“When I was a little girl I had an imaginary friend, and when I grew up, he came back. He’s called the Doctor.” – Amy Pond.
Here’s a sketch I did of Karen Gillan as the lovable ginger Amelia Jessica “Amy” Pond, and faithful former companion of The Doctor. She shall be missed!
“The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and…bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant.” -The Doctor (‘Vincent and the Doctor’)
I am man enough to admit that I honestly cried at the last moments of The Tenth Doctor. In the two-part send-off The End of Time, the Tenth incarnation confronts the Ood about their original prophecy and is led to present-day Earth where, in the second part, the newly-resurrected Master (played by John Simm) restores Gallifrey and the Time Lords to existence, although he redeems himself by assisting The Doctor to defeat Time Lord President Rassilon (played by Timothy Dalton) before disappearing alongside the other Time Lords. The Doctor sacrifices his life to save Wilfred Mott, exposing himself to 500,000 rads of deadly radiation and thus triggering his regeneration.
He holds it back and is shown visiting several of the companions we came to know during his run on Doctor Who.[a] He gives Donna Noble (played by Catherine Tate) a winning lottery ticket on her wedding day, buying it with money he borrowed from her late father in the past, saves Martha Jones and Mickey Smith (played by both Freema Agyeman and Noel Clarke) from a Sontaran sniper, saves Sarah Jane’s son Luke (played by Tommy Knight) from a car, introduces Captain Jack Harkness (played by John Barrowman) to a potential romantic interest (played by Russell Tovey), and finally, just before regenerating into The Eleventh Doctor (played by Matt Smith), he informs Rose in 2005 that she is about to have a “great year”. As he begins regenerating, his last words are “I don’t want to go”.
It’s here that I began sobbing like a baby, and most Whovian fans would agree, one tends to grow attached to a particular Doctor they have connected with, and The Tenth was truly my Doctor. Besides brilliant storylines courtesy from the amazing Doctor Who writers and production team, the actors themselves with their flawless acting give you no choice but to believe in their performance and thus you click with them on an emotional level as you would with someone like a best friend or loved one. It was sad to see The Tenth Doctor go and it was an amazing ride. To David Tennant, thank you for giving us a memorable and definitely unforgettable Doctor.
But like always, Doctor Who is about looking forward and pressing on. Thanks to new show runner Steven Moffat and the rest of the Doctor Who production team, the future of the series continues to flourish with the wise casting of Matt Smith as The Eleventh incarnation of The Doctor. At first, I was a little taken back by this new Doctor, and funny enough, I found myself withhold from opening myself completely to a person I apparently didn’t know anymore. But that didn’t last long as The Eleventh Doctor ultimately wins you over with his newly reconfigured energetic and eccentric personality, while at the same time doing and saying things that will remind you that he in fact is The Doctor… But just a little different in the noggin.
The Eleventh Doctor is portrayed as a brash and lively man who is rather arrogant and vain but has a great deal of affection for his loved ones. He’s at times arguably downright childish, which allows him to connect very well with children. However, there are also times when he acts his age, such as when he retires in Victorian London after the loss of Amy Pond and Rory Williams (two companions that the newly regenerated Doctor befriended earlier on in his new life, and are played by both Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill) and becomes a grumpy and solitary man who refuses to interact with others until he is charmed by Clara Oswald (played by Jenna-Louise Coleman).
Unlike his two most recent incarnations, this Doctor seems oblivious to details about human mainstream pop culture, besides a few references to classic literature, and is often seen embarrassing his companions with his attempts to be cool (including enthusiastic dancing). He even seems unfamiliar with certain adult activities such as sharing a bed, providing bunk beds in the TARDIS for the married Ponds, and drinking wine, spitting it back into the glass after trying it. He is also helpless at responding to romantic advances, acting awkwardly when River Song (played by Alex Kingston), Amy, and Clara try to seduce him; however, there are times when he behaves more maturely in romantic situations, frequently flirting with River and eventually marrying her, despite his usual discomfort with romance.
