Ninth Doctor

Stephen Fry as the Ninth Doctor in a promotional image for Season 33

Lena Haigh

K9 Mark II

Evelyn Webster

Romana III

Veylon

With a soft-spoken demeanour and warm towards everyone around him, the **Ninth Doctor** was an incarnation that saw the good in everyone, yet would be resolute in the face of grave danger.

With his manipulative ways now firmly behind him, the Doctor chose to see the universe through a new lens, endeavouring to act as more of a friend to his companions, speaking cordially to almost anybody he met, and only rarely raising his voice. He also tried to act as more of a teacher to those in his company, and frequently tried to explain things to those around him in the full detail necessary for a given situation.

Following his regeneration, the Doctor travelled with Bernice Summerfield and Norman Manning, his predecessor's final companions. The trio had many adventures together, however, the Doctor agreed to leave Bernice with her father in Little Caldwell, with Norman staying behind to take up a job offer he had been presented with. After their departure, he was joined by Sergeant Lena Haigh, a soldier who shared the Doctor's practical yet optimistic outlook on life. The two shared many travels together, during which the Doctor inadvertently helped to set the Master down the path to villainy. Near the end of his travels, the Doctor was also joined by SOE agent Evelyn Webster.

The Doctor forcibly regenerated in order to close a wormhole imprisoning a group of eldritch monsters that threatened the universe. His body was left floating in space until Lena had it picked up, by which point he had changed into his next incarnation.

## Biography

### Post-regeneration

Following his predecessor's death removing the Body-snatchers from his mind, the Doctor energetically jumped up, introducing himself to his companions, as well as Romana and surrounding members of the Chancellery Guard. Suffering from post-regenerative amnesia, he quizzically asked Bernice and Norman who they were, before promptly collapsing onto the ground once again. (TV: *Mind Games*) The Doctor was taken to a hospital ward for stressful regenerations shortly afterwards, making a reasonably quick recovery, despite having some difficulty remembering names. Upon learning about the outbreak of the Eyes of Madmen, the Doctor instantly tried to spring into action, and took samples of patients suffering from the disease. He told Norman to stay with Romana, who had came in contact with a patient, and worked with Bernice in the TARDIS laboratory to identify the disease.

Confused as to how he and his companions had never gotten the disease, the Doctor placed the samples under various tests before Bernice identified the disease as influenza. Realising he and his companions had not contracted the disease, the Doctor managed to create a drug to treat Time Lords suffering from the flu, as well as a vaccine. He tested the drug on Romana, who had begun to suffer symptoms of the disease, and, after it proved successful, the Doctor ensured the drug and vaccine were placed in medical systems throughout Gallifrey. (TV: *The Eyes of Madmen*)

### Final travels with Benny and Norman

The trio went on several more adventures, preventing the Q'ell from using the Recruiter to kidnap children from Earth, (TV: *Toy Soldiers*) and reuniting Benny with Isaac Summerfield, her father. During this adventure, the Doctor tried to stop Ellen Woodworth from kidnapping aliens from The Pyramid, Isaac's company. He accepted Benny's request to stay with her father at The Pyramid, and wished her and Norman well after he announced his intention to stay. (TV: *Return of the Living Dad*)

### Travels with Lena

The Doctor arrived on the Space Vessel *Sekhmet* in the 35th century, quickly getting on good terms with the crew. He spent many weeks aboard the vessel, (PROSE: *Subjects of War*) and worked alongside the crewmembers to track down a Rutan that wished to claim the ship's cargo, the Hadron Cannon, for use in the Rutan-Sontaran War. After finding the Rutan disguised as medical officer Paxton, the Doctor attempted to eject the Rutan, only for it to escape with the cannon and call in reinforcements. Following the Rutans' defeat at the joint hands of the humans and the Sontarans, the Doctor mediated negotiations between the two sides alongside Sergeant Lena Haigh, who had became good friends with the Doctor during his time on the ship. Reluctantly giving over the Hadron Cannon to the Sontarans, the Doctor left in the TARDIS, though not before Lena agreed to travel with him. (TV: *Subjects of War*)

