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!Ninth Doctor
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->'''First appearance:''' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose Rose]]" (2005)
->'''Regeneration story:''' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays The Parting of the Ways]]" (2005)
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChristopherEccleston (2005)
-->''"Time travel is like visiting Paris. You can't just read the guidebook, you've gotta throw yourself in! Eat the food, use the wrong verbs, get charged double and end up kissing complete strangers - or is that just me?"''
The brooding, but very sassy veteran. Riddled with SurvivorGuilt from his memories of the Time War, the Ninth Doctor was [[ByronicHero dark and moody at times]], and his eagerness to take on "tourists" was diminished. His short temper made it harder to relate to people, and he reacted like a scorched cat whenever they let him down, yet all of it masked great affection and empathy for others. Prone to mood swings, switching between a clown and {{Jerkass}} within the breadth of the same conversation. Most normally dressed Doctor, with close-cropped hair, a wristwatch, Timberlands, and beat-up leather jacket. A much more street-smart Doctor than previous versions, even outright stating that he doesn't "do domestic". Made a HeroicSacrifice the Fifth would be proud of, and was generally [[CatchPhrase fantastic]].
In terms of television, Nine has had the shortest tenure out of all the Doctors, with just 13 episodes broadcasted in a single season.
!! Tropes associated with the television series
* AdventureRebuff: Rose. Mickey and Adam in a shorter version.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Protecting Rose is an instinct even stronger than his hatred of Daleks, or wanting to protect the entire planet. Initially seems to be limited to girls when he leaves Jack behind (which Jack later quite vocally complains about), but it turns out that the TARDIS also fundamentally disagreed with Jack after he CameBackWrong.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Very encouraging about Jack's flirting with him, and actively flirts back. Didn't seem to mind being kissed by him, either.
-->'''Jack''' ''[referring to Rose being affectionate with Mickey]'' Aw, sweet. Look at these two... How come I never get any of that?\\
'''Ninth Doctor''': Buy me a drink first.\\
'''Jack''': Such hard work.\\
'''Ninth Doctor''': *smiling* But worth it!
* ArchEnemy: The Slitheen family, and all the surviving Daleks he comes across.
* TheAtoner: For the Time War.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Rose on the Series 1 box art.
* BadassArmfold: Played for hilarity when he stood under a reality television DeathRay and dared the producers to dust him.
* BadassBoast: "Do you know what they call me in the ancient legends of the Dalek homeworld? 'The Oncoming Storm'. You may have removed all your emotions, but I bet that deep down in your DNA there's one spark left, and that's fear. Doesn't it just ''burn'' when you face me?"
* BerserkButton: Suffering from PTSD and survivor's guilt, the Ninth Doctor goes into a fit of rage whenever confronted about The Time War.
** Daleks. His first encounter with one after the Time War is enough to briefly drive him AxeCrazy.
** Someone trying to claim they're JustFollowingOrders. A member of the Game Station staff does this in "Bad Wolf", and his response is TranquilFury.
--->'''The Doctor:''' ''And with that sentence you just lost the right to even talk to me. So BACK OFF!''
* BewareTheQuietOnes: As Neil Gaiman noted, this Doctor is the one to stand completely still and quiet when all others are running in a panic. He would much rather sit in the background, be unnoticed, and still ends up being the center of attention and plotting out how to deal with the crisis.
* BigDamnKiss: With Jack and with Rose. Both are tremendously sweet and emotional.
* BlackSheep: Amongst the incarnations of the Doctor, along with the War Doctor. While all other incarnations tend to dress strangely and have weird quirks, the Ninth Doctor is a PTSD-suffering veteran who dresses in a black leather jacket and is prone to violent outbursts. In many ways, he's one of the more "real" incarnations of the Doctor.
* BreakTheBadass: Discovering a Dalek survivor: he instantly goes from "forget about Van Statten, I'm here to help" to complete and utter panic. Even when he gets over his terror, he spends the episode as truly ''out of control'' as we ever see him.
* BrokenAce: Broken after The Last Great Time War, when the Doctor supposedly ''causes'' the death of his entire race and spends his entire Ninth incarnation trying to get over it. His guilt becomes even more apparent with the revelation his previous incarnation was the War Doctor.
* ByronicHero: Zigzagged depending on the episode.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Barring a quick pop to the Slitheen's homeworld to deposit an egg, all of his adventures take place on/within orbit of Earth, suggesting that he's in hiding. Jabe is the first alien to mark him as a Time Lord. (To his great relief, she expresses sympathy rather than blame for his role in the war.) Unfortunately, he's not the only survivor to drift over to Earth: Autons are making mischief in present-day London, having been displaced by the war; a lone Dalek crash-lands in Utah, and the Emperor is secretly puppeteering Earth's civilization in 200,000 AD; plus many, many more.
* TheCallPutMeOnHold: From his perspective to Rose. When Rose initially declines to travel with him, the Doctor ends up gallivanting off on solo adventures for a ''full century'' (The Doctor was 800 when his wartime persona regenerated, and Nine stated he was 900 years old after leaving Rose behind, logically, he would've been travelling on his own for 100 years) before finally figuring out he didn't tell Rose the TARDIS could travel through time, then returns for her. To Rose, he's only gone for a few seconds. [[note]] The Doctor lies about his age sometimes so it's ambigious how old he is at this point. [[/note]]
* TheCameo:
** He briefly appears in the climax of "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]", along with the other incarnations of the character.
** Also as one of the many incarnations running past at the end of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor The Name of the Doctor]]" though like the other images, he runs so fast and blurs while he runs, and is onscreen for barely more than a second, one would likely only recognize him by the jacket alone.
** He also made [[http://stevegoble.blogspot.com/2012/05/blue-peter-tx-04-04-2005.html an obscure]] [[https://youtu.be/JS8EtJNxL3M?t=40s cameo]] on ''Series/BluePeter'' (Season 46, episode 44, airdate April 4, 2005), where a boy had designed a sculpture of a Dalek out of a compost bin. Nine, fresh from the Time War, naturally vapourised it. With a special Blue Peter badge on his person.
* CatchPhrase: "Fantastic!"
* ChangedMyJumper: TropeNamer. While Rose has to change into a period dress, he goes out in his leather jacket.
* CharacterDevelopment: Thanks to Rose, he softens and becomes much less rude and angry toward the end of his life.
* CharacterTics: He tended to do a big, toothy grin often accompanied with cute little hand gestures, directly lifted from the Fourth Doctor; the key difference being that Four looked [[WhenSheSmiles genuinely happy and adorable when he did it]], even if he was being alien and terrifying, and the Ninth manages to [[TechnicallyASmile just look alien and terrifying]]. His genuine smiles are simultaneously both more toned down, and bigger and goofier. He seems to attempt to make his eyes bulge out Four-style too, but the actor just can't do it, instead compensating by raising his eyebrows up really, really high. When being serious, he tends to punctuate his speech with sharp little head-nods to draw emphasis to certain words.
* ChewingTheScenery: His rant about the end of the Time War to the Dalek in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]], the episode that sees him ''literally'' foaming at the mouth:
-->'''Ninth Doctor:''' ''I watched it happen.'' '''I MADE IT HAPPEN!'''
* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to Eight's depiction, given his guilt and ruthlessness. And with respect to the War Doctor, a lot more prone to resentment and anger.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The Doctor's various incarnations are known for funny hairdos, colourful outfits and quirky personalities. By contrast, the Ninth has a very short military-style crew cut, and a black leather jacket. He's still a good guy.
* DeadpanSnarker: "I'm the Doctor. If there's one thing I'm going to do it's ''talk''."
* DeathSeeker: The Ninth initially comes across as having a major death wish, often running ''towards'' the sounds of danger with manic delight, (although dying in a Cardiff dungeon would be [[EveryoneHasStandards going too far]]). Rose helps him overcome this and most of his SurvivorGuilt by the end of his incarnation.
** His recording to Rose for Emergency Program One shows he thinks it's okay if he dies and hopes it's a good death. Although this might be referring to the Doctor's welcome proclivity toward HeroicSacrifice and not that he just wants to die.
* DeathGlare: He could make you feel very sorry indeed, doesn't matter if you're a villain or a misbehaving Companion.
* DeclarationOfProtection: Best summed in one single sentence.
--> '''Doctor''': Rose... I'm coming to get you!
* DestructiveSaviour: See StuffBlowingUp for why the Ninth Doctor favors explosions to deal with big problems.
* DistressedDude: For being in only 13 episodes, he got captured and cornered quite often. Plus, he was shackled and shirtless in a scene in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]].
* DoesntLikeGuns: But has an in-depth knowledge about them and will (try to) use the most powerful {{BFG}} he can find if [[UnstoppableRage Daleks are involved or someone harmed Rose]]. And he won't forbid others to use them, if the enemy really is a threat.
* DramaticIrony: The regret and guilt over destroying his own home planet of Gallifrey defined him to his core, while in fact he did no such thing.
* TheDreaded: To the point where in his presence, with their guns trained directly at him, even ''Daleks'' squeak backwards a bit to keep their distance.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: One word. "RUN!" While taking Rose's hand- the action is as important as the word.
* EverybodyLives: TropeNamer. It's a rare occasion where he can save the day without anyone dying. "Just this once Rose, EVERYBODY LIVES!"
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [=‘=]''That’s okay, I hope it’s a good death''[=’=] his hologram says about facing an enemy that cannot be defeated. Back in reality, he closes his eyes, ready for the Daleks to "ex-ter-minate" him.
* FamousLastWords: "You were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And you know what? So was I."
* FriendToAllChildren: Seemed perfectly at home with the orphans in "The Empty Child", chatting and joking over dinner.
** Subverted in one scene during "Aliens of London" where he fights with a kid over the remote for Jackie's TV.
* {{Foil}}: Nine serves as a foil to Eight, being more aloof and merciless.
* AGodIAmNot: "Don't worship me, I'd make a very bad God. Wouldn't get a day off, for starters."
* GoKartingWithBowser: Margaret Blaine might be a war-profiteering genocidal maniac, and Nine may be her jailer. But still, they're both alien tourists and all they've got is each other's company; may as well go sightseeing! ("Boom Town")
* GoOutWithASmile: Notably enough, the Ninth was the first Doctor to express outright satisfaction with his life before regenerating.
* GoodIsNotNice
* GuileHero: Definitely qualifies as this.
--> '''Doctor''': No. Cause this is what I'm going to do. I'm going to rescue her. I'm going to save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek fleet. And then I'm going to save the Earth. And then I'm going to wipe every last ''stinking'' Dalek out of the sky!\\
'''Daleks''': But you have no weapons! No defenses! No Plan!\\
'''Doctor''': Yeah... and doesn't that ''[[TheDreaded scare you to death!]]''.
* HellBentForLeather: Wore a leather jacket, inspired by marine gear.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: A supposed ''double genocide'' under his belt.
* HiddenDepths: In the first few episodes, he is very aloof and stand offish with Rose, then he slowly reveals what supposedly happened in the Time War to her and why he's sometimes a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* HistoryRepeats: Not long after snuffing out his homeworld, the Doctor miserably found himself with his finger on the trigger again. His showdown with the Daleks above Earth is a mini-reenactment of the last day of the Time War. This time, however, he can't bring himself to destroy Earth, even if it means the Daleks prevail.
* HumansAreMorons: In the episode "Rose" and a few instances whenever he's angry at them, or simply agitated as Rose noted, he'd call humans "stupid apes".
* HypocriticalHumor: The Doctor turns out to be a FanHater when it comes to reality TV.
-->'''The Doctor:''' The human race. Brainless sheep, being fed on a diet of — mind you, have they still got that program where [[SoBadItsGood three people have to live with a bear?]]
* IconicItem: His leather jacket.
** As lampshaded by Jack, the Ninth Doctor's iconic jacket is actually that of a Kriegsmarine Captain from the Second World War, but we never get to hear the story behind how he (or his previous incarnation) got their hands on it.
* ItsAllMyFault: There's hardly an episode where he doesn't end up apologizing to someone for getting them killed, failing to save somebody else, or just [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking snapping at someone he likes.]] It gets especially {{egregious}} in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E3TheUnquietDead "The Unquiet Dead"]]. He'll even apologize first if the other party in a quarrel is the one who first messed up. Though he expects the same kind of owning up to your mistakes from everyone else, and heaven help you if you don't.
-->'''Ninth Doctor''': "You can be born in the 20th century and die in the 19th, and it's all my fault. I brought you here."
** Moreover he has this attitude to the end of the Time War.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Not at beloved yet, but he does tell Rose to live a "good life" when sending her back to her own time.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nice as he is, he got really picky with who he let into the TARDIS.
** As the people he didn't like initially or let in only reluctantly were all guys Rose had become interested in, this could also be seen as a mild case of [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]]. Note that he was perfectly okay with Jack as soon as the man started flirting with them both, instead of threatening to seduce Rose into leaving.
** He also has a tendency to shift between varying levels of NiceGuy and JerkAss depending on his level of respect for the party in question. For instance, he is generally a nice guy to Rose (except for the time she cocked up history in "Father's Day") and most people he meets by default, but if the party in question is antagonistic or smug from the get go, his JerkAss side comes out, hence why he has zero patience for Jackie Tyler. Finally, in a variation, if he's dealing with someone who thinks they are smarter than than they really are (or someone he's trying to piss off on purpose), he shifts into being a really pleasant sounding smartass.
