Third Doctor

Third Doctor
Species	Time Lord
Planet of Origin	Gallifrey
Companions	Liz Shaw Jo Grant Sarah Jane Smith Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart Sergeant John Benton Captain Mike Yates
Cause of Regeneration	Radiation (Planet of the Spiders)
Place of Regeneration	UNIT HQ, England
Tenure
First Regular Story	Spearhead from Space
Last Regular Story	Planet of the Spiders (original) The Dark Dimension (remake)
Main Actor	Jon Pertwee

Exiled by the Time Lords to Earth, for a significant period of his life, the Third Doctor was a distinguished man of high class and gadgetry, offen tinkering away and privy with machines. He also liked to share his wisdom with those who had open minds, but his patience would quickly dissolve if something annoyed him. Those who got on his good side, soon found him to be a friendly fellow, while those who were against him soon found that this gentleman could get physical and held his own in a fight.

The technological limitations of the time period, and the constraints of his exile, offen made him feel frustrated and bitter. However he retained his endearing compassion towards his human companions, and he finally gained some mastery over the TARDIS as he dissected its inner-workings while it remained inoperable.

This incarnation of the Doctor worked for UNIT as their chief scientific adviser, and remained in their service even after his exile was ended. Unlike his other incarnations, he was quite willing to engage others physically, and cut a more dashing figure.

His foremost enemy was a fellow Time Lord, the Master. Although appalled by the disregard for life in the Master's schemes, the Doctor treated their relationship as somewhat of a friendly rivalry, even enjoying their battle of wits. The Master reflected an equally casual attitude back at him. The Doctor still held out hope that he could rehabilitate the Master, whom he had once considered a friend. Though the Master sometimes teamed up with the Doctor to deal with foes that threatened him, he always bent to dark and malicious desires which kept their neutral antagonism alive.

In the field, the Doctor was aided by Sergeant John Benton, Captain Mike Yates and Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. The Doctor offen took exception to the Brigadier's military approach, just as the Brigadier was offen irritated by the Doctor's air of superiority and seeming disregard for authority. Despite this, the two men eventually developed an easy mutual trust and strong friendship.

He was initially assisted in the laboratory by Dr Elisabeth Shaw. A capable scientist in her own right. She eventually left to peruse her own work, and the Doctor was given a new assistant, Jo Grant, she was bubblier and had less scientific training, but the Doctor found her a most useful companion both during and after his exile. They developed a great fondness for each other. Jo left UNIT to marry Clifford Jones.

Eventually thereafter, the Doctor was joined by the inquisitive Sarah Jane Smith. Her journalistic background proved both useful and hazardous in their travels together.

The Doctor eventually regenerated into a younger body after being exposed to large amounts of radiation during his efforts to stop the Eight Legs of Metebelis III. The price of correcting a mistake from the past.

 Biography

Post-Regeneration

After being forced to regenerate before being exiled to Earth, (TV: The War Games) the freshly regenerated Doctor collapsed outside on 20th Century Earth, near a UNIT patrol. He was taken to a hospital unconscious, where he suffered numerous moments of consciousnes, before falling unconscious again.

Escaping from the hospital by appropriating an ornate outfit and commandeering a sporty antique roadster, the Doctor made his way to UNIT HQ to meet Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. However, he was uneasy about the Brigadier since their last meeting and eager to reclaim his TARDIS key to escape the planet. However, the Doctor found that not only had his knowledge on how to operate the TARDIS had been blocked, but also that the dematerialisation codes had been changed.

Learning that a swarm of power units for a non-physical Alien Intelligence known as the Nestene Conscious had an affinity for plastic, and planned on replacing key government and public figures with animated facsimiles called Autons, the Doctor agreed to work for UNIT for the time being.

With the help of Dr Elisabeth Shaw, the Doctor created a device to stop the Autons. The Brigadier feared that the Nestenes would return, and asked for the Doctor's continued assistance. The Doctor agreed to join UNIT as their scientific Advisor, using the identity of Dr. John Smith, in exchange for facilities to repair the TARDIS. He also requested similar clothes to the ornate outfit he had appropriated during his escape from the hospital, and a car like the sporty antique roadster he had also commandeered during the escape. (TV: Spearhead From Space)

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List of Appearances

Doctor Who 

Season 7

• Spearhead from Space
• Doctor Who and the Silurians
• The Ambassadors of Death
• Inferno

Season 8

• Terror of the Autons
• The Mind of Evil
• The Claws of Axos
• Colony in Space
• The Daemons

Season 9

• Day of the Daleks
• The Curse of Peladon
• The Sea Devils
• The Mutants
• The Time Monster

Season 10

• The Three Doctors
• Carnival of Monsters
• Frontier in Space
• Planet of the Daleks
• The Green Death

Season 11

• The Time Warrior
• Invasion of the Dinosaurs
• Death to the Daleks
• The Monster of Peladon
• Planet of the Spiders

20th Anniversary Special

• The Five Doctors

Season 30

• The Dark Dimension

Season 32

• Legacy

Season 37

• Who Killed Kennedy?

Season 39

• The Name's Shakespeare, William Shakespeare (Archival Footage)