The Doctors Who's Who (41 page)

All of the Doctor’s tetchiness seemed to be tempered by his mid-lives crisis, his fifth incarnation. A mediator and methodical thinker, the fifth Doctor was the model of fair play, which was characterised in his Edwardian cricket jacket and love of the thoroughly-English game. Wearing a stick of celery had its scientific use, but certainly showed that a love of the wilder clothing of his youth was still there deep within. Unfortunately, the mid-lives crisis exploded with the sixth Doctor, outrage and argument akin to the first Doctor and multicoloured – pied – jacket emanating the fourth Doctor’s scarf, screamed out for the universe to hear him and only him. But when his companion’s body was taken over and her soul destroyed, he calmed down slightly, falling into retrospection and displaying a little inner darkness akin to his latter incarnations (ninth, tenth and eleventh).

The Doctor shared some of his mysterious past in his seventh incarnation. The check trousers were back and short coat, as if trying to reassure himself that he was always doing things for the greater good. Perhaps this uncertainty was echoed in his question-mark umbrella, but it certainly wasn’t
present in his brief eighth incarnation – a dashing, still quite Edwardian-costumed young gentleman. Suddenly with the maturity of an alien life-cycle, the Doctor courted sex-appeal. His ninth incarnation enhanced this with more trendy clothes and rough-and-ready looks. He was now totally assured and experienced at his work of saving the universe and ran round an awful lot more, but not as much as his super-sexy (so the females say!) tenth incarnation, who was full of a lust for life. That said, when he became extremely mad, he was an angry old man indeed (see his last story); but the egotistical scientist with Edwardian coat, bow tie and – of course – braces (another favourite recurring piece of clothing), returned to bring the Doctor almost back full circle because, yes, there is a glint of suspicion in his eyes, and yes, he doesn’t always trust the people around him.

The Doctor has a common thread through his first 11 incarnations, in clothing and personality. We know he is the Pied Piper, the Doctor who tries to make people better and, despite all of this, all those adventures, there is still that question-mark umbrella; that question that is the oldest question of all: Doctor Who? We still don’t know too much about his youth and where he came from. Some races consider him a God – his companions disciples – some consider him the ‘evil one’, and some people, especially Queen Victoria, despise him. In that way, thank God Charles Dickens, the man of the people, saw his merits in Victorian London, and even with a potential answer for Doctor Who? The legacy is still strong and the questions persist, such as Doctor Why?

When the Time Lords tried to save themselves against the tenth Doctor there was an enigmatic lady looking on. Nothing was said but was this the Doctor’s mother? A sister? Even his child? The camera lingered but as usual the story writers didn’t
take a chance. The Doctor is a loner, an isolationist, not unlike the super-cool Thin White Duke of David Bowie’s furtive imagination. ‘For he is the outsider, and the outsider he will still,’ says the philosopher, but must he always be so? Sydney Newman wanted him to be distant; but there was a granddaughter.

The new millennium Doctor is more involved in relationships, especially the companions’ families, which have never been explored before. (Could you imagine the Doctor explaining himself to Jo Grant’s father?) Maybe he came close in his second incarnation – he did know Victoria’s father.

It is important to acknowledge that the Doctor hasn’t changed much from Newman’s original theme, but at the same time to expect great changes for the Doctor in the future. The programme has made radical changes through its first 50 years, but sometimes these have been subtle, not unlike the changes a baby makes when growing.
Doctor Who
will continue to move with the times, adapting to new fashions and trends but always embodying a Doctor who wants to do good and leading actors who take on the part for four or five years and find themselves part of a life-changing experience: becoming immortal in the ever-changing public eye.

‘All the world’s a stage,

And all the men and women merely players:

They have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts…’

As You Like It
William Shakespeare (and
Moon Boots and Dinner Suits
, Jon Pertwee)

FURTHER READING AND SOURCES

THE FOLLOWING TITLES
are essentially the core of any
Doctor Who
book collection. They are suggested further reading for anyone interested in the genesis of the show, some of which were also used in the research for this book.

Doctor Who and the Daleks
, David Whitaker (Frederick Muller, 1964).