* KnightInSourArmor: Starts out as this, until the universe decides to [[EverybodyLives show mercy for once]].
-->'''Ninth Doctor''': Look, if I forgot some kid called Mickey, it's because I'm busy trying to save the life of every ''stupid ape'' blundering about on top of this planet, all right?!
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRrOI7By5fc "The Doctor's Theme"]] mostly serves as Nine's leitmotif, but has also been used for Ten and occasionally Eleven.
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: He puts on a show of how great it is to travel all over the place and have adventures and save people forever, but he's not a happy guy.
* LoveTriangle: With Jack and Rose. Jack and Rose are both in love with the Doctor, and also fancy each other. The Doctor cares about Rose in his own way, but the show leaves it ambiguous whether it's deep friendship or romantic love, and the Doctor CannotSpitItOut either way. All three pairings get sweet and emotional kissing scenes.
** In "Bad Wolf"/"The Parting of the Ways", within minutes of being separated from Rose, the Doctor invites a sweet young lady by the name of Lynda to travel with him in the TARDIS. Again, the show leaves the Doctor's feelings in the matter ambiguous, but when Rose finds out she doesn't look at all pleased at the prospect of a potential rival.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: As a result of the Time War and his own actions, he's ''very'' reluctant to accept potential companions and is extremely unforgiving of both companion mistakes and the actions of his enemies.
* MoodSwinger
* MoralityChain:
** Needs one when faced with Daleks [[HeWhoFightsMonsters (at least the first time)]] because he would make a good one himself.
** Rose is this to him. He [[DeathSeeker doesn't seem to care all that much about his own survival]], but he'll stop at nothing to keep her safe and bring her back home if she's in danger.
* NoIndoorVoice: Even when he's being quiet, he's still a bit shouty.
* NoodleIncident: He apparently had an offscreen adventure on the Titanic, witnessed the Kennedy Assassination and the eruption of Krakatoa, while later implying to Jack that this incarnation also destroyed the weapons factories of Villengard. It's unclear where these events fall in his timeline; whether they took place ''before'' he met Rose, ''during'' his time with her, or even potentially at the end of "Rose", in the brief seconds ([[NarniaTime for Rose at least]]) ''between'' the TARDIS leaving and coming back moments later. This is confirmed in the Expanded Universe, see Offscreen Moment of Awesome. There's also the matter of his penultimate adventure, where he, Rose, and Jack visited Feudal Era Kyoto and ended up chased back to the TARDIS, after which the Game Station intercepts them mid-flight and kickstarts the events of "Bad Wolf"[=/=]"The Parting of The Ways".
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: When Jackie Tyler tries to seduce him in "Rose," he curtly refuses her advances.
* NotSoDifferent:
** To the ''Daleks''.
---> '''Dalek''': You would make a good [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Dalek]].
** As well as when the Dalek pushes his BerserkButton too far, causing the Doctor to ''electrocute him''.
---> '''Dalek''': We are the same!\\
'''Doctor''': We're not the same! I'm not- No. Wait. Maybe we are! Yeah ok, you've got a point! Cause I know what should happen. I know what you ''deserve''!\\
''[SlasherSmile]''\\
'''Doctor''': ''EXTERMINATE!''
** Also with Margaret the Slitheen: "Only a killer would know that."
** Averted at the end of his life, when the Dalek Emperor taunts him that he could ''easily'' wipe out the entire Dalek fleet at the cost of sacrificing the entire Earth, exactly like the choice he faced at the end of the Time War;
---> '''Dalek Emperor''': I want to see you become like me. Hail, the Doctor, "''The Great Exterminator!''"\\
'''Doctor''': ''I'll do it!''\\
'''Dalek Emperor''': Then prove yourself, Doctor. What are you, coward or killer?\\
''[tries, but cannot bring himself to push the lever]''\\
'''Doctor''': ... Coward, any day.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: You don't often see 19 year olds knocking about with middle aged guys. To experience anything new at this point in his life is a marvel and in 900 years of time travel the Doctor has never been slapped by somebody’s mother! Then again he has never faced ''anything'' as frightening as [[MamaBear Jackie Tyler]] before ('Stitch that mate!').
* ObiWanMoment: The Doctor still hasn't quite got the hang of this personal stuff, so instead of a tearful farewell, he tricks Rose into the TARDIS and spirits her off to safety against her will. His holographic recording is a nice substitute for a Force ghost.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Confirmed through the ebook "The Beast of Babylon" that the Doctor had adventures between the seconds that he dematerializes and then comes back later in "Rose". It's heavily implied all the pictures Rose sees of this incarnation during that episode took place in that gap.
* OhCrap: He gets an epic one when he realizes that the "Metaltron" in Van Stratten's vault is a Dalek. Oh, [[UpToEleven and they're locked alone in the room]].
--> '''Doctor''': (desperately trying to open the door) ''Let me out!''
* OopNorth: "Lots of planets have a North!", and the TropeNamer for the quote.
* OutrunTheFireball: The trailer for the revived series had a specially created scene shot where the Doctor is seen casually running around a corner... then a few seconds later comes a massive fireball.
* RebelRelaxation: Nine loves a good brood.
* RoguesGallery: Autons, the Nestene Consciousness, Cassandra, Gelth, Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen, Daleks, the Jagrafess, Reapers, and the Dalek Emperor.
* RousingSpeech: To inspire individual people. Usually in the form of a quiet, understated DareToBeBadass or, if that doesn't work, scathing ReversePsychology (for example in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E7TheLongGame "The Long Game"]]). It has more impact than usual because the Ninth Doctor can be [[TheSnarkKnight quite cynical about humanity as a whole]], so you know it's not just general idealistic gushing.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Though after their first few days traveling together, Rose is usually the one more vocal with the denial. Complete with EveryoneCanSeeIt (Even the Daleks!) and ShipperOnDeck (Jack: "You two are so sweet. [...] Continue with what you were... doing.")
* ShellShockedVeteran: Is trying very hard to cope with his own actions during the Time War.
* StepfordSmiler:
** Half the time, that lovely smile of his is a put-on meant to make others feel at ease. This means that someone is in a ''lot'' of trouble when he decides [[DeathGlare not to bother]].
** Particularly noticable when he's about to regenerate:
--->'''Ninth Doctor:''' That's right. I sang a song and the Daleks ran away.
* StepfordSnarker: When he gets snarky about humanity, it's often a sign that he's very upset and trying hard not to show it. Rose even lampshades this in "The Doctor Dances".
* StuffBlowingUp: Despite having a single series of only thirteen episodes, he caused a ''lot'' of explosions in his short run. Blows up a department store, causes the last pure human to combust, allows a medium to blow up a house on top of the Rift, bombs Downing Street (well, okay, that last one was Mickey, but the Doctor gave him the code to do so), overheats the Mighty Jagrafess, destroyed the weapons factory at Villengard ([[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome offscreen]]), visited Krakatoa ([[NoodleIncident offscreen]]), and watched Kennedy's assassination ([[NoodleIncident offscreen]]). As Rose so accurately lampshades in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E10TheDoctorDances "The Doctor Dances"]], one of his defining traits is that he ''really'' loves to blow thing up.
--> '''Rose:''' First day I met him, he blew my job up! That's practically how he communicates.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Isn't hesitant to let his feelings about humans be known to all present.
* SurvivorGuilt: Tons of it; TheLastOfHisKind and he's the reason why.
* ThousandYardStare: After something particularly horrific has happened or when he's talking about the Time War and his SurvivorGuilt over the whole thing he'll often have a vacant, far-away, haunted expression.
** Coupled with a HeroicBSOD when he thinks Rose was killed in "Bad Wolf", causing him to completely shut down for at least half an hour. When he finally recovers his wits, the personnel of Satellite 5 barely know [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge what's hit them]].
* TimeMaster: Each Doctor displays their mastery over time in a new way. The [=9th=] focused his energies to walk through spinning rotary blades, completely unharmed. ("The End of the World")
* TookALevelInKindness: Due to the Time War, he starts off ''very'' angry and bitter. He eventually softens and puts some of the guilt of the Time War behind him by the end of his life, something the Tenth Doctor later acknowledges was due to Rose's influence. Could also be considered to have taken a level from [[TheUnfettered the War Doctor]], his previous incarnation who fought in the Time War.
* TranquilFury: Very good at this, when he's angry he becomes very calm.
** The trailer for series 1 had him running down a corridor with the look of utmost serenity. Then around the corner, came the [[OutrunTheFireball massive fireball]]...
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Only appeared in one series consisting of thirteen episodes. And ''very'' fleetingly as the War Doctor regenerated. Big Finish doesn't have rights to produce audios for him and expand on this small margin of stories ([[WordOfGod yet]]).
** He is also one of the least touched upon Doctors, having a sparse collection of stories to his name in comics and novels alike, most of which were only written while the BBC billed him as the incumbent Doctor (March-June 2005; 4 months onscreen). After his run ended, the BBC shifted their attention to the next incarnations of the Doctor, and it was rare for the Ninth Doctor to appear in stories due to character trademarks which prevented his Doctor from being explored in other mediums. He showed up every now and then, but didn't enjoy the wide range of focus that his successors got. It wasn't until 2015, the tenth anniversary of the revival series, that his Doctor saw new life in a range of Titan comics- fittingly so, since Nine was the one who kick-started the return of ''Doctor Who'' to television.
* WhenHeSmiles: Generally rough and angular features, though handsome. But all the flaws just disappear with that truly glorious smile.
* WhoShotJFK: Nine was present at Dallas, adding fuel to the ''Slenderman''-type conspiracies about him on the internet.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: At the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]] -- though it's also for Rose's benefit.
%%!! Tropes associated with the ''Doctor Who Magazine'' line
%%* RoguesGallery
!! Tropes associated with Big Finish
-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/NicholasBriggs (2013; 2017)
In cooperation with licence holders [=AudioGo=], Creator/BigFinish made Nine the central character of the ''Destiny of the Doctor'' story "Night of the Whisper". In 2017, Big Finish revisited the Ninth Doctor era with ''The Ninth Doctor Chronicles''.
* BriefAccentImitation: The Doctor does an American one in "Night of the Whisper", pretending to be a thug.
* CatchPhrase: The Doctor says "Fantastic" twice in "Night of the Whisper". The first time he says it sarcastically, the first time Rose has ever heard him do that.
* CharacterNameAlias: The Doctor uses [[Series/DixonOfDockGreen George Dixon]] as an alias in "Night of the Whisper", and then chastises Rose later on for not knowing the name.
* GadgeteerGenius
* ItIsDehumanising: When the truth about the Whisper comes out, the Doctor seems to make a point of saying "it", in contrast with [=MacNeil=].
* OopNorth
%%* RoguesGallery
* WriteBackToTheFuture: Briefly shows up to deliver a letter he'd kept since his Fifth incarnation, in "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho081TheKingmaker The Kingmaker]]". (BigFinish got away with it at the time using a bit of WritingAroundTrademarks.)
%%!! Tropes associated with Titan Comics
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->'''First appearance:''' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose Rose]]" (2005)
->'''Regeneration story:''' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays The Parting of the Ways]]" (2005)
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChristopherEccleston (2005)
-->''"Time travel is like visiting Paris. You can't just read the guidebook, you've gotta throw yourself in! Eat the food, use the wrong verbs, get charged double and end up kissing complete strangers - or is that just me?"''
The brooding, but very sassy veteran. Riddled with SurvivorGuilt from his memories of the Time War, the Ninth Doctor was [[ByronicHero dark and moody at times]], and his eagerness to take on "tourists" was diminished. His short temper made it harder to relate to people, and he reacted like a scorched cat whenever they let him down, yet all of it masked great affection and empathy for others. Prone to mood swings, switching between a clown and {{Jerkass}} within the breadth of the same conversation. Most normally dressed Doctor, with close-cropped hair, a wristwatch, Timberlands, and beat-up leather jacket. A much more street-smart Doctor than previous versions, even outright stating that he doesn't "do domestic". Made a HeroicSacrifice the Fifth would be proud of, and was generally [[CatchPhrase fantastic]].
In terms of television, Nine has had the shortest tenure out of all the Doctors, with just 13 episodes broadcasted in a single season.
!! Tropes associated with the television series
* AdventureRebuff: Rose. Mickey and Adam in a shorter version.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Protecting Rose is an instinct even stronger than his hatred of Daleks, or wanting to protect the entire planet. Initially seems to be limited to girls when he leaves Jack behind (which Jack later quite vocally complains about), but it turns out that the TARDIS also fundamentally disagreed with Jack after he CameBackWrong.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Very encouraging about Jack's flirting with him, and actively flirts back. Didn't seem to mind being kissed by him, either.
-->'''Jack''' ''[referring to Rose being affectionate with Mickey]'' Aw, sweet. Look at these two... How come I never get any of that?\\
'''Ninth Doctor''': Buy me a drink first.\\
'''Jack''': Such hard work.\\
'''Ninth Doctor''': *smiling* But worth it!
* ArchEnemy: The Slitheen family, and all the surviving Daleks he comes across.
* TheAtoner: For the Time War.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Rose on the Series 1 box art.
* BadassArmfold: Played for hilarity when he stood under a reality television DeathRay and dared the producers to dust him.
