Second Doctor

Feeling a moral obligation to help the oppressed to fight the injustices he came across in the universe, the Second Doctor was a maverick gadfly that hid his more cunning aspects behind his outwardly warm and bumbling nature as he tried to catch his adversaries out in their schemes, not showing his hand until he held the advantage. However, while he would always answer a cry for help, the Doctor held a preference to enjoying himself in his travels, simply looking to have fun as he journeyed through time and space.
== Biography ==
After emerging from being renewed, (TV: ) the Doctor had some initial difficulty adjusting to the change, though he still had his previous incarnation's last companions, Ben Jackson and Polly Wright, at his side to help him. (TV: ) They were soon joined by mid-18th century Highland Scot Jamie McCrimmon, with whom the Doctor developed a strong friendship. (TV: ) After Ben and Polly left the TARDIS to return to 1966, (TV: ) the Doctor and Jamie were embroiled in a plot that saw the Daleks come to their supposed "final end", and ended with them being joined by Victoria Waterfield, a young girl orphaned by the Daleks. (TV: ) With Jamie and Victoria by his side, the Doctor came into further conflicts with the Cybermen, (TV: ) and also had his fist battles with enemies such as the Great Intelligence and the Ice Warriors, (TV: , ) though also made a friend in Colonel Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. (TV: ) Eventually, Victoria was unable to cope with the constant distress, and took the opportunity to settle down with a new family in 1975. (TV: )
Jamie would also part ways with the Doctor to stay in 1967 Scotland, (COMIC: ) with the Doctor somehow being reunited with his grandchildren, John and Giliian, for more adventures, (COMIC: ) until he was convinced to leave them at Zebadee University to protect them from the threat of the Quarks, with the subsequent battle reuniting him with Jamie, who returned to the TARDIS. (COMIC: )
The Doctor and Jamie then made a new friend in Zoe Heriot, a young scientist from the late 21st century who had stowed aboard the TARDIS after helping them defend the Wheel from the Cybermen. (TV: ) The three travellers would endure battles in the Land of Fiction (TV: ) and join with UNIT and the newly promoted Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart to fight a Cyberman invasion, (TV: ) until their travels came to an end when the Doctor had to call on the Time Lords for help with the evil machinations of the War Lords. Though the Time Lords did indeed render assistance, they also condemned him to exile on Earth and a forced regeneration for breaking their non-interference policy many times over, and returned Jamie and Zoe to their homes with their memories of their adventures erased. (TV: )
However, the Doctor was granted some leniency in his sentence by agreeing to work for the Celestial Intervention Agency, carrying out covert operations for them, with Jamie being recruited to assist the Doctor for some of them. (PROSE: ) However, the Doctor could not keep his fate at bay forever, (PROSE: ) and, though he was able to escape into exile in 1960s London, (COMIC: ) the Time Lords eventually entrapped him with animated scarecrows and the Doctor was indeed forced to regenerate into his third body. (COMIC: )
== Psychological profile ==
=== Personality ===
Striving to be the "nicest possible person", (TV: ) the Second Doctor enjoyed embroiling himself in dangerous adventures that provided the "spice of life", (TV: , ) to the extent that he envied those in more perilous situations than himself. (TV: ) He privately hoped to find "pre-historic monsters" when thinking about where the TARDIS could land. (TV: ) He could be assertive in where he went, believing he was "allowed everywhere". (TV: ) However, he would not turn down the chance for relaxation when it presented itself, (TV: , ) and would be upset when his rest was interrupted. (TV: )
As he "never talk[ed] nonsense", (TV: ) the Second Doctor frequently gave the impression that he was a bumbling fool who never knew what he was doing, or what he was doing was part of a larger scheme, as a calculated act to fool those into underestimating his true intellect, (TV: , , , ) as he surmised that "an unintelligent enemy [was] far less dangerous than an intelligent one". (TV: ) Despite the Doctor's almost childlike recklessness, it was always clear to his allies that a keen, deliberate intellect lurked behind his every action, (TV: ) with the Doctor adopting a grave seriousness when the situation called for it. (TV: , , , ) He enjoyed keeping people in the dark on how much control he had over a situation, (TV: , ) as he enjoyed being "mysterious", (TV: ) though he would deflect blame to others when his discrepancies backfired on him. (TV: )
