Ninth Doctor

Ninth Doctor

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Emerging from the Last Great Time War as the apparent sole survivor, the Ninth Doctor was forever haunted by what he had witnessed in the Time War and the immense guilt he felt over his belief that he had destroyed Gallifrey and killed all the Time Lords and Daleks, suppressing the memory of the man he had been in the Time War as he tried to move forward and make amends with his actions in the conflict. While he projected a jovial and friendly demeanour during good moods, the Doctor tended to brood and act rudely as he navigated through the Post-Time War universe.

Biography[]

Main article: Ninth Doctor/Biography

When he thwarted the Nestene Consciousness's invasion attempt of London on 5 March 2005, the Doctor asked Rose Tyler, a shop assistant who had assisted him in defeating the Nestene after he had blown up her shop, to join him in the TARDIS, and she accepted when he told her it could time travel. (TV: Rose ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) After taking her to the end of the world and 1869 Cardiff, (TV: The End of the World ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)., The Unquiet Dead ^[+]Mark Gatiss, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) the Doctor accidently returned Rose to her home at the Powell Estate a year late, putting in the bad graces of her mother, Jackie, and her ex-boyfriend, Mickey Smith. (TV: Aliens of London ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) However, they were able to put their tension aside to foil the Slitheen family's attempt to destroy the Earth for profit. (TV: World War Three ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).)

When a distress signal brought him to Henry van Statten's Vault in 2012 Utah, the Doctor found a Dalek had survived the Time War, but it destroyed itself after it absorbed the human factor from Rose. At Rose's request, the Doctor allowed van Statten's researcher, Adam Mitchell, into the TARDIS, (TV: Dalek ^[+]Robert Shearman, adapted from Jubilee (Robert Shearman), Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) but he was swiftly evicted when he tried to filch information from Satellite Five for his own benefit and refused to take responsibility for his actions. (TV: The Long Game ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) Rose also faced banishment afterwards when she, in a moment of high emotion, prevented her father's death in 1987, but a Reapers attack allowed them to make amends when her father set history back on track. (TV: Father's Day ^[+]Paul Cornell, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) Adam then returned to exact revenge on the Doctor for booting him from the TARDIS (COMIC: Mystery Date ^[+]Scott & David Tipton, Prisoners of Time (IDW Publishing, 2013).) by trying to kill all his other companions, (COMIC: The Choice ^[+]Scott & David Tipton, Prisoners of Time (IDW Publishing, 2013).) but he redeemed himself by sacrificing his live to defeat the Tremas Master. (COMIC: Endgame ^[+]Scott & David Tipton, Prisoners of Time (IDW Publishing, 2013).)

After they faced the Kotturuh crisis, (COMIC: Monstrous Beauty ^[+]Scott Gray, DWM Comics (Panini Comics, 2020).; PROSE: All Flesh is Grass ^[+]Una McCormack, Time Lord Victorious release order (BBC Books, 2020).) the Doctor and Rose were accidentally scammed by the ex-Time Agent Captain Jack Harkness, (TV: The Empty Child ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) who helped them resolve the Empty Child plague he had unleashed, and welcomed him on board the TARDIS after they rescued him from an exploding Chula warship. (TV: The Doctor Dances ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) As they helped recover Jack's memories that were wiped by the Time Agency, the trio was joined by UNIT soldier Tara Mishra. (COMIC: Official Secrets ^[+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW., Slaver's Song ^[+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)

Eventually, the Doctor, Rose and Jack were drawn back to Satellite Five in 200,100, (TV: Bad Wolf ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) where they learnt that that the Dalek Emperor had rebuilt the Dalek Empire by manipulating the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire to its advantage. While the Doctor built a delta wave generator to destroy the Daleks, albeit at the cost of all life on Earth, Jack was killed leading a resistance against the Daleks. Despite sending her back to the Powell Estate to ensure her saftery, Rose absorbed the power of the Time Vortex through the heart of the TARDIS and became the Bad Wolf entity, allowing her to destroy the Daleks. The Doctor absorbed the energy out of her and into himself to prevent it burning her up, forcing him to regenerate into a new body in order to survive. (TV: The Parting of the Ways ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).)

Other realities[]

Alternate timelines[]

When an alternate version of the Twelfth Doctor attempted to trap his post-Time War incarnations in various alternate timelines so that he could manipulate their minds to ensure his existence, he was unable to target the Ninth Doctor. Since his plan involved presenting the Doctors with dark visions of possible alternates, the tenth and twelfth incarnations mused in the aftermath that the Ninth Doctor had been left alone because the Alternative Twelfth Doctor was unable to find a timeline in which the Ninth Doctor was "anything less than fantastic." (COMIC: Four Doctors)

Psychological profile[]

Personality[]

Pensieve doc nine — A pensive Doctor (TV: *The End of the World*)

After being "beaten by losing a war with Death". (PROSE: What the TARDIS thought of "Time Lord Victorious") the Ninth Doctor was an emotional incarnation of great sorrow and anger, plagued by the outcome of the Last Great Time War, breaking down or unleashing a great rage born from emotional exhaustion when faced with the consequences of the war. (TV: The End of the World, Dalek, Father's Day, The Parting of the Ways) However, when truly outraged with someone, the Doctor would stare at them calmly before bluntly speaking to them about what they had done to upset him. (TV: The End of the World, World War Three, The Long Game, Father's Day, Bad Wolf) A mercurial individual, he hid his sorrow with a façade of manic energy, sharp wit and enthusiastic confidence, but would quickly drop the masquerade when he was either alone or deeply displeased. (TV: The End of the World, The Long Game, Boom Town, The Parting of the Ways) His masquerade hid a near overwhelming sense of guilt regarding his predecessor's actions in the Time War, something he kept at bay by insisting that his strife had been worth it. (PROSE: A Brief History of Time Lords)