The Eleventh Doctor takes us through several adventures that introduce us to both new villainous alien life-forms as well as marking the return of some old ones, New friendships are made while old ones come to an end, and among anything else, he takes us through several new story arcs that not only reinvents the manner clever time-traveling plot devices are used, but how we see The Doctor himself. This becomes even more apparent when we finally discover the very secret The Doctor has been hiding this whole time; In “The Name of the Doctor“, the Doctor falls victim to a plot devised by the Great Intelligence, who holds the Doctor’s friends captive on the planet Trenzalore, where the Doctor will one day die and be buried.
Within the Doctor’s tomb, the Great Intelligence uses the Doctor’s remnants—his disembodied “timestream”—to spread himself across the Doctor’s history, turning his many victories into defeats. Despite objections from River Song, who at this point in her timeline is dead and is guiding Clara from beyond the grave, Clara goes after the Great Intelligence and is scattered throughout the Doctor’s timeline, where she undoes all of the Great Intelligence’s work, becoming Oswin Oswald and Clara Oswin Oswald, among others in the process. The Doctor has a sorrowful conversation with River’s phantom, and with a kiss gives his dead wife some closure. The Doctor enters his timeline to retrieve the original Clara; while rescuing her, she discovers a previously unknown incarnation (played by John Hurt) that he says broke the promise he made by taking “the Doctor” as his name, even though it was for the sake of peace and sanity.[34]
This is where we are left off in the whole history of Doctor Who, and will find out more when The Eleventh Doctor comes back during the Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary Special episode, which also includes the return of The Tenth Doctor (played by David Tennant) and his companion Rose Tyler (played by Billie Piper). Finally, we will learn of The Doctor’s ultimate destiny during the Christmas Special and beyond.
In closing, sketching these eleven Doctor Who portraits were a blast to do, and it will definitely not be the last time I do something like it again. I have some really cool ideas for future Doctor Who inspired pieces. But till then I’m going to be focusing on further improving my illustration skills, exploring new subject matter, and aiming to perhaps changing or modifying my rendering style. Till then, folks! Thanks for watching!
“I’m the Doctor. I’m a Time Lord. I’m from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. I’m 903 years old, and I’m the man who’s gonna save your lives and all six billion people on the planet below. You got a problem with that?” – The Doctor (‘Voyage of the Damned’)
As previously mention in, Sketch of The Ninth Doctor played by Christopher Eccleston, we are re-introduced to a brand new Doctor Who with Series 1, and with that, we come face to face with the Ninth incarnation of the legendary Time Lord solely known as, “The Doctor“.
At the moment we met The Ninth Doctor, we came to know a man who has carried a great amount of pain and guilt from what is unfortunately a dark past. But this battered Doctor soon gets a second chance at finding peace and redemption with the help of his new companion Rose Tyler. Near the end of The Ninth incarnation’s run, The Doctor confronts that from which he has been running from all his life… The Great Time War. The Doctor is shocked to find out that not all the Daleks were destroyed during those violent moments, and that a single fleet has managed to expand their numbers by cloning more Daleks. With an Armada fully established, the Daleks set out to begin their conquest of the universe, but not before starting with the destruction of the planet Earth.
The Doctor along with Rose Tyler, Captain Jack Harkness, and a small band of friends he has made throughout his adventures, they set out to take down the Daleks even if it means death. In the end, it’s actually Rose that helps The Doctor destroy the remaining Daleks by looking into the Time Vortex concealed within The TARDIS itself and using that power to wipe them out. Of course, no human is meant to look into the Time Vortex and as a last act of compassion, The Doctor sacrifices his life by absorbing the radiation that coursed through Rose’s body and was slowly killing her. It’s at this very moment that the Doctor enters a sort of Catharsis. As his Ninth incarnation dies and begins his metamorphosis into the next regeneration, The Doctor is letting go of the past and starting a fresh new beginning. With one last smile to Rose, the newly vindicated Time Lord becomes The Tenth Doctor.
