Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)


 * ''For other uses, see Dr. Who.

Dr. Who was a rather eccentric Human scientist, living in a cottage of England with his grand-daughter Susan and Barbara. He also had a niece named Louise. Dr. Who had invented time travel in the form of Tardis, a machine, the exterior of which looked just like a police box. While Ian was visiting his house he, Susan and Barbara went to have a look at the Tardis. A lever was accidentally pressed and Dr. Who and his friends and family, transporting them to Skaro.

Trying to return Tardis home Dr. Who opened the Tardis doors to find a Roman legionaires marching towards the ship. (Film: Dr. Who and the Daleks)

Tardis subsequently materialised on Oldark Moor, where Dr. Who and his companions encountered Count Tarkin (ST:The House on Oldark Moor.

Subsequently, joined by Louise, they fought out a Daleks who had invaded Earth in the year 2150. (Film: Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD)


 * It is not known what happened after the end of this adventure. A third film, based upon the televised serial The Chase, was planned but never made.

Behind the Scenes
Although various unofficial attempts to explain the existence of Dr. Who in the mainstream Doctor Who Universe, so far he has not appeared in it, even though a few recent comics and short stories have featured him. The actor Peter Cushing, who played Dr. Who, however, exists in the Doctor Who Universe. According to the Past Doctors Adventure Salvation, following the events portrayed in the novel, Cushing played a fictionalized version of the First Doctor in a film based on them, though possibly not in the manner of Dr. Who from the Dalek films.

Several theories have been discussed online of how this Doctor fits into the continuity, including the theory that the Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor from the 2009 episode Journey's End is the same Doctor as the one Cushing portrays. Though this theory stipulates that he is is much older (both Doctor's lacked the ability of regeneration), built his Tardis and travelled back to the 1960s, fathered children (possibly with Rose) and pretended, for the sake of Susan, Ian and Barbara, that he had never experienced adventures before, or that old age made him simply forget. However, this theory requires large assumptions and is certainly not widely accepted as a viable theory.

Unlike the Doctor of the television series who, in common tradition, is never correctly identified by the name "Doctor Who", the Cushing version is explicitly referenced by the name; the character's first name in this context is never revealed.

The unauthorized publication I Am the Doctor: The Unauthorised Diaries of a Timelord by franchise novelist John Peel suggests that Dr. Who was created by Barbara Wright when she wrote a novel about her adventures travelling with the First Doctor.