Doctor Strange

**Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)** is a fictional character based on the Marvel comics. He is portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch.

## Background

Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange M.D., Ph.D is a Master of the Mystic Arts. Originally a brilliant, although arrogant, neurosurgeon, Strange got into a car accident which resulted with his hands becoming crippled. When all Western medicine failed him, Strange embarked on a journey that led him into Kamar-Taj where Strange had made the discovery of magic and alternate dimensions, being trained by the Ancient One. Though focused on healing his hands and returning into his career, Strange learned more of the mystic arts and helped the Masters prevent Kaecilius from merging the Earth with the Dark Dimension, but not before witnessing the Ancient One's death. Following the demise of their mentor, Strange became the protector of the New York Sanctum in New York as well as the Earth's protector from any new inter-dimensional threats.

### **Becoming the New Protector of the Sanctum**

After the death of the Ancient One, Strange gets the position to be the new protector of the Sanctum. There, he had aided and helped people like Thor in locating his father Odin.

### **Infinity War and Endgame**

When Thanos and the Black Order had attacked Earth, Strange and Wong were targeted as they held the Time Stone. Strange was soon abducted by Ebony Maw, who tried to take the Time Stone from him but failed when Strange was rescued by Iron Man and Spider-Man. Strange later joined all his new allies, alongside the Guardians of the Galaxy, to battle Thanos in a desperate attempt to stop him. Secretly, however, Strange had already seen their only path to victory, as he then allowed Thanos to cause the Snap, killing Strange and trillions of others. However, as Strange foresaw, Hulk had managed to resurrect the victims of the Snap, returning Strange and the others into life as they had continued their battles against an alternate version of Thanos, with an army of heroes, as Strange had witnessed Tony Stark sacrificing his life in order to finally destroy the Mad Titan once and for all.

### **Multiversal Chaos**

As a result of disappearing for five years due to the Blip, Strange lost the title of Sorcerer Supreme to Wong on a technicality. In 2024, Strange was approached by Spider-Man, who's identity as Peter Parker had been publicly revealed, putting him and his loved ones in danger. Strange opted to help him by using a spell to make the world forget that Peter Parker was Spider-Man, but it went wrong, instead unleashing several foes of various Spider-Men from across the multiverse. Strange tasked Parker with the capture of the various villains, though thr two disagreed on how to deal with them when Parker learned that returning them would kill several as it was their fate to die. Strange wanted to send them back regardless to protect reality leading to an altercation between the two in the Mirror Dimension, ending when Spider-Man trapped Strange there. Doctor Strange eventually broke free, returning to find Peter plan was working, with the help of two other Spider-Man variants. When the Green Goblin destroyed the cube with a Pumpkin Bomb, it set loose mutiversal carnage, threatening to bring all who knew Parkes's identity across the muliverse to their universe. Strange tried to stop it, and was forced to use a spell to prevent catastrophe, but at a cost, as no one would remember who Peter Parker was. Strange cast the spell, closing the rift and returning the visitors to their home universes, though he forgot who Peter Parker was as a result.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Master Sorcerer**: As the Sorcerer Supreme and guardian of the New York Sanctum, Doctor Strange possesses an extremely high level of mastery over magic which he used to defend his native reality. With the death of the Ancient One, Doctor Strange is currently the most powerful member of the Masters of the Mystic Arts. Indeed, despite his initial inexperience, an impressed Karl Mordo and Wong claimed that Strange's prodigious skills meant that he was "born for the mystic arts," and the Ancient One herself noted that Strange has tremendous potential as a sorcerer. Indeed, even while still inexperienced, Strange was able to use the powers of the Time Stone's container, the Eye of Agamotto, quite effectively and safely, despite it being considered to be very dangerous for the natural order. With the help of numerous mystical artifacts and relics, in addition to his astral powers, Strange is able to gain access to a multitude of mystical powers. Strange makes up for his lack of experience with his gifted intellect, photographic memory, and ingenuity, as he swiftly imprisoned Loki, an extremely skilled master of Asgardian Sorcery, and even defeated Kaecilius by outsmarting Dormammu, forcing the latter to leave Earth's dimension and take Kaecilius with him. Strange was predicted by Zola's algorithm to become a significant enough potential threat to HYDRA to be targeted by Project Insight. Strange would eventually dramatically improve his power and skill in magic as he received more training and gained more experience, as, by the time of the Infinity War, he proved capable of single-handedly combating Thanos' use of the Infinity Gauntlet more effectively than the Guardians of the Galaxy and even Iron Man, with even the Titan himself praising Strange for his use of the Mystic Arts. The Ancient One stated long before Doctor Strange became a Master of the Mystic Arts that he was always meant to be the best of them.
* **Genius-level Intellect**: Strange achieved his MD and Ph.D. simultaneously at medical school, going on to become one of the world's most renowned neurosurgeons, and later proving himself equally prodigious in the study of mystic arts. He proved to be capable of intellectually sparring with Tony Stark and Thanos.
* **Photographic Memory**: Strange's photographic memory and perfect recall had originally greatly aided him in medical school, helping him to earn both his MD and Ph.D. simultaneously. During his mystic arts studies in Kamar-Taj, Strange managed to master entering the Astral Dimension, despite Wong not believing him to be ready. When Strange used the Eye of Agamotto to restore the missing pages from the Book of Cagliostro, he only saw the page for about 15 seconds, but was able to learn about Dormammu, the Dark Dimension, and the ritual for eternal life as well as work out the ritual and deduce how the Ancient One has remained alive for so long.
* **Master Physician:** Strange was one of the world's most renowned neurosurgeons. His genius surgical skill allowed him to flawlessly perform extremely complicated surgeries with little to no mechanical assistance. Indeed, Strange's skills were superior to those of his colleagues Christine Palmer and Nicodemus West, as he was able to notice a cause of injury in a patient while neither of them could, thus preventing West from killing the patient. Strange's perfect record and reputation with the craft reached such a point that ultimately, he developed a penchant for undertaking only the most challenging but still viable of operations, in order to boost his huge ego. Despite losing the ability to perform surgeries after his hands were damaged beyond repair in a catastrophic car accident, Strange still kept his profound medical knowledge, which allowed him to give out directions to Palmer and West during surgery on the Ancient One. During his surgical career, Strange was able to develop entirely new techniques for performing highly complicated surgical procedures that he claimed would significantly advance medical practices for years to come. Strange was even able to perform surgery during the extremely stressful Battle of New York.
* **Expert Tactician**: Strange's tremendous intellect contributes to his already incredible tactical insight. A highly ingenious strategist, Strange relied on pure wits to stop both Kaecilius and Dormammu himself due to his lack of experience in fighting supernatural forces. He used the Eye of Agamotto to trap the primordial entity in an endless time loop while using tactics of psychological warfare to mentally torment Dormammu instead of stopping him with magic and, as a result, ultimately succeeded in forcing his foe back into the Dark Dimension, taking the Zealots along with him.
* **Expert Martial Artist**: After studying under the guidance of the Ancient One and training with Karl Mordo for months, Strange became proficient in martial arts, both armed and hand-to-hand combat, with his skill being great enough to allow him to fight off and evade many of the far more experienced and extensively trained Zealots sorcerers attacks while trying to escape the New York Sanctum, overpower and kill Lucian Aster, and even managing to hold his own against Kaecilius himself reasonably well, with Strange notably managing to fight Kaecilius almost to a standstill in their last altercation by using the reconstructing landscape of Hong Kong to his advantage, although he was ultimately overpowered and only defeated Kaecilius by outsmarting him rather than defeating him in pure skill. Eventually, as he further practiced and trained, by the time of the Infinity War, Strange's skill and experience in fighting had improved significantly to the point that with help from Drax, Strange was even able to fight against Thanos himself in close-quarters combat, lasting longer than Drax, although Thanos only had the use of one eye due to the other being blinded by a webbed cotton and is quick to overwhelm Strange soon after beating back Drax. However, Strange's hands still suffer from severe nerve and bone damage as a result of his accident, further exacerbated by the unsuccessful surgeries made towards restoring his dexterity, meaning his hands are delicate and prone to intense pain should he attempt to directly strike something or someone, thus leading his technique to consist mainly of a combination of parries and the use of spells.
* **Sword Proficiency**: Strange displayed considerable skill in swordsmanship, as he chose to craft a sword with Eldritch Magic to use as a melee weapon to combat Thanos and alongside Drax using his knives, proved able to fight against the Titan, fending off Thanos longer than Drax.
* **Bilingualism**: Strange is fluent in his native English, and becomes proficient enough with Sanskrit during his months in Kamar-Taj to enable him to study advanced books Wong deemed him not ready for, including the Book of Cagliostro.