I loved The Ninth Doctor, but it’s The Tenth incarnation I really came to connect with as an adult, this experience was both nostalgic and easily comparable to the same moment I connected with Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor back when I was a kid. From his sharp pinstripe suit and awesome converse shoes combo, to his fresh new outlook on life, the performance that David Tennant gives as The Tenth Doctor re-ignites that familiar feeling I used to get so long ago. Ugh! I can’t help how cool this version was. He had this distinct light-hearted, talkative, easy-going, witty and cheeky manner to himself. But also on the flip side, he repeatedly demonstrates a vengeful and unforgiving streak as well. In a nutshell, The Tenth incarnation turned out to be a very complex and interesting character as The Doctor has always been known to be. Other great aspects include, that it’s also with The Tenth Doctor that the series started producing storylines that re-introduced elements from Doctor Who history, many of which came in the form of the lovely Sarah Jane Smith played by Elisabeth Sladen and K-9!
Mr. Tennant, you rock sir! I so can’t wait to see your return during the 50th Anniversary Special Episode along side Billie Piper!
Stay tune for, Sketch of The Eleventh Doctor played by Matt Smith!
“No! ‘Cause this is what I’m gonna do: I’m gonna rescue her! I’m gonna save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek fleet! And then I’m gonna save the Earth! And then, just to finish off, I’m gonna wipe every last stinking Dalek out of the sky!” – The Doctor (‘Bad Wolf’)
Entering the newly revived series of Doctor Who in 2005, we are re-introduced to The Doctor in his now Ninth incarnation. The Ninth Doctor is characterized as a “stripped down” version of previous Doctors, depicting a less eccentric and less foppish personality and appearance. As Russell T Davies would say, “He travels in time and space, he’s got two hearts, he’s a Time Lord — that’s eccentric enough to be getting on with”.[35] Other aspects of The Ninth Doctor includes speaking with a distinct Northern accent and choosing to wear a more modern wardrobe consisting of a black leather jacket, shirt, and jeans.
Also, upon us meeting The Ninth Doctor, he quickly gives the impression that he’s almost like a personification of The Doctor’s trauma after experiencing the many unspeakable horrors of past battles, including “The Last Great Time War” that claimed the lives of the much feared Daleks, but at the cost of destroying his race The Time Lords in the process. When it comes right down to it, The Ninth Doctor carries alot of survival guilt and pain from which he tries to keep in the past by solely focusing on the “here and now”, to him the present is all that matters.
But what’s The Doctor without his faithful companion? This time around, that title goes to the independent and courageous Rose Tyler as played by Billie Piper. Unlike past companions, Rose is far from being “vulnerable” and along with having tons of bravery, she even manages to save The Doctor’s life on countless occasions. These qualities make The Doctor see the great potential in Rose, and along with growing a strong bond with her over the course of their several adventures, the Doctor helps Rose to reach her full potential and in return, Rose helps The Doctor find peace and hope once more.
Christopher Eccleston plays this Doctor brilliantly, and it’s because of him and his outstanding performance (along with an ensemble of talented supporting actors and actresses that include Bruno Langley as boy genius Adam Mitchell, Noel Clarke as Rose Tyler’s working class ex-boyfriend Mickey Smith, and John Barrowman as the charismatic ex-con time traveler that can never die Captain Jack Harkness) that the Doctor Who series was given a second chance. Mr. Eccleston, thanks for bringing Doctor Who back to the masses and for paving the way for the future incarnations of The Doctor that are just as memorable as yours has been!
Stay tune for, Sketch of The Tenth Doctor played by David Tennant!