Despite his tendency to panic when events got out of control, (TV: , ) the Second Doctor always acted heroically and morally in his desire to help the oppressed fight "the most terrible things [in the universe]", (TV: , , ) often being the first to jump to the rescue when someone needed saving, (TV: ) and deeming himself the "enemy of anything that [was] wrong or evil in [the] universe". (PROSE: ) He was even willingly to sacrifice his safety and freedoms to prevent his friends from undergoing preventable suffering. (TV: , , , , ) However, he refused to act when he did not know the allegiances of the side he was working with, demanding they backed up their intentions with tangible evidence. (TV: )
The Doctor championed free will and the right for people to remain non-stagnant and "always make up [their] own mind", even if it meant questioning authority, (TV: , , ) though was adamant that such things had to come naturally instead of from augmentation from outside forces. (TV: ) He himself would refuse to be treated as a slave, (TV: ) and would only cooperate if he was addressed "properly". (TV: )
He also had a warmer, gentler way about him than his previous incarnation, taking time during his adventures to check if his friends were feeling alright and comfort them when they were frightened, (TV: , , , , ) keeping their wellbeing first and foremost in his mind, even when he got caught up in events around him, (TV: , ) prioritising their safety before his own. (TV: , , )
He was easily distracted, (TV: , , ) and would talk to himself to think, treating his inner thoughts as a separate person while in conversation. (TV: )
He was very aware of his own genius, (TV: , , , ) and would react with indignity if he felt his brilliance was being questioned, (TV: , , , ) but was able to admit when he had been a "silly idiot" (TV: ) and when he was at fault for a situation getting out of hand due to his own miscalculations. (TV: ) However, he was adamant on solving a problem with the solution that he had come up with. (TV: )
While he would normally leave discreetly without a goodbye when he had solved the problem at hand, (TV: , , , ) the Second Doctor was quite willing to enjoy fame, and even fortune, when he could find it. (COMIC: ) Other times, however, he just accepted a simple "thank you" as reward for his heroic actions. (TV: )
He enjoyed saying tongue twisters, (TV: ) drawing, marbles, (TV: ) books, and receiving gifts. (PROSE: ) He was also fond of Cluedo, (PROSE: ) and had a fascination for jungles. (PROSE: )
He disliked being a leader, (TV: ) and goodbyes. (TV: ) He also "never like[d] to make predictions" about seeing the last of something, (TV: ) and bemoaned that humans were always "trying to destroy each other." (TV: )
While New York City was his favourite city, (COMIC: ) the Doctor always fond it "marvelous" to visit London. (COMIC: )
The Second Doctor liked to consume fruit, (TV: ) plankton, (TV: ) wine, (TV: ) pork, potatoes, carrots, ice cream, (TV: ) patty cakes, (TV: ) roast duck, (COMIC: ) champagne cognac, (PROSE: ) and cheesecake. (PROSE: )
Having a liking for the dark, (TV: ) but a fear of the unknown, (TV: ) the Doctor "live[d] in [the] hope" that he would always survive his dangerous escapades, (TV: ) trying his best to avoid pessimism (TV: ) or see "danger in [his] own shadow", (TV: ) believing that the "universe tend[ed] towards good" (PROSE: ) and that there was "no such thing as defeat", (COMIC: ) though he knew when to abandon a hopeless course. (COMIC: ) He held the greatest virtues in a person as being "courage, pity, chivalry, friendship, [and] even compassion", (TV: ) and thought that intelligent beings should not be used as slaves. (COMIC: )
Having a disdain for bureaucracy, (TV: ) the Doctor believed it was justified to break the "bad" laws, (TV: ) especially the laws that actively encouraged letting people suffer. (TV: ) He believed that "life depend[ed] on change and renewal," (TV: ) and that one should prioritise "a modern scientific brain" instead of favouring "heathen idol[s]", (TV: ) but he did respect how other cultures valued their beliefs. (TV: ) When Ben and Polly suggested taking some jewels from the tomb of Pharaoh Tut-Ankh-Amen, the Doctor was aghast and berated them for wanting to steal from the deceased, calling it a "monstrous notion". (PROSE: )
The Second Doctor believed in destiny, telling Ben and Polly that the TARDIS' seemingly random journeys were controlled by destiny and that, "if [they] just obey[ed] destiny blindly, all [would] be well". (PROSE: ) He also believed that logic "merely enable[d] one to be wrong with authority." (TV: ) He did not, however, believe in luck, (COMIC: ) or yetis. (PROSE: )
The "enemy [he] fear[ed] most" were the Cybermen, (COMIC: ) and he was also frightened of vampires. (PROSE: )