Deciding to return some library books before they became overdue, the Doctor learned of a temporal rift leading to Earth in 1930, which resulted in him learning about the ruthless Zodaal, a criminal from a distant planet who had imprinted his mind into a cloud of radmium, now intended to destroy Earth to channel the power of its destruction so that he could imprint himself permanently onto a new host. The Doctor was able to force his ship to take off after sabotaging Zodaal's equipment, his chosen host committing suicide before he could take control and leaving Zodaal to drift helplessly through space. (TV: *The English Way of Death*)

The Doctor and Lena killed a vampire in 1976 San Francisco with the help of Carolyn McConnell. (TV: *Vampire Science*)

Investigating several deaths in the Quadrant area of London, the Doctor learned of the psychic link between Gabriel Tyler and Steven Jericho. When N-Form bonded with Gabriel and Steven's adoptive mother Eva, the Doctor simulated the effects of the drug elatio, which N-Form had been working through, in order to shut N-Form down. The Doctor initiated a specific code sequence to shut down N-Form, inadvertently resulting in the deaths of Eva and the various members of the Quadrant who had taken elatio, as well as leaving Gabriel in a vegetative state. (TV: *Damaged Goods*)

The Doctor and Lena travelled near the Darkheart. They encountered the war-like Veltrochni and Koschei, an old friend of the Doctor's from Gallifrey, travelling with Ailla. However, the temptation posed by the Darkheart device proved too much for Koschei, and the revelation that his companion Ailla was a spy destroyed the last traces of good in him. After he proclaimed himself "the Master", the Doctor had to trap him in a black hole. (TV: *The Dark Path*)

The Doctor went to 1997 San Francisco after being summoned by Carolyn McConnell, where they encountered a rogue group of Vampires. (TV: *Vampire Science*)

While on an adventure in 1999 to stop "four things and a lizard" during a "migration", the Doctor met Sally Sparrow, who gave him a folder of information, telling him that it would be vital to him in the future when he would get stuck in 1969. (TV: *Blink*)

The Doctor and Lena were caught in an alternate timeline created by the Tractites. Although their victory was not absolute, as the Doctor did not discover who gave the Tractites the Time Tree they used to create "Paratractis", they were able to reverse the damage they had dealt to Earth's timeline. (TV: *Genocide*)

After being called to Earth by UNIT, the Doctor and Lena were attacked by the Silurian 001, who was working for an escaped Rani. He convinced him that the Rani was not to be trusted, and went with him to the Rani's HQ. Despite being captured by Aberrants and nearly being forced to watch Lena be turned into one, he was able to use the confusion caused by Brigadier Bambera to lure the Aberrants into a secluded area and trap them for later capture. (TV: *Evolution*)

The Doctor and Lena were transported back in time to 1969 by the Weeping Angels while investigating strange disappearances at Wester Drumlins in 1998. Using the information given to him by Sally, the Doctor left messages for her to find in the future and bring the TARDIS to 1969 to collect him and Martha. The Doctor created a device, the Timey-wimey detector, to track people displaced in time by the Angels.

The Doctor and Lena tracked down Billy Shipton when he arrived in 1969, having been touched by the same Angel as them. From Sally's notes the Doctor was able to give him a message to pass onto Sally in 2007 to help her investigation and that he would die shortly after meeting her again. Sally succeeded in sending the TARDIS back in time to him. (TV: *Blink*)

The Doctor and Lena fought the Valeyard in Victorian England, where he had been posing as Jack the Ripper to feed the Dark Matrix with the energies of the women he killed. The Valeyard launched an attack on all of the Doctor's lives, but the Ninth Doctor managed to shield himself, at the cost of his memories. Reduced to an amnesiac cardsharp called "Johnny", the Doctor managed to regain his memory, and convinced the Dark Matrix that the Valeyard was using it. Confronting him, the Dark Matrix apparently killed the Valeyard with a blast of energy. (TV: *Matrix*)