“Who am I?” – The Doctor (‘Doctor Who: The Movie’)
The Eighth Doctor is the first Doctor to appear only once in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie, after the original series has been off the air since back in 1989. Funny enough, this movie was also meant to serve as a backdoor pilot for a possibly new series to be picked up by the Fox Network. The Doctor was THIS CLOSE to being produced by an American network, perhaps in an alternate reality, it already has!
Anyways, despite this incarnation of the Doctor showing up only once on the small screen, the many exploits of the Eighth Doctor continued on in a plethora of licensed spin-off media, notably BBC Books‘ Eighth Doctor Adventures novels, audio plays from Big Finish Productions, and the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip. These tales spanned the nine years between 1996 and the debut of the new television series in 2005.
As far as how The Eighth Doctor comes to be, he regenerates into his new body after being caught in the crossfire of a gang shoot-out in 1999 San Francisco’s Chinatown, USA. Still in his Seventh incarnation and barely holding on, he is taken to a hospital where surgeons, confused by his double heartbeat, attempt to correct a non-existent fibrillation. Ironically, their efforts instead end up “killing” The Doctor and soon after, he is taken to a morgue where after several hours (due to the anaesthetic almost destroying the regenerative process), he finally regenerates into his Eighth incarnation.
The Eight Doctor, much like his Fifth and Eleventh incarnations, exhibited a debonair and youthful personality, which along with a wide-eyed enthusiasm, also seemed to conceal a very old soul with perhaps a darker side. The Eighth Doctor also attracted controversy from fans who were divided by the fact of him breaking the long-standing taboo against romantic involvement with his companions by kissing Grace Holloway. On the other hand, in the spin-off media that followed, the Eighth Doctor has often been the object of romantic interest, but has shown little to no romantic inclinations of his own.
I’m at a lost for words for when it came to Paul McGann at playing this version of The Doctor, but the simplest manner which I can describe it is that he was just brilliantly awesome. I really liked his Doctor alot, especially when it came to his Doctor’s way of dressing (I do like his new look as well) and the interior of what seemed to be a Steampunk inspired TARDIS. For this reason and many others, it’s just sad to see that he hasn’t been invited back to make a guest appearance in the current Doctor Who series as of yet. Also, seeing as to how the 50th Anniversary is coming up (which already includes guest appearances from past characters like The Tenth Doctor, played by David Tennant, and his companion Rose Tyler, played by Billie Piper). I would greatly enjoy to see The Eight Doctor at least once more grace the screen. It would definitely be the perfect opportunity to show how he came to become The Ninth Doctor without necessarily showing Christopher Eccleston, since he has confirmed that a return to the show would not be a possible one. Mr. Moffat, if you come across this, please consider the possibility. It’s not too late!
Stay tune for, Sketch of The Ninth Doctor played by Christopher Eccleston!
“There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea’s asleep, and the rivers dream; people made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there’s danger, somewhere there’s injustice, and somewhere else the tea’s getting cold. Come on, Ace. We’ve got work to do.” – Survival
At the end of The Sixth Doctor‘s adventures (as told in Sketch of The Sixth Doctor played by Colin Baker), it still remains unclear what cause his end and his regeneration into The Seventh Doctor. Apparently, The Sixth Doctor was somehow injured during an attack to his TARDIS by the likes of his old enemy the Rani, but the real cause to make him regenerate was never revealed on-screen. The obvious reason to this is due to Colin Baker‘s unfortunate deteriorating welcome with the BBC management of that time period, and Mr. Baker simply stepped down with his dignity intact, but not while sticking it to the man by not giving them the satisfaction of doing a regeneration scene. You gotta respect him for that.
