and the Wizard of Oz.

Appearance

The first doctor is quite old physically. He has long gray hair combed back and wears an ensemble that looks like it was in the days of King Edward . Under the black overcoat he wears a white shirt and a wooden walking stick with a twisted handle. Once he smokes a long, curved tobacco pipe, making him the only incarnation of the doctor who smokes. Initially, the combination is complemented by a karakul hat .

regeneration

He is so weakened in a fight with the Cybermen that he finally collapses in the TARDIS after he has been able to avert the imminent threat. This is where regeneration begins for the first time.

Second doctor

Portrayed by Patrick Troughton from 1966 to 1969 and again in The Three Doctors in 1972 , in The Five Doctors in 1983 and in Androids in Seville in 1985 .

characterization

The second doctor has a very changeable personality. On the one hand, he is childish and boyish. On the other hand, he also has paternal traits. He is a master at playing stupid. Often times, he is deliberately making a fool of himself, but is also considerate and heroic. He is generally much more active than his predecessor, but rarely daring.

Appearance

The second doctor has short, straight, black hair, similar to a mushroom head hairstyle. He wears a dark jacket with dark trousers and a light shirt, plus a dotted bow tie fastened with a safety pin . At first a dented castor hat is added.

regeneration

He is banished to an exile on earth by the Timelords, in a process of stealing the TARDIS and violating the rule of non-interference, the handling of the TARDIS is erased from his memory and a regeneration is triggered.

Third doctor

Jon Pertwee in the role of 3rd Doctor

Portrayed by Jon Pertwee from 1970 to 1974, as well as in The Five Doctors in 1983 and in the mini-episode Dimensions in Time in 1993 .

characterization

The third doctor is an extremely eloquent, diplomatic man and a true scientist. He can be described as a gentleman who is heroic and passionate about people. He is also particularly gifted with languages, inventive and also well versed in fighting techniques. He has a particular fondness for technical gadgets, such as the sonic screwdriver .

His patent solution for technical problems is the “polarity reversal of the neutron flow”.

Appearance

The third doctor has blond, voluminous hair. He usually wears a frilled shirt and dark (e.g. dark blue) velvet jackets in combination with dark green, blue or red trousers; plus dark boots. He also wears a variety of accessories, including ties, bow ties and leather gloves. He is dubbed a dandy by the first doctor in The Three Doktors. In exile, in the absence of the TARDIS, the doctor drives a yellow classic car named Bessie.

regeneration

He is caught by an enormous wave of energy and, after returning to the UNIT branch on earth, has to regenerate to the fourth doctor.

Fourth doctor

Tom Baker played 4th Doctor (2008)

Portrayed by Tom Baker from 1974 to 1981, as well as in 1983 in The Five Doctors and in 1993 in the mini-episode Dimensions in Time .

characterization

With the fourth doctor it is more noticeable that he is not a human, but an alien. He has a very weird sense of humor and likes to play pranks. Often he plays the idiot. His thoroughly intelligent and serious nature rarely comes to the surface. In contrast to its elegant predecessor, it looks scruffy and a little ragged.

He carries all sorts of little things in his jacket pockets. Often while rummaging around he comes across a bag of wine gums ("Jelly Babies") and offers some to his counterpart.

Appearance

The fourth doctor had dark, curly hair that was a little longer than average. Usually his clothing consists of a black frock coat and a brightly colored vest. Sometimes he wears a wide-brimmed fedora . Under his vest he wears a simple, often white shirt. His trademark is a colorful, extra-long scarf, which has achieved an iconic value for the entire series. In the last season of the fourth doctor, the entire ensemble (including the scarf) is kept in different shades of red. In addition, the red question marks appear on the shirt collar for the first time.

regeneration

In a fight with the master he is brought down while climbing a radio telescope , falls from a great height to the ground and has to regenerate to the fifth doctor in order not to die.

Fifth doctor

Peter Davison played the 5th doctor (2012)

Portrayed by Peter Davison from 1981 to 1984, as well as in the mini episodes Dimensions in Time in 1993 and Time Crash in 2007.

characterization

In general, the fifth doctor is a more pleasant contemporary than his predecessors, not least because of his charming appearance, but also because of his warm-hearted manner. In conflict situations, he sometimes seems a little insecure, is rather violent and likes to avoid confrontation. Nevertheless, he can be combative and does what is necessary to avert danger and to protect his companions.