Behind his war-torn demeanour, however, he was one of the nobler incarnations, with not even a continuity bomb able to find a timeline where he was "anything less than fantastic", (COMIC: Four Doctors) and him willingly returning the power of the Time Vortex to the heart of the TARDIS after saving Rose from burning up by absorbing the power into himself, (TV: The Parting of the Ways) despite the Tenth Doctor claiming that a Time Lord would become a "vengeful god" if they absorbed such powers. (TV: Utopia) Indeed, the Ninth Doctor found it humorous when Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen identified his TARDIS as "technology of the gods", dismissing the idea of being a god by claiming he would "never get a day off". (TV: Boom Town) He always tried to keep his promises. (AUDIO: Cataclysm) Not wanting to be a fighter, (PROSE: All Flesh is Grass) the Ninth Doctor described himself to Lynda Moss simply as a traveller in search of "a quiet life". (TV: Bad Wolf)

Preferring to remain unnoticed in the background, the Doctor would instead encourage or inspire others into acts of heroism. (TV: Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, World War Three, The Long Game, The Doctor Dances) However, he was unafraid to confront his adversaries directly. (TV: Rose, The End of the World, Dalek, The Long Game, Father's Day, Boom Town, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways)

He could get self-defensive over how others described him, defiantly telling Rose that he "[was] impressive" after she called him out for showing off his time travelling capabilities, (TV: The End of the World) claiming he was "making an effort not to be insulted" when Rose rhetorically asked why all the "great looking" men disappear from her, (TV: The Doctor Dances) and questioning if Mickey Smith found him unattractive after Mickey pointed out how handsome Jack Harkness was. (TV: Boom Town)

Because of the emotional burden he carried with him from the Last Great Time War, the Ninth Doctor was initially reluctant to involve himself in events. (AUDIO: The Oncoming Storm) Despite being less of an interventionist, the Doctor was willing to help his friend Plex populate a planet with clones using the Chameleon Arch, understanding the pain Plex felt for the loss of his species in a freak singularity. (COMIC: The Promise) Trying to hide his friendlier side, (AUDIO: Cataclysm) the Ninth Doctor could come across as uninterested in the details around him, acting out his plans and intentions without informing his allies of his objective. (TV: Rose) Despite initially wanting to travel alone indefinitely after the Time War, (PROSE: The Eyeless) the Doctor became a lonely man in his solitude, (PROSE: A Day to Yourselves) looking particularly crestfallen when Rose rejected an invitation to travel in the TARDIS. (TV: Rose)

Everybody lives — The Doctor expresses joy when no casualties can be found. (TV: *The Doctor Dances*)

While he was more adept at noticing the flaws of humanity than his predecessors, (TV: Rose, World War Three, The Doctor Dances) the Ninth Doctor still retained the selfless and caring attitude that he carried throughout his previous lives, being willing to lay down his own life if it meant others would be saved. (COMIC: The Cruel Sea) Indeed, when facing Henry van Statten, the Doctor noted the greater aspects of mankind while deriding van Statten for his greed, (TV: Dalek) and also admitted his admiration for England's defiance of the Third Reich. (TV: The Empty Child) When he realised that he could reverse the pain and suffering he had encountered with the Empty Child plague, the Doctor became overjoyed, whooping how "just this once, everybody live[d]", with Rose Tyler claiming he was "beaming away like [he was] Father Christmas". (TV: The Doctor Dances) He also tried not to hold grudges when those who wronged him needed his help. (PROSE: The Red Bicycle)

Nine waves — The Doctor enjoys some press attention. (TV: *Aliens of London*)

Despite initially coming across as emotionally scarred and melancholy, the Ninth Doctor displayed a fun side from time to time, bobbing his head to Soft Cell's "Tainted Love", (TV: The End of the World) enjoying a meal with Nancy and her children friends, (TV: The Empty Child) having a dance with Rose Tyler, (TV: The Doctor Dances) and enjoying some downtime in Cardiff with Rose, Jack and Mickey. (TV: Boom Town) While discussing the grave consequences of the human race being fed constant reality television like sheep, he interrupted himself to ask Lynda Moss if they still had the program "Bear With Me", even chuckling about the celebrity edition where the bear got into a bath tub. (TV: Bad Wolf)

Preferring to be in the present, (TV: The End of the World) the Ninth Doctor would make decision in the heat of the moment, focusing more on emotion rather than logic. (TV: The Unquiet Dead, World War Three, Dalek, Father's Day) He was also prone to falling for minor deceptions or overlooking obvious details. (TV: Rose, The Unquiet Dead, World War Three, Boom Town) However, he confessed that he downplayed his intelligence on occasion to lure his opponents into a false sense of security to have then expose their plans to him. (PROSE: The Clockwise Man)

The Doctor expressed a keen interest in history, claiming he travelled in time specifically so he could see history unfold after seeing the London UFO crash. (TV: Aliens of London) He was also a fan of Charles Dickens's work, (TV: The Unquiet Dead) and had a fondness for art as well, taking Rose to see the original Mona Lisa at the Oriel, (COMIC: Art Attack) and considered himself an admirer of geohacking rather than a critic. (COMIC: Hacked) He also found pleasure in playing Mickey's video games, (PROSE: Winner Takes All) and enjoyed immersive reality. (AUDIO: Sphere of Freedom)

He did not "do domestic", (TV: Rose, Aliens of London, World War Three) which led to tensions between him and Jackie Tyler. (TV: Aliens of London, World War Three, Father's Day, The Parting of the Ways) He resisted speaking of his past to others, (TV: The End of the World) as well as avoided revisiting places he'd already been, (COMIC: Art Attack) and would feel sorrow instead of nostalgia when seeing aspects of his past. (TV: Dalek)

The Ninth Doctor liked "unsurprising" surprises, (PROSE: The Beast of Babylon) with the one thing that kept on surprising him being how disobedient his companions were when we told them to avoid "wandering off". (TV: The Empty Child) He also voiced an affection for hugs, (TV: The Long Game) and gave them out to comfort others, (TV: Father's Day, The Parting of the Ways) or when in moments of joy. (TV: The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, Bad Wolf)