Anyways, back in the Universe of Doctor Who; the cause for The Sixth Doctors transition to the Seventh has been speculated in numerous ways with many possible events that could have occurred and leading up to that very moment. Many of which could be found in the various novels published based on The Sixth Doctor. [nb 1]
Moving onto The Seventh Doctor played by Sylvester McCoy, after a brief period of post-regenerative confusion and amnesia, which was chemically induced by the Rani at the moment of being captured, the Seventh Doctor puts a stop to the Rani’s plans, and rejoins his companion Mel for more whimsical adventures in an odd tower block and a Welsh holiday camp in the 1950s. At first, The Seventh Doctor appears to be a light-hearted and bumbling comical character. But as his timeline continues, he begins to progress into a driven, dark gamemaster whose plans to defeat his adversaries, both old and new, would play out across space and time. He would generally displayed an affable, curious, knowledgeable, easygoing, excitable and charming air. Yet, as he begins to choose his battles while keeping a tighter grip on his secrets – from his plans to his very identity – he also begins to convey a series of more perplexing sides to him that would constantly give the impression that there was more to him than what meets the eye.
This aspect is what really intrigued me about The Seventh Doctor, because even though his intentions were for the greater good, he had a mysterious dark side to him. In addition, due to his dark and manipulative nature, he wasn’t very liked by his previous and future incarnations. In that respect, the Seventh greatly hated The Fifth Doctor, calling him “bland, and not even one of the good ones”; in his mind, he chained up the Fifth Doctor, who served as his conscience. Finally, in his future incarnation of The Tenth Doctor, he would remember this version, when talking to Wilfred Mott in The End of Time, saying he “got worse; tricked people into taking their own lives”.
Stay tune for, Sketch of The Eighth Doctor played by Paul McGann!
“This is a situation that requires tact and finesse. Fortunately, I am blessed with both.” – The Doctor (‘Terror of the Vervoids’)
Hey folks! It’s another week of The Doctor! Last Saturday we left off with Sketch of The Fifth Doctor played by Peter Davison, where as with every inspired illustration I post, I also explained about what made this incarnation of The Time Lord unique. Sadly, as we all Whovians know, change is a big thing with Doctor Who and with that we continue onto, Sketch of The Sixth Doctor played by Colin Baker!
At the end of The Fifth Doctor‘s life, he goes out with one last heroic act when both him and his last companion Peri Brown were exposed to a raw and toxic version form of the drug spectrox on The planet Androzani Minor. With only one dose of the antidote at his disposal, The Fifth Doctor selflessly sacrificed himself to save Peri. In the end, he expressed his doubt for the first time that regeneration might not be possible this time. But as unpredictable as The Doctor can be, he suddenly regenerates into the Sixth Doctor.
Colin Baker’s Sixth Doctor is a total polar opposite of the Fifth Doctor’s sensitive nature; in which upon completing his somewhat unstable regenerative process, he nearly strangled Peri before he came to his senses. Still, The Sixth Doctor exhibited a brash and overbearing personality that set him apart from all his previous incarnations. One can say that in some ways, it was a throwback to the quick to temper nature and initial undertones of untrustworthiness of the First Doctor.
Along with a brand new personality came a brand new multicoloured attire to match. In his new existence, The Doctor saw himself as the finest incarnation yet, and along with having an almost egoistical superior complex, he did have the I.Q. to back it up. For example, This version of The Doctor actually managed to fix the long dysfunctional Chameleon Circuit, which actually allowed The TARDIS to finally take on the appearance of any object that seemed appropriate with its surroundings. Of course, this didn’t last long cause… Well a Blue Police Telephone Box is way cooler! Well… that and it’s way better than when The TARDIS reappeared as an Organ, to which The Sixth Doctor simply found too ridiculous.
Yes, This Doctor was unpredictable with the tendecy of showing melodramatic arrogance. But deep down the very being of this incarnation still remained The Doctor’s strong moral sense and empathy. Revelation of the Daleks, is prime example of The Sixth Doctor’s compassion when he shared it with a dying mutant. Then in The Trial of a Time Lord, he displayed total outrage at his fellow Time Lords for their part in a plot and cover-up which resulted in the death of most of the Earth’s population. Underneath his tough and unstable demeanour, he was beyond determined to win his universal battles against evil more than ever before. He carried a fire, a thirst to do what was right that was far more apparent than ever before. He jumped into action when necessary, and no one, even his companions could get in his way of doing so.
