Meta - fiction universe In a parallel meta - fictional universe , the Doctor ' s life and adventures were all fictional stories within a science fiction series called " Doctor Who " . Tom Baker , ( COMIC : " TV Action ! " , " The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who " ) Peter Davison , Matt Smith , Elisabeth Sladen , Karen Gillan , Arthur Darvill , and Jenna Coleman were all actors who starred in the series . Episodes of " Doctor Who " included " The Android Invasion " , " The Twin Dilemma " , " The Doctor , the Widow and the Wardrobe " , " Asylum of the Daleks " , " Dinosaurs on a Spaceship " , " A Town Called Mercy " , " The Power of Three " , " The Angels Take Manhattan " , " The Snowmen " , " The Bells of Saint John " , " The Rings of Akhaten " , " Cold War " , " Hide " , " Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS " , " The Crimson Horror " , " Nightmare in Silver " and " The Name of the Doctor " . ( COMIC : " The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who " ) In one version of the meta - fiction universe , " Doctor Who " was prematurely cancelled and " Juliet Bravo " gained a significant fanbase instead . ( AUDIO : " Deadline " , " All Our Christmases " ) History . In 1963 , Terry Nation created the Dalek s . In 1966 , Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis created the Cybermen . In 1977 , Bob Baker and Dave Martin created K - 9 . ( COMIC : " The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who " ) On 12 October 1979 , the Eighth Doctor and Izzy Sinclair visited the meta - fiction universe . There , at the BBC Television Centre , the actor Tom Baker — who played the Fourth Doctor — fended off Beep the Meep by infuriating him with his endless rambling . The Doctor realised the truth when he found himself with the first issue of " Doctor Who Weekly " . ( COMIC : " TV Action ! " ) In 2007 , an annual was released with the Tenth Doctor on the cover . In 2012 , the seventh series of " Doctor Who " began . Also in this year , a new version of the Doctor Who logo was created . In 2013 , the seventh series continued and ended . Afterwards , a DVD was released including the complete series . The Eleventh Doctor visited the universe in this year and spent some time with Ally . He met Matt Smith and Steven . After defeating a real Cyberman , he returned to his home universe . ( COMIC : " The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who " ) Alternate timeline . In one timeline , the Bureau of Time Travel permitted the use of time travel as a means to correct several production mistakes made in the series . The first change made was preventing the hand of one of the production team from being caught on camera while they were holding down a cushion on the villain ' s throne in " a really good episode " . The changes made to the history of show got bigger and bigger until a few lines were added to the first episode about the main character ' s background - this change was too much . In the new history , the show didn ' t last very long because viewers thought it took itself too seriously . ( PROSE : " All Our Christmases " ) " Juliet Bravo " partially took the place of " Doctor Who " in history . ( PROSE : " All Our Christmases " , AUDIO : " Deadline " ) Without the show to inspire them , the Bureau of Time Travel was never established . For a while , Richard - one of the time travellers who changed history - remembered the previous history . The First Doctor visited Richard and listened to him tell the story of how the show was practically erased from history . Shortly afterwards , he completely assimilated into his place in the new history and happily returned to his job writing for the " Juliet Bravo " magazine . ( PROSE : " All Our Christmases " ) In his later life , Martin Bannister lamented that " Doctor Who " never became a success . He was interviewed for his work on " Juliet Bravo " , but nobody was interested in " Doctor Who " . Martin had demented visions of characters and settings from " Doctor Who " which culminated in his suicide . ( AUDIO : " Deadline " )