He disliked dealing with people who tried to deny the extra-ordinary and unexplainable, even after they had witnessed it, believing that they only wasted his time with their denial. (TV: The Unquiet Dead, The Long Game)

The Doctor was a vocal fan of bananas, calling them a "good source of potassium", (TV: The Doctor Dances) and liked grapefruit juice. (COMIC: The Cruel Sea) Sharing bacon sandwiches with Rose in a cafe, he voiced an admiration for ketchup that challenged brown sauce as his favourite condiment. (AUDIO: Retail Therapy) He happily accepted turkey while dining with young orphans, (TV: The Empty Child) and ordered steak and chips while dining with Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen for her last meal. (TV: Boom Town) He also enjoyed lemon gingerbread. (COMIC: The Lost Dimension)

He liked to have his coffee with just milk, (TV: Rose) and took his tea with two sugars. (TV:The Unquiet Dead) While Rose claimed to her mother that the Doctor drank, he did not enjoy wine, instantly spitting what he had drank back into his glass after a toast. (TV: World War Three) He did, however, enjoy brandy. (PROSE: The Clockwise Man)

The Doctor did not see it as his place to strip away blissful happiness from others, asking Rose, on the bases that she was human and he was not, if he should stop Igrix's plan to give humanity a happier future, though he he was glad when she told him to stop the Kustollon. He also didn't believe in luck. (COMIC: The Love Invasion)

While he stood against killing, (AUDIO: Sphere of Freedom) the Ninth Doctor displayed a huge sense of authority against his enemies, willing to let them die when he felt it justified their actions, claiming that everything had its time and that everything eventually ended, (TV: The End of the World, Dalek, Boom Town) but was willing to use diplomacy, (TV: Rose) though he preferred action to philosophical debates. (TV: The Long Game) He showed a particular dislike for those who tried to justify their actions by saying they were only "following orders", telling the female programmer she had "lost the right to even talk to [him]" when she tried to use the excuse. (TV: Bad Wolf)

Because of his pragmatic approach to situations, he would at times brush off individual deaths to focus on the task at hand, and would even encourage others to do the same and mourn later. (TV: Rose, The Unquiet Dead, The Long Game, Father's Day) However, while the Doctor showed the ability to move past the deaths of those around him in the heat of the moment, (TV: Dalek, Father's Day) he acknowledged the lives lost as soon as he could. (TV: The End of the World, World War Three)

While he voiced a hatred of guns, (COMIC: Weapons of Past Destruction) the Doctor was willing to use of them in drastic situations (TV: Dalek, Bad Wolf) and as tools. ( COMIC: The Lost Dimension) While he similarly frowned upon violence, he admitted that he found fantasy violence in the form of video games somewhat therapeutic. (PROSE: Winner Takes All)

Always aiming to see the innocence in those deemed hostile, (AUDIO: Sphere of Freedom) the Doctor was angered when the Space pig was killed merely for looking threatening when it was only acting out of fright and comforted it in its dying moments by stroking its snout. (TV: Aliens of London) He likewise became morally outraged when he learnt that victims of the Empty Child Syndrome had been left to be forgotten. (TV: The Empty Child)

Because he saw time as having "strands [that were] so tiny and so intricate", the Doctor saw "everyone and everything" as being important in the grand scheme. (COMIC: The Love Invasion)

While the Doctor never shied away from the dangers of his adventures, (TV: Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, World War Three, The Long Game) he voiced an admiration for the mundane lives of Sarah Clark and Stuart Hoskins, and was shocked when they suggested they weren't important. (TV: Father's Day)

More aloof than other incarnations, the Ninth Doctor failed to consider any discomfort the TARDIS translation circuit would cause, (TV: The End of the World) and was willing to temporarily allow the Gelth to occupy dead human bodies, likening it to recycling. (TV: The Unquiet Dead) He also displayed a certain level of childish joy when it came to toying with people, such as by deliberately addressing them by the wrong name, insulting their intelligence or subjecting them to unnecessary humiliation. (TV: Aliens of London, World War Three, The Long Game) According to Rose, he liked to insult species as a whole when in moments of stress. (TV: The Doctor Dances) He would often make dry jokes to diffuse the tension of a situation. (TV: Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways)

The Ninth Doctor was not keen to encounter his other selves, (PROSE: A Day to Yourselves) being apprehensive to speak to Dr. Constantine when he was led to believe he was another of his incarnations. (TV: The Empty Child) Upon receiving a message from the Fourth Doctor, the Ninth Doctor bemoaned the occasion, reaffirming the Fourth Doctor's dislike of "talking to [him]self". (COMIC: The Lost Dimension) He compared a Multi-Doctor Event to ChuckleVision. (WC: Doctors Assemble!)

When forced to reflect on his memories of his war incarnation in the Last Great Time War, the Doctor reacted in agony, showing a great dislike of his immediate predecessor, as well as his eighth incarnation, (COMIC: Weapons of Past Destruction) though he reflected on how innocent the Eighth Doctor was before the Time War. (COMIC: The Forgotten) He was especially angry with the War Doctor for leaving him to "clean up the mess" left by the Time War. (PROSE: A Day to Yourselves)

A Matrix projection of him referred to the Tenth Doctor as "fantastic". (COMIC: The Forgotten) Upon meeting his tenth and twelfth incarnations, the three were able to work together amicably, though he claimed he did not trust either of them to rescue Jack and Tara from the Void. (COMIC: The Lost Dimension)