* BadassBoast: "Do you know what they call me in the ancient legends of the Dalek homeworld? 'The Oncoming Storm'. You may have removed all your emotions, but I bet that deep down in your DNA there's one spark left, and that's fear. Doesn't it just ''burn'' when you face me?"
* BerserkButton: Suffering from PTSD and survivor's guilt, the Ninth Doctor goes into a fit of rage whenever confronted about The Time War.
** Daleks. His first encounter with one after the Time War is enough to briefly drive him AxeCrazy.
** Someone trying to claim they're JustFollowingOrders. A member of the Game Station staff does this in "Bad Wolf", and his response is TranquilFury.
--->'''The Doctor:''' ''And with that sentence you just lost the right to even talk to me. So BACK OFF!''
* BewareTheQuietOnes: As Neil Gaiman noted, this Doctor is the one to stand completely still and quiet when all others are running in a panic. He would much rather sit in the background, be unnoticed, and still ends up being the center of attention and plotting out how to deal with the crisis.
* BigDamnKiss: With Jack and with Rose. Both are tremendously sweet and emotional.
* BlackSheep: Amongst the incarnations of the Doctor, along with the War Doctor. While all other incarnations tend to dress strangely and have weird quirks, the Ninth Doctor is a PTSD-suffering veteran who dresses in a black leather jacket and is prone to violent outbursts. In many ways, he's one of the more "real" incarnations of the Doctor.
* BreakTheBadass: Discovering a Dalek survivor: he instantly goes from "forget about Van Statten, I'm here to help" to complete and utter panic. Even when he gets over his terror, he spends the episode as truly ''out of control'' as we ever see him.
* BrokenAce: Broken after The Last Great Time War, when the Doctor supposedly ''causes'' the death of his entire race and spends his entire Ninth incarnation trying to get over it. His guilt becomes even more apparent with the revelation his previous incarnation was the War Doctor.
* ByronicHero: Zigzagged depending on the episode.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Barring a quick pop to the Slitheen's homeworld to deposit an egg, all of his adventures take place on/within orbit of Earth, suggesting that he's in hiding. Jabe is the first alien to mark him as a Time Lord. (To his great relief, she expresses sympathy rather than blame for his role in the war.) Unfortunately, he's not the only survivor to drift over to Earth: Autons are making mischief in present-day London, having been displaced by the war; a lone Dalek crash-lands in Utah, and the Emperor is secretly puppeteering Earth's civilization in 200,000 AD; plus many, many more.
* TheCallPutMeOnHold: From his perspective to Rose. When Rose initially declines to travel with him, the Doctor ends up gallivanting off on solo adventures for a ''full century'' (The Doctor was 800 when his wartime persona regenerated, and Nine stated he was 900 years old after leaving Rose behind, logically, he would've been travelling on his own for 100 years) before finally figuring out he didn't tell Rose the TARDIS could travel through time, then returns for her. To Rose, he's only gone for a few seconds. [[note]] The Doctor lies about his age sometimes so it's ambigious how old he is at this point. [[/note]]
* TheCameo:
** He briefly appears in the climax of "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]", along with the other incarnations of the character.
** Also as one of the many incarnations running past at the end of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor The Name of the Doctor]]" though like the other images, he runs so fast and blurs while he runs, and is onscreen for barely more than a second, one would likely only recognize him by the jacket alone.
** He also made [[http://stevegoble.blogspot.com/2012/05/blue-peter-tx-04-04-2005.html an obscure]] [[https://youtu.be/JS8EtJNxL3M?t=40s cameo]] on ''Series/BluePeter'' (Season 46, episode 44, airdate April 4, 2005), where a boy had designed a sculpture of a Dalek out of a compost bin. Nine, fresh from the Time War, naturally vapourised it. With a special Blue Peter badge on his person.
* CatchPhrase: "Fantastic!"
* ChangedMyJumper: TropeNamer. While Rose has to change into a period dress, he goes out in his leather jacket.
* CharacterDevelopment: Thanks to Rose, he softens and becomes much less rude and angry toward the end of his life.
* CharacterTics: He tended to do a big, toothy grin often accompanied with cute little hand gestures, directly lifted from the Fourth Doctor; the key difference being that Four looked [[WhenSheSmiles genuinely happy and adorable when he did it]], even if he was being alien and terrifying, and the Ninth manages to [[TechnicallyASmile just look alien and terrifying]]. His genuine smiles are simultaneously both more toned down, and bigger and goofier. He seems to attempt to make his eyes bulge out Four-style too, but the actor just can't do it, instead compensating by raising his eyebrows up really, really high. When being serious, he tends to punctuate his speech with sharp little head-nods to draw emphasis to certain words.
* ChewingTheScenery: His rant about the end of the Time War to the Dalek in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]], the episode that sees him ''literally'' foaming at the mouth:
-->'''Ninth Doctor:''' ''I watched it happen.'' '''I MADE IT HAPPEN!'''
* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to Eight's depiction, given his guilt and ruthlessness. And with respect to the War Doctor, a lot more prone to resentment and anger.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The Doctor's various incarnations are known for funny hairdos, colourful outfits and quirky personalities. By contrast, the Ninth has a very short military-style crew cut, and a black leather jacket. He's still a good guy.
* DeadpanSnarker: "I'm the Doctor. If there's one thing I'm going to do it's ''talk''."
* DeathSeeker: The Ninth initially comes across as having a major death wish, often running ''towards'' the sounds of danger with manic delight, (although dying in a Cardiff dungeon would be [[EveryoneHasStandards going too far]]). Rose helps him overcome this and most of his SurvivorGuilt by the end of his incarnation.
** His recording to Rose for Emergency Program One shows he thinks it's okay if he dies and hopes it's a good death. Although this might be referring to the Doctor's welcome proclivity toward HeroicSacrifice and not that he just wants to die.
* DeathGlare: He could make you feel very sorry indeed, doesn't matter if you're a villain or a misbehaving Companion.
* DeclarationOfProtection: Best summed in one single sentence.
--> '''Doctor''': Rose... I'm coming to get you!
* DestructiveSaviour: See StuffBlowingUp for why the Ninth Doctor favors explosions to deal with big problems.
* DistressedDude: For being in only 13 episodes, he got captured and cornered quite often. Plus, he was shackled and shirtless in a scene in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]].
* DoesntLikeGuns: But has an in-depth knowledge about them and will (try to) use the most powerful {{BFG}} he can find if [[UnstoppableRage Daleks are involved or someone harmed Rose]]. And he won't forbid others to use them, if the enemy really is a threat.
* DramaticIrony: The regret and guilt over destroying his own home planet of Gallifrey defined him to his core, while in fact he did no such thing.
* TheDreaded: To the point where in his presence, with their guns trained directly at him, even ''Daleks'' squeak backwards a bit to keep their distance.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: One word. "RUN!" While taking Rose's hand- the action is as important as the word.
* EverybodyLives: TropeNamer. It's a rare occasion where he can save the day without anyone dying. "Just this once Rose, EVERYBODY LIVES!"
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [=‘=]''That’s okay, I hope it’s a good death''[=’=] his hologram says about facing an enemy that cannot be defeated. Back in reality, he closes his eyes, ready for the Daleks to "ex-ter-minate" him.
* FamousLastWords: "You were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And you know what? So was I."
* FriendToAllChildren: Seemed perfectly at home with the orphans in "The Empty Child", chatting and joking over dinner.
** Subverted in one scene during "Aliens of London" where he fights with a kid over the remote for Jackie's TV.
* {{Foil}}: Nine serves as a foil to Eight, being more aloof and merciless.
* AGodIAmNot: "Don't worship me, I'd make a very bad God. Wouldn't get a day off, for starters."
* GoKartingWithBowser: Margaret Blaine might be a war-profiteering genocidal maniac, and Nine may be her jailer. But still, they're both alien tourists and all they've got is each other's company; may as well go sightseeing! ("Boom Town")
* GoOutWithASmile: Notably enough, the Ninth was the first Doctor to express outright satisfaction with his life before regenerating.
* GoodIsNotNice
* GuileHero: Definitely qualifies as this.
--> '''Doctor''': No. Cause this is what I'm going to do. I'm going to rescue her. I'm going to save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek fleet. And then I'm going to save the Earth. And then I'm going to wipe every last ''stinking'' Dalek out of the sky!\\
'''Daleks''': But you have no weapons! No defenses! No Plan!\\
'''Doctor''': Yeah... and doesn't that ''[[TheDreaded scare you to death!]]''.
* HellBentForLeather: Wore a leather jacket, inspired by marine gear.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: A supposed ''double genocide'' under his belt.
* HiddenDepths: In the first few episodes, he is very aloof and stand offish with Rose, then he slowly reveals what supposedly happened in the Time War to her and why he's sometimes a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* HistoryRepeats: Not long after snuffing out his homeworld, the Doctor miserably found himself with his finger on the trigger again. His showdown with the Daleks above Earth is a mini-reenactment of the last day of the Time War. This time, however, he can't bring himself to destroy Earth, even if it means the Daleks prevail.
* HumansAreMorons: In the episode "Rose" and a few instances whenever he's angry at them, or simply agitated as Rose noted, he'd call humans "stupid apes".
* HypocriticalHumor: The Doctor turns out to be a FanHater when it comes to reality TV.
-->'''The Doctor:''' The human race. Brainless sheep, being fed on a diet of — mind you, have they still got that program where [[SoBadItsGood three people have to live with a bear?]]
* IconicItem: His leather jacket.
** As lampshaded by Jack, the Ninth Doctor's iconic jacket is actually that of a Kriegsmarine Captain from the Second World War, but we never get to hear the story behind how he (or his previous incarnation) got their hands on it.
* ItsAllMyFault: There's hardly an episode where he doesn't end up apologizing to someone for getting them killed, failing to save somebody else, or just [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking snapping at someone he likes.]] It gets especially {{egregious}} in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E3TheUnquietDead "The Unquiet Dead"]]. He'll even apologize first if the other party in a quarrel is the one who first messed up. Though he expects the same kind of owning up to your mistakes from everyone else, and heaven help you if you don't.
-->'''Ninth Doctor''': "You can be born in the 20th century and die in the 19th, and it's all my fault. I brought you here."
** Moreover he has this attitude to the end of the Time War.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Not at beloved yet, but he does tell Rose to live a "good life" when sending her back to her own time.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nice as he is, he got really picky with who he let into the TARDIS.
** As the people he didn't like initially or let in only reluctantly were all guys Rose had become interested in, this could also be seen as a mild case of [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]]. Note that he was perfectly okay with Jack as soon as the man started flirting with them both, instead of threatening to seduce Rose into leaving.
** He also has a tendency to shift between varying levels of NiceGuy and JerkAss depending on his level of respect for the party in question. For instance, he is generally a nice guy to Rose (except for the time she cocked up history in "Father's Day") and most people he meets by default, but if the party in question is antagonistic or smug from the get go, his JerkAss side comes out, hence why he has zero patience for Jackie Tyler. Finally, in a variation, if he's dealing with someone who thinks they are smarter than than they really are (or someone he's trying to piss off on purpose), he shifts into being a really pleasant sounding smartass.
* KnightInSourArmor: Starts out as this, until the universe decides to [[EverybodyLives show mercy for once]].
-->'''Ninth Doctor''': Look, if I forgot some kid called Mickey, it's because I'm busy trying to save the life of every ''stupid ape'' blundering about on top of this planet, all right?!
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRrOI7By5fc "The Doctor's Theme"]] mostly serves as Nine's leitmotif, but has also been used for Ten and occasionally Eleven.
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: He puts on a show of how great it is to travel all over the place and have adventures and save people forever, but he's not a happy guy.
* LoveTriangle: With Jack and Rose. Jack and Rose are both in love with the Doctor, and also fancy each other. The Doctor cares about Rose in his own way, but the show leaves it ambiguous whether it's deep friendship or romantic love, and the Doctor CannotSpitItOut either way. All three pairings get sweet and emotional kissing scenes.
** In "Bad Wolf"/"The Parting of the Ways", within minutes of being separated from Rose, the Doctor invites a sweet young lady by the name of Lynda to travel with him in the TARDIS. Again, the show leaves the Doctor's feelings in the matter ambiguous, but when Rose finds out she doesn't look at all pleased at the prospect of a potential rival.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: As a result of the Time War and his own actions, he's ''very'' reluctant to accept potential companions and is extremely unforgiving of both companion mistakes and the actions of his enemies.
* MoodSwinger
* MoralityChain:
** Needs one when faced with Daleks [[HeWhoFightsMonsters (at least the first time)]] because he would make a good one himself.
** Rose is this to him. He [[DeathSeeker doesn't seem to care all that much about his own survival]], but he'll stop at nothing to keep her safe and bring her back home if she's in danger.
* NoIndoorVoice: Even when he's being quiet, he's still a bit shouty.
* NoodleIncident: He apparently had an offscreen adventure on the Titanic, witnessed the Kennedy Assassination and the eruption of Krakatoa, while later implying to Jack that this incarnation also destroyed the weapons factories of Villengard. It's unclear where these events fall in his timeline; whether they took place ''before'' he met Rose, ''during'' his time with her, or even potentially at the end of "Rose", in the brief seconds ([[NarniaTime for Rose at least]]) ''between'' the TARDIS leaving and coming back moments later. This is confirmed in the Expanded Universe, see Offscreen Moment of Awesome. There's also the matter of his penultimate adventure, where he, Rose, and Jack visited Feudal Era Kyoto and ended up chased back to the TARDIS, after which the Game Station intercepts them mid-flight and kickstarts the events of "Bad Wolf"[=/=]"The Parting of The Ways".