Landing in the 18th century, the Doctor and Lena discovered that an alien psychopathic murderer Carthok had crashed on Earth. Learning that he wanted to kill all life on Earth, the Doctor tricked Carthok's own system into thinking he was one of his targets and his was ripped apart by his former victims' consciousnesses. (TV: *Phantasmagoria*)

The Doctor took Lena to the 3999 Galactic Olympics as a treat, where they got caught up in a plot by the Church of the Way Forward, who in reality were working with the Wirrn to create a drug that would heavily increase Wirrn numbers. He managed to create an antidote to the drug in time to save the athletes, though those affected would never properly recover. (TV: *Placebo Effect*)

The Doctor used the TARDIS' Jade Pagoda to visit early 21st century Earth, meeting a reporter named Ruby Duvall during an adventure involving Cybermen at the South Pole. (TV: *Iceberg*)

The Doctor received a message on his TARDIS data scanner instructing him to go to the Library in the 51st century, where he met a team of archaeologists representing the Felman Lux Corporation that were investigating the planet, which had been sealed off a century prior with the message *"4022 saved. No survivors."* The group discovered the Library was infested with Vashta Nerada. When the swarm began hunting Dave, the Doctor manually increased his spacesuit's integrity as quickly as he could, Noting the prodigal nature of one of the archaeologists, Mayne, when she started doing the same to others. He decided to teleport Lena back to the safety of the TARDIS with the Library's teleporters, however, Lena failed to make it, being "saved" into the Library's Data Core instead. The Doctor returned to the group but they were forced to flee when the swarm occupied Dave's suit and began marching on them, discovering a Node with Lena's face on to his horror. As the group continued through the library, the Doctor managed to convince the Vashta Nerada to communicate, learning that the library was their forest. The Doctor realised that the four thousand and twenty-two people being "saved" literally meant they had been teleported and saved into the data core, however the core began going into meltdown. Strackman Lux took them to core, revealing the computer was the preserved mind of a little girl who had been dying.

Realising the computer needed more memory, the Doctor devised a plan to connect his mind to it and intimidated the swarm into giving him a single day to save the people in the core. Knowing he would not survive the process, Mayne knocked the Doctor out and handcuffed him to a railing, sacrificing herself to boost the Library's memory, enabling it to return the people who had been saved in the core, including Lena. The Doctor reunited with Lena as the people departed as per his deal with the Vashta Nerada. He uploaded Mayne's data ghost into the virtual reality, having fixed the core so it could reunite her with the uploaded data ghosts of her deceased team. As he returned to the TARDIS, the Doctor tested snapping his fingers to open its doors, something which Mayne suggested he tried for efficiency's sake, and was delighted when it worked. (TV: *Silence in the Library*)

After landing on Gallifrey, the Doctor was made aware of a string of murders made in the build-up to the Gallifreyan Presidential election by Illistras and K9, becoming especially moved after learning that Romana was one of the casualties. Working alongside Lena and K9, the Doctor questioned Denethras, who died in the middle of the investigation, as well as two other bystanders and the leader of the Patrex Chapter, Mercelli. Whilst initially suspicious of Romana's opponent Veylon due to the use of Omega's Bane, he deduced from Veylon's proximity and his medical records that he did not have the means to be able to kill off the Time Lords present. His suspicions were then turned on Illistras, who revealed himself as the culprit. Whilst the Doctor was held at gunpoint by Illistras, who attempted to impose martial law, he was saved by Lena and successfully created an antidote to save some of the Time Lords. When there was not enough left for Romana, he channelled regeneration energy into her, saving her life and allowing her to regenerate. (TV: *The Council's Reverence*) He voted for Romana in the election, (PROSE: *The Council's Reverence*) but was not disappointed when Veylon won, wishing him the best and politely declining a role in government. (TV: *The Council's Reverence*)