The Sixth could of been called the “most dislikable” Doctor ever, but to me (and I bet many others), there is still a charm and intrigue for being such a strong character despite his many faults. Much like any of us, we all aren’t perfect and prone to show an ugly side of ourselves from time to time. But what matters is what you ultimately do in the end that defines you for who you really are, and that’s WHO this Doctor was. He was the personification of that specific side of the Time Lord who calls himself, The Doctor. With this said, To Mr. Baker; I just want to say that you played that quite brilliantly, and despite your turbulent on Doctor Who, you were magnificent and perhaps too far ahead of your time to be completely appreciated. Be proud of your now iconic multicoloured suit, because you made us see the beauty it truly held.
Stay tune for, Sketch of The Seventh Doctor played by Sylvester McCoy!
“Dreams are important…never underestimate them.” – The Doctor (‘Snakedance’)
After being the only longest running Doctor ever on Doctor Who, spanning as long as seven consecutive seasons from December 28, 1974 (Part One of Robot) to March 21, 1981 (Part 4 of Logopolis), the Era of Tom Baker‘s Fourth Doctor sadly comes to an end as he attempts to stop The Master‘s double crossing act of taking control of the Pharos Project radio telescope, which was initially adapted by both him and The Doctor onto the Earth in an attempt to reopen the CVEs and stop the Entropy energy that was released by The Master’s stasis feild that was being generated at the time he took control over the planet of Logopolis, and having it erode all of matter throughout the universe- threatening to destroy the entire universe!
As The Master connects himself to the radio dish cable and thus linking himself to the CVEs, The Doctor leaps to sever the cable, but not before The Master begins to make the dish rotate and leaving the Doctor to eventually fall to his doom. In a heart wrenching moment, as The Doctor held on nothing but the cable, he manages to tear it out. With his companions helplessly watching as he now clings to the swinging cable, The Doctor sees visions of all the foes he’s faced over the years… And then falls.
The Doctor’s three current companions; Adric, Nyssa, and Tegan gather around his mortally wounded body and call out his name. The Time Lord begins seeing more visions of all his companions and even the Brigadier calling his name. He then looks up at the three of them and utters his last words: “It’s the end– but the moment has been prepared for…” He then points to a white-clad figure they have encountered before called, “The Watcher,” who begins approaching the Doctor. The Watcher, who turns out to be a manifestation of the Doctor’s future incarnation, merges with the Doctor and triggers his regeneration. “So he was the Doctor all the time?” remarks Nyssa, as the three watch him transform into the Fifth Doctor.
In the Era of Peter Davison‘s Doctor, it was a “back to the basics” return, to where the show aimed to keep “silly” humour (and, to an extent, horror) to a minimum. Also, producer John Nathan-Turner encouraged that the show went for more scientific accuracy, and at moments, Doctor Who would resemble a more darker and grittier series, which also came with the death of The Doctor’s companions, Adric.
The Doctor himself also went through a complete change; becoming more vulnerable, sensitive, and reserved than his previous incarnations. Often, This new Doctor reacted to situations rather than initiating them, as well as, make decisions at the flip of a coin. Unlike his more authoritative predecessors, he treated his young companions as parts of a team, and often willingly participated in situations under the leadership of someone else who had the strong command presence that he apparently lacked.
But despite his soft appearance, The Fifth Doctor still embodied the essence of a Time Lord of great age and wisdom. Being one of the most courageous of all his incarnations, this Doctor took chances at partnerships with individuals that once posed a threat to him. Finally, This Doctor was even willing to sacrifice his own life to save the last of his companions. A true selfless hero to the bitter end was The Fifth Doctor, and that quality continues to live on.
