Third Doctor
The Third Doctor is a male television character who features in Doctor Who.
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Biography
The Third Doctor was one of the incarnations of the Time Lord known as the Doctor.
Following Liz's departure, the Doctor was given a new assistant named Jo Grant, who was as bubbly character but unscientifically trained. (Episode: Terror of the Autons) Despite these traits, he came to develop a great fondness for her. (Episode: Frontier in Space) No sooner had Jo arrived that the Doctor became entangled in an ongoing battle of wits against the [[[Master (Doctor Who)|Master]], who also became stranded on Earth when the Doctor stole the dematerialisation circuit from the Master's TARDIS in an attempt to fix his own. (Episode: Terror of the Autons) This was until he was forced to return it during the Stangmoor Incident. (Episode: The Mind of Evil) However, the Master attempted to ally with Axos forced him to ally with the Doctor, allowing him to trick his two foes into partially repairing his TARDIS, though with him stuck as a 'galactic yo-yo' that would always have to return to his exile. (Episode: The Claws of Axos)
The Master came to be finally arrested by UNIT following his failure to ally with the Dæmon Azal at Devil's End. (Episode: The Dæmons) The Doctor then found himself pushing the limits of exile as he travelled to an alternate future ruled by Daleks. (Episode: Day of the Daleks) He would later visit the planet Peladon for the first time when the world was being assessed for an application to join the Galactic Federation with the Ice Warriors being the delegates from Mars. (Episode: The Curse of Peladon) Afterwards, the Third Doctor came to be recruited by the Time Lords for a mission on 30th century Solos. (Episode: The Mutants) Later on, Master escaped his imprisonment with aid from the Sea Devils. (Episode: The Sea Devils) The Doctor and Jo ended up chasing him to Ancient Atlantis, where they stopped him harnessing the power of Kronos the Chronovore, though the Doctor allowed him to escape. (Episode: The Time Monster)
The Doctor's exile finally came to an end when the Time Lords united him with his first and second incarnations in the First Omega Crisis, with the Doctors' defeat of Omega in the anti-matter universe being rewarded with the Time Lords restoring the TARDIS to full working order. (Episode: The Three Doctors)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
The Third Doctor was a member of the race of beings that made up the Time Lords with he himself being labelled as the third Regeneration of the Doctor. (Episode: Spearhead from Space)
It was shown that he was able to hypnotise people by using a spinning mirror and singing a Venusian lullaby. (Episode: The Curse of Peladon)
Notes
- The Third Doctor was portrayed by actor Jon Pertwee where he appeared in the episode "Spearhead from Space" (1970).
In other media
Other
Appearances
- Doctor Who: "Spearhead from Space" (1970)
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