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Wedding

Weddings were ceremonies in which two people were married. A heterosexual married couple consisted of a man and a woman, known as the groom and bride or husband and wife respectively. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2006 (BBC One, 2006).)

In some cases, families arranged marriages for their offspring. (TV: Marco Polo [+]John Lucarotti, Doctor Who season 1 (BBC tv, 1964).)

Weddings were preceded by a marriage proposal, (TV: Nightmare in Silver [+]Neil Gaiman, Doctor Who series 7 (BBC One, 2013).) then engagement. (TV: Black Orchid [+]Terence Dudley, Doctor Who season 19 (BBC1, 1982).) The eve of a wedding was commemorated by a hen do for the bride (TV: Something Borrowed [+]Phil Ford, Torchwood series 2 (BBC Three, 2008).) and a stag party for the groom. (TV: The Vampires of Venice [+]Toby Whithouse, Doctor Who series 5 (BBC One, 2010).)

Weddings were attended by the couples' friends and family, (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2006 (BBC One, 2006)., The Big Bang [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 5 (BBC One, 2010).) including a best man (TV: Something Borrowed [+]Phil Ford, Torchwood series 2 (BBC Three, 2008).) and bridesmaids. (TV: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith [+]Gareth Roberts, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 3 (BBC One, 2009).) Traditionally, married couples put on their wedding rings during the ceremony, (TV: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith [+]Gareth Roberts, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 3 (BBC One, 2009).) where the bride wore a wedding dress prepared beforehand. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2006 (BBC One, 2006).) Weddings were officiated by registrars (TV: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith [+]Gareth Roberts, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 3 (BBC One, 2009).) or, in religious ceremonies, church vicars. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2006 (BBC One, 2006).) Wedding vows were invoked during the ceremony. (TV: The Power of Three [+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 7 (BBC One, 2012).) In addition, the couple received a wedding cake (TV: Something Borrowed [+]Phil Ford, Torchwood series 2 (BBC Three, 2008).) and wedding presents. (TV: The Green Death [+]Robert Sloman, Doctor Who season 10 (BBC1, 1973).)

Weddings were commemorated in a wedding anniversary. (TV: The Power of Three [+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 7 (BBC One, 2012).)

The Doctor[]

Over the course of the Doctor's life, they were married more than once.

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The Doctor and River Song get married - Doctor Who - The Wedding of River Song - Series 6 - BBC

The Eleventh Doctor marries River Song. (TV: The Wedding of River Song [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 6 (BBC One, 2011).)

In 1562, the wedding between the Tenth Doctor and Queen Elizabeth I was attended by the Eleventh Doctor, Clara Oswald and the War Doctor. This came about after the Tenth Doctor accidentally proposed to her in a ploy to prove that the Queen was in fact a Zygon. When it turned out that it was instead his horse that was the Zygon, though, he was forced to carry through with the marriage. (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Steven Moffat, 50th Anniversary Specials (BBC One, 2013).)

In 1782, a wedding ceremony was held between the Eighth Doctor and Scarlette. (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street [+]Lawrence Miles, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2001).)

In Hollywood in 1952, the Eleventh Doctor accidentally found himself engaged to Marilyn Monroe, and ended up having to leave the party with her to get married. Marilyn got his phone number and attempted to call him, but he denied the legitimacy of the chapel where they were apparently married. (TV: A Christmas Carol [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2010 (BBC One, 2010).)

In the 2000s,[nb 1] about 20 minutes before the Red Hatching, the Tenth Doctor told Sally Sparrow that due to time travel he was "rubbish at weddings, especially my own." (TV: Blink [+]Steven Moffat, adapted from What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (Steven Moffat), Doctor Who series 3 (BBC One, 2007).)

In an alternate timeline on 22 April 2011, the wedding of River Song and the Eleventh Doctor was held on top of the Great Pyramid of Giza. (TV: The Wedding of River Song [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 6 (BBC One, 2011).) The wedding taking place in a collapsing timeline, as well as lacking any of the usual amenities, caused River to have insecurities about its legitimacy. (AUDIO: R&J [+]James Goss, The Lives of Captain Jack: Volume Three (The Lives of Captain Jack, Big Finish Productions, 2020).