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: When Jackie Tyler tries to seduce him in "Rose," he curtly refuses her advances.
* NotSoDifferent:
** To the ''Daleks''.
---> '''Dalek''': You would make a good [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Dalek]].
** As well as when the Dalek pushes his BerserkButton too far, causing the Doctor to ''electrocute him''.
---> '''Dalek''': We are the same!\\
'''Doctor''': We're not the same! I'm not- No. Wait. Maybe we are! Yeah ok, you've got a point! Cause I know what should happen. I know what you ''deserve''!\\
''[SlasherSmile]''\\
'''Doctor''': ''EXTERMINATE!''
** Also with Margaret the Slitheen: "Only a killer would know that."
** Averted at the end of his life, when the Dalek Emperor taunts him that he could ''easily'' wipe out the entire Dalek fleet at the cost of sacrificing the entire Earth, exactly like the choice he faced at the end of the Time War;
---> '''Dalek Emperor''': I want to see you become like me. Hail, the Doctor, "''The Great Exterminator!''"\\
'''Doctor''': ''I'll do it!''\\
'''Dalek Emperor''': Then prove yourself, Doctor. What are you, coward or killer?\\
''[tries, but cannot bring himself to push the lever]''\\
'''Doctor''': ... Coward, any day.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: You don't often see 19 year olds knocking about with middle aged guys. To experience anything new at this point in his life is a marvel and in 900 years of time travel the Doctor has never been slapped by somebody’s mother! Then again he has never faced ''anything'' as frightening as [[MamaBear Jackie Tyler]] before ('Stitch that mate!').
* ObiWanMoment: The Doctor still hasn't quite got the hang of this personal stuff, so instead of a tearful farewell, he tricks Rose into the TARDIS and spirits her off to safety against her will. His holographic recording is a nice substitute for a Force ghost.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Confirmed through the ebook "The Beast of Babylon" that the Doctor had adventures between the seconds that he dematerializes and then comes back later in "Rose". It's heavily implied all the pictures Rose sees of this incarnation during that episode took place in that gap.
* OhCrap: He gets an epic one when he realizes that the "Metaltron" in Van Stratten's vault is a Dalek. Oh, [[UpToEleven and they're locked alone in the room]].
--> '''Doctor''': (desperately trying to open the door) ''Let me out!''
* OopNorth: "Lots of planets have a North!", and the TropeNamer for the quote.
* OutrunTheFireball: The trailer for the revived series had a specially created scene shot where the Doctor is seen casually running around a corner... then a few seconds later comes a massive fireball.
* RebelRelaxation: Nine loves a good brood.
* RoguesGallery: Autons, the Nestene Consciousness, Cassandra, Gelth, Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen, Daleks, the Jagrafess, Reapers, and the Dalek Emperor.
* RousingSpeech: To inspire individual people. Usually in the form of a quiet, understated DareToBeBadass or, if that doesn't work, scathing ReversePsychology (for example in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E7TheLongGame "The Long Game"]]). It has more impact than usual because the Ninth Doctor can be [[TheSnarkKnight quite cynical about humanity as a whole]], so you know it's not just general idealistic gushing.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Though after their first few days traveling together, Rose is usually the one more vocal with the denial. Complete with EveryoneCanSeeIt (Even the Daleks!) and ShipperOnDeck (Jack: "You two are so sweet. [...] Continue with what you were... doing.")
* ShellShockedVeteran: Is trying very hard to cope with his own actions during the Time War.
* StepfordSmiler:
** Half the time, that lovely smile of his is a put-on meant to make others feel at ease. This means that someone is in a ''lot'' of trouble when he decides [[DeathGlare not to bother]].
** Particularly noticable when he's about to regenerate:
--->'''Ninth Doctor:''' That's right. I sang a song and the Daleks ran away.
* StepfordSnarker: When he gets snarky about humanity, it's often a sign that he's very upset and trying hard not to show it. Rose even lampshades this in "The Doctor Dances".
* StuffBlowingUp: Despite having a single series of only thirteen episodes, he caused a ''lot'' of explosions in his short run. Blows up a department store, causes the last pure human to combust, allows a medium to blow up a house on top of the Rift, bombs Downing Street (well, okay, that last one was Mickey, but the Doctor gave him the code to do so), overheats the Mighty Jagrafess, destroyed the weapons factory at Villengard ([[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome offscreen]]), visited Krakatoa ([[NoodleIncident offscreen]]), and watched Kennedy's assassination ([[NoodleIncident offscreen]]). As Rose so accurately lampshades in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E10TheDoctorDances "The Doctor Dances"]], one of his defining traits is that he ''really'' loves to blow thing up.
--> '''Rose:''' First day I met him, he blew my job up! That's practically how he communicates.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Isn't hesitant to let his feelings about humans be known to all present.
* SurvivorGuilt: Tons of it; TheLastOfHisKind and he's the reason why.
* ThousandYardStare: After something particularly horrific has happened or when he's talking about the Time War and his SurvivorGuilt over the whole thing he'll often have a vacant, far-away, haunted expression.
** Coupled with a HeroicBSOD when he thinks Rose was killed in "Bad Wolf", causing him to completely shut down for at least half an hour. When he finally recovers his wits, the personnel of Satellite 5 barely know [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge what's hit them]].
* TimeMaster: Each Doctor displays their mastery over time in a new way. The [=9th=] focused his energies to walk through spinning rotary blades, completely unharmed. ("The End of the World")
* TookALevelInKindness: Due to the Time War, he starts off ''very'' angry and bitter. He eventually softens and puts some of the guilt of the Time War behind him by the end of his life, something the Tenth Doctor later acknowledges was due to Rose's influence. Could also be considered to have taken a level from [[TheUnfettered the War Doctor]], his previous incarnation who fought in the Time War.
* TranquilFury: Very good at this, when he's angry he becomes very calm.
** The trailer for series 1 had him running down a corridor with the look of utmost serenity. Then around the corner, came the [[OutrunTheFireball massive fireball]]...
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Only appeared in one series consisting of thirteen episodes. And ''very'' fleetingly as the War Doctor regenerated. Big Finish doesn't have rights to produce audios for him and expand on this small margin of stories ([[WordOfGod yet]]).
** He is also one of the least touched upon Doctors, having a sparse collection of stories to his name in comics and novels alike, most of which were only written while the BBC billed him as the incumbent Doctor (March-June 2005; 4 months onscreen). After his run ended, the BBC shifted their attention to the next incarnations of the Doctor, and it was rare for the Ninth Doctor to appear in stories due to character trademarks which prevented his Doctor from being explored in other mediums. He showed up every now and then, but didn't enjoy the wide range of focus that his successors got. It wasn't until 2015, the tenth anniversary of the revival series, that his Doctor saw new life in a range of Titan comics- fittingly so, since Nine was the one who kick-started the return of ''Doctor Who'' to television.
* WhenHeSmiles: Generally rough and angular features, though handsome. But all the flaws just disappear with that truly glorious smile.
* WhoShotJFK: Nine was present at Dallas, adding fuel to the ''Slenderman''-type conspiracies about him on the internet.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: At the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]] -- though it's also for Rose's benefit.
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/NicholasBriggs (2013; 2017)
In cooperation with licence holders [=AudioGo=], Creator/BigFinish made Nine the central character of the ''Destiny of the Doctor'' story "Night of the Whisper". In 2017, Big Finish revisited the Ninth Doctor era with ''The Ninth Doctor Chronicles''.
* BriefAccentImitation: The Doctor does an American one in "Night of the Whisper", pretending to be a thug.
* CatchPhrase: The Doctor says "Fantastic" twice in "Night of the Whisper". The first time he says it sarcastically, the first time Rose has ever heard him do that.
* CharacterNameAlias: The Doctor uses [[Series/DixonOfDockGreen George Dixon]] as an alias in "Night of the Whisper", and then chastises Rose later on for not knowing the name.
* GadgeteerGenius
* ItIsDehumanising: When the truth about the Whisper comes out, the Doctor seems to make a point of saying "it", in contrast with [=MacNeil=].
* OopNorth
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* WriteBackToTheFuture: Briefly shows up to deliver a letter he'd kept since his Fifth incarnation, in "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho081TheKingmaker The Kingmaker]]". (BigFinish got away with it at the time using a bit of WritingAroundTrademarks.)
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->'''First appearance:''' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose Rose]]" (2005)
->'''Regeneration story:''' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays The Parting of the Ways]]" (2005)
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChristopherEccleston (2005)
-->''"Time travel is like visiting Paris. You can't just read the guidebook, you've gotta throw yourself in! Eat the food, use the wrong verbs, get charged double and end up kissing complete strangers - or is that just me?"''
The brooding, but very sassy veteran. Riddled with SurvivorGuilt from his memories of the Time War, the Ninth Doctor was [[ByronicHero dark and moody at times]], and his eagerness to take on "tourists" was diminished. His short temper made it harder to relate to people, and he reacted like a scorched cat whenever they let him down, yet all of it masked great affection and empathy for others. Prone to mood swings, switching between a clown and {{Jerkass}} within the breadth of the same conversation. Most normally dressed Doctor, with close-cropped hair, a wristwatch, Timberlands, and beat-up leather jacket. A much more street-smart Doctor than previous versions, even outright stating that he doesn't "do domestic". Made a HeroicSacrifice the Fifth would be proud of, and was generally [[CatchPhrase fantastic]].
In terms of television, Nine has had the shortest tenure out of all the Doctors, with just 13 episodes broadcasted in a single season.
!! Tropes associated with the television series
* AdventureRebuff: Rose. Mickey and Adam in a shorter version.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Protecting Rose is an instinct even stronger than his hatred of Daleks, or wanting to protect the entire planet. Initially seems to be limited to girls when he leaves Jack behind (which Jack later quite vocally complains about), but it turns out that the TARDIS also fundamentally disagreed with Jack after he CameBackWrong.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Very encouraging about Jack's flirting with him, and actively flirts back. Didn't seem to mind being kissed by him, either.
-->'''Jack''' ''[referring to Rose being affectionate with Mickey]'' Aw, sweet. Look at these two... How come I never get any of that?\\
'''Ninth Doctor''': Buy me a drink first.\\
'''Jack''': Such hard work.\\
'''Ninth Doctor''': *smiling* But worth it!
* ArchEnemy: The Slitheen family, and all the surviving Daleks he comes across.
* TheAtoner: For the Time War.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Rose on the Series 1 box art.
* BadassArmfold: Played for hilarity when he stood under a reality television DeathRay and dared the producers to dust him.
* BadassBoast: "Do you know what they call me in the ancient legends of the Dalek homeworld? 'The Oncoming Storm'. You may have removed all your emotions, but I bet that deep down in your DNA there's one spark left, and that's fear. Doesn't it just ''burn'' when you face me?"
* BerserkButton: Suffering from PTSD and survivor's guilt, the Ninth Doctor goes into a fit of rage whenever confronted about The Time War.
** Daleks. His first encounter with one after the Time War is enough to briefly drive him AxeCrazy.
** Someone trying to claim they're JustFollowingOrders. A member of the Game Station staff does this in "Bad Wolf", and his response is TranquilFury.
--->'''The Doctor:''' ''And with that sentence you just lost the right to even talk to me. So BACK OFF!''
* BewareTheQuietOnes: As Neil Gaiman noted, this Doctor is the one to stand completely still and quiet when all others are running in a panic. He would much rather sit in the background, be unnoticed, and still ends up being the center of attention and plotting out how to deal with the crisis.
* BigDamnKiss: With Jack and with Rose. Both are tremendously sweet and emotional.
* BlackSheep: Amongst the incarnations of the Doctor, along with the War Doctor. While all other incarnations tend to dress strangely and have weird quirks, the Ninth Doctor is a PTSD-suffering veteran who dresses in a black leather jacket and is prone to violent outbursts. In many ways, he's one of the more "real" incarnations of the Doctor.
* BreakTheBadass: Discovering a Dalek survivor: he instantly goes from "forget about Van Statten, I'm here to help" to complete and utter panic. Even when he gets over his terror, he spends the episode as truly ''out of control'' as we ever see him.
* BrokenAce: Broken after The Last Great Time War, when the Doctor supposedly ''causes'' the death of his entire race and spends his entire Ninth incarnation trying to get over it. His guilt becomes even more apparent with the revelation his previous incarnation was the War Doctor.
* ByronicHero: Zigzagged depending on the episode.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Barring a quick pop to the Slitheen's homeworld to deposit an egg, all of his adventures take place on/within orbit of Earth, suggesting that he's in hiding. Jabe is the first alien to mark him as a Time Lord. (To his great relief, she expresses sympathy rather than blame for his role in the war.) Unfortunately, he's not the only survivor to drift over to Earth: Autons are making mischief in present-day London, having been displaced by the war; a lone Dalek crash-lands in Utah, and the Emperor is secretly puppeteering Earth's civilization in 200,000 AD; plus many, many more.
