Twelfth Doctor

Biography

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Personality

The Twelfth Doctor lost many human mannerisms of his previous incarnations. Talking with humans, he was very hard-hitting and openly complained about their behaviour. Actually, he often criticised humanity as a whole (TV: Jubilee) and was showing much more indulgence to the alien species (TV: The Whitechapel Murderer, Delayed Indefinitely). However, in crucial moments he was showing his care for humanity and every life being (TV: The Empty Child, The Scream). It is notable that he was gentle for the people he encountered only briefly, which left very good impression of him in their minds (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp), and that he respected elder people, as well as their life experience (TV: The Scream, MOVIE: Doctor Who: Vengeance).

Physical Appearance

The Twelfth Doctor appeared to be dark skinned man in his forties and was considered 'handsome' by the likes of Agatha Christie and Lizzie Clarke (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp, The Scream). According to Angela Jensen, he had a "warm smile" (TV: Burning Books).

He was also the first of The Doctor's incarnations to be bald, much to his own dismay after his regeneration (MOVIE: Doctor Who: Revelation).

Clothing

The Doctor gave his final speech as Lord President of Gallifrey in ceremonial Time Lord robes. Before he got into the TARDIS, he took off his robes and was left in a simple shirt and trousers (MOVIE: Doctor Who: Revelation).

When the Doctor appeared on Earth during the Silurian invasion, he wore black shoes, black trousers, a white button up shirt, a black necktie and a black waistcoat. Over all of that he wore a trench coat with black piping similar to one he wore in his fourth incarnation, but in red instead of grey (TV: The Silurian Awakening).

In his final adventure, he wore a red paisley patterned suit with a red paisley tie not too dissimilar to his eighth incarnation's attire with a pale red shirt (MOVIE: Doctor Who: Vengeance).

Other Information

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Behind the Scenes

Casting

Before landing on Paterson Joseph, Gary Russell considered casting Peter Capaldi, Andrew Lincoln, Kevin McKidd, Noel Clarke, and Alexander Siddig in the role of Twelfth Doctor. Alexander Siddig went on to play Fassile starting in The Empty Child. And Peter Capaldi went on to play Lord President Gregori in Doctor Who: Vengeance

Producer's Thought on Portrayal

Ultimate shape of this incarnation is a compromise between creative visions of various individuals involved in season 44 development. Producer Gary Russell was hell-bent to keep connections with The Doctor's past. In his head, the new incarnation's main goal was to recapture the essence of himself before he became Lord President. That pushed him to helping people and solving problem nearly obsessively, as he was desperate to become the Doctor once again. However, the presidential past was still haunting him wherever he went, and memories of crimes he commited as President, as well as leaving Sandra on Space Station Exotract 42, built a strong feeling of guilt inside him. The emotional instability caused him to be sarcastic and sometimes quorky. Most of staff writers supported the idea, however a few of them, including Gareth Roberts and Matt Jones, portrayed the Twelfth Doctor in his stories as very caring, emotional and gentle, which they justified with the idea of human-like Time Lords, found by Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner. This caused a feud with not just another writers, but also Paterson Joseph, who strongly believed that The Doctor should act strangely and alien-ish. Another picture of the Twelfth Doctor was developed by Paul Cornell. He also wanted the Doctor to act cynically and sometimes even grumpy, but at the same time still gentle. Paul believed that Doctor's estima for Earth, respect to any life and heroism with a bit of adventurer's enthusiasm survived his presidency and wanted them to show itself in critical moments. This concept managed to link the views for the Twelfth Doctor which seemed to be completely irreconcilable and created really three-dimensional character.

List of Appearances

Doctor Who

Season 44

Season 45

Christmas Special

The One Doctor

Season 46

Panopticon

Series 3

Movies