Appearance

The fifth doctor has blond, straight hair of inconspicuous length. He is wearing a light beige suit with an orange hem on the lapel. Underneath he wears a white tank top with a red V-neckline. He wears a white shirt underneath. He wears a stick of celery on the lapel of his jacket, which is supposed to react to certain allergenic gases. By and large, his outfit is based on the uniform of a cricketer in King Edward's day. He always carries a rolled- up Panama hat with him in his jacket pocket . In addition, when he is concentrating on something and thinking, he will occasionally put on glasses.

regeneration

The fifth doctor and his companion Peri suffer poisoning. He only manages to get enough antidote for Peri that he is forced to save his own life through regeneration.

Sixth doctor

Colin Baker played the 6th Doctor (2011)

Portrayed by Colin Baker from 1984 to 1986 and in 1993 in the mini episode Dimensions in Time .

characterization

The sixth doctor is noticeably arrogant towards those around him, often unfriendly and extremely condescending. He considers all living beings absolutely inferior to himself. It should be mentioned, however, that his views and assumptions are completely correct in most cases. Even if this does not change much in his uncomfortable attitude, he later becomes a little more benevolent towards his companions.

Appearance

The sixth doctor has blond, curly hair of average length. He typically wears a very colorful and deliberately inconsistent outfit as a whole. This is expressed in the combination of different patterns and asymmetrical colors in the frock coat. He also wears yellow striped trousers, green shoes and red gaiters. Initially, the costume was kept covered in color, with colors such as ocher and beige tones, but in the radio plays by Big Finish Productions there was a predominantly blue variation. On the lapel of the frock coat he has a badge in the shape of a cat. Colin Baker himself later described his costume as an explosion in a rainbow factory .

regeneration

When the Rani attacks the sixth Doctor in his TARDIS, it crash-lands. The doctor is so wounded that he has to regenerate.

Seventh doctor

Sylvester McCoy played the 7th Doctor (2014)

Portrayed by Sylvester McCoy from 1987 to 1989, as well as in the 1993 mini-episode Dimensions in Time and in the 1996 television film.

characterization

His character is difficult to grasp. At first he looks like an incompetent father figure who likes to play the funny. Later, however, it becomes clear that there is a much darker side to him. He plays calculated, almost cold-hearted, with the people who surround him, no matter if friend or foe. Nevertheless, he does not want to do anything bad, but ultimately achieve a good goal.

Appearance

Unlike the other incarnations, the Seventh Doctor changes his clothing style twice in the three seasons and in the 1996 television film in which he was involved. The style of clothing of the seventh doctor does not exist in the consistent form as in his other incarnations. Well-known accessories include a Panama hat, a loosely tied colored tie, a sweater with a V-neck and question mark pattern over the shirt, brown checked trousers, a flowered silk scarf and a dark umbrella with a red question mark as a crutch.

regeneration

The seventh doctor is injured in a shooting in the 1996 television movie , loses consciousness and is admitted to hospital. Since his anatomy differs significantly from that of a human being, he perishes there in the emergency operation. His apparently lifeless body is then taken to the morgue, where regeneration begins.

Eighth doctor

Paul McGann played the 8th Doctor (2015)

Portrayed by Paul McGann in the 1996 television film and again in the 2013 mini-episode The Doctor's Night .

characterization

The eighth doctor is much more human than his predecessors. He also takes the initiative when it comes to women, whereas his previous incarnations have disregarded romantic relationships with female companions and have deliberately fought against their approaches and kisses. So he kisses his companion Grace Holloway three times. He is extremely pacifist, so he vehemently refuses to take part in the time war in any way. In his first (film) adventure, he tends to give people important clues about future decisions. In this freshly regenerated state, striking peculiarities of its predecessors come to light.

Appearance

His outfit consists of a long dark green velvet jacket with a light gray waistcoat, white shirt, gray scarf, gray trousers and - as a gift from his companion Grace, since he had been walking barefoot up until then - black leather shoes. He has red-brown, shoulder-length, slightly curly hair.

regeneration

The eighth doctor crashes with an alien spaceship on the planet Karn and wakes up there knowing that he will die from his injuries despite the ability to regenerate. The sisterhood there offers him a potion that can specifically influence the regeneration process with regard to certain properties of the new incarnation. Disillusioned by the time war, which he has observed neutrally so far, the eighth doctor decides to regenerate a warrior and gives up the name "doctor".

