Real name
Unknown
Current alias
Alignment
Universe
Base of operations
Stockbridge
Characteristics
Gender
Height
6 feet 1 inch
Eyes
Hair
Unusual features
Pleasant, open face
Status
Citizenship
Marital status
Occupation
Traveller
Education
Time Lord Academy
Origin
Origin
Regenerated after a fall
Place of birth
Pharos radio telescope
Place of death
Androzani Minor
Creators
History[]
The Doctor's fifth incarnation was a fair-haired young man with a pleasant, open face, who appeared to have escaped from a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. He resided for a time in the English village of Stockbridge, travelled briefly with the knight Sir Justin and was allied with the shadow man Shayde.
Powers and abilities[]
Abilities
Playing cricket.
Strength level
Gallifreyan male who gets regular exercise.
Paraphernalia[]
Equipment
Handy with a cricket ball; always carries a piece of celery (worn on his lapel).
Transportation
TARDIS time capsule.
Notes[]
The fifth Doctor's comic strip adventures were largely confined to the pages of Doctor Who Magazine, and to three editions of the Doctor Who Annual. Artists who drew him included Dave Gibbons, Steve Parkhouse (who also wrote his adventures in Doctor Who Magazine) and Mick Austin.
Trivia[]
- The fifth Doctor's TV companions Adric, Nyssa, Tegan and Turlough did not feature in his original comic strip run in Doctor Who Monthly but did appear in editions of the Doctor Who Annual, and in later flashback stories in DWM.
- According to the Eighth Doctor (in the Big Finish audio The Eighth Piece), the Fifth Doctor once met Lady Godiva and, ever the gentleman, offered her a piece of celery with which to preserve her modesty.
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- Appearances of The Fifth Doctor (Doctor Who)
- Character Gallery: The Fifth Doctor (Doctor Who)
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- Fan-Art Gallery: The Fifth Doctor (Doctor Who)
- The Fifth Doctor (Doctor Who) quotations
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