THE DOCTOR, A TIME LORD FROM GALLIFREY, HAS LIVED FOR OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS. BUT IF YOU'RE A NEWCOMER TO THE SHOW YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHO THE DOCTOR IS. THE TRUTH IS WE DON'T REALLY GET TO KNOW, BUT HERE IS WHAT WE'VE FOUND OUT THROUGHOUT 52 YEARS OF TIME TRAVEL . . .
gallifrey
THE DOCTOR WAS BORN AND GREW UP ON AN ANCIENT PLANET CALLED GALLIFREY. THE DOCTOR IS NOT A HUMAN LIKE US, HE IS IN FACT A TIME LORD.
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the very beginning . . .
AFTER RUNNING AWAY FROM GALLIFREY, THE DOCTOR HELD A SHARPLY GRUMPY FIGURE. HE TRAVELED WITH HIS GRANDDAUGHTER SUSAN AND WHEN HE ARRIVED IN LONDON 1963 THE TARDIS' CHAMELEON CIRCUIT HAD SEEMINGLY GOT STUCK - THE TARDIS NOW REMAINING AS A POLICE BOX.
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the time war
THE TIME WAR WAS THE GREATEST WAR IN HISTORY. ALTHOUGH IT SAW THE DESTRUCTION OF MANY PLANETS, THE MAIN TWO RACES THAT CONSTANTLY FOUGHT IN THIS WAR WERE THE DALEKS AND THE TIME LORDS.
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the sonic screwdrier
the sonic screwdriver has helped the doctor get through frightfully tricky situations. with the power to unlock sealed doors, OCCASIONALLY blow stuff up and detect alien sources, this device is certainly staying in the doctor's pocket.
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THE TARDIS
THE DOCTOR HAS BEEN TRAVELING THROUGH TIME AND SPACE FOR HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF YEARS - ALL BECAUSE HE DECIDED TO STEAL A FAULTY TYPE 40 TARDIS ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.
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REGENERATION
THERE'S A REASON WHY SO MANY ACTORS HAVE PLAYED THE DOCTOR - BEING A TIME LORD, HE HAS THE ABILITY TO REGENERATE INTO A COMPLETELY NEW MAN WHEN HE DIES. WE FIRST SAW THE DOCTOR REGENERATE IN 1966'S THE TENTH PLANET WHERE HE CLAIMED THAT HIS BODY WAS 'WEARING A BIT THIN'.
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