Stay tune for, Sketch of The Sixth Doctor played by Colin Baker!
“Well, of course I’m being childish! There’s no point being grown-up if you can’t be childish sometimes.” – The Doctor (‘Robots’)
“Would you like a Jelly Baby?” – The Doctor (‘The Face of Evil’)
So from Sketch of The Third Doctor as played by Jon Pertwee, we now arrive to the piece that inspired me to create this series of Doctor Who sketches in the first place, Sketch of The Fourth Doctor as played by Tom Baker. This is The Doctor I initially grew up on and loved watching as a kid. Funny fact about me watching Doctor Who as a kid is that I didn’t know much about it, and with information not being as available to me as it is today, I was never aware about his previous incarnations. This was also due to the fact that my parents had a tendency of monitoring what I watched, so I was only able to watch a hand full of the Tom Baker episodes at a time. Eventually I sort of drifted off to watching other things that my parents deemed as “safe” like Ghostbusters and Transformers. But then whenever I saw promotional ads about Doctor Who in a TV Guide or magazines my dad used to have lying around, I was baffled to see that there were three other Doctors before and after the Fourth (keep in mind this is around the time of the 80s and reruns were already going on).
This made my young mind explode into different theories as to why there were six other guys that also called themselves “The Doctor”. Eventually, I came to the conclusion that perhaps these six Doctors were a team of adventurers who would called themselves the same name in order to confuse their enemies. Hence, this was my understanding as to why the show was called, “Doctor Who”… Because I thought the baddies would be like Who is the real Doctor? Kids do say the darndest things after all, but looking back at that now, I wasn’t too far from the truth since The Doctor in essence keeps his true identity a deeply guarded secret.
But going back to Tom Baker’s Doctor, he was so much fun to watch as he outsmarted his enemies with his childish pranks. As a kid, I thought it was fantastic to have a role model you shared common traits with, and Tom Baker’s portrayal of The Doctor did just that with his cool trademark colorful scarf, interestingly unique voice, and obsession of candy, preferably Jelly Babies. To me, in that aspect and many others, he greatly identified with his kid audience.
The Fourth Doctor holds a great deal of nostalgia to me as well as a special place in my heart. To Mr. Baker, thank you for the fond memories and for introducing me to an excellent show that I hope will run forever. You definitely made my time growing up an awesome one.
Stay tune for, Sketch of The Fifth Doctor played by Peter Davison!
“I reversed the polarity of the neutron flow.” – The Doctor (‘The Sea-Devils’)
Continuing from Sketch of The Second Doctor played by Patrick Throughton, it is now known that when The Doctor is injured and close to death, his body would regenerate. But this would be at the price of his physical appearance and personality being altered as well.
Unsuspectingly, The Third Doctor wasn’t the result from a fatal blow or impending death brought onto the Time Lord, but was actually forced upon him as a means of punishment by his own kind for breaking their laws of non-interference in the affairs of others. Despite his argument that the Time Lords should use their great powers to help others during his second incarnation, he was sentenced to exile on 20th century Earth, along with his appearance being altered in the process and the secret of the TARDIS taken away from him.
Now stranded on Earth in his new form and his TARDIS out of comission, The Doctor, now played by Jon Pertwee, ended up becoming a scientific advisor for a militant research lab called, UNIT. Now with plenty of time on his hands, this Doctor was the first to begin a huge love in creating a long series of technological gadgets, among which even included a heavily modified canary-yellow vintage roadster that he nicknamed “Bessie,” and a hovercraft-like vessel that fans nicknamed the Whomobile. Along with his many toys, this incarnation of The Doctor was more charismatic and more physically daring than his predecessors. To me in a nutshell, The Third Doctor was like “The James Bond” of The Doctor Who Universe that wasn’t afraid to kick some ass while looking good doing it!
Stay tune for, Sketch of The Fourth Doctor as played by Tom Baker!
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