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The Doctor boards an iconic double-decker London bus tracking a hole in space only to find himself and the passengers sucked through said hole. Aside from the identity crisis, the other mystery resolves around the doings of the red-dressed villainous Miss Hartigan in league with the Cybermen. Confounding the mystery of the second Doctor's identity is the presence of the Cybermen. His sonic screwdriver is a plain old screwdriver and he has a hot air balloon he calls his TARDIS. This new Doctor has a big gap in his memory and a companion of his own, Rosita. The Doctor encounters another man claiming to be The Doctor in Christmastime 1851 London. Everything else is window dressing, fanciful and spectacular though it may be. Always on his person is his handy dandy sonic screwdriver which can do anything from opening locked doors to wrecking havoc on computer and spacecraft systems. He has a special place in his hearts (yes, more than one, he is an alien after all) for Earth and its inhabitants and often not only takes one of us as his companion on his journeys, but also often fights for Earth's continued survival. With use of the TARDIS, an old-school blue British police box, he travels through space and time.

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Please note this as the switchover from current to new Doctor is the crux of this series of specials. When gravely injured, The Doctor metamorphoses into a wholly new being both physically and personality-wise (though oddly enough, not a female). The Doctor is a Time Lord (David Tennant ), a being almost a millennia old, but don't worry, he doesn't look it. With apologies to die-hard fans for this Reader's Digest summary. More after the jump.įor those unfamiliar with Doctor Who, there is a vast history, but you can be brought up to speed with just the essential bits. I didn't fully return to the series until its recent revival at the BBC. As a young child growing up in Western New York, I stumbled across the show on PBS and the brief glimpse I saw gave me horrible, HORRIBLE nightmares.

It seems like every writer I idolize has the same history with Doctor Who as I do.