War doctor

John Hurt played the Doctor of War (2009)

Portrayed by John Hurt in 2013's Night of the Doctor , The Name of the Doctor, and The Day of the Doctor .

characterization

The character of this incarnation did not emerge arbitrarily, as in a normal regeneration, but was specifically selected through a special potion. The Sisterhood of Karn convinced his predecessor to drink a brew that would make him a warrior. This particular incarnation is generally of a rather gruff, practical thinking nature. He looks like an aging warrior. As a result, in contrast to his other incarnations, he has little scruples about participating in the Time War and doing what it takes to defeat the Daleks.

Therefore, he is the only incarnation not to have the name Doctor, which means that the numbering is also suspended. After the regeneration, he confirms this difference to his predecessors with the words "doctor no more" (German: no more doctor ), which are symbolic for him.

Appearance

Immediately after regeneration, he adds a cartridge belt to the clothes of his predecessor. In the later episodes, however, you can see that he is now wearing a (now very worn) leather jacket and more modern clothes.

regeneration

After he, at an advanced age, has fulfilled his destiny as a warrior, which was imposed on him by the potion of his predecessor, he begins to regenerate without further reasons. His last words that his current body was "a bit worn out" are in the English original (" wearing a bit thin ") an allusion to the first doctor, whose age-related regeneration was justified with the same wording.

Ninth doctor

Christopher Eccleston played the 9th Doctor (2013)

Portrayed by Christopher Eccleston in 2005.

characterization

Little is known about the time between his regeneration in the TARDIS and his appearance in the first episode of the first season of the new series. But since he curiously observes and comments on his appearance in the mirror in that episode, not much time seems to have passed. In the same episode, several photos imply past adventures, but as a time traveler, they can happen later from his personal point of view. The ninth doctor, although like the fourth doctor, likes to joke in the face of danger, is quite melancholy and withdrawn in his personality. This is probably due to the guilty feelings of having killed his own species, the Timelords, to end the time war. He sees himself as the last member of the great and powerful Timelord culture, which also gives him a feeling of loneliness. Probably to emphasize this, he sometimes disparagingly refers to people in moments of impatience as "stupid monkeys". In order to protect others, contrary to other incarnations, he does not shy away from the use of (armed) violence and quickly becomes angry in the face of his enemies. Overall, he is arguably the roughest doctor, which is also reflected in his clothes.

A common phrase he uses is "Fantastisch!" (English: Fantastic! ).

Appearance

The costume of the ninth doctor is much simpler and designed to distinguish it from many eccentric outfits from the classic television series. He wears a black leather jacket with a dark V-neck shirt underneath, dark trousers and black leather shoes. While all of his predecessors had normal or slightly above average hair, he has very short, about 1 cm long, black hair. Captain Jack Harkness describes his appearance when they first met during the Air War for London as similar to a German submarine commander.

regeneration

After his companion Rose Tyler has connected to the heart of the TARDIS and absorbed its energy, which a human body cannot endure, he saves it by transferring the energy to itself. Although he then gives the energy back to the TARDIS, his body was permanently damaged.

Tenth doctor

David Tennant played 10th Doctor (2009)

Portrayed by David Tennant from 2005 to 2010 and again in 2013 in Doctor's Day .

characterization

The tenth doctor is generally cheerful, relaxed, talkative, quick-witted and cheeky, but also repeatedly shows extremely vengeful and resentful personality traits. In addition, he often feels superior to other living beings because of his intelligence, which sometimes makes him careless. He is not averse to the romantic features that the relationship with his companion occasionally takes on. He also abhorred the use of weapons and met military personnel with suspicion. Like his predecessor, the 10th Doctor is plagued by some kind of survivor syndrome as he is responsible for the downfall of his race.

An expression he often uses is the exclamation "Allons-y!" (French for: Let's go! ).

Appearance

The tenth doctor usually wears a brown or dark blue suit with a shirt and tie. This is often combined with an ankle-length, brown coat. The serious suit is loosened up by chucks . He is very slim and has dark brown hair, which later becomes heavily gelled. Like the fifth doctor, he has reading glasses, but he only wears them to appear more intelligent.

regeneration

This incarnation of the doctor was the only one who managed to stop a regeneration so far. Healing begins after a fatal injury, but it is possible for him to avoid the subsequent change in his body by channeling the regeneration energy into a severed hand that was cut off on his first adventure.