The Doctor travelled to Kyrol to meet his old friend Alison Lavelle, who was studying the planet's oceans of the *Argus*, when an EMP hit the ship and Daleks appeared on board to save the humans. Initially confused, the Doctor learned that they were the humanised Daleks the Doctor had brought about in his second incarnation upon arriving at their city, Azhra Korr. He tried to convince their leader, Alpha, of the need to let the humans go and to see what caused the EMP, convincing him of the latter's importance, though Alpha was reluctant to let the humans leave. Going against Alpha in secret, the Doctor had Lena install an anti-grav unit in the TARDIS with which he could rescue the humans, before setting out with Alpha. Their search led them to the last native Kyolian, Kata-Phobus, who revealed the Doctor's duplicity to Alpha. Alpha tried to exterminate the Doctor for his betrayal, only to miss and allow the Doctor to escape. When the Doctor, Lena and Alpha made it back to Azhra Korr, Kata-Phobus attempted to drain the Daleks of psychokinetic energy, revealing his true motives. After Alpha and the Daleks sacrificed themselves to kill Kata-Phobus and save the humans, the Doctor left, disgusted at his own actions and the humans' lack of gratitude. (TV: *Children of the Revolution*)

### Travels with Evelyn and Death

Shortly after landing in a French château, the Doctor and Lena were arrested by German soldiers and taken to be interrogated by SS-Obergruppenführer Deimling. He accused them initially of being spies and threatened the Doctor's life, something which prompted Lena to step in and nearly get herself killed with her belittling Deimling. However, after he was alerted to the TARDIS' extradimensional qualities, Deimling offered the Doctor and chance at freedom and to save Lena's life, on the condition that he told them how the TARDIS worked to allow Operation Werewolf to proceed effectively. Reluctantly, the Doctor agreed and apologised to Lena as she was taken to the cells. He showed Deimling and another soldier around the TARDIS, continuously giving wrong information or sabotaging the controls in an attempt to make the Nazis' lives more difficult. This had the effect of angering Deimling, and causing him to go from reminding the Doctor of his promise to losing his temper fully and telling his cohort to kill Lena. He attempted to shoot the Doctor, however, the state of temporal grace prevented him from doing so, something the Doctor took great pleasure in telling him. He was thrown out of the TARDIS and about be shot again by an even more irate Deimling, however, he was quickly restrained by Lena and a fellow captive, Evelyn Webster. The trio took Deimling to an allied base close to the château, where the Doctor credited Lena and Evelyn as having destroyed the German defences from behind enemy lines. Before he and Lena could leave, Evelyn asked if she could join them, something the Doctor agreed to.

As the group set off, the Doctor received a message from Bernice Summerfield, letting him know of a "problem". (TV: *Operation Werewolf*) He piloted the TARDIS to the source, arriving at the Pyramid, where he was met by Benny, Norman and Kate. After exchanging greetings and introducing Lena and Evelyn to everyone, the Doctor was directed to a wormhole connecting the Pyramid to Gallifrey, where Romana and Veylon were staring perplexed back at the humans and the Doctor. He attempted to test what the wormhole was using the TARDIS, telling Lena and Evelyn to try and co-ordinate Brigadier Bambera's UNIT forces and the Pyramid. The first attempt proved unsuccessful, instead expanding the wormhole to also link to an Earth Empire vessel. The second attempt, however, worked and the Doctor found out that the wormhole was the result of an experiment carried out between dimensions. He tried to reverse-engineer the wormhole, however, this also ended up failing and jettisoning the TARDIS into the centre of the wormhole and out of his dimension.

The Doctor managed to stabilise the TARDIS, and stepped out to be confronted by the Tomorrow Men. He learned that the wormhole had been created as a result of the technology they were using to prevent universe-destroying beings from being let loose. Shocked at this revelation, the Doctor tried to fend off one such creature after it attacked and killed a Tomorrow Man, retreating with the others back to another part of their laboratory. He let them know that many of his friends were trapped in the middle of the wormhole, and that he wished to set up contact and close the wormhole if possible. The group connected technology from the laboratory to the TARDIS and established contact with the group of Bernice, Kate and Veylon just as Lena let them know that the monsters were beginning to overwhelm them. The Doctor set up a group of three teams, with each needing to use all available energy in the Pyramid, the Earth Empire vessel and the Capitol to close the wormhole. He used the technology at the Tomorrow Men's disposal to bolster the signal from the Pyramid and the Earth Empire vessel, and the plan initially proved a success with the wormhole beginning to close, and the TARDIS and the Doctor dematerialising from the Tomorrow Men's view.