While he "never held that the end[s] [justified] the means", (TV: ) the Second Doctor was aware that there were times that risking the lives of a few people was necessary to protect everyone else, (TV: , , ) or to at least allow "a little injustice" to prevent a "wholesale slaughter", (TV: ) though he did not like having such a philosophy. (TV:)
In his more ruthless moments, the Doctor wired the Cyber-Tombs' doors to fatally electrocute anyone trying to open them, (TV: ) pursued the Kraals into extinction, (COMIC: ) ensured that a relatively helpless party of Daleks would all die, (COMIC: ) steered an Ice Warrior fleet into the sun, (TV: ) and used a ray gun he had invented to kill a giant spider while shouting, "Die, hideous creature... Die!" (COMIC: ) He also appeared unfazed to Ramón Salamander's fate in the Time Vortex. (TV: ) However, when he was about to take a risk, he would warn others to leave if they felt unsafe. (TV: )
While he "care[d] about life", (TV: ) the Doctor knew that there were situations with "no time for mercy" (COMIC: ) and was unafraid to resort to violence by brutalising a person if it was beneficial to his plans, (TV: ) nor did he fear launching himself at an unaware opponent to stop their evil plans, (COMIC: , , ) and was even ready to arm himself with a knife if he believed it was the best way to defend himself. (TV: ) However, he saw crests that glorified combat as "romantic piffle", (TV: ) and would seek all forms of justice that were not personal executions, as he did not believe anyone had the right to kill. (TV: ) Indeed, he would regret it if he himself killed someone when trying to only incapacitate them. (PROSE: )
He also claimed to hate computers, (TV: ) and would only use them when he had no alternative. (TV: ) He similarly dismissed robots as machines "built to obey", (COMIC: ) as he considered machines to be a preferable form of slavery. (COMIC: )
While the Second Doctor preached in keeping the stability of the Space-Time continuum intact, (TV: ) he was willing to indulge in "bending [the Laws of Time] a little" when he could. (TV: )
Not above playing mind games with his enemies, the Doctor would pretend to agree with them to allow their egos to expose their madness, (TV: ) or would purposely annoy them to trick them into showing their lack of self-control. (TV: )
The Second Doctor had a noticeably antagonistic relationship with the Third Doctor, their personalities so different that they seemed incapable of working together without the authoritative presence of the First Doctor, (TV: ) whom the Second Doctor was slightly afraid of. (WC: ) While combating Adam Mitchell's Autons, the Second Doctor associated himself with his first and seventh incarnations, combining with them to think of a solution to the situation. (COMIC: )
While the Sixth Doctor considered his second incarnation to be an "antediluvian fogey" for apparently being captured by the Sontarans, (TV: ) the Eighth Doctor remembered the Second Doctor as a "gentle little fellow who had sacrificed his own freedom so that others might be free". (PROSE: )
The Second Doctor was highly defensive of his TARDIS, (TV: ) thinking it as the "most valuable thing in the world" (COMIC: ) and describing it as "a magnificent machine" and "utterly reliable", trusting it would bring him to where his help was needed. (PROSE: )
By the time he fought Side, the Doctor considered Jamie to be the most reliable friend that he had ever had. (AUDIO: ) The Sixth Doctor even told his companion, Peri Brown, that he was "always very fond of Jamie." When Chessene of the Franzine Grig informed him that Jamie had most likely been killed in a Sontaran attack, the Doctor began going into a grief-stricken rage until he was restrained. (TV: )
Wanting to have his revenge on them, (COMIC: ) the Doctor saw the Daleks as nothing more than "a living plague of hatred and fear", and felt justified in destroying them, with Victoria unsettled by how his voice "[carried] such hatred" as he spoke of them. (COMIC: ) He even took glee in tricking the Daleks into destroying each other. (COMIC: )
Samantha Briggs believed the Second Doctor was a "weirdy", though Jamie McCrimmon defended his intelligence, (TV: ) with the Brigadier recognising that the Doctor had "an incredible knack of being one jump ahead of everyone." (TV: ) Victoria Waterfield saw the Second Doctor as a beacon of "kindness, compassion, wisdom, [and] great knowledge", (AUDIO: ) with Zoe Heriot considering the Doctor to be a "lovely little man" who was "fun to be with" (PROSE: ) as he was "old, clever and kind." (AUDIO: )
The Tremas Master described the Second Doctor as "the comedian", but noted he was "not quite the clown he look[ed]". (GAME: ) River Song found the Second Doctor "fun, but [she] wouldn't trust him as far as [she] could throw him". (GAME: ) When the Eighth Doctor had a tarot card reading, the Second Doctor was identified as "the Hermit". (PROSE: )