The Tenth Doctor held a somewhat low opinion of the Ninth Doctor, thinking him to have been "full of blood and anger and revenge" due to being "born in battle". (TV: Journey's End) The Eleventh Doctor seemingly harboured no such ill feelings, cheerfully delivering a message to the Ninth Doctor and signing off with a jovial, "Cheers, Ears", before apologising for the joke with concern. (AUDIO: Night of the Whisper) The Twelfth Doctor would later claim that there was no possible timeline that even the continuity bomb could find where his ninth incarnation was anything other than "fantastic", a sentiment shared by the tenth and eleventh incarnations. (COMIC: Four Doctors, The Promise)

The Doctor cared very deeply about Rose Tyler, being reluctant to put her in danger, (TV: The Unquiet Dead, World War Three, The Long Game) and was even willing to let a Dalek loose on Earth to keep her safe. (TV: Dalek) When the Daleks invaded Satellite Five, the Doctor sent her back home to protect her, and deliberately absorbed the Time Vortex energy in her to save her life, knowing that he would regenerate afterwards. (TV: The Parting of the Ways) While others would mistake them for lovers, (TV: The End of the World, Aliens of London, Dalek, Father's Day) the Doctor himself denied such a claim when it was made by Ali. (PROSE: The Beast of Babylon)

During his limited travels with Adam Mitchell, the Doctor admitted to him that he was a "tiny bit fantastic" after he helped the Doctor defeat the Bygone Horde, (AUDIO: The Other Side) and accepted him as a true companion when he sacrificed his life to defeat the Tremas Master's plan to end the universe, (COMIC: Endgame) despite previously kicking him out of the TARDIS for attempting to send information from 200000 to his 2012 answering machine. (TV: The Long Game) He was initially being dismissive of Jack Harkness for being a con man and indirectly causing the Empty Child plague, but chose to save him from the bomb he had taken onto his ship and invited Jack along as a companion when he emended his mistake . (TV: The Doctor Dances)

The Doctor though that his TARDIS was a "magnificent time ship", (TV: Aliens of London) even calling it the "best ship in the universe." (TV: Boom Town)

While he initially believed him to be no more than Rose's "stupid boyfriend", and claimed that he was "choking on [his] words" asking for his help, the Doctor nonetheless entrusted Mickey Smith with a computer virus to delete all mentions of him from the internet, even inviting him along in the TARDIS after his help in defeating the Slitheen family, and defended his honour in front of Rose by claiming he was refusing Mickey entry after he turned down the offer. (TV: World War Three) While he stilled enjoyed teasing him, the Doctor came to enjoy Mickey's company in Cardiff, even offering to wait for Rose to say goodbye to him before they left. (TV: Boom Town)

While he though humans could be "warlike and stupid", the Doctor did admire them for their artwork. (COMIC: Art Attack)

Believing marrying for love to be overrated, (PROSE: Only Human) the Ninth Doctor would turn down explicit romantic advances, (TV: Rose) but would be willing to return romantic pursuits if he felt there was chemistry with them. (AUDIO: Fond Farewell) He would also engage in friendly flirting, (TV: The End of the World, Boom Town) and openly called Sam Bishop "gorgeous". (AUDIO: Way of the Burryman)

When it came to children, the Ninth Doctor generally treated them kindly. (TV: The Empty Child) When Blon reverted back into an egg, rather than send her to execution, the Doctor desired to give her to a new family to start a new life, believing the new child had a chance to make things better. (TV: Boom Town) He also cared for a baby Rose Tyler, taking surprise that Jackie deemed him the best man to be trusted with her care. (TV: Father's Day) However, he could grow irritated with children who misbehaved, (TV: World War Three) and once had to wrestle a television remote control out of a little boy's hand, though the boy at least had a laugh about it. (TV: Aliens of London)

The Ninth Doctor held a deep hatred for the Daleks, but was also fearful of them. When he realised that Henry van Statten's prized Metaltron was a Dalek, and that its weaponry was powerless, the Doctor proceeded to try and kill it after via torture, and even tried to convince it to kill itself when it demanded orders. However, after Rose came to its defence, the Doctor calmed down, with his anger turning into apathy as he realised the Dalek was dying of its own mutation. (TV: Dalek) Upon learning the Daleks had survived by hiding away in the year 200100, the Doctor noted his desire to "burn every last stinking Dalek out of the sky". (TV: Bad Wolf) However, when dared by the Dalek Emperor, the Doctor struggled with the decision to either destroy the Daleks and the Earth with a delta wave or simply allow the Daleks to kill him and take over the universe. In the end, the Doctor couldn't bring himself to pull the trigger, happily calling himself a "coward" instead of a "killer". (TV: The Parting of the Ways)

Mickey Smith described the Ninth Doctor as being "tall, dark, handsome [and with a] good sense of humour", but also mentioned that he was anti-social. (COMIC: The Lodger) Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart noted that the Ninth Doctor had a military mind set to him, (COMIC: Official Secrets) with Adam Mitchell identifying the Ninth Doctor as the "soldier" in comparison to his other incarnations. (COMIC: Unnatural Selection) Rose believed he had a "worry etched on his face" that hid his true feelings, (PROSE: He's Behind You) while Audrey Mohinson recognised his apathy "mask[ed] the troubled soul just beneath the surface". (AUDIO: Cataclysm)

Ninth Doctor's Final Smile — The Doctor beams one last grin. (TV: *The Parting of the Ways*)

When talking about the possibility of his death, the Doctor would show no concern for his demise, only hoping for a good death, (TV: Rose, The Parting of the Ways) with his only concern when faced with being killed by the Gelth was that it was to happen in a Cardiff morgue. (TV: The Unquiet Dead)

After the regeneration process was started by the cellular damage he had achieved from siphoning the Time Vortex out of Rose's body, the Doctor first stated his regret at being unable to take her to the planet Barcelona, and then speculated what he would look like after he regenerated. In the closing moments of his life, though, the Doctor made peace with his past actions, smiling peacefully before he regenerated. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)

Habits and quirks[]