However, almost immediately afterwards problems arose, with the TARDIS landing on the Earth Empire vessel safely, but the wormhole beginning to expand and the Doctor trapped in the middle of it. He let his team know that he had a plan, but that it would not be one that they would approve of, and announced that he was going to regenerate to try and close the wormhole. Giving the team one final goodbye, he started the regeneration, successfully closing the wormhole and leaving him floating in the space outside the Earth Empire vessel. Lena insisted on delaying her getting back to her squadron until the Doctor had been picked up, by which point he had already changed into his tenth incarnation. (TV: *Visions of Tomorrow*)

## Personality

The Ninth Doctor was an extremely kind-hearted individual, endeavouring to be polite towards everyone. He put the needs of others, no matter who they were, before his own needs, springing into action against the Eyes of Madmen even when he was still suffering the effects of a stressful regeneration. (TV: *The Eyes of Madmen*) Like his prior two incarnations, he would insist he was "always all right", even when all evidence pointed to the contrary. (TV: *Silence in the Library*) His empathy led him to be especially affected by the loss of life, (TV: *The Eyes of Madmen*, *Damaged Goods*, *Silence in the Library*, *The Council's Reverence*, *Children of the Revolution*) as well as to be a direct, sympathetic and emotionally accessible individual. (TV: *Vampire Science*) Even in his final moments, the Doctor attempted to comfort his companions, and expressed a desire for everyone that had helped him to be able to meet again under better circumstances. (TV: *Visions of Tomorrow*)

Despite this, in tense situations, the Doctor was capable of becoming deathly serious. (TV: *Toy Soldiers*, *Subjects of War*, *Damaged Goods*, *The Dark Path*, *Genocide*, *Evolution*, *Matrix*, *Silence in the Library*, *Operation Werewolf*) The Ninth Doctor also retained and even exceeded his predecessor's capacity for righteous anger, particularly when people he liked were threatened or at risk, even sometimes using his name as a threat. (TV: *Silence in the Library*)

The Doctor enjoyed acting as a teacherly figure to his companions, often spouting facts related to the situation he was in if his companions looked remotely interested. (TV: *Return of the Living Dad*, *Damaged Goods*, *Placebo Effect*, *Silence in the Library*, *Children of the Revolution*) He also enjoyed the notion of acting as a children's entertainer with his magic tricks, (TV: *Return of the Living Dad*) and teaching his companions the rules of cricket. (TV: *Phantasmagoria*) Despite his revelling in being an educator, the Doctor adopted a fairly anti-hierarchical attitude, telling Lena Haigh that they were equals after she addressed him as "Sir". (TV: *Subjects of War*)

Not wanting to be "burdened by [his] past", (TV: *Vampire Science*) the Doctor took it upon himself to try and save people's lives, if it were possible, (TV: *The Eyes of Madmen* et al.) something that even extended to his enemies. (TV: *Genocide*, *Silence in the Library*) The Doctor would claim that he did what he did because of "principles, truth, love and harmony, peace and goodwill, [and] the best of intentions." (TV: *Return of the Living Dad*) He was described by Lena as being "an absolute teddy bear" in demeanour, however, he was resolute when dealing with his foes, and could switch from softness to determination in an instant. Despite disliking the use of guns, (TV: *Subjects of War*) the Doctor was proficient with one, using one to disable Eva Jericho. (TV: *Damaged Goods*)

He liked the Beatles and cats, (TV: *Return of the Living Dad*) enjoying petting the latter, (TV: *Vampire Science*) and was a vegetarian. (TV: *Return of the Living Dad*) He also liked turkish delights, (TV: *Vampire Science*) and considered himself partial to cocoa. (TV: *Evolution*) He had a liking for the opera, (TV: *Vampire Science*) biographies, (TV: *Silence in the Library*) and *The Strand* magazine. (TV: *Genocide*) In contrast he thought that Sundays were "boring", and tried to avoid them when he could. (TV: *Silence in the Library*)