When sentenced to a forced regeneration by the Time Lords, the Doctor was initial concern was his next incarnation's appearance, though he rejected the faces offered to him, maintaining that he alone had the right to decide what he looked like. Once the Time Lords decided to start to begin the regeneration, however, the Doctor quickly protested how unfairly he was being treated, and continued protesting in the void, (TV: ) until the Celestial Intervention Agency intervened. (PROSE: ) When the regeneration was finally triggered after he was shot by the Time Lords' animated scarecrows, the Doctor used his dying breath to reassure Farmer Glenlock-Hogan, who had been ridiculed for seeing his scarecrows come to life, that the phenomenon would not happen again after the night was over. (COMIC: ) As he entered his final moments, the Second Doctor thought of his companions, and, though afraid, felt excitement by the feeling of renewal, as he continued to feel justified by his violation of the non-interference policy. (PROSE: )
=== Habits and quirks ===
The Second Doctor developed a habit of running away from danger when inappropriately prepared, often instructing his companions to retreat with a variation of "when I say run, run." (TV: , , , ) When directing people or instructing them to follow him, it was rare for the Doctor not to issue the instruction with an utterance of, "come along". (TV: , , , )
He also began many of his phrases with an, "oh", such as "Oh, dear", (TV: , , , , , , , , , ) "Oh, my giddy aunt!", (TV: , , ) and retorting with, "oh, no, no, no", when he disagreed with a statement. (TV: , , , , , , , )
He was prone to exclaiming, "Oh, my word!", when startled, (TV: , , ) analysing, (TV: , , ) alleviated, (TV: , ) amazed, (TV: , , ) intrigued, (TV: ) baffled, (TV: , , , , ) or annoyed. (TV: ) Another favoured exclamation of his was, "Ah ha", which he would say in moments of gleeful realisation or when celebrating a positive outcome. (TV: , , )
He was also inclined to say, "I wonder...", when he was thinking aloud, (TV: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ) asking for help, (TV: , , , ) or stating his disbelief in a statement, (TV: ) and would shush people when he wanted them to be quiet. (TV: , , , , , , , , ) 
Other favoured phrases of his to yell in surprise were, "Great powers", (COMIC: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ) and, "By the planets!". (COMIC: , , , , , , , , )
A fidgety incarnation, it was rare for the Second Doctor to go long without continuously wringing and interlocking his hands together. (TV: , , ) However, he was known to stand with his hands simply crossed in front of him, (TV: , , , , , , , , , , ) and occasionally held behind his back. (TV: , , , )
He was also known to stand with his hands on hips, (TV: , , , , , , , , , ) dither his hands in front of his lapels, (TV: , , , , , , , ) and twiddle his fingers in his hand. (TV: , , , , , , , , , , )
When in contemplation, the Doctor would scratch his chin or mouth, (TV: , , , , , , , , , , , , ) chew on his index finger, (TV: , , , , , , , , , , ) or cusp his chin and lower mouth in his hand. (TV: , , , , , )
He would also pat himself with his handkerchief after moments of intensity. (TV: , , , , , )
He would sometimes carry food on his person to snack on during his adventures, such as sherbet lemon, (TV: ) jelly babies, (TV: , , ) and an apple. (TV: )
The Doctor possessed a recorder, which he played when he needed to pass the time, (TV: , , , ) to raise morale in a dire situation, (TV: ) to help him to concentrate, (TV: , ) or simply as a tool to make him seem less suspicious. (TV: ) He could also use his recorder as an effective tool, having a separate mouthpiece that turned it into a spyglass, (TV: , ) and improvise it into a blowgun. (TV: ) Because his companions disliked the instrument, (COMIC: ) the Doctor took to carrying spares, (PROSE: , ) as playing them helped him to think. (TV: ) He displayed a fondness of music in other ways besides the recorder, such as telling Jamie he could travel in the TARDIS in return for teaching him to play the bagpipes. (TV: )
It was during his second incarnation that the Doctor began to regularly carry a sonic screwdriver. (TV: , , ) He also carried a magnifying glass on his person, and would utilise it for investigation purposes, (TV: , , , , ) and made use of a utility belt to hold his various gadgets. (COMIC: , , , )
=== Skills ===
The Second Doctor had a gift for diplomacy and winning others over to his side, enabling him to fool his enemies into thinking they had an advantage over him, (TV: , , ) trick others into doing what he wished, (TV: , ) and convince people into trusting him against their initial judgment, (TV: , ) The Third Doctor even acknowledged that his second incarnation was better with people than he was. (TV: )