* TheCallPutMeOnHold: From his perspective to Rose. When Rose initially declines to travel with him, the Doctor ends up gallivanting off on solo adventures for a ''full century'' (The Doctor was 800 when his wartime persona regenerated, and Nine stated he was 900 years old after leaving Rose behind, logically, he would've been travelling on his own for 100 years) before finally figuring out he didn't tell Rose the TARDIS could travel through time, then returns for her. To Rose, he's only gone for a few seconds. [[note]] The Doctor lies about his age sometimes so it's ambigious how old he is at this point. [[/note]]
* TheCameo:
** He briefly appears in the climax of "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]", along with the other incarnations of the character.
** Also as one of the many incarnations running past at the end of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor The Name of the Doctor]]" though like the other images, he runs so fast and blurs while he runs, and is onscreen for barely more than a second, one would likely only recognize him by the jacket alone.
** He also made [[http://stevegoble.blogspot.com/2012/05/blue-peter-tx-04-04-2005.html an obscure]] [[https://youtu.be/JS8EtJNxL3M?t=40s cameo]] on ''Series/BluePeter'' (Season 46, episode 44, airdate April 4, 2005), where a boy had designed a sculpture of a Dalek out of a compost bin. Nine, fresh from the Time War, naturally vapourised it. With a special Blue Peter badge on his person.
* CatchPhrase: "Fantastic!"
* ChangedMyJumper: TropeNamer. While Rose has to change into a period dress, he goes out in his leather jacket.
* CharacterDevelopment: Thanks to Rose, he softens and becomes much less rude and angry toward the end of his life.
* CharacterTics: He tended to do a big, toothy grin often accompanied with cute little hand gestures, directly lifted from the Fourth Doctor; the key difference being that Four looked [[WhenSheSmiles genuinely happy and adorable when he did it]], even if he was being alien and terrifying, and the Ninth manages to [[TechnicallyASmile just look alien and terrifying]]. His genuine smiles are simultaneously both more toned down, and bigger and goofier. He seems to attempt to make his eyes bulge out Four-style too, but the actor just can't do it, instead compensating by raising his eyebrows up really, really high. When being serious, he tends to punctuate his speech with sharp little head-nods to draw emphasis to certain words.
* ChewingTheScenery: His rant about the end of the Time War to the Dalek in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]], the episode that sees him ''literally'' foaming at the mouth:
-->'''Ninth Doctor:''' ''I watched it happen.'' '''I MADE IT HAPPEN!'''
* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to Eight's depiction, given his guilt and ruthlessness. And with respect to the War Doctor, a lot more prone to resentment and anger.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The Doctor's various incarnations are known for funny hairdos, colourful outfits and quirky personalities. By contrast, the Ninth has a very short military-style crew cut, and a black leather jacket. He's still a good guy.
* DeadpanSnarker: "I'm the Doctor. If there's one thing I'm going to do it's ''talk''."
* DeathSeeker: The Ninth initially comes across as having a major death wish, often running ''towards'' the sounds of danger with manic delight, (although dying in a Cardiff dungeon would be [[EveryoneHasStandards going too far]]). Rose helps him overcome this and most of his SurvivorGuilt by the end of his incarnation.
** His recording to Rose for Emergency Program One shows he thinks it's okay if he dies and hopes it's a good death. Although this might be referring to the Doctor's welcome proclivity toward HeroicSacrifice and not that he just wants to die.
* DeathGlare: He could make you feel very sorry indeed, doesn't matter if you're a villain or a misbehaving Companion.
* DeclarationOfProtection: Best summed in one single sentence.
--> '''Doctor''': Rose... I'm coming to get you!
* DestructiveSaviour: See StuffBlowingUp for why the Ninth Doctor favors explosions to deal with big problems.
* DistressedDude: For being in only 13 episodes, he got captured and cornered quite often. Plus, he was shackled and shirtless in a scene in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]].
* DoesntLikeGuns: But has an in-depth knowledge about them and will (try to) use the most powerful {{BFG}} he can find if [[UnstoppableRage Daleks are involved or someone harmed Rose]]. And he won't forbid others to use them, if the enemy really is a threat.
* DramaticIrony: The regret and guilt over destroying his own home planet of Gallifrey defined him to his core, while in fact he did no such thing.
* TheDreaded: To the point where in his presence, with their guns trained directly at him, even ''Daleks'' squeak backwards a bit to keep their distance.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: One word. "RUN!" While taking Rose's hand- the action is as important as the word.
* EverybodyLives: TropeNamer. It's a rare occasion where he can save the day without anyone dying. "Just this once Rose, EVERYBODY LIVES!"
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [=‘=]''That’s okay, I hope it’s a good death''[=’=] his hologram says about facing an enemy that cannot be defeated. Back in reality, he closes his eyes, ready for the Daleks to "ex-ter-minate" him.
* FamousLastWords: "You were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And you know what? So was I."
* FriendToAllChildren: Seemed perfectly at home with the orphans in "The Empty Child", chatting and joking over dinner.
** Subverted in one scene during "Aliens of London" where he fights with a kid over the remote for Jackie's TV.
* {{Foil}}: Nine serves as a foil to Eight, being more aloof and merciless.
* AGodIAmNot: "Don't worship me, I'd make a very bad God. Wouldn't get a day off, for starters."
* GoKartingWithBowser: Margaret Blaine might be a war-profiteering genocidal maniac, and Nine may be her jailer. But still, they're both alien tourists and all they've got is each other's company; may as well go sightseeing! ("Boom Town")
* GoOutWithASmile: Notably enough, the Ninth was the first Doctor to express outright satisfaction with his life before regenerating.
* GoodIsNotNice
* GuileHero: Definitely qualifies as this.
--> '''Doctor''': No. Cause this is what I'm going to do. I'm going to rescue her. I'm going to save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek fleet. And then I'm going to save the Earth. And then I'm going to wipe every last ''stinking'' Dalek out of the sky!\\
'''Daleks''': But you have no weapons! No defenses! No Plan!\\
'''Doctor''': Yeah... and doesn't that ''[[TheDreaded scare you to death!]]''.
* HellBentForLeather: Wore a leather jacket, inspired by marine gear.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: A supposed ''double genocide'' under his belt.
* HiddenDepths: In the first few episodes, he is very aloof and stand offish with Rose, then he slowly reveals what supposedly happened in the Time War to her and why he's sometimes a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* HistoryRepeats: Not long after snuffing out his homeworld, the Doctor miserably found himself with his finger on the trigger again. His showdown with the Daleks above Earth is a mini-reenactment of the last day of the Time War. This time, however, he can't bring himself to destroy Earth, even if it means the Daleks prevail.
* HumansAreMorons: In the episode "Rose" and a few instances whenever he's angry at them, or simply agitated as Rose noted, he'd call humans "stupid apes".
* HypocriticalHumor: The Doctor turns out to be a FanHater when it comes to reality TV.
-->'''The Doctor:''' The human race. Brainless sheep, being fed on a diet of — mind you, have they still got that program where [[SoBadItsGood three people have to live with a bear?]]
* IconicItem: His leather jacket.
** As lampshaded by Jack, the Ninth Doctor's iconic jacket is actually that of a Kriegsmarine Captain from the Second World War, but we never get to hear the story behind how he (or his previous incarnation) got their hands on it.
* ItsAllMyFault: There's hardly an episode where he doesn't end up apologizing to someone for getting them killed, failing to save somebody else, or just [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking snapping at someone he likes.]] It gets especially {{egregious}} in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E3TheUnquietDead "The Unquiet Dead"]]. He'll even apologize first if the other party in a quarrel is the one who first messed up. Though he expects the same kind of owning up to your mistakes from everyone else, and heaven help you if you don't.
-->'''Ninth Doctor''': "You can be born in the 20th century and die in the 19th, and it's all my fault. I brought you here."
** Moreover he has this attitude to the end of the Time War.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Not at beloved yet, but he does tell Rose to live a "good life" when sending her back to her own time.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nice as he is, he got really picky with who he let into the TARDIS.
** As the people he didn't like initially or let in only reluctantly were all guys Rose had become interested in, this could also be seen as a mild case of [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]]. Note that he was perfectly okay with Jack as soon as the man started flirting with them both, instead of threatening to seduce Rose into leaving.
** He also has a tendency to shift between varying levels of NiceGuy and JerkAss depending on his level of respect for the party in question. For instance, he is generally a nice guy to Rose (except for the time she cocked up history in "Father's Day") and most people he meets by default, but if the party in question is antagonistic or smug from the get go, his JerkAss side comes out, hence why he has zero patience for Jackie Tyler. Finally, in a variation, if he's dealing with someone who thinks they are smarter than than they really are (or someone he's trying to piss off on purpose), he shifts into being a really pleasant sounding smartass.
* KnightInSourArmor: Starts out as this, until the universe decides to [[EverybodyLives show mercy for once]].
-->'''Ninth Doctor''': Look, if I forgot some kid called Mickey, it's because I'm busy trying to save the life of every ''stupid ape'' blundering about on top of this planet, all right?!
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRrOI7By5fc "The Doctor's Theme"]] mostly serves as Nine's leitmotif, but has also been used for Ten and occasionally Eleven.
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: He puts on a show of how great it is to travel all over the place and have adventures and save people forever, but he's not a happy guy.
* LoveTriangle: With Jack and Rose. Jack and Rose are both in love with the Doctor, and also fancy each other. The Doctor cares about Rose in his own way, but the show leaves it ambiguous whether it's deep friendship or romantic love, and the Doctor CannotSpitItOut either way. All three pairings get sweet and emotional kissing scenes.
** In "Bad Wolf"/"The Parting of the Ways", within minutes of being separated from Rose, the Doctor invites a sweet young lady by the name of Lynda to travel with him in the TARDIS. Again, the show leaves the Doctor's feelings in the matter ambiguous, but when Rose finds out she doesn't look at all pleased at the prospect of a potential rival.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: As a result of the Time War and his own actions, he's ''very'' reluctant to accept potential companions and is extremely unforgiving of both companion mistakes and the actions of his enemies.
* MoodSwinger
* MoralityChain:
** Needs one when faced with Daleks [[HeWhoFightsMonsters (at least the first time)]] because he would make a good one himself.
** Rose is this to him. He [[DeathSeeker doesn't seem to care all that much about his own survival]], but he'll stop at nothing to keep her safe and bring her back home if she's in danger.
* NoIndoorVoice: Even when he's being quiet, he's still a bit shouty.
* NoodleIncident: He apparently had an offscreen adventure on the Titanic, witnessed the Kennedy Assassination and the eruption of Krakatoa, while later implying to Jack that this incarnation also destroyed the weapons factories of Villengard. It's unclear where these events fall in his timeline; whether they took place ''before'' he met Rose, ''during'' his time with her, or even potentially at the end of "Rose", in the brief seconds ([[NarniaTime for Rose at least]]) ''between'' the TARDIS leaving and coming back moments later. This is confirmed in the Expanded Universe, see Offscreen Moment of Awesome. There's also the matter of his penultimate adventure, where he, Rose, and Jack visited Feudal Era Kyoto and ended up chased back to the TARDIS, after which the Game Station intercepts them mid-flight and kickstarts the events of "Bad Wolf"[=/=]"The Parting of The Ways".
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: When Jackie Tyler tries to seduce him in "Rose," he curtly refuses her advances.
* NotSoDifferent:
** To the ''Daleks''.
---> '''Dalek''': You would make a good [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Dalek]].
** As well as when the Dalek pushes his BerserkButton too far, causing the Doctor to ''electrocute him''.
---> '''Dalek''': We are the same!\\
'''Doctor''': We're not the same! I'm not- No. Wait. Maybe we are! Yeah ok, you've got a point! Cause I know what should happen. I know what you ''deserve''!\\
''[SlasherSmile]''\\
'''Doctor''': ''EXTERMINATE!''
** Also with Margaret the Slitheen: "Only a killer would know that."
** Averted at the end of his life, when the Dalek Emperor taunts him that he could ''easily'' wipe out the entire Dalek fleet at the cost of sacrificing the entire Earth, exactly like the choice he faced at the end of the Time War;
---> '''Dalek Emperor''': I want to see you become like me. Hail, the Doctor, "''The Great Exterminator!''"\\
'''Doctor''': ''I'll do it!''\\
'''Dalek Emperor''': Then prove yourself, Doctor. What are you, coward or killer?\\
''[tries, but cannot bring himself to push the lever]''\\
'''Doctor''': ... Coward, any day.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: You don't often see 19 year olds knocking about with middle aged guys. To experience anything new at this point in his life is a marvel and in 900 years of time travel the Doctor has never been slapped by somebody’s mother! Then again he has never faced ''anything'' as frightening as [[MamaBear Jackie Tyler]] before ('Stitch that mate!').
* ObiWanMoment: The Doctor still hasn't quite got the hang of this personal stuff, so instead of a tearful farewell, he tricks Rose into the TARDIS and spirits her off to safety against her will. His holographic recording is a nice substitute for a Force ghost.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Confirmed through the ebook "The Beast of Babylon" that the Doctor had adventures between the seconds that he dematerializes and then comes back later in "Rose". It's heavily implied all the pictures Rose sees of this incarnation during that episode took place in that gap.
