Barney (Deep Breath)

Barney was an elderly human with a disheveled appearance encountered by the newly-regenerated Twelfth Doctor.

Barney was roaming a back alley of Victorian London with a glass bottle in tow, where he found the Doctor rummaging around in garbage and filth for clothes. Barney was taken aback by the highly erratic behaviour of the Doctor as he suffered from post-regenerative trauma. Barney thought him to be purely mad and tried to play along with the Doctor's whims as to avoid upsetting him, out of fear he would be attacked for not complying. He recoiled at the sight of the Doctor's face and steered clear of him as best as he could.

The Doctor decided that because he was cold, Barney should give him his coat, though Barney himself was cold, hazily reasoning that there was no point in both of them being cold. Barney refused to do so until finally being offered something of greater value, exasperated and hoping it would make the Doctor go away. He swapped the Doctor his coat for his favourite watch, along with a set of worn out fingerless knit gloves. (TV: Deep Breath)

Behind the Scenes

 * Barney was played by Brian Miller, the widower of Elisabeth Sladen, the actor who portrayed companion Sarah Jane Smith.
 * Barney was never named on-screen.