Instinctively knowing whom to trust from what he deduced of their character, (TV: ) the Doctor was highly deductive, able to tell if he had fooled someone by observing their reactions to his actions, and could tell someone was hiding information from noticing absences in their behaviour or inconsistencies in their appearance. (TV: , , ) He could also triangulate a person's birthplace by studying their accent, (TV: ) and notice and decipher hidden codes in anagrams and acronyms, though it could take some time. (TV: )
He was also a convincing actor, (TV: , , , ) easily donning disguises without self-consciousness to age, gender, or even dignity. (TV: , , )
Physically younger than his predecessor, the Second Doctor was able to outrun various pursuers, (TV: , ) and avoid weapon ammunition fired at him. (TV: ) He proved adept at skiing, (COMIC: ) and also learned the arts of Venusian aikido on Venus. (AUDIO: )
He proved a crack shot with a pistol, having the accuracy to disable an armed opponent by shooting the weapon out of their hand, and was also effective with a whip. (COMIC: )
The Second Doctor possessed strong telepathic abilities, such as being able to use telepathy via mental projection to show Zoe Heriot one of his battles with the Daleks, (TV: ) though he found the process tiring. (TV: ) He could also restore erased memories by placing his hands on someone's head. (AUDIO: ) He had a strong resistance to other telepaths trying to intrude into his mind, (TV: , ) and was even able to lock his mind in battle with the Great Intelligence long enough for his friends to act against it. (TV: )
He was also shown to be adept with hypnosis, (TV: , ) being able to overpower the hypnotism of the Zagbor and then spend days releasing the hypnotised humans, (COMIC: ) and was able to reverse the hypnotism of . (PROSE: ) He could even use hypnotism to induce amnesia. (PROSE: )
The Second Doctor was a talented tinkerer, (TV: ) and a "dab hand at mechanics". (COMIC: ) He was able to create a glass harmonica out of a water glass to pick the sonic lock in his prison cell on Vulcan, (TV: ) construct the pedal-copter, (COMIC: ) fix Isobel Watkins' camera, (TV: ) design and manufacture effective vehicles, (COMIC: , ) and build a series of robots to do chores for him. (COMIC: , )
While he lacked a medical degree, (TV: ) he did have some medical training, (TV: ) and could provide basic first aid when needed. (TV: , , , , )
He could quickly assess the nature of new environments by analysing oxygen and temperature, and could tell if his surroundings were radioactive. (TV: )
While the Doctor could pilot a helicopter with only minimal success, (TV: ) he was more successful when driving a car, (TV: ) even being able to maneuver around dinosaurs while driving backwards, (COMIC: ) or a motorbike. (COMIC: ) He could also ride a horse, (COMIC: ) and was able to commandeer the Dart to engage the Cybermen in an aerial fight that emerged victorious from. (COMIC: )
While he preferred to use English, the Doctor could speak French, (TV: ) and also read Old High Gallifreyan. (TV: )
The Doctor had an encyclopaedic knowledge of various laws, and could map the night sky, (TV: ) create a fire with two sticks, (COMIC: ) pick a lock with his tie-pin, (COMIC: ) and donate indefinitely large amounts of blood. (PROSE: ) He was instinctively able to keep track of time, even without a way to measure its passing. (PROSE: )
== Appearance ==
With a height of "five foot nine", (TV: ) the Second Doctor resembled a man in his mid-forties. (PROSE: ) He was physically identical to the dictator Ramón Salamander. (TV: )
He had blue eyes, (TV: ) though one account described his eyes as being "soft chestnut brown", (PROSE: ) while another depicted them as bright green. (COMIC: ) A fourth account claimed his eyes appeared to change colour several times, alternating between blue, grey, and green. (PROSE: ) According to his war incarnation, the Second Doctor was colour-blind. (PROSE: )
When he arrived on Zaos amid an attack by the Asymmetrical Daleks, the Second Doctor appeared to have the same height, facial structure and hair cut of the First Doctor, but with black hair and a renewed vitality. (PROSE: )
By the time of his exile on Earth, the Doctor had the mark of Blenhim on his chest due to an encounter with the alien race. (COMIC: )
The Doctor took pride in his unkempt appearance, and was visibly uncomfortable when attempts were made to tidy him up. (TV: , )