* OhCrap: He gets an epic one when he realizes that the "Metaltron" in Van Stratten's vault is a Dalek. Oh, [[UpToEleven and they're locked alone in the room]].
--> '''Doctor''': (desperately trying to open the door) ''Let me out!''
* OopNorth: "Lots of planets have a North!", and the TropeNamer for the quote.
* OutrunTheFireball: The trailer for the revived series had a specially created scene shot where the Doctor is seen casually running around a corner... then a few seconds later comes a massive fireball.
* RebelRelaxation: Nine loves a good brood.
* RoguesGallery: Autons, the Nestene Consciousness, Cassandra, Gelth, Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen, Daleks, the Jagrafess, Reapers, and the Dalek Emperor.
* RousingSpeech: To inspire individual people. Usually in the form of a quiet, understated DareToBeBadass or, if that doesn't work, scathing ReversePsychology (for example in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E7TheLongGame "The Long Game"]]). It has more impact than usual because the Ninth Doctor can be [[TheSnarkKnight quite cynical about humanity as a whole]], so you know it's not just general idealistic gushing.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Though after their first few days traveling together, Rose is usually the one more vocal with the denial. Complete with EveryoneCanSeeIt (Even the Daleks!) and ShipperOnDeck (Jack: "You two are so sweet. [...] Continue with what you were... doing.")
* ShellShockedVeteran: Is trying very hard to cope with his own actions during the Time War.
* StepfordSmiler:
** Half the time, that lovely smile of his is a put-on meant to make others feel at ease. This means that someone is in a ''lot'' of trouble when he decides [[DeathGlare not to bother]].
** Particularly noticable when he's about to regenerate:
--->'''Ninth Doctor:''' That's right. I sang a song and the Daleks ran away.
* StepfordSnarker: When he gets snarky about humanity, it's often a sign that he's very upset and trying hard not to show it. Rose even lampshades this in "The Doctor Dances".
* StuffBlowingUp: Despite having a single series of only thirteen episodes, he caused a ''lot'' of explosions in his short run. Blows up a department store, causes the last pure human to combust, allows a medium to blow up a house on top of the Rift, bombs Downing Street (well, okay, that last one was Mickey, but the Doctor gave him the code to do so), overheats the Mighty Jagrafess, destroyed the weapons factory at Villengard ([[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome offscreen]]), visited Krakatoa ([[NoodleIncident offscreen]]), and watched Kennedy's assassination ([[NoodleIncident offscreen]]). As Rose so accurately lampshades in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E10TheDoctorDances "The Doctor Dances"]], one of his defining traits is that he ''really'' loves to blow thing up.
--> '''Rose:''' First day I met him, he blew my job up! That's practically how he communicates.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Isn't hesitant to let his feelings about humans be known to all present.
* SurvivorGuilt: Tons of it; TheLastOfHisKind and he's the reason why.
* ThousandYardStare: After something particularly horrific has happened or when he's talking about the Time War and his SurvivorGuilt over the whole thing he'll often have a vacant, far-away, haunted expression.
** Coupled with a HeroicBSOD when he thinks Rose was killed in "Bad Wolf", causing him to completely shut down for at least half an hour. When he finally recovers his wits, the personnel of Satellite 5 barely know [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge what's hit them]].
* TimeMaster: Each Doctor displays their mastery over time in a new way. The [=9th=] focused his energies to walk through spinning rotary blades, completely unharmed. ("The End of the World")
* TookALevelInKindness: Due to the Time War, he starts off ''very'' angry and bitter. He eventually softens and puts some of the guilt of the Time War behind him by the end of his life, something the Tenth Doctor later acknowledges was due to Rose's influence. Could also be considered to have taken a level from [[TheUnfettered the War Doctor]], his previous incarnation who fought in the Time War.
* TranquilFury: Very good at this, when he's angry he becomes very calm.
** The trailer for series 1 had him running down a corridor with the look of utmost serenity. Then around the corner, came the [[OutrunTheFireball massive fireball]]...
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Only appeared in one series consisting of thirteen episodes. And ''very'' fleetingly as the War Doctor regenerated. Big Finish doesn't have rights to produce audios for him and expand on this small margin of stories ([[WordOfGod yet]]).
** He is also one of the least touched upon Doctors, having a sparse collection of stories to his name in comics and novels alike, most of which were only written while the BBC billed him as the incumbent Doctor (March-June 2005; 4 months onscreen). After his run ended, the BBC shifted their attention to the next incarnations of the Doctor, and it was rare for the Ninth Doctor to appear in stories due to character trademarks which prevented his Doctor from being explored in other mediums. He showed up every now and then, but didn't enjoy the wide range of focus that his successors got. It wasn't until 2015, the tenth anniversary of the revival series, that his Doctor saw new life in a range of Titan comics- fittingly so, since Nine was the one who kick-started the return of ''Doctor Who'' to television.
* WhenHeSmiles: Generally rough and angular features, though handsome. But all the flaws just disappear with that truly glorious smile.
* WhoShotJFK: Nine was present at Dallas, adding fuel to the ''Slenderman''-type conspiracies about him on the internet.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: At the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]] -- though it's also for Rose's benefit.
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* BriefAccentImitation: The Doctor does an American one in "Night of the Whisper", pretending to be a thug.
* CatchPhrase: The Doctor says "Fantastic" twice in "Night of the Whisper". The first time he says it sarcastically, the first time Rose has ever heard him do that.
* CharacterNameAlias: The Doctor uses [[Series/DixonOfDockGreen George Dixon]] as an alias in "Night of the Whisper", and then chastises Rose later on for not knowing the name.
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* WriteBackToTheFuture: Briefly shows up to deliver a letter he'd kept since his Fifth incarnation, in "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho081TheKingmaker The Kingmaker]]". (BigFinish got away with it at the time using a bit of WritingAroundTrademarks.)
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The brooding, but very sassy veteran. Riddled with SurvivorGuilt from his memories of the Time War, the Ninth Doctor was [[ByronicHero dark and moody at times]], and his eagerness to take on "tourists" was diminished. His short temper made it harder to relate to people, and he reacted like a scorched cat whenever they let him down, yet all of it masked great affection and empathy for others. Prone to mood swings, switching between a clown and {{Jerkass}} within the breadth of the same conversation. Most normally dressed Doctor, with close-cropped hair, a wristwatch, Timberlands, and beat-up leather jacket. A much more street-smart Doctor than previous versions, even outright stating that he doesn't "do domestic". Made a HeroicSacrifice the Fifth would be proud of, and was generally [[CatchPhrase fantastic]].
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChristopherEccleston (2005)
-->''"Time travel is like visiting Paris. You can't just read the guidebook, you've gotta throw yourself in! Eat the food, use the wrong verbs, get charged double and end up kissing complete strangers - or is that just me?"''
The brooding, but very sassy veteran. Riddled with SurvivorGuilt from his memories of the Time War, the Ninth Doctor was [[ByronicHero dark and moody at times]], and his eagerness to take on "tourists" was diminished. His short temper made it harder to relate to people, and he reacted like a scorched cat whenever they let him down, yet all of it masked great affection and empathy for others. Prone to mood swings, switching between a clown and {{Jerkass}} within the breadth of the same conversation. Most normally dressed Doctor, with close-cropped hair, a wristwatch, Timberlands, and beat-up leather jacket. A much more street-smart Doctor than previous versions, even outright stating that he doesn't "do domestic". Made a HeroicSacrifice the Fifth would be proud of, and was generally [[CatchPhrase fantastic]]. In terms of both the series itself as well as [[BigFinishDoctorWho Big Finish,]] Nine has had the shortest tenure out of all the Doctors. (Though even with BF, War still comes close.)
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* AdventureRebuff: Rose. Mickey and Adam in a shorter version.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Protecting Rose is an instinct even stronger than his hatred of Daleks, or wanting to protect the entire planet. Initially seems to be limited to girls when he leaves Jack behind (which Jack later quite vocally complains about), but it turns out that the TARDIS also fundamentally disagreed with Jack after he CameBackWrong.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Very encouraging about Jack's flirting with him, and actively flirts back. Didn't seem to mind being kissed by him, either.
-->'''Jack''' ''[referring to Rose being affectionate with Mickey]'' Aw, sweet. Look at these two... How come I never get any of that?\\
'''Ninth Doctor''': Buy me a drink first.\\
'''Jack''': Such hard work.\\
'''Ninth Doctor''': *smiling* But worth it!
* TheAtoner: For the Time War.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Rose on the Series 1 box art.
* BadassArmfold: Played for hilarity when he stood under a reality television DeathRay and dared the producers to dust him.
* BadassBoast: "Do you know what they call me in the ancient legends of the Dalek homeworld? 'The Oncoming Storm'. You may have removed all your emotions, but I bet that deep down in your DNA there's one spark left, and that's fear. Doesn't it just ''burn'' when you face me?"
* BerserkButton: Suffering from PTSD and survivor's guilt, the Ninth Doctor goes into a fit of rage whenever confronted about The Time War.
** Daleks. His first encounter with one after the Time War is enough to briefly drive him AxeCrazy.
** Someone trying to claim they're JustFollowingOrders. A member of the Game Station staff does this in "Bad Wolf", and his response is TranquilFury.
--->'''The Doctor:''' ''And with that sentence you just lost the right to even talk to me. So BACK OFF!''
* BewareTheQuietOnes: As Neil Gaiman noted, this Doctor is the one to stand completely still and quiet when all others are running in a panic. He would much rather sit in the background, be unnoticed, and still ends up being the center of attention and plotting out how to deal with the crisis.
* BigDamnKiss: With Jack and with Rose. Both are tremendously sweet and emotional.
* BloodKnight: Due to his traumatic experiences during the Time War, though Rose manages to get through to him and soothe his trauma a bit.
* BreakTheBadass: Discovering a Dalek survivor: he instantly goes from "forget about Van Statten, I'm here to help" to complete and utter panic. Even when he gets over his terror, he spends the episode as truly ''out of control'' as we ever see him.
* BrokenAce: Broken after The Last Great Time War, when the Doctor supposedly ''causes'' the death of his entire race and spends his entire Ninth incarnation trying to get over it. His guilt becomes even more apparent with the revelation his previous incarnation was the War Doctor.
* ByronicHero: Zigzagged depending on the episode.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Barring a quick pop to the Slitheen's homeworld to deposit an egg, all of his adventures take place on/within orbit of Earth, suggesting that he's in hiding. Jabe is the first alien to mark him as a Time Lord. (To his great relief, she expresses sympathy rather than blame for his role in the war.) Unfortunately, he's not the only survivor to drift over to Earth: Autons are making mischief in present-day London, having been displaced by the war; a lone Dalek crash-lands in Utah, and the Emperor is secretly puppeteering Earth's civilization in 200,000 AD; plus many, many more.
* TheCallPutMeOnHold: From his perspective to Rose. When Rose initially declines to travel with him, the Doctor ends up gallivanting off on solo adventures for a ''full century'' (The Doctor was 800 when his wartime persona regenerated, and Nine stated he was 900 years old after leaving Rose behind, logically, he would've been travelling on his own for 100 years) before finally figuring out he didn't tell Rose the TARDIS could travel through time, then returns for her. To Rose, he's only gone for a few seconds. [[note]] The Doctor lies about his age sometimes so it's ambigious how old he is at this point. [[/note]]
* TheCameo:
** He briefly appears in the climax of "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]", along with the other incarnations of the character.
** Also as one of the many incarnations running past at the end of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor The Name of the Doctor]]" though like the other images, he runs so fast and blurs while he runs, and is onscreen for barely more than a second, one would likely only recognize him by the jacket alone.
** He also made [[http://stevegoble.blogspot.com/2012/05/blue-peter-tx-04-04-2005.html an obscure]] [[https://youtu.be/JS8EtJNxL3M?t=40s cameo]] on ''Series/BluePeter'' (Season 46, episode 44, airdate April 4, 2005), where a boy had designed a sculpture of a Dalek out of a compost bin. Nine, fresh from the Time War, naturally vapourised it. With a special Blue Peter badge on his person.
* CatchPhrase: "Fantastic!"
* ChangedMyJumper: TropeNamer. While Rose has to change into a period dress, he goes out in his leather jacket.
* CharacterDevelopment: Thanks to Rose, he softens and becomes much less rude and angry toward the end of his life.
* CharacterTics: He tended to do a big, toothy grin often accompanied with cute little hand gestures, directly lifted from the Fourth Doctor; the key difference being that Four looked [[WhenSheSmiles genuinely happy and adorable when he did it]], even if he was being alien and terrifying, and the Ninth manages to [[TechnicallyASmile just look alien and terrifying]]. His genuine smiles are simultaneously both more toned down, and bigger and goofier. He seems to attempt to make his eyes bulge out Four-style too, but the actor just can't do it, instead compensating by raising his eyebrows up really, really high. When being serious, he tends to punctuate his speech with sharp little head-nods to draw emphasis to certain words.
* ChewingTheScenery: His rant about the end of the Time War to the Dalek in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]], the episode that sees him ''literally'' foaming at the mouth:
-->'''Ninth Doctor:''' ''I watched it happen.'' '''I MADE IT HAPPEN!'''
* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to Eight's depiction, given his guilt and ruthlessness. And with respect to the War Doctor, a lot more prone to resentment and anger.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The Doctor's various incarnations are known for funny hairdos, colourful outfits and quirky personalities. By contrast, the Ninth has a very short military-style crew cut, and a black leather jacket. He's still a good guy.