Doctor Who and the Daleks
, David Whitaker (Armada Paperbacks, 1965).

Doctor Who and the Zarbi
, Bill Strutton (Frederick Muller, 1965).

Doctor Who and the Crusaders
, David Whitaker (Frederick Muller, 1965).

The Dalek Pocket Book and Space Travellers Guide
, Terry Nation (Panther Books, 1965).

Doctor Who and the Crusaders
, David Whitaker (Green Dragon paperback, 1967).

The Making of Doctor Who
(Pan Books limited-edition
hardback 1972 – the rarest Doctor Who book ever published). Laminated boards, limited release to libraries only.

The Making of Doctor Who
, Malcolm Hulke and Terrance

Dicks (Piccolo Books, 1972).

Doctor Who 10th Anniversary Radio Times Special
(1973).

Doctor Who Holiday Special
1973.

Doctor Who Holiday Special
1974.

The Doctor Who Monster Book
(originally issued with poster), Terrance Dicks (Target Books, 1975).

The Making of Doctor Who
, Malcolm Hulke and Terrance

Dicks (Target Books, 1976).

Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus
(St Michael, 1976).

The Second Doctor Who Monster Book
(Target Books, 1977).

Doctor Who Winter Special
1977.

Terry Nation’s Dalek Special
(Target, 1979).

A Day With a Television Producer
(Day in the Life)
, Graham Rickard (Hodder Wayland, 1980).

Doctor Who
–
Making of a Television Series
, Alan Road (André Deutsch, 1982).

Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Radio Times Special
(originally issued with poster) (1983).

Doctor Who – A Celebration, Two Decades Through Time and Space,
Peter Haining (WH Allen, 1983) (also available as a limited-edition leather-bound edition).

Doctor Who – The Key to Time, A Year-By-Year Record, 21st Anniversary Special
, Peter Haining (WH Allen, 1984) (also available as a limited-edition leather-bound edition).

Moon Boots and Dinner Suits,
Jon Pertwee (Elm Tree Books, 1984).

The TARDIS Inside Out
, John Nathan-Turner (Piccadilly Press, 1985).

The Companions of Doctor Who
,
K9 and Company
, Terence Dudley (Target, 1987).

The Gallifrey Chronicles
, John Peel (Virgin Publishing, 1991).

The Nine Lives of Doctor Who
, Peter Haining (Headline, 1991).

Doctor Who – The Sixties
, David J. Howe, Mark Stammers and Stephen James Walker (Virgin, 1992).

Doctor Who – The Seventies
, David J. Howe, Mark Stammers and Stephen James Walker (Virgin, 1994).

Classic Doctor Who – The Hinchcliffe Years
,
Seasons
12–14
, Adrian Riglesford (Boxtree, 1995).

Doctor Who – The Eighties
, David J. Howe, Mark Stammers and Stephen James Walker (Virgin, 1996).

Who’s There? The Life and Career of William Hartnell
, Jessica Carney (Hartnell’s granddaughter) (Virgin, 1996).

I Am the Doctor – Jon Pertwee’s Final Memoir
, Jon Pertwee & David Howe (Virgin, 1996).

Who on Earth is Tom Baker? An Autobiography
, Tom Baker (HarperCollins, 1997).

Jon Pertwee: The Biography
, Bernard Bale (André Deutsch, 2000).

Doctor Who: The Scripts, Tom Baker 1974/5
(BBC, 2001).

Patrick Troughton – The Biography of the Second Doctor
, Michael Troughton (Fantom Films Limited, 2013).

DOCTOR WHO ANNUALS:

1965 (Hartnell),
Invasion From Space
(Hartnell – Special Edition, 1966), 1966 (Hartnell), 1967 (Troughton), 1968 (Troughton), 1969 (Troughton), 1970 (Pertwee), 1971 – no annual, 1972 –
Countdown Annual
(featuring
Doctor Who
strips and Behind the Camera feature regarding the filming of
‘The Daemons’), 1973 (Pertwee), 1974 (Pertwee), 1975 (Pertwee), 1976 (T. Baker),
The Amazing World of Doctor Who
(Special with wall chart to go with series of Typhoo Tea cards), 1977 (T. Baker), 1978 (T. Baker), 1979 (T. Baker), 1980 (T. Baker), 1981 (T. Baker), 1982 (T. Baker/Davison), 1983 (Davison), 1984 (Davison), 1985 (C. Baker). 1986–1989
Doctor Who Holiday Annual
series of four, 2007 (Eccleston), 2008 (Tennant), 2009 (Tennant), 2010 (Tennant), 2011 (Smith), 2012 (Smith), 2013 (Smith), 2014 (Smith).