Liz Shaw told her mother that the Doctor resembled a "geography teacher" when he first encountered UNIT. (AUDIO: ) Polly Wright described him as looking like "an unmade bed" to Jamie, (PROSE: ) and "a bit sartorially challenged" to the Brigadier. (AUDIO: ) Madame Razetskia described the Second Doctor as a "funny little clown", (PROSE: ) while William Blake saw him as "a middle aged man with a mop of black hair" when Legion took on the appearance of the Second Doctor. (PROSE: )
Steven Jenkins described the Second Doctor as "a scruffy-looking man [of] medium-height", (TV: ) while Samantha Briggs called him "a short man, with a mournful face and dishevelled clothing." She also noted that he had a "blurred" English accent, which defied description, and seemed to be extremely knowledgeable on a wide variety of subjects. (PROSE: ) Paul Magrs thought he looked like Patrick Troughton. (PROSE: )
The First Doctor called his second incarnation "a clown" due to his scruffy appearance, (TV: ) whilst the Third Doctor labelled him a "scarecrow", (TV: ) and the Fifth Doctor described him as a "hobo". (PROSE: ) Being a body that was was "not what [he] would have wished for," (AUDIO: ) the Fourth Doctor described him as having "a moptop and chequed trousers". (AUDIO: ) The Eighth Doctor recalled his second incarnation as being "a comic little man with a flute". (PROSE: )
When Affinity took on the Second Doctor's appearance, the Twelfth Doctor noted that his second incarnation was "a rather scruffy gentleman, [with] dark, unruly hair" and was "clad in a jacket that seemed several sizes too big and to have been slept in." (PROSE: ) He also described him as "[an] annoying bumbler" with "big trousers". (PROSE: )
=== Hair and grooming ===
The Second Doctor had longish, rumpled black hair, (TV: ) though, after going on a stressful mission for the Time Lords, (PROSE: ) his hair briefly turned grey. (TV: )
Polly compared his hairstyle to those worn by the Beatles, (AUDIO: ) as did John Benton, (AUDIO: ) Isobel Watkins, (PROSE: ) Ace, (AUDIO: ) and Jo Grant. (AUDIO: )
=== Clothing ===
==== Main attire ====
The Second Doctor dressed similarly to his previous incarnation, though in far more clustered fashion, with his trousers held up rather high, his frock coat many sizes too large, and his bow ties often worn at a crooked angle under an outstretched shirt collar. (TV: ) His unkempt attire led to the Doctor being mistaken for a hobo by witnesses to his adventures, (PROSE: ) to the point that the British Army came to know him as the "Cosmic Hobo". (PROSE: )
The Doctor wore a battered old black frock coat, (TV: ) which had pockets within the inner lining large enough to carry the TARDIS' Time Vector Generator, (TV: ) and a pocket sewn behind the outer breast pocket that he kept a magnet in. (TV: ) The Doctor often kept a stylised handkerchief in the coat's breast pocket. (TV: )
Under his frock coat, he wore a plain shirt with a polka-dotted bow tie coloured in blue (TV: ) or red. (COMIC: ) His shirt colours varied from a dull or bright blue. (TV: , ) He also wore black ankle boots with brown-themed baggy plaid trousers, (TV: ) brown houndstooth trousers, (TV: ) large plain grey trousers, (TV: ) grey-themed tartan trousers, (TV: ) yellow tartan trousers with green stripes, (COMIC: ) or black-and-white checked trousers, (PROSE: ) all of which were kept up with either red braces with yellow patterns (TV: ) white braces with a red flowers pattern, (TV: ) yellow braces with dark, vertical lines, (TV: ) or yellow braces with a flower pattern between two yellow and black vertical lines. (TV: ) He also wore a gold watch on his left wrist, (COMIC: ) and would occasionally wear a waistcoat. (PROSE: , , )
When in colder environments, the Doctor would wear a cloak, (TV: , , ) or an oversized fur coat. (TV: , , , )
The Fourth Doctor though that his second incarnation's attire was "unacceptable" for a Time Lord. (AUDIO: )
The Second Doctor expressed a liking for hats, stating that he "would like a hat like that" when he spotted new headgear, (TV: , ; PROSE: ) however, he was not afraid to part with them if the situation called for it. (COMIC: ) His most prominent hat was a stovepipe hat, (TV: , ) but he also wore a British Army tricorn while in Scotland, (TV: ) happily accepted a ceremonially hat from the colony controlled by the Macra, (TV: ) and once wore a blue beanie when on a cold beach. (TV: )
==== Other costumes ====
For bed wear, the Second Doctor wore white button-upped, collared pyjamas with vertical blue stripes, and also had a yellow dressing gown with a green checkered lined pattern. (COMIC: )
While in Paris on a mission for the Celestial Intervention Agency, the Doctor wore white breeches, a neatly-tailored long-tailed black coat with a frilled shirt and cravat, gleaming black boots and a short travelling cloak, and wore a Bregeut watch. Before visiting the palace, he changed into a black coat, black breeches, and a frilly white shirt with an elaborate black cravat.