* DeadpanSnarker: "I'm the Doctor. If there's one thing I'm going to do it's ''talk''."
* DeathSeeker: The Ninth initially comes across as having a major death wish, often running ''towards'' the sounds of danger with manic delight, (although dying in a Cardiff dungeon would be [[EveryoneHasStandards going too far]]). Rose helps him overcome this and most of his SurvivorGuilt by the end of his incarnation.
** His recording to Rose for Emergency Program One shows he thinks it's okay if he dies and hopes it's a good death. Although this might be referring to the Doctor's welcome proclivity toward HeroicSacrifice and not that he just wants to die.
* DeathGlare: He could make you feel very sorry indeed, doesn't matter if you're a villain or a misbehaving Companion.
* DeclarationOfProtection: Best summed in one single sentence.
--> '''Doctor''': Rose... I'm coming to get you!
* DestructiveSaviour: See StuffBlowingUp for why the Ninth Doctor favors explosions to deal with big problems.
* DistressedDude: For being in only 13 episodes, he got captured and cornered quite often. Plus, he was shackled and shirtless in a scene in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]].
* DoesntLikeGuns: But has an in-depth knowledge about them and will (try to) use the most powerful {{BFG}} he can find if [[UnstoppableRage Daleks are involved or someone harmed Rose]]. And he won't forbid others to use them, if the enemy really is a threat.
* DramaticIrony: The regret and guilt over destroying his own home planet of Gallifrey defined him to his core, while in fact he did no such thing.
* TheDreaded: To the point where in his presence, with their guns trained directly at him, even ''Daleks'' squeak backwards a bit to keep their distance.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: One word. "RUN!" While taking Rose's hand- the action is as important as the word.
* EverybodyLives: TropeNamer. It's a rare occasion where he can save the day without anyone dying. "Just this once Rose, EVERYBODY LIVES!"
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [=‘=]''That’s okay, I hope it’s a good death''[=’=] his hologram says about facing an enemy that cannot be defeated. Back in reality, he closes his eyes, ready for the Daleks to "ex-ter-minate" him.
* FamousLastWords: "You were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And you know what? So was I."
* FriendToAllChildren: Seemed perfectly at home with the orphans in "The Empty Child", chatting and joking over dinner.
** Subverted in one scene during "Aliens of London" where he fights with a kid over the remote for Jackie's TV.
* {{Foil}}: Nine serves as a foil to Eight, being more aloof and merciless.
* AGodIAmNot: "Don't worship me, I'd make a very bad God. Wouldn't get a day off, for starters."
* GoKartingWithBowser: Margaret Blaine might be a war-profiteering genocidal maniac, and Nine may be her jailer. But still, they're both alien tourists and all they've got is each other's company; may as well go sightseeing! ("Boom Town")
* GoOutWithASmile: Notably enough, the Ninth was the first Doctor to express outright satisfaction with his life before regenerating.
* GoodIsNotNice
* GuileHero: Definitely qualifies as this.
--> '''Doctor''': No. Cause this is what I'm going to do. I'm going to rescue her. I'm going to save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek fleet. And then I'm going to save the Earth. And then I'm going to wipe every last ''stinking'' Dalek out of the sky!\\
'''Daleks''': But you have no weapons! No defenses! No Plan!\\
'''Doctor''': Yeah... and doesn't that ''[[TheDreaded scare you to death!]]''.
* HellBentForLeather: Wore a leather jacket, inspired by marine gear.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: A supposed ''double genocide'' under his belt.
* HiddenDepths: In the first few episodes, he is very aloof and stand offish with Rose, then he slowly reveals what supposedly happened in the Time War to her and why he's sometimes a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* HistoryRepeats: Not long after snuffing out his homeworld, the Doctor miserably found himself with his finger on the trigger again. His showdown with the Daleks above Earth is a mini-reenactment of the last day of the Time War. This time, however, he can't bring himself to destroy Earth, even if it means the Daleks prevail.
* HumansAreMorons: In the episode "Rose" and a few instances whenever he's angry at them, or simply agitated as Rose noted, he'd call humans "stupid apes".
* HypocriticalHumor: The Doctor turns out to be a FanHater when it comes to reality TV.
-->'''The Doctor:''' The human race. Brainless sheep, being fed on a diet of — mind you, have they still got that program where [[SoBadItsGood three people have to live with a bear?]]
* IconicItem: His leather jacket.
** As lampshaded by Jack, the Ninth Doctor's iconic jacket is actually that of a Kriegsmarine Captain from the Second World War, but we never get to hear the story behind how he (or his previous incarnation) got their hands on it.
* ItsAllMyFault: There's hardly an episode where he doesn't end up apologizing to someone for getting them killed, failing to save somebody else, or just [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking snapping at someone he likes.]] It gets especially {{egregious}} in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E3TheUnquietDead "The Unquiet Dead"]]. He'll even apologize first if the other party in a quarrel is the one who first messed up. Though he expects the same kind of owning up to your mistakes from everyone else, and heaven help you if you don't.
-->'''Ninth Doctor''': "You can be born in the 20th century and die in the 19th, and it's all my fault. I brought you here."
** Moreover he has this attitude to the end of the Time War.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Not at beloved yet, but he does tell Rose to live a "good life" when sending her back to her own time.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nice as he is, he got really picky with who he let into the TARDIS.
** As the people he didn't like initially or let in only reluctantly were all guys Rose had become interested in, this could also be seen as a mild case of [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]]. Note that he was perfectly okay with Jack as soon as the man started flirting with them both, instead of threatening to seduce Rose into leaving.
** He also has a tendency to shift between varying levels of NiceGuy and JerkAss depending on his level of respect for the party in question. For instance, he is generally a nice guy to Rose (except for the time she cocked up history in "Father's Day") and most people he meets by default, but if the party in question is antagonistic or smug from the get go, his JerkAss side comes out, hence why he has zero patience for Jackie Tyler. Finally, in a variation, if he's dealing with someone who thinks they are smarter than than they really are (or someone he's trying to piss off on purpose), he shifts into being a really pleasant sounding smartass.
* KnightInSourArmor: Starts out as this, until the universe decides to [[EverybodyLives show mercy for once]].
-->'''Ninth Doctor''': Look, if I forgot some kid called Mickey, it's because I'm busy trying to save the life of every ''stupid ape'' blundering about on top of this planet, all right?!
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRrOI7By5fc "The Doctor's Theme"]] mostly serves as Nine's leitmotif, but has also been used for Ten and occasionally Eleven.
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: He puts on a show of how great it is to travel all over the place and have adventures and save people forever, but he's not a happy guy.
* LoveTriangle: With Jack and Rose. Jack and Rose are both in love with the Doctor, and also fancy each other. The Doctor cares about Rose in his own way, but the show leaves it ambiguous whether it's deep friendship or romantic love, and the Doctor CannotSpitItOut either way. All three pairings get sweet and emotional kissing scenes.
** In "Bad Wolf"/"The Parting of the Ways", within minutes of being separated from Rose, the Doctor invites a sweet young lady by the name of Lynda to travel with him in the TARDIS. Again, the show leaves the Doctor's feelings in the matter ambiguous, but when Rose finds out she doesn't look at all pleased at the prospect of a potential rival.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: As a result of the Time War and his own actions, he's ''very'' reluctant to accept potential companions and is extremely unforgiving of both companion mistakes and the actions of his enemies.
* MoodSwinger
* MoralityChain:
** Needs one when faced with Daleks [[HeWhoFightsMonsters (at least the first time)]] because he would make a good one himself.
** Rose is this to him. He [[DeathSeeker doesn't seem to care all that much about his own survival]], but he'll stop at nothing to keep her safe and bring her back home if she's in danger.
* NoIndoorVoice: Even when he's being quiet, he's still a bit shouty.
* NoodleIncident: He apparently had an offscreen adventure on the Titanic, witnessed the Kennedy Assassination and the eruption of Krakatoa, while later implying to Jack that this incarnation also destroyed the weapons factories of Villengard. It's unclear where these events fall in his timeline; whether they took place ''before'' he met Rose, ''during'' his time with her, or even potentially at the end of "Rose", in the brief seconds ([[NarniaTime for Rose at least]]) ''between'' the TARDIS leaving and coming back moments later. This is confirmed in the Expanded Universe, see Offscreen Moment of Awesome. There's also the matter of his penultimate adventure, where he, Rose, and Jack visited Feudal Era Kyoto and ended up chased back to the TARDIS, after which the Game Station intercepts them mid-flight and kickstarts the events of "Bad Wolf"[=/=]"The Parting of The Ways".
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: When Jackie Tyler tries to seduce him in "Rose," he curtly refuses her advances.
* NotSoDifferent:
** To the ''Daleks''.
---> '''Dalek''': You would make a good [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Dalek]].
** As well as when the Dalek pushes his BerserkButton too far, causing the Doctor to ''electrocute him''.
---> '''Dalek''': We are the same!\\
'''Doctor''': We're not the same! I'm not- No. Wait. Maybe we are! Yeah ok, you've got a point! Cause I know what should happen. I know what you ''deserve''!\\
''[SlasherSmile]''\\
'''Doctor''': ''EXTERMINATE!''
** Also with Margaret the Slitheen: "Only a killer would know that."
** Averted at the end of his life, when the Dalek Emperor taunts him that he could ''easily'' wipe out the entire Dalek fleet at the cost of sacrificing the entire Earth, exactly like the choice he faced at the end of the Time War;
---> '''Dalek Emperor''': I want to see you become like me. Hail, the Doctor, "''The Great Exterminator!''"\\
'''Doctor''': ''I'll do it!''\\
'''Dalek Emperor''': Then prove yourself, Doctor. What are you, coward or killer?\\
''[tries, but cannot bring himself to push the lever]''\\
'''Doctor''': ... Coward, any day.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: You don't often see 19 year olds knocking about with middle aged guys. To experience anything new at this point in his life is a marvel and in 900 years of time travel the Doctor has never been slapped by somebody’s mother! Then again he has never faced ''anything'' as frightening as [[MamaBear Jackie Tyler]] before ('Stitch that mate!').
* ObiWanMoment: The Doctor still hasn't quite got the hang of this personal stuff, so instead of a tearful farewell, he tricks Rose into the TARDIS and spirits her off to safety against her will. His holographic recording is a nice substitute for a Force ghost.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Confirmed through the ebook "The Beast of Babylon" that the Doctor had adventures between the seconds that he dematerializes and then comes back later in "Rose". It's heavily implied all the pictures Rose sees of this incarnation during that episode took place in that gap.
* OhCrap: He gets an epic one when he realizes that the "Metaltron" in Van Stratten's vault is a Dalek. Oh, [[UpToEleven and they're locked alone in the room]].
--> '''Doctor''': (desperately trying to open the door) ''Let me out!''
* OopNorth: "Lots of planets have a North!", and the TropeNamer for the quote.
* OutrunTheFireball: The trailer for the revived series had a specially created scene shot where the Doctor is seen casually running around a corner... then a few seconds later comes a massive fireball.
* RebelRelaxation: Nine loves a good brood.
* RousingSpeech: To inspire individual people. Usually in the form of a quiet, understated DareToBeBadass or, if that doesn't work, scathing ReversePsychology (for example in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E7TheLongGame "The Long Game"]]). It has more impact than usual because the Ninth Doctor can be [[TheSnarkKnight quite cynical about humanity as a whole]], so you know it's not just general idealistic gushing.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Though after their first few days traveling together, Rose is usually the one more vocal with the denial. Complete with EveryoneCanSeeIt (Even the Daleks!) and ShipperOnDeck (Jack: "You two are so sweet. [...] Continue with what you were... doing.")
* ShellShockedVeteran: Is trying very hard to cope with his own actions during the Time War.
* StepfordSmiler:
** Half the time, that lovely smile of his is a put-on meant to make others feel at ease. This means that someone is in a ''lot'' of trouble when he decides [[DeathGlare not to bother]].
** Particularly noticable when he's about to regenerate:
--->'''Ninth Doctor:''' That's right. I sang a song and the Daleks ran away.
* StepfordSnarker: When he gets snarky about humanity, it's often a sign that he's very upset and trying hard not to show it. Rose even lampshades this in "The Doctor Dances".
* StuffBlowingUp: Despite having a single series of only thirteen episodes, he caused a ''lot'' of explosions in his short run. Blows up a department store, causes the last pure human to combust, allows a medium to blow up a house on top of the Rift, bombs Downing Street (well, okay, that last one was Mickey, but the Doctor gave him the code to do so), overheats the Mighty Jagrafess, destroyed the weapons factory at Villengard ([[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome offscreen]]), visited Krakatoa ([[NoodleIncident offscreen]]), and watched Kennedy's assassination ([[NoodleIncident offscreen]]). As Rose so accurately lampshades in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E10TheDoctorDances "The Doctor Dances"]], one of his defining traits is that he ''really'' loves to blow thing up.
--> '''Rose:''' First day I met him, he blew my job up! That's practically how he communicates.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Isn't hesitant to let his feelings about humans be known to all present.
* SurvivorGuilt: Tons of it; TheLastOfHisKind and he's the reason why.