When his companion Donna Noble later touches this hand, a so-called human Timelord meta-crisis is triggered with the human DNA . A twin of the tenth doctor grows out of the hand, but he only has one heart and therefore more of a human physiology . This timelord-human hybrid, who also ages normally, remains in a parallel universe with Rose.

Later, the real tenth doctor is then forced to take a lethal dose of radioactive radiation to save his companion Wilfred Mott and can no longer prevent complete regeneration.

Eleventh doctor

Matt Smith , cast member of the 11th Doctor, while filming in Central Park , New York (2012)

Portrayed by Matt Smith from 2010 to 2013, and 2014 in Deep Breath .

characterization

In contrast to his unusually young body, the character of the eleventh doctor clearly shows that he is an aging alien despite appearances. He looks a little cranky and appropriately describes himself as a madman with a blue box ("Mad man with a blue box"). In contrast to his two previous incarnations, he quarrels far less with his fate of being the last of the Timelords. He looks eccentric, weird and brilliant at the same time and thus embodies the classic "crazy professor" image. He has a colorful personality. If at first he is an uninhibited joker who looks forward to his life and adventures in an almost childlike way, in the next moment he shows clearly darker traits. He can be ruthless at times when it comes to saving his life and that of his friends.

The eleventh doctor, more often than his predecessors, took romantic initiative with women. He is also later married to River Song. On the other hand, there is an almost naïve ignorance about interpersonal relationships. The doctor is astonished that his married companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams do not want a bunk bed in their room.

An exclamation he often uses in fast-paced adventures is “Geronimo!” (An exclamation originating from the US military and used when jumping from great heights, especially parachute jumps).

Appearance

His outfit consists of a light brown tweed jacket with patches on the elbows, together with a striped, light shirt, black pants and black shoes. He also wears a bow tie, which he always defends as "cool" when others are amused by it. Furthermore, the bow tie seems to change color depending on the journey through time: blue bow tie for travel to the past, red bow tie for travel to the future. The same goes for the suspenders and the shirt. His staid old man's outfit is in stark contrast to his youthful face. He also has relatively long brown hair - especially on the bangs. He has a weakness for hats and therefore wears a Stetson or a Fez every now and then . From the second half of the seventh season, the doctor changes his costume in favor of a much more Victorian outfit with a dominant purple hue. However, he still wears the distinctive bow tie.

regeneration

He settled down for many centuries to save a small town from a siege force, and thereby showed increasing ailments. Regeneration is no longer possible because the war doctor and a regeneration of the 10th doctor, which was not accompanied by a change in appearance, make him the 13th and final incarnation. In the local church there is a crack in the universe, which apparently represents a connection to the Timelords. At the request of his companion Clara Oswald, the energy of a new regeneration cycle flows out of the gap, which gives the doctor new strength, and the regeneration process begins.

Twelfth doctor

Peter Capaldi played the 12th doctor (2015)

Portrayed by Peter Capaldi between 2013 and 2017.

characterization

In contrast to his recent predecessors, the twelfth doctor again shows a more distant paternal behavior. A characteristic that has become even more pronounced in him is his lack of understanding of many human ways of thinking and behaving. Sometimes he describes humanity as a people of pudding-brains. He generally feels intellectually superior to most other living beings, which he also lets them feel. Furthermore, he cultivates a general rejection of persons in the military.

At the beginning of his existence he has a strong aversion to physical closeness and behaves rationally and emotionless. If he is hugged, he reacts extremely cramped, after a kiss he was briefly paralyzed as if from panic. In the course of his adventures, however, he visibly thaws, becomes more empathetic, begins to show emotions and also allows more physical closeness. However, he retains a great deal of sarcasm. The twelfth doctor is the first incarnation in which the Scottish roots of its actor were consciously incorporated into the character. The two previous Scottish actors Sylvester McCoy and David Tennant tried to curb their Scottish tongue.

Appearance

The outward appearance of the twelfth doctor looks much older than most of his predecessors and is therefore more in line with his old age. At the beginning he has relatively short, mottled gray hair, which grows as the series progresses, wears a white shirt and a simple black suit with a red lining. So his outfit is similar to that of the 3rd doctor. During the course of the eighth season, he wears several shirts, including one black, one dark red and two black shirts with patterns. He himself compares his outfit to that of a magician.