For the Battle of Waterloo, the Doctor donned black breeches, a black evening coat, a frilled white shirt, and a white waistcoat. (PROSE: )
When his first incarnation was placed on trial in 1963 London as a result of killing a werewolf with a silver bullet, the Second Doctor dressed in an ill-fitting suit. (PROSE: )
== Behind the scenes ==
=== Casting ===
* Rupert Davies, Valentine Dyall, Michael Hordern and Brian Blessed were all approached for the role of the Second Doctor. All declined, as they didn't want to commit to a long-running series. 
* Peter Cushing was also offered the role, but declined and later regretted his decision.
=== Costume influences ===
* Patrick Troughton initially wanted to have a Harpo Marx-like wig, but Anneke Wills convinced him to comb his hair in a Beatles-like style.Fan interview with Anneke Wills at Gallifrey One 2010
=== Missing episodes ===
* Almost half of the episodes from the Second Doctor's era have been lost, leaving only seven of Patrick Troughton's twenty-one television stories still fully intact, excluding his appearances in multi-Doctor specials. Five further incomplete stories have been released commercially, with specially-created material to bridge the missing episodes. Surviving "orphan" episodes and footage have been released on the Lost in Time DVD collection.
=== Regeneration ===
* The Second Doctor was the first incarnation to emerge from his regeneration with a different set of clothes, as opposed to future incarnations, all of whom would have to find a new pair of clothes after changing out of the clothes worn by their previous incarnation until the Fourteenth Doctor emerged from his regeneration with a completely different set of clothes rather than his predecessor's in The Power of the Doctor.
* The Second Doctor is the only incarnation who was forced to regenerate completely, though the actual regeneration isn't seen in The War Games, and was confirmed he didn't regenerate until The Night Walkers, the only story to actually show the Second Doctor's regeneration properly, albeit without showing his succeeding incarnation.
** Uniquely, the Second Doctor is the only incarnation who didn't regenerate at the end of his last regular appearance, instead his regeneration was shown in the comic story The Night Walkers, also making the Second Doctor the only incarnation to regenerate outside of the television series.
=== Legacy ===
* Matt Smith, in preparation for his role as the Eleventh Doctor, watched the Troughton serial The Tomb of the Cybermen, and fell in love with it. He described Troughton as "rather wonderful" and as being his favourite Doctor. Smith's costume and mannerisms are reminiscent of Troughton's.
=== Other matters ===
* The Second Doctor was the first incarnation to have his face integrated into the Doctor Who title sequence, beginning with The Macra Terror.
* Until Time Crash, the Second Doctor was the only incarnation to appear in all televised multi-Doctor stories.
== External links ==
== Footnotes ==
 
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Category:Residents of Gallifrey
Category:Game show contestants
Category:Individuals with psychic powers
Category:Time Lords who have witnessed regeneration
Category:Cloned individuals
Category:Partially cyberconverted Time Lords
Category:Murderers
Category:Time Lord travellers between universes
Category:Time Lord lecturers
Category:Blind individuals
Category:Supposed deities
Category:Individuals prepared for sacrifice
Category:Doctors who regenerated without companions
bg:Вторият Доктор
cs:Druhý Doktor
de:Zweiter Doctor
es:Segundo Doctor
fr:Deuxième Docteur
he:הדוקטור השני
it:Secondo Dottore
nl:Tweede Doctor
ro:Al Doilea Doctor
ru:Второй Доктор