* ThousandYardStare: After something particularly horrific has happened or when he's talking about the Time War and his SurvivorGuilt over the whole thing he'll often have a vacant, far-away, haunted expression.
** Coupled with a HeroicBSOD when he thinks Rose was killed in "Bad Wolf", causing him to completely shut down for at least half an hour. When he finally recovers his wits, the personnel of Satellite 5 barely know [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge what's hit them]].
* TimeMaster: Each Doctor displays their mastery over time in a new way. The [=9th=] focused his energies to walk through spinning rotary blades, completely unharmed. ("The End of the World")
* TookALevelInKindness: Due to the Time War, he starts off ''very'' angry and bitter. He eventually softens and puts some of the guilt of the Time War behind him by the end of his life, something the Tenth Doctor later acknowledges was due to Rose's influence. Could also be considered to have taken a level from [[TheUnfettered the War Doctor]], his previous incarnation who fought in the Time War.
* TranquilFury: Very good at this, when he's angry he becomes very calm.
** The trailer for series 1 had him running down a corridor with the look of utmost serenity. Then around the corner, came the [[OutrunTheFireball massive fireball]]...
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Only appeared in one series consisting of thirteen episodes. And ''very'' fleetingly as the War Doctor regenerated. Big Finish doesn't have rights to produce audios for him and expand on this small margin of stories ([[WordOfGod yet]]).
** He is also one of the least touched upon Doctors, having a sparse collection of stories to his name in comics and novels alike, most of which were only written while the BBC billed him as the incumbent Doctor (March-June 2005; 4 months onscreen). After his run ended, the BBC shifted their attention to the next incarnations of the Doctor, and it was rare for the Ninth Doctor to appear in stories due to character trademarks which prevented his Doctor from being explored in other mediums. He showed up every now and then, but didn't enjoy the wide range of focus that his successors got. It wasn't until 2015, the tenth anniversary of the revival series, that his Doctor saw new life in a range of Titan comics- fittingly so, since Nine was the one who kick-started the return of ''Doctor Who'' to television.
* WhenHeSmiles: Generally rough and angular features, though handsome. But all the flaws just disappear with that truly glorious smile.
* WhoShotJFK: Nine was present at Dallas, adding fuel to the ''Slenderman''-type conspiracies about him on the internet.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: At the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]] -- though it's also for Rose's benefit.
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose Rose]]"
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChristopherEccleston (2005)
-->''"Time travel is like visiting Paris. You can't just read the guidebook, you've gotta throw yourself in! Eat the food, use the wrong verbs, get charged double and end up kissing complete strangers - or is that just me?"''
The brooding, but very sassy veteran. Riddled with SurvivorGuilt from his memories of the Time War, the Ninth Doctor was [[ByronicHero dark and moody at times]], and his eagerness to take on "tourists" was diminished. His short temper made it harder to relate to people, and he reacted like a scorched cat whenever they let him down, yet all of it masked great affection and empathy for others. Prone to mood swings, switching between a clown and {{Jerkass}} within the breadth of the same conversation. Most normally dressed Doctor, with close-cropped hair, a wristwatch, Timberlands, and beat-up leather jacket. A much more street-smart Doctor than previous versions, even outright stating that he doesn't "do domestic". Made a HeroicSacrifice the Fifth would be proud of, and was generally [[CatchPhrase fantastic]]. In terms of both the series itself as well as [[BigFinishDoctorWho Big Finish,]] Nine has had the shortest tenure out of all the Doctors. (Though even with BF, War still comes close.)
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!! Tropes associated with the television series
* AdventureRebuff: Rose. Mickey and Adam in a shorter version.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Protecting Rose is an instinct even stronger than his hatred of Daleks, or wanting to protect the entire planet. Initially seems to be limited to girls when he leaves Jack behind (which Jack later quite vocally complains about), but it turns out that the TARDIS also fundamentally disagreed with Jack after he CameBackWrong.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Very encouraging about Jack's flirting with him, and actively flirts back. Didn't seem to mind being kissed by him, either.
-->'''Jack''' ''[referring to Rose being affectionate with Mickey]'' Aw, sweet. Look at these two... How come I never get any of that?\\
'''Ninth Doctor''': Buy me a drink first.\\
'''Jack''': Such hard work.\\
'''Ninth Doctor''': *smiling* But worth it!
* TheAtoner: For the Time War.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Rose on the Series 1 box art.
* BadassArmfold: Played for hilarity when he stood under a reality television DeathRay and dared the producers to dust him.
* BadassBoast: "Do you know what they call me in the ancient legends of the Dalek homeworld? 'The Oncoming Storm'. You may have removed all your emotions, but I bet that deep down in your DNA there's one spark left, and that's fear. Doesn't it just ''burn'' when you face me?"
* BerserkButton: Suffering from PTSD and survivor's guilt, the Ninth Doctor goes into a fit of rage whenever confronted about The Time War.
** Daleks. His first encounter with one after the Time War is enough to briefly drive him AxeCrazy.
** Someone trying to claim they're JustFollowingOrders. A member of the Game Station staff does this in "Bad Wolf", and his response is TranquilFury.
--->'''The Doctor:''' ''And with that sentence you just lost the right to even talk to me. So BACK OFF!''
* BewareTheQuietOnes: As Neil Gaiman noted, this Doctor is the one to stand completely still and quiet when all others are running in a panic. He would much rather sit in the background, be unnoticed, and still ends up being the center of attention and plotting out how to deal with the crisis.
* BigDamnKiss: With Jack and with Rose. Both are tremendously sweet and emotional.
* BloodKnight: Due to his traumatic experiences during the Time War, though Rose manages to get through to him and soothe his trauma a bit.
* BreakTheBadass: Discovering a Dalek survivor: he instantly goes from "forget about Van Statten, I'm here to help" to complete and utter panic. Even when he gets over his terror, he spends the episode as truly ''out of control'' as we ever see him.
* BrokenAce: Broken after The Last Great Time War, when the Doctor supposedly ''causes'' the death of his entire race and spends his entire Ninth incarnation trying to get over it. His guilt becomes even more apparent with the revelation his previous incarnation was the War Doctor.
* ByronicHero: Zigzagged depending on the episode.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Barring a quick pop to the Slitheen's homeworld to deposit an egg, all of his adventures take place on/within orbit of Earth, suggesting that he's in hiding. Jabe is the first alien to mark him as a Time Lord. (To his great relief, she expresses sympathy rather than blame for his role in the war.) Unfortunately, he's not the only survivor to drift over to Earth: Autons are making mischief in present-day London, having been displaced by the war; a lone Dalek crash-lands in Utah, and the Emperor is secretly puppeteering Earth's civilization in 200,000 AD; plus many, many more.
* TheCallPutMeOnHold: From his perspective to Rose. When Rose initially declines to travel with him, the Doctor ends up gallivanting off on solo adventures for a ''full century'' (The Doctor was 800 when his wartime persona regenerated, and Nine stated he was 900 years old after leaving Rose behind, logically, he would've been travelling on his own for 100 years) before finally figuring out he didn't tell Rose the TARDIS could travel through time, then returns for her. To Rose, he's only gone for a few seconds. [[note]] The Doctor lies about his age sometimes so it's ambigious how old he is at this point. [[/note]]
* TheCameo:
** He briefly appears in the climax of "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]", along with the other incarnations of the character.
** Also as one of the many incarnations running past at the end of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor The Name of the Doctor]]" though like the other images, he runs so fast and blurs while he runs, and is onscreen for barely more than a second, one would likely only recognize him by the jacket alone.
** He also made [[http://stevegoble.blogspot.com/2012/05/blue-peter-tx-04-04-2005.html an obscure]] [[https://youtu.be/JS8EtJNxL3M?t=40s cameo]] on ''Series/BluePeter'' (Season 46, episode 44, airdate April 4, 2005), where a boy had designed a sculpture of a Dalek out of a compost bin. Nine, fresh from the Time War, naturally vapourised it. With a special Blue Peter badge on his person.
* CatchPhrase: "Fantastic!"
* ChangedMyJumper: TropeNamer. While Rose has to change into a period dress, he goes out in his leather jacket.
* CharacterDevelopment: Thanks to Rose, he softens and becomes much less rude and angry toward the end of his life.
* CharacterTics: He tended to do a big, toothy grin often accompanied with cute little hand gestures, directly lifted from the Fourth Doctor; the key difference being that Four looked [[WhenSheSmiles genuinely happy and adorable when he did it]], even if he was being alien and terrifying, and the Ninth manages to [[TechnicallyASmile just look alien and terrifying]]. His genuine smiles are simultaneously both more toned down, and bigger and goofier. He seems to attempt to make his eyes bulge out Four-style too, but the actor just can't do it, instead compensating by raising his eyebrows up really, really high. When being serious, he tends to punctuate his speech with sharp little head-nods to draw emphasis to certain words.
* ChewingTheScenery: His rant about the end of the Time War to the Dalek in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]], the episode that sees him ''literally'' foaming at the mouth:
-->'''Ninth Doctor:''' ''I watched it happen.'' '''I MADE IT HAPPEN!'''
* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to Eight's depiction, given his guilt and ruthlessness. And with respect to the War Doctor, a lot more prone to resentment and anger.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The Doctor's various incarnations are known for funny hairdos, colourful outfits and quirky personalities. By contrast, the Ninth has a very short military-style crew cut, and a black leather jacket. He's still a good guy.
* DeadpanSnarker: "I'm the Doctor. If there's one thing I'm going to do it's ''talk''."
* DeathSeeker: The Ninth initially comes across as having a major death wish, often running ''towards'' the sounds of danger with manic delight, (although dying in a Cardiff dungeon would be [[EveryoneHasStandards going too far]]). Rose helps him overcome this and most of his SurvivorGuilt by the end of his incarnation.
** His recording to Rose for Emergency Program One shows he thinks it's okay if he dies and hopes it's a good death. Although this might be referring to the Doctor's welcome proclivity toward HeroicSacrifice and not that he just wants to die.
* DeathGlare: He could make you feel very sorry indeed, doesn't matter if you're a villain or a misbehaving Companion.
* DeclarationOfProtection: Best summed in one single sentence.
--> '''Doctor''': Rose... I'm coming to get you!
* DestructiveSaviour: See StuffBlowingUp for why the Ninth Doctor favors explosions to deal with big problems.
* DistressedDude: For being in only 13 episodes, he got captured and cornered quite often. Plus, he was shackled and shirtless in a scene in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]].
* DoesntLikeGuns: But has an in-depth knowledge about them and will (try to) use the most powerful {{BFG}} he can find if [[UnstoppableRage Daleks are involved or someone harmed Rose]]. And he won't forbid others to use them, if the enemy really is a threat.
* DramaticIrony: The regret and guilt over destroying his own home planet of Gallifrey defined him to his core, while in fact he did no such thing.
* TheDreaded: To the point where in his presence, with their guns trained directly at him, even ''Daleks'' squeak backwards a bit to keep their distance.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: One word. "RUN!" While taking Rose's hand- the action is as important as the word.
* EverybodyLives: TropeNamer. It's a rare occasion where he can save the day without anyone dying. "Just this once Rose, EVERYBODY LIVES!"
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [=‘=]''That’s okay, I hope it’s a good death''[=’=] his hologram says about facing an enemy that cannot be defeated. Back in reality, he closes his eyes, ready for the Daleks to "ex-ter-minate" him.
* FamousLastWords: "You were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And you know what? So was I."
* FriendToAllChildren: Seemed perfectly at home with the orphans in "The Empty Child", chatting and joking over dinner.
** Subverted in one scene during "Aliens of London" where he fights with a kid over the remote for Jackie's TV.
* {{Foil}}: Nine serves as a foil to Eight, being more aloof and merciless.
* AGodIAmNot: "Don't worship me, I'd make a very bad God. Wouldn't get a day off, for starters."
* GoKartingWithBowser: Margaret Blaine might be a war-profiteering genocidal maniac, and Nine may be her jailer. But still, they're both alien tourists and all they've got is each other's company; may as well go sightseeing! ("Boom Town")
* GoOutWithASmile: Notably enough, the Ninth was the first Doctor to express outright satisfaction with his life before regenerating.
* GoodIsNotNice
* GuileHero: Definitely qualifies as this.
--> '''Doctor''': No. Cause this is what I'm going to do. I'm going to rescue her. I'm going to save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek fleet. And then I'm going to save the Earth. And then I'm going to wipe every last ''stinking'' Dalek out of the sky!\\
'''Daleks''': But you have no weapons! No defenses! No Plan!\\
'''Doctor''': Yeah... and doesn't that ''[[TheDreaded scare you to death!]]''.
* HellBentForLeather: Wore a leather jacket, inspired by marine gear.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: A supposed ''double genocide'' under his belt.
* HiddenDepths: In the first few episodes, he is very aloof and stand offish with Rose, then he slowly reveals what supposedly happened in the Time War to her and why he's sometimes a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* HistoryRepeats: Not long after snuffing out his homeworld, the Doctor miserably found himself with his finger on the trigger again. His showdown with the Daleks above Earth is a mini-reenactment of the last day of the Time War. This time, however, he can't bring himself to destroy Earth, even if it means the Daleks prevail.
* HumansAreMorons: In the episode "Rose" and a few instances whenever he's angry at them, or simply agitated as Rose noted, he'd call humans "stupