Ninth Doctor

## More ambiguous

After dying on Terserus, The Doctor regenerated into **The Ninth Doctor**. While his previous incarnation was snarky and sarcastic throughout his life, this incarnation of the Doctor was very much in touch with more human emotions and deeply cared and even loved his companions. He also had a light romanticism and whimsy during his adventures. He could however, still reveal his darker side if and when the situation called for it.

He initially travelled with his previous incarnation's companion, Sierra. Whilst in France for a vacation, the Doctor found himself involved with the Cult of Nuranga who were about to sacrifice a woman named Jean Marie; after he saved her life, she opted to join him and Sierra on board the TARDIS. After dealing with the evil Time Lord Bellator, Sierra left The Doctor and opted to live in the future as this was the first time she felt like she belonged somewhere, despite not recovering her memories.

The Doctor and Jean were not alone for long. While on the planet Menaxus, they soon gained companion Bernice, who stayed with The Doctor a large remainder of his life, even when he was grieving over the death of Jean at the hands of the Daleks. While on the R-101, The Doctor and Bernice encountered Charley Pollard. Despite her death on the R-101 being part of a fixed point in time the Doctor decided to save her, despite Bernice's worries and rebuttals. The Doctor later lost Bernice as a companion for she died on a battlefield after being brainwashed. The Doctor continued to travel with Charley until she decided to restore time to what it should be and returned to her place and death on the R101 after her encounter with Nancy Glenn.

The Doctor finally regenerated, ultimately dying of old age, on the USS Prometheus while saving everyone on board from a time cluster in danger of killing everyone on board.

## Physical Appearance

Bernice Summerfield stated that "his long face was angular, with a jutting chin and aristocratic nose, but it was softened by a mass of dark brown hair that swept back down all the way from his high forehead to his broad shoulders". (PROSE: *The Dying Days*) He was of a slightly smaller build to his predecessor, but still relatively average. His female companions would comment over his tenure that he was "very attractive" in their own ways.

### Hair and Grooming

Somewhat similar to his previous incarnation, he had longer, shoulder length hair, but was more wavy and slightly unkempt. (TV: *The Eye of Harmony*)

### Clothing

After walking around with his predecessor's clothes following his regeneration, the Doctor stole a Wild Bill Hickok costume from a department store. Though he discarded the cap and gun belt, he kept the forest green velvet frock coat, white dress shirt with a wingtip collar, loden green high-waist trousers, floppy battleship grey cravat with a bronze pin, and double breasted waistcoat of silver paisley-brocade with 10 brass buttons and a golden fob watch. He would then later find some black ankle high dress shoes in the same store. (TV: *The Eye of Harmony*) He would occasionally dump the cravat and leave his top buttons undone. (TV: *Outlast*) The Doctor soon had replacement jackets made for him by a tailor on Savile Row in 1892. (TV: *Crimson*)

## Stories

### Season 32 (1995)

* *The Eye of Harmony*
* *Outlast*
* *The Fiends of France*
* *Deceit*
* *Crimson*
* *The Conundrum*
* *Lies and Deception*
* *The Bells of Bellator*

### Season 33 (1996)

* *Theatre of War*
* *All-Consuming Fire*
* *Blood Harvest*
* *The Day I Lived*
* *The Ghosts of Marinus*
* *Damaged Goods*
* *Blink*
* *Revenge of the Daleks*

### Season 34 (1997)

* *Storm Warning*
* *Sword of Orion*
* *The Time Storm*
* *The Stones of Venice*
* *Minuet in Hell*
* *Partners in Crime*
* *Lair of the Sontarans*
* *Turning Point*

### Season 35 (1998)

* *Judgement Day*
* *Heat of the Inferno*
* *Death Reaching*
* *Just War*
* *Valley of Shadows*
* *The Chimes of Midnight*

### Season 36 (1999)

* *The Next Doctor*
* *Planet of the Dead*
* *The Doomed City*
* *Tomb of Rassilon*
* *The Dying Days*
* *The Frozen Planet*
* *The Twilight Kingdom*
* *So Vile A Sin*

### Season 37 (2000)

* *Embrace the Darkness*
* *Absolute Zero*
* *Wandering from Another World*
* *Return of the Celestial Toymaker*
* *Beyond the Grey Eyes*
* *Nevermore*
* *The Greater Good*
* *The Vessel of Immortality*

## Behind the Scenes

### Casting

There were a multitude of actors who were considered for the role of the Ninth Doctor. Christopher Eccleston and Peter Capaldi (who would later go on to play The Eleventh Doctor) were offered the chance to audition for the role of the Ninth Doctor but both declined for their own reasons. Michael Crawford, Billy Connolly, Trevor Eve, Michael Palin, and Robert Lindsay were all considered for the role of the Ninth Doctor. Lindsay actually auditioned for the role, together with Anthony Head, Tim McInnerny, Tony Slattery, Liam Cunningham, Nathaniel Parker and Mark McGann (Paul's brother).

Quotes

"Excuse me miss, I appear to have misplaced my name, Could you help me find it?"