The Ninth Doctor spoke with a distinctive Northern English accent, (TV: Rose, World War Three) and had a fondness for saying "fantastic" when he was pleased with something, (TV: Rose, Aliens of London, Dalek, Father's Day, The Doctor Dances) came across a dangerous situation, (TV: The End of the World) explaining his admiration for someone, (TV: The Unquiet Dead, The Parting of the Ways) describing a favoured place, (TV: The Long Game, The Parting of the Ways) found something of interest, (TV: Boom Town) or was sarcastically expressing displeasure. (AUDIO: Night of the Whisper)

He would at times promote his actions with the phrase, "and for my next trick", (TV: The Parting of the Ways, The Day of the Doctor; COMIC: Sin-Eaters) and exclaim, "give the man a medal", when celebrating a positive outcome, (TV: The Unquiet Dead) or congratulating cleverness. (TV: The Parting of the Ways) During interactions with new people, the Doctor often uttered that it was "nice to meet [them]". (TV: Rose, The Unquiet Dead, World War Three, The Long Game, Boom Town)

He also used Cockney slang and street lingo more freely than his earlier selves, such as telling Rose to "leg it" when instructing her to escape, (TV: Rose) yelling "oi" to get people's attention or when offended, (TV: The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London, The Long Game, Boom Town) calling other men "mate", (TV: The Unquiet Dead, The Long Game) and saying, "I'll have 'ya", to those who irritated him. (TV: World War Three) He often gave speeches about things, (TV: Rose, The End of the World, The Empty Child) or lectured those he wished to scold. (TV: Dalek, The Long Game, Father's Day, The Doctor Dances)

While his previous incarnations were rarely heard uttering curse words, the Ninth Doctor used minor curses more freely, (TV: The End of the World, World War Three, Dalek, The Long Game, The Empty Child, Boom Town) though his TARDIS had a swear filter nested in the translation circuit. (PROSE: Only Human) When being critical of human nature, the Ninth Doctor would call humans "stupid apes", (TV: Rose, Father's Day) and, on one occasion, "brainless sheep". (TV: Bad Wolf)

The Ninth Doctor had a habit of folding his arms, (TV: Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London, World War Three, The Long Game, The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, Bad Wolf) especially as he leaned back on his shoulder. (TV: The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London, The Long Game, Father's Day, The Empty Child, Boom Town)

He would also keep his hands in his jacket pockets, (TV: Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London, World War Three, Dalek, The Long Game, Father's Day, Boom Town, The Parting of the Ways) or held behind his back. (TV: The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London, World War Three, The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, The Parting of the Ways)

The Doctor would also grin when pleased with something, (TV: Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London, World War Three, The Long Game, Father's Day, Boom Town, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways) found something funny, (TV: Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London, Father's Day, The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, Bad Wolf) trying to look welcoming, (TV: Rose, Aliens of London, Dalek, The Long Game, The Empty Child, Boom Town) explaining a situation, (TV: The End of the World) admiring someone, (TV: The Unquiet Dead, World War Three, Bad Wolf) when admitting to an embarrassing mistake on his part, (TV: Aliens of London) when pretending to be nice, (TV: Aliens of London, The Long Game, The Doctor Dances, The Parting of the Ways) taunting his enemies. (TV: World War Three, Dalek, Boom Town, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways) or trying to be reassuring. (TV: The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, The Parting of the Ways)

He would roll his eyes when annoyed. (TV: Aliens of London, Father's Day, Boom Town, Bad Wolf) and also made a habit of lounging when sitting down, usually propping himself up on an arm. (TV: The End of the World, Aliens of London, The Long Game, Bad Wolf) When in his TARDIS with nothing to do, the Doctor would fiddle with a ball in his hands. (TV: The End of the World, Father's Day)

While he was rarely seen eating, (PROSE: Winner Takes All) the Doctor helped himself to two slices of turkey, (TV: The Empty Child) ate three sandwiches and two cakes with two cups of tea, (PROSE: Winner Takes All) happily gobbled down multiple bacon sandwiches, (AUDIO: Retail Therapy) and helped himself to a huge slice of lemon cake. (COMIC: The Lost Dimension)

Like his other incarnations, the Ninth Doctor had his TARDIS key with him at all times, but also carried a spare placed on a chain with a D-shackle. (TV: Aliens of London) He also began habitually carrying his psychic paper around. (TV: The End of the World) The Ninth Doctor otherwise broke away from the behaviour of his other incarnations, whose pockets were usually filled with seemingly random objects and knick-knacks, by carrying very little on his person, with only his sonic screwdriver on him when frisked by security. (TV: Bad Wolf)

When vocalising his outrage, the Doctor would punctuate his speech with sharp little head-nods that drew emphasis to his words.^{[source needed]}

Skills[]

The Ninth Doctor held a commanding presence, and had a gift for leading others, (TV: Father's Day, The Doctor Dances, The Parting of the Ways) even those initially hostile towards him. (TV: Aliens of London, Bad Wolf) As such, he disliked it when he was interrupted while explaining the situation at hand, (TV: Aliens of London) or when someone else gave out instructions on how to apprehend the enemy. (TV: Boom Town) He could also convince others he was needed as a leader for the benefit of survival, (TV: Dalek) and was able to successfully order the victims of the Empty Child plague to "go to [their] room" as if he were an angry parent. (TV: The Doctor Dances) He could also be effectively intimidating with just a stare. (TV: World War Three, The Long Game, Bad Wolf) However, he did not seem as skilled at holding audiences, being heckled while stepping in for William Shakespeare on stage, (COMIC: A Groatsworth of Wit) and being treated as a comedy act in a makeshift cabaret when attempting to ask about a Chula ambulance falling from the sky during the Blitz. However, he could amuse and hold the attention of a group of children, (TV: The Empty Child) and took a bow to roaring applause when he appeared on stage in the middle of a theatrical production in 1894 Birmingham. (AUDIO: The Other Side)

Unafraid of fighting, (TV: The Long Game) the Ninth Doctor was skilled in close combat, (TV: Rose, Boom Town, Bad Wolf) and showed a great deal of strength and agility, being able rip parts off of artificial beings, (TV: Rose, The End of the World) and kick open a locked door. (TV: The Unquiet Dead) However, he struggled to break free from an Auton's grip, only flipping it off with Rose's help, (TV: Rose) and was restrained by two of the Editor's reanimated workers. (TV: The Long Game) He also possessed keen reflexes, catching a poisoned dart-like projectile in mid-air with his fingers without even looking up from his menu when he took Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen out for a last meal, and repelled her exhaled poison with some mouthwash before she could exhale the full force of her fatal breath. (TV: Boom Town) He also avoided the attack of three Elians, (PROSE: The Red Bicycle) easily manoeuvred through the chaos of Traxis, (COMIC: Weapons of Past Destruction) and grabbed onto the underside of a passing spaceship that Slist Fayflut Marteveerthon Slitheen was flying. (COMIC: Doctormania)

Despite being bad at card tricks, (TV: Rose) the Doctor was a good pickpocket, being able to swap Jack's sonic blaster with a banana undetected. (TV: The Doctor Dances) He was also quite stealthy, able to disappear from Albion Hospital without a trace, (TV: Aliens of London) and arrive at a dinner table without anyone noticing him until he spoke. (TV: The Empty Child) Despite some initial confusion, the Doctor proved to be a skilled dancer. (TV: The Doctor Dances)

He also displayed psychic abilities, telepathically placing Rose in a dreamscape of the Powell Estate from his memories before stealing energy from Makassar's gestalt to create a projection with physical substance, (PROSE: The Masks of Makassar) and confronting the entity using him as a host body within his mind before projecting his consciousness into the TARDIS to act as his vessel. (COMIC: The Cruel Sea) He also managed to project his consciousness into Tycho Fairbank's body and reverse his influence on the people drained by Glubby Glubs, inducing them to forget the incident, and return to his body as Tycho's withered. (AUDIO: Retail Therapy)

Claiming to have "[come] first in jiggery pokery", (TV: The End of the World) the Doctor was capable of reversing a teleportation feed, (TV: The End of the World, Boom Town) and had the technical skills to make Satellite Five into a delta wave generator in a few hours after initially predicting it would take at least three days to do so. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)

Professing that he "[had] [his] moments", the Ninth Doctor proved a skilled physician, notably being able to accurately diagnose that the patients at the Albion Hospital had all suffered the same physical injuries. (TV: The Empty Child) He also understood nanogenes and how they could heal any physical injuries, and even revive the dead, so long as they had been previously exposed to the patient's species. (TV: The Doctor Dances)

The Doctor could recognise substances such as ozone from smell alone, associating it with the "distinctive tingle" of teleportation, as well as tell it apart from chronon energy, (PROSE: Winner Takes All, The Red Bicycle; COMIC: The Bidding War) was able to tell that the Lend-a-Hand girls didn't "smell human", (COMIC: The Love Invasion) and was able to track down Nancy without her detection, jokingly claiming his nose had "special powers". (TV: The Empty Child) While he did not enjoy wine, (TV: World War Three) he could identify its year and place of origin by taste alone. (PROSE: The Clockwise Man)

He could play the guitar, and use spoons as a musical instrument. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? ^[+]various authors, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).)

The Ninth Doctor displayed refined control of his TARDIS, managing to accurately pilot it back to where had bid farewell to Rose after he defeated the Starman (PROSE: The Beast of Babylon) so that he arrived only seconds after he left from her perspective, (TV: Rose) take Rose to see her mother and father marry and returned her to the moment her father died twice with no issues, (TV: Father's Day) and even piloted it around Rose and a Dalek when coming to save her. (TV: The Parting of the Ways) He was also successful at riding a moped scooter after some initial difficulty, quickly took command of a horse drawn carriage, (COMIC: The Love Invasion) and rode a dinosaur on Clix. (COMIC: Doctormania)

The Doctor boasted that he could speak all the "five billion languages in [his] head", (TV: The Parting of the Ways) such as Arabic, Iraqi, (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? ^[+]various authors, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).) and Latin. (AUDIO: Sphere of Freedom) He was once seen talking with a donkey. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?)

Being a Time Lord, the Ninth Doctor could slow down his perception of time through sheer concentration, being able to pass through a spinning blade as a result. (TV: The End of the World) He also had no difficulty breathing in a room filling with gas after it became uninhabitable to humans, (TV: The Unquiet Dead) and could withstand electrical forces that were harmful to other species. (TV: World War Three) He also showed the ability to read through a book in seconds, (TV: Rose) and suck the power of the Time Vortex out of Rose Tyler with a kiss. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)

Intellectually, the Doctor was capable of making accurate deductions on how his adversaries utilised their technology, (TV: The End of the World) and could identify certain technology on sight. (TV: Dalek) He was also capable of mentally narrowing down a list of five thousand planets within a matter of seconds by focusing on the characteristics of the Slitheen family. (TV: World War Three) He could judge character quickly, summing up their motivations and history after keenly observing them. (TV: The Empty Child)

He was also skilled at video games, (PROSE: Winner Takes All) knew how to handle explosives, (TV: Rose, The Doctor Dances) and could be a capable swordsman when the situation called for it. (PROSE: What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow)

The Ninth Doctor possessed certain control over regeneration, being able to hold back the process long enough to carry Rose into the TARDIS and pilot it away from Satellite Five. The action proved strenuous though, causing him to cry out in pain after resisting it for too long. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)

Appearance[]

Nine come with me — The Doctor asks Lynda Moss to join him. (TV: *Bad Wolf*)

Standing over six feet tall, (PROSE: Winner Takes All) the Ninth Doctor looked like a man in his early forties, (TV: Aliens of London) and had pale blue eyes, strong cheekbones, a small beauty mark on his right cheek, and dark brown hair, which he wore close-cropped. (TV: Rose) At times, he sported a five o'clock shadow, (TV: Aliens of London, Dalek, Father's Day, Bad Wolf) and Rose Tyler claimed that he shaved. (TV: The Doctor Dances) Whilst immobilised on Occasus for ninety years, the Doctor's hair grew out and he also grew a beard, which he distastefully noted made him look like a wizard. (AUDIO: Planet of the End)

He had large ears, which he was initially shocked at when looking at his reflection, (TV: Rose) and that he felt did not suit him, but determined that "we work with what we have." (COMIC: The Promise) Their size earned him the nickname "Big Ears" from Mickey Smith, (TV: Boom Town) and being identified as the "me with the ears" by the Tenth Doctor. (COMIC: The Lost Dimension) The Eleventh Doctor playfully teased him about his ears, (AUDIO: Night of the Whisper) and their size was noted by River Song as well. (GAME: The Eternity Clock) Ironically, before his regeneration, his previous incarnation hoped that his successor's ears would be less conspicuous. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)

When the Doctor told Nancy that his ears had "special powers", she asked him if his nose had powers too, implying that she thought his nose was large as well. (TV: The Empty Child) The Tenth Doctor also considered his predecessor's nose large, even nicknaming him "Big Nose". (COMIC: Four Doctors)

The Doctor felt that his appearance made him look tough, especially when compared to his eighth incarnation. (PROSE: The Red Bicycle) He also believed himself to be handsome, telling Rose he was "making an effort not to be insulted" when she rhetorically asked why all the "great looking" men disappear from her, (TV: The Doctor Dances) and being fixated on Mickey Smith implying he didn't find him handsome. (TV: Boom Town)

He was also considered attractive by the likes of Jackie Tyler, (TV: Rose) Jabe, (TV: The End of the World) and Shirley Gilbert, who described him as "[a] bit of a dish if you like them rough", and his eyes as "dreamy". (COMIC: The Love Invasion) Slist Fayflut Marteveerthon Slitheen was awarded Cosmopolitan's "Sexiest Planetary Saviour" nine years in a row while using a skin suit based off the Ninth Doctor's appearance. (COMIC: Doctormania)

Rose Tyler's first impression of the Doctor was that he looked "hard as nails" due to his "brutal buzzcut, weathered clothing and apparent fitness." When he turned to face her, Rose noted the delight in his eyes, as well as the Doctor's prominent cheekbones, and his "splendid ears" most of all. Even after the two parted company, as Rose processed the encounter, she thought mostly of the Doctor's bright blue eyes, beaming with excitement. (PROSE: Rose)

Winston Churchill described the Ninth Doctor as a "rough looking fellow, with wing-nut ears and a leather jacket." (PROSE: The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill)

When the Eighth Doctor looked into the Tomorrow Windows, he had glimpses of various possible futures, including several possible ninth incarnations, but eventually "the tall, thin man with [the] piercing grey-blue eyes and a prominent nose" asserted itself as more solid than the others. (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows)

Clothing[]

Main attires[]

Picking the first outfit he could find after his regeneration, (PROSE: A Day to Yourselves) the Ninth Doctor opted for a more stripped-down and rugged attire. The main staple of his outfit was a battered black double breasted leather jacket, (TV: Rose) which was compared to those worn by German U-boat captains by Jack Harkness, (TV: The Empty Child) and implied to be the same jacket that once belonged to Fitz Kreiner in one account. (NOTVALID: With All Awry) Some accounts suggested he also had a jacket that was dark brown in colour. (COMIC: Mr Nobody, The Cruel Sea; PROSE: The Clockwise Man, Rose) The Doctor was particularly fond of his jacket, even being more concerned with locating it when both the jacket and the TARDIS went missing, only cheering up once it was returned. After the stitching under the arms began to rip and a sleeve was damaged by a shard of glass, the Doctor left his jacket with Edward Repple and replaced it with an identical one. (PROSE: The Clockwise Man)

Along with the jacket, the Ninth Doctor wore a number of v-neck jumpers, coloured in plain maroon, (TV: Rose) navy blue, (TV: The Unquiet Dead) olive green, (TV: Dalek) dark purple, (TV: The Empty Child) plain black, (TV: Bad Wolf) crimson, (COMIC: Endgame) bright lilac, (COMIC: Weapons of Past Destruction) emerald green, (COMIC: Doctormania) gunmetal grey, (COMIC: Official Secrets) plain white, (COMIC: The Promise) charcoal grey, (COMIC: The Bidding War) sapphire blue, (COMIC: Monstrous Beauty) rust orange, (PROSE: The Guide to the Dark Times) bottle green, (AUDIO: Food Fight) army green, (AUDIO: The Curse of Lady Macbeth) indigo, (AUDIO: Last of the Zetacene) and bronze brown. (AUDIO: The Beautiful Game) However, he was photographed wearing a navy blue polo-neck jumper at the Assassination of John F. Kennedy, (TV: Rose) and wore a sage green crewneck sweater in 1923 Paris (COMIC: Four Doctors) and a midnight blue turtleneck jumper during a trip to the Arctic. (AUDIO: Northern Lights)

Completing the ensemble were a pair of trousers, coloured in either black, (TV: Rose) grey (COMIC: Weapons of Past Destruction) or midnight blue, (COMIC: Doctormania) along with a black leather belt, (TV: Dalek) a pair of black leather Dr Marten boots, (PROSE: The Red Bicycle) and a black, strapped wristwatch, (TV: Rose) which he often looked at to find out dates and years, (TV: The End of the World, Aliens of London, The Long Game, The Empty Child) and that the TARDIS was able to home in on while flown by Sally Sparrow. (PROSE: What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow) He also wore diamond-print socks. (PROSE: Winner Takes All)

Both Charles Dickens and Honoré Lechasseur compared the Ninth Doctor to a navvy. (TV: The Unquiet Dead; PROSE: The Albino's Dancer) Jackie Tyler was particularly critical of his stripped down clothing style, believing he either owned only one T-shirt or threw them out after wearing them once. (AUDIO: Retail Therapy) The Doctor once suggested that he bought his clothes from a Gap in Croydon. (PROSE: Only Human)

Other costumes[]

Whilst at the launch of the RMS Titanic in 1912, the Doctor wore a burgundy brocade cravat with an ivory shirt and double-breasted frock coat of ebony black moleskin. (TV: Rose) When hijacking the 68 to Bolton, the Doctor wore a bus driver uniform. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?)

While in 1924 London, the Doctor wore a dark brown round neck shirt under his jacket, with a pair of faded slacks, and battered shoes. (PROSE: The Clockwise Man)

During an adventure in World War I, the Doctor wore a military trenchcoat to fit in with the British soldiers. (COMIC: The Forgotten)

The Doctor and Jack briefly donned skin suits of Raxacoricofallapatorians when searching for Rose and Slist Fayflut Marteveerthon Slitheen on Clix. (COMIC: Doctormania) During his imprisonment at Hesguard Institute, the Doctor wore an orange prison jumpsuit. (COMIC: Sin-Eaters)

Behind the scenes[]

Information from invalid sources[]

Dalek invasion of Venice — *Doctor Who* meets *Casanova*.

In NOTVALID: With All Awry, it is implied that the the Doctor's leather jacket is the same jacket that once belonged to Fitz Kreiner.
In the online game The Last Dalek, which presents an alternate version of the events of TV: Dalek, the Doctor has an entry in the Dalek's memory files. He is described as; "Male subject. Age unknown. Time Lord. Archenemy of the Daleks! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!"
A standalone panel by comic artist Lee Sullivan shows Casanova, as played by David Tennant in the 2005 BBC miniseries, meeting the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler amidst an invasion of Venice's St Mark's Square by bronze Daleks.^[1]

Casting[]

Originally, Russell T Davies approached Hugh Grant, who previously played the Doctor's alternate twelfth incarnation in the spoof The Curse of Fatal Death, to play the Ninth Doctor. He turned down the role, thinking the show would not take off. He expressed deep regret over this in 2007 after seeing how successful the show had become.^[2]

Costume influences[]

The Ninth Doctor was the second incarnation whose main attire does not include any form of neck wear, following the Fifth Doctor.

Regeneration[]

The Ninth Doctor is unique in being the only Doctor to not be seen immediately after his regeneration. The Day of the Doctor shows the beginning of the transformation from the War Doctor to the Ninth Doctor, but it is cut off before the full results are shown.
The Ninth Doctor is currently the only incarnation whose incoming and outgoing regenerations were broadcast in reverse order. The War Doctor's regeneration into the Ninth Doctor was not shown on-screen until The Day of the Doctor, eight years after the Ninth Doctor's regeneration into the Tenth Doctor in The Parting of the Ways.
The Ninth Doctor is currently the only incarnation of the BBC Wales era of the show whose outgoing regeneration occurred in the final episode of a standard series rather than a special.

Other matters[]

With only one season, the Ninth Doctor's television run is the third shortest, behind that of the Eighth Doctor's two appearances in the 1996 made-for-television movie Doctor Who and the mini-episode The Night of the Doctor, and the War Doctor's two appearances in the television episode The Name of the Doctor and the fiftieth anniversary special The Day of the Doctor.
The Ninth Doctor was the first incarnation to have the same companion throughout all their television appearances, with Rose Tyler being present for all of his thirteen episodes. They would be followed by the Thirteenth Doctor and her companion Yaz Khan.
The Ninth Doctor was the first incarnation never to face another Time Lord as an opponent on-screen, with the Eleventh Doctor coming second if one discounts the Dream Lord or Mr Clever, both being amalgams of the Doctor instead of distinct individuals.
The original plan for The Day of the Doctor was for the Ninth Doctor to be the one who fought in the Time War, as hinted throughout his era. However, Steven Moffat admitted that he had difficulty with this since the Ninth Doctor is clearly "a new man" at the beginning of his adventures with Rose, as deduced from comments he makes about his physical appearance upon looking in a mirror. After talking about the project with Moffat, however, Eccleston decided to decline being involved in the 50th anniversary special, as Moffat thought that he would. The character of the War Doctor was created to take his place. Moffat later explained Eccleston's reasons for passing on the reprisal in an interview:

I sort of knew that he wouldn't. I know Chris a bit. I did a couple of meetings, and there was a moment, I suppose, a giddy moment where [I thought] 'Would he actually do it?' This wasn't the kind of decision he took in a funk or that he was cross. He was very measured, very kind, very gentlemanly about it. He's a good bloke. If you look at Chris's career, this is not what he does. The Ninth Doctor turns up for the battle and not the party.Steven Moffat ^[[src]]

In 2020, when asked which part of the Ninth Doctor's life was witnessed by the Eighth Doctor in the Tomorrow Windows in The Tomorrow Windows, Jonathan Morris answered that it was a snapshot from "a story which [he] hasn't written yet".^[3]

External links[]

Ninth Doctor at the Doctor Who Legacy wiki
Ninth Doctor at the LEGO Dimensions wiki

Footnotes[]

↑ https://www.leesullivanart.co.uk/LEE/who.htm
↑ Rubio, A. (21 February 2007). Hugh Grant in Doctor Who: Could have been the Doctor.... Bits of News. Retrieved on 23 July 2013.
↑ Jonathan Morris on Twitter

[1] ttps://www.leesullivanart.co.uk/LEE/who.htm

[2] Rubio, A. (21 February 2007). Hugh Grant in Doctor Who: Could have been the Doctor.... Bits of News. Retrieved on 23 July 2013.

[3] Jonathan Morris on Twitter

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