While the Doctor originally thought he would "beat chance and choose the moment to die", he later confessed to Benny that he knew he would die "[without] control, surrounded by strangers, [and] helpless." (TV: *Return of the Living Dad*) He didn't have a "faith", (TV: *Placebo Effect*) and admitted he was already feeling his age. (TV: *Silence in the Library*)

The Doctor was sometimes capable of making sound decisions, but was both aware and annoyed that he "[kept] missing the important bits" of information. He also made a habit of giving people hints about their future, while not expressing outright the nature of that future. (TV: *Placebo Effect*) He did sometimes hold suspicions about people, but made a point "never to let them overwhelm [his] judgement". (TV: *The Council's Reverence*)

Jacob Hynes believed that, "despite his weird university-teacher get-up, [the Doctor] had the air of a man from the Golden Age". (TV: *Genocide*)

The Doctor occasionally lacked self-awareness, claiming he would not allow Strackman Lux's pride to cost lives while refusing to sign Lux's contract for the same reason, (TV: *Silence in the Library*) and mocking a Nazi officer despite his companion's life being on the line. (TV: *Operation Werewolf*)

### Habits and Quirks

The Doctor would often describe things that interested him as being "*magnificent*", oftentimes as an exclamation. (TV: *The Eyes of Madmen*, *Subjects of War*, *The English Way of Death*, *Silence in the Library*, *Visions of Tomorrow*)

The Doctor would often emit a loud "*Aha!*", typically after discovering something, (TV: *The Eyes of Madmen*, *Vampire Science*, *Placebo Effect*) or catching someone performing a suspicious action. (TV: *Return of the Living Dad*, *Subjects of War*, *The Council's Reverence*)

The Doctor would often interrupt himself with a "*well...*" when explaining something, and then go back to explaining it. (TV: *Blink*, *Evolution*, *Matrix*, *Silence in the Library*)

He would sing or hum to himself when travelling to a location, or to simply relax himself. (TV: *Vampire Science*, *Evolution*)

In the final years of his life, he would stare longingly with a look of despair when depressed, (TV: *Silence in the Library*, *Children of the Revolution*) or in deep thought. (TV: *Visions of Tomorrow*)

It was extremely rare for the Ninth Doctor to go a whole adventure without once putting his hands in his pockets. (TV: *The Eyes of Madmen*, *Blink, Visions of Tomorrow*)

### Skills

The Doctor possessed some level of medical and chemical know-how, being able to accurately test to identify a disease in a post-regenerative state, create a replica of the flu vaccine and perform accurate clinical tests for a drug in a matter of minutes. (TV: *The Eyes of Madmen*) Later, he created an antidote for a Gallifreyan poison from notes and a sample. (TV: *The Council's Reverence*) He could check a pulse with his knee. (TV: *The English Way of Death*) The Doctor also had good knowledge of genetics, being able to quickly work out that 001's DNA had been tampered with. (TV: *Evolution*)

The Ninth Doctor was a keen gadgeteer, often creating them out of parts in the area around him. (TV: *Blink*, *Visions of Tomorrow*)

The Doctor could read with incredible speed and detect the level of immuno-agents in blood by its smell. (TV: *The English Way of Death*) He was also able to reverse the hypnotism of the Master, (TV: *The Dark Path*) and was a notable telepathic, being able to use post-hypnotic suggestion to calm Carolyn McConnell into sleeping. (TV: *Vampire Science*)

He was skilled at transmigration, (TV: *Vampire Science*) and possessed effective negotiating and persuading abilities. (TV: *Evolution*, *Silence in the Library*) He substituted his seventh and eighth incarnations' planning and foreword thinking with his great improvisation skills. (TV: *The Dark Path*, *Vampire Science, Evolution*) The Ninth Doctor was an exceptionally skilled detective, being able to catch murderers after a thorough investigation and whilst people were dying around him, (TV: *The Council's Reverence*) and deducing when people had been possessed or replaced. (TV: *Silence in the Library*)