K9 Annual
1983 (World International, 1982).

The Dalek Book
1964
(Souvenir Press),
The Dalek World
1965 (Souvenir Press),
The Dalek Outer Space Book
1966 (Souvenir Press).

Terry Nation’s Dalek Annual 1976
(World Distributors),
Terry Nation’s Dalek Annual 1977
(World Distributors), T
erry Nation’s Dalek Annual 1978
(World Distributors),
Terry Nation’s Dalek Annual 1979
(World Distributors).

SOURCES:

Doctor Who and the Daleks
, David Whitaker (Frederick Muller, 1964).

Doctor Who and the Crusaders
, David Whitaker (Frederick Muller, 1965).

Doctor Who and the Crusaders
, David Whitaker (Green Dragon paperback, 1967).

The Making of Doctor Who
(Pan Books limited-edition hardback 1972 – the rarest Doctor Who book ever published).

Laminated boards, limited release to libraries only.

Doctor Who 10th Anniversary Radio Times Special
(1973).

The Making of Doctor Who
, Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks (Target Books, 1976).

Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Radio Times Special
(originally issued with poster) (1983).

Doctor Who – A Celebration, Two Decades Through Time and Space
, Peter Haining (WH Allen, 1983) (also available as a limited-edition leather-bound edition).

Who’s There?
The Life and Career of William Hartnell
, Jessica Carney (Hartnell’s granddaughter) (Virgin, 1996).

I Am the Doctor – Jon Pertwee’s Final Memoir
, Jon Pertwee & David Howe (Virgin, 1996).

Who on Earth is Tom Baker
? An Autobiography, Tom Baker (HarperCollins, 1997).

Jon Pertwee: The Biography
, Bernard Bale (André Deutsch, 2000).

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

CRAIG CABELL WAS
a freelance reporter and columnist for 20 years, writing most notably for
The Independent
.

He has travelled the world from the Middle East to North and South America for Government services. His previous books include military history and biography, exposing nuances previously unexplored, including the covert work of crack commandos during the Second World War (
The History of 30 Assault Unit
) and covert operations by specially formed spitfire squadrons (
Operation Big Ben – The Anti-V2 Spitfire Missions, 1944–45
, with Graham A. Thomas). His previous books for John Blake include
Ian Rankin and Inspector Rebus, Terry Pratchett – The Spirit of Fantasy
and
Killing Kennedy
. He lives in London.

ALSO BY CRAIG CABELL

Non-Fiction

Frederick Forsyth – A Matter of Protocol, the Authorised Biography

The Kray Brothers – The Image Shattered

James Herbert – Devil in the Dark, the Authorised True Story

Operation Big Ben – The Anti-V2 Spitfire Missions 1944–45

(with Graham A. Thomas)

VE Day – A Day to Remember
(with Allan Richards)

Snipers
(with Richard Brown)

Dennis Wheatley – Churchill’s Storyteller

Getting Away With Murder
(with Lenny Hamilton)

Witchfinder General – The Biography of Matthew Hopkins

Ian Fleming’s Secret War – Author of James Bond

Ian Fleming’s Red Indians – The History of 30 Assault Unit

Ian Rankin and Inspector Rebus

The Doctors Who’s Who

Captain Kidd – The Hunt for the Truth

(with Graham A. Thomas & Allan Richards)

Terry Pratchett – The Spirit of Fantasy

The Hunt for Blackbeard

(with Graham A. Thomas & Allan Richards)

James Herbert – 1943–2013

Killing Kennedy

Iain Banks – Student Without Portfolio