In the ninth season, he often swaps the shirts for T-shirts and a black hoodie. Since he loses his sonic screwdriver at the beginning of the ninth season, he often wears sunglasses in the following, which takes over its function, before he receives a new sonic screwdriver from the TARDIS at the end of the season. After he became temporarily blind in the tenth season, he used these “sonic sunglasses” in order to be able to at least perceive outlines and distances. After the second doctor he is the second incarnation, who prefers to play a musical instrument. While his second incarnation was often seen with a recorder, the twelfth doctor prefers to play the electric guitar from season nine.

regeneration

After he is seriously wounded several times in the fight against the Cybermen on a colony ship, the regeneration process begins. Since he has become tired of the process of regeneration and he no longer wants to go on living, he initially holds back the external change. After a final encounter with his first incarnation (at a point in time when it also needs to regenerate, but does not yet feel ready for it), as well as avatars of his former companions Bill, Clara and Nardole, as well as - as it turns out late - the grandfather of Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, he comes to the conclusion that the universe still needs him and allows complete regeneration.

Thirteenth doctor

Jodie Whittaker has been 13th Doctor since 2017 (2018)

Portrayed by Jodie Whittaker since 2017.

characterization

This is the doctor's first female incarnation. She is a rather cheerful and cheerful person. She feels very responsible for her friends. Furthermore, she continues to have a high level of aversion to gun violence, as was the case with her predecessors. However, she seems to have overcome the war trauma through the time war of her predecessors. The fact that the doctor is a woman in this incarnation, she forgets now and then, so that she is astonished about feminine forms of address, or still describes herself with masculine terms. Like many of her predecessors, she is very clumsy with interpersonal conventions and brings up embarrassing things that would normally be politely ignored.

Appearance

This incarnation wears a long, light gray cloak with red, yellow and green decorations. This color pattern can also be found on the crossbar of her top, which she wears under her coat. Her high-water trousers, held in a lighter shade of blue, are supported by yellow suspenders. She also wears brown boots, under which blue and white socks are visible. In contrast to her direct predecessor, her body is younger and is thus more in contrast to her old age, as was the case with the fifth, tenth and eleventh doctor. She has almost shoulder-length blonde hair with a brown base that frames her face.

Other actors

Due to the long duration and the great importance that the doctor acquired, several other actors embodied the famous doctor over the years. However, these do not belong to the canon of the series or are not counted among the regular incarnations. In addition to the non-canonical actors of the individual doctor incarnations listed in the previous section, the following actors, among others, took on the role over the decades:

On the theater stage

  • Trevor Martin , instead of or before Tom Baker as the fourth doctor, in the play Seven Keys to Doomsday .
  • David Banks as second cast for Jon Pertwee in the play The Ultimate Adventure . He had at least one chance to play.

In film and television

In the series

  • Adrian Gibbs , as a non-permanent form of doctor between his fourth and fifth incarnations.
  • Michael Jayston , 1986 as the Valeyard, a potential future evil incarnation of the Doctor.
  • Toby Jones , 2010 as Dream Lord, an embodiment of the dark side of the doctor.
  • Jo Martin , 2020 as a previously unknown incarnation of the doctor.

Pop cultural significance

In the English-speaking area

The doctor is well known in the UK and increasingly throughout the English speaking world . Even non-fans often know who it is. For some of the actors, the role of doctor has been a career springboard. In general, thanks to the popularity of the series, many of the actors involved have managed to build on it and start a successful career. Conversely, the reputation that precedes it also repeatedly attracts the most renowned British actors of all generations, who slip into supporting and guest roles for individual or multiple episodes.

In Germany

So far, it has not been able to achieve the level of awareness and cultural significance that the series enjoys with the British in Germany. Nevertheless, a steadily growing fan base has developed here too. Especially for the 50th anniversary of the series and with the special episode advertised around the world on this occasion, there was a certain response, and it was even possible to fill some movie theaters.

Influences in other television productions

The influence of the doctor can be seen in various works. For example, the character Dr. Hooves from the animation series My Little Pony is inspired by him and is also slightly reminiscent of the Tenth Doctor. Allusions to him can also be found in Matt Groening's series . The Fourth Doctor in particular appears again and again in the Simpsons and his companion Leela was even named after a main character from Futurama .

TV references

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  39. ↑ Episode 8.01 new series: Deep Breath [Ger. Title: Take a deep breath ]
  40. ↑ Episode 8.05 new series: Time Heist [ Ger . Title: classified information ]

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