The Ninth Doctor seemed especially efficient with his regeneration energy, being able to channel it into others, (TV: *The Council's Reverence*) and, at the cost of his life, use it to close an interdimensional wormhole. (TV: *Visions of Tomorrow*)

The Doctor could speak plain Anglo-Saxon, (TV: *Damaged Goods*) could sing in Italian, and sing the Venusian lullaby. He could also sing opera, (TV: *Vampire Science*) and perfectly mimic a lion's roar. (TV: *Iceberg*)

The Doctor could see in the dark better than humans. (TV: *Vampire Science*)

He could hold his own weight and manoeuvre across a beam with just his hands gripping to it, but could be knocked down from a direct blow to the head. (TV: *Silence in the Library*) The Doctor's resistance to pain was also profound, quickly recovering from being knocked unconscious and being able to carry on with the matter at hand with no sign of concussion. (TV: *The Eyes of Madmen*, *Silence in the Library*)

When told by Mayne Wilson to try opening the TARDIS door with a snap of his fingers, something that many advanced vessels had the capacity to do, he found that he did possess such abilities, after initially believing it to be nonsense. (TV: *Silence in the Library*)

## Appearance

The Ninth Doctor was an extremely tall man in his late thirties. He had a round face beaming with knowledge and a kindly smile. (PROSE: *The Eyes of Madmen*) He had short, black hair, and eyes thought to be of blue and grey, (PROSE: *Toy Soldiers*) though when discussing it, Adrienne Kramer and Carolyn McConnell were unable to agree on what colour the Doctor's eye were. (TV: *Vampire Science*)

He had a small tattoo on his forearm, and a number of internal scars on his person, (TV: *Return of the Living Dad*) as a result of his stressful regeneration. (PROSE: *Subjects of War*) The Doctor occasionally felt pain emanating from these wound. (TV: *Return of the Living Dad*)

Carolyn McConnell described the Ninth Doctor as "tall, dark, [and] handsome". (TV: *Vampire Science*) However, Lena Haigh dismissed the notion that he was "pretty". (TV: *Silence in the Library*)

### Clothing

#### Main attires

The Ninth Doctor's outfit, which he chose from the TARDIS wardrobe, consisted of a checked sportjacket forged from Stromay tweed, a dark brown waistcoat with a gold fob watch, a burgundy striped dress shirt and green bow tie with matching braces, rolled up navy-blue trousers and dark, laced up brogues. (TV: *The Eyes of Madmen*) He wore one navy blue sock and one *Rocky and Bullwinkle* sock. (TV: *Return of the Living Dad*)

The Doctor did have a few replacement jackets, made for him by a tailor on Savile Row in 1892. (TV: *Genocide*)

#### Other clothes

At Little Caldwell, the Doctor wore a burgundy waistcoat and a tweed jacket. (TV: *Return of the Living Dad*)

## Behind the Scenes

### Casting

When casting the Ninth Doctor, Verity Lambert wanted someone who could perform both serious acting and comedic work, due to the more level amount of the two in the series by that point. Actors considered for the role included Fry's long-time comedy partner Hugh Laurie, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Ken Stott, Robbie Coltrane and Rowan Atkinson. Lyndhurst did express interest, though he did not audition for the role. Peter Capaldi has stated that he was approached, but turned down the offer, citing belief that he could not do the role justice. Interestingly, Capaldi would play the Tenth Doctor following Fry's departure from the series.

Before Fry got the role in a successful audition, Christopher Bowen, Jack Docherty, Kevin Whately, Tim McInnerny and Robert Lindsay all auditioned for the role.

## Appearances

### Season 33

* *The Eyes of Madmen*
* *Toy Soldiers*
* *Return of the Living Dad*
* *Subjects of War*
* *The English Way of Death*
* *Damaged Goods*

### Season 34

* *The Dark Path*
* *Vampire Science*
* *Blink*
* *Genocide*
* *Evolution*
* *Matrix*

### Season 35

* *Phantasmagoria*
* *Placebo Effect*
* *Iceberg*
* *Silence in the Library*
* *The Council's Reverence*
* *Children of the Revolution*
* *Operation Werewolf*
* *Visions of Tomorrow*