## Equipment

* **Cloak of Levitation**: A mantle that enables Doctor Strange to levitate and hover in the air. It appears to be sentient and can move on its own power, causing it to move and flap in the air without the presence of wind. Offensively, the cloak's ability to move and fly with or without a wearer allows it to grab, lift, tackle or send enemies flying through the air. The cloak assists Strange in combat by protecting him from attacks, preventing his enemies like Lucian Aster and Thanos from blindsiding him, as well as attacking enemies on its own whenever possible, and doing maneuvers that are difficult for most humans to do.
* **Sling Ring**: A mystical object which enables the wearer to open a portal to another location.

## Relationships

### Family

* Mother
* Father
* Sister - (Deceased)

### Former Colleagues

* Christine Palmer - Ex-Girlfriend, Former Colleague and Savior
* Nicodemus West - Former Rival
* Billy - Best Friend and Former Assistant
* Patel - Former Assistant
* Garrison - Former Colleague
* Weiss - Former Colleague
* Bruner - Former Colleague

### Allies

* Ancient One - Former Master (Deceased)
* Wong - Mentor and Friend
* Captain America
* Falcon
* Bucky Barnes
* Iron Man
* War Machine
* Thor
* Korg
* Miek
* Valkyrie
* Black Widow
* Hawkeye
* Hulk - Ressurector
* Vision
* Wanda Maximoff - Former Enemy
* Ant-Man
* Wasp
* Black Panther
* Okoye
* Shuri
* M'Baku
* Star-Lord - Former Enemy
* Gamora
* Gamora (2014 Variant)
* Drax The Destroyer - Former Enemy
* Rocket Raccoon
* Groot
* Mantis - Former Enemy
* Nebula
* Michelle Jones-Watson
* Ned Leeds
* Spider-Man
* Spider-Man (Friendly Neighborhood)
* Spider-Man (Amazing Variant)
* Doctor Octopus - Former Enemy
* Electro - Former Enemy
* Lizard - Former Enemy
* Sandman - Former Enemy

### Enemies

* Thanos - (Deceased)
* Cull Obsidian - (Deceased)
* Ebony Maw - (Deceased)
* Thanos (2014) - (Deceased)
* Corvus Glaive (2014) - (Deceased)
* Proxima Midnight (2014) - (Deceased)
* Cull Obsidian (2014) - (Deceased)
* Ebony Maw (2014) - (Deceased)

## Trivia

* In the comics, Stephen Strange was the founder and long-time leader of the Defenders, a member of the New Avengers and one of the Illuminati, a group made of the smartest and most powerful individuals, including Blackagar Boltagon, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Medusa, Hank Pym, and T'Challa.