Weddings of the Doctor's companions[]

In 1986, the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler attended the wedding of Pete Tyler and Jackie Prentice. A year later, Pete and Jackie attended the wedding of Stuart Hoskins and Sarah Clark, during which Pete was hit by a car outside the church and killed. (TV: Father's Day [+]Paul Cornell, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).)

The Seventh Doctor originally did not attend the wedding of Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart and Doris, but later changed time to a minor extent so that he did attend it. (PROSE: A Romantic Evening [+]Alex Fowles, Brief Encounter (1992).)

On 29 October 2009, the wedding of Sarah Jane Smith and Peter Dalton was revealed to be part of the Trickster's scheme and averted with help from the Tenth Doctor. (TV: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith [+]Gareth Roberts, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 3 (BBC One, 2009).)

On 24 April 2010, the Seventh Doctor assembled the guests and musicians for the wedding of Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane in Cheldon Bonniface. (PROSE: Happy Endings [+]Paul Cornell, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1996).)

On 26 June 2010, the Eleventh Doctor attended the wedding of Amy Pond and Rory Williams. (TV: The Big Bang [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 5 (BBC One, 2010).)

Amy Pond later accidentally married Henry VIII on her anniversary with her proper husband, Rory Williams. Her excuse was that she just heard someone talking and said "yes." (TV: The Power of Three [+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 7 (BBC One, 2012).)

The Fourth Doctor interrupted the wedding of Romana and Count Grendel on Tara. (TV: The Androids of Tara [+]David Fisher, Doctor Who season 16 (BBC1, 1978).)

The Sixth Doctor did not attend the wedding of Evelyn Smythe and Justice Rossiter, much to her disappointment. (AUDIO: Thicker Than Water [+]Paul Sutton, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2005).)

In 3999, the Eighth Doctor attended the wedding of Stacy Townsend and Ssard on Micawber's World. (PROSE: Placebo Effect [+]Gary Russell, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1998).)

The Fifth Doctor expressed regret at not being able to attend the wedding of Leela and Andred on Gallifrey. (TV: Arc of Infinity [+]Johnny Byrne, Doctor Who season 20 (BBC1, 1983).)

Donna Noble[]

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"WHAT?!" - Donna Noble Arrives On The TARDIS The Runaway Bride Doctor Who

Donna Noble is "abducted" as she walks down the aisle. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2006 (BBC One, 2006).)

On 24 December 2007, the wedding of Donna Noble and Lance Bennett was interrupted when she was transported to the Tenth Doctor's TARDIS. The wedding proved to be a trap by the Empress of the Racnoss whom Lance was colluding with. Following the revelation of Lance's true motives and subsequent death, the wedding was called off. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2006 (BBC One, 2006).) Donna's grandfather Wilfred Mott did not attend as he had the Spanish flu at the time. Her mother Sylvia blamed the Doctor for ruining the wedding, something that she continued to hold against him. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem [+]Helen Raynor, Doctor Who series 4 (BBC One, 2008).)

Donna later married Lee McAvoy while in CAL's virtual world. The two lived a virtual life until the Tenth Doctor and River Song freed them from the virtual world. Donna was unable to find Lee again afterwards even though he was real and not a construct of the virtual world. (TV: Forest of the Dead [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 4 (BBC One, 2008).)

After Donna stopped travelling with the Doctor, she got married again in spring of 2010, this time to Shaun Temple. The Tenth Doctor secretly attended this wedding. The first and last time that the Tenth Doctor saw Donna, she was in a wedding dress. As a final gift to Donna, the Doctor gave her a lottery ticket to ensure her and her new husband's financial future bought with money borrowed from her deceased father. (TV: The End of Time [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2009 and New Year Special 2010 (BBC One, 2009-2010).)

Fifteen years after leaving the Doctor, Donna and Shaun were still happily married with a daughter named Rose when the recently regenerated Fourteenth Doctor arrived on Earth. Shaun told the Doctor that Donna had kept her own last name and had refused to hyphenate to Noble-Temple "because it sounds like an old ruin." The Doctor also learned that Donna had given away most of her lottery winnings due to the DoctorDonna subconsciously pushing Donna to be more like the Doctor, something that Donna immediately complained about once her memories were restored by the Doctor. (TV: The Star Beast [+]Russell T Davies, adapted from Doctor Who and the Star Beast (Pat Mills and John Wagner), Doctor Who 2023 specials (BBC One and Disney+, 2023).)

Other[]

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The Thirteenth Doctor officiates Umbreen and Prem's wedding. (TV: Demons of the Punjab [+]Vinay Patel, Doctor Who series 11 (BBC One, 2018).)

On 18 August 1947, Umbreen was the first woman to be married in Pakistan. She married her husband Prem on the Pakistani border with India in a wedding officiated by the Thirteenth Doctor. As they were from two different religions, they performed both the Hindu tradition of having their hands tied together, and the Muslim tradition of the groom giving a treasured possession to the bride. Regrettably the marriage would not last, however, as Prem was murdered barely an hour later by Hindu fanatics led by his younger brother. Umbreen would later remarry and live happily with her new family, but never forgot her first marriage, however brief it might have been. (TV: Demons of the Punjab [+]Vinay Patel, Doctor Who series 11 (BBC One, 2018).)

The Doctor also once officiated the non-denominational wedding of Albert Einstein, whose parents did not approve of the union. (TV: Demons of the Punjab [+]Vinay Patel, Doctor Who series 11 (BBC One, 2018).)

The Ninth Doctor was the best man at the wedding of Dave Tonbridge's parents over forty years prior to 2005. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]various authors, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).)

Both the Third Doctor and Ian Chesterton attended the wedding of Greg Sutton and Petra Williams. (PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune [+]Martin Day and Keith Topping, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1997).)

The wedding of Gwen Cooper and Rhys Williams was complicated by the activities of a Nostrovite. (TV: Something Borrowed [+]Phil Ford, Torchwood series 2 (BBC Three, 2008).)

Nyssa was present at the wedding of her father Tremas and stepmother Kassia on Traken. The union was blessed by the Keeper of Traken. (TV: The Keeper of Traken [+]Johnny Byrne, Doctor Who season 18 (BBC1, 1981).)

Once, Donna Noble attended the wedding of her friend Ginny, and was thrown out of the church by a monk. (PROSE: Most Beautiful Music [+]Justin Richards, Doctor Who The Official Annual 2009 (Doctor Who annual, 2008).)

Shortly before the 2323 Dalek invasion of Earth, two men were married at the Dalek Dome's Dalek Wedding Zone. (COMIC: Liberation of the Daleks [+]Alan Barnes, DWM Comics (Panini Comics, 2022).)

References[]

Whilst the Doctor's first fourteen incarnations communicated with each other via the TARDIS' telepathic circuits, the Thirteenth Doctor, upon hearing her second and third incarnations quarrelling, jokingly told them they she would definitely be coming to their wedding, at which her predecessors scoffed. (WC: Doctors Assemble! [+]James Goss, Doctor Who: Lockdown! (2020).)

Footnotes[]

Notes[]

  1. While Blink itself uncontroversially sets its main setting in 2007 and "twenty minutes to Red Hatching" a year later in 2008—as Kathy Nightingale's letter describes taking "one breath in 2007 and the next in 1920", and the Tenth Doctor's side of his conversation with Sally Sparrow in 1969 happens 38 years before Sally says hers—these are contradicted by heavily conflicting dates in the Redacted audio series later on regarding both Kathy's disappearance and the Red Hatching. In Angels, Abby McPhail identifies 2008 as the year of Kathy's disappearance, which suggests 2009 as the year of the Red Hatching. In Salvation, the Thirteenth Doctor recognises the Red Hatching as the cause of death of Andy Proctor, who was last seen by his daughter Cleo "nearly 20 years" before 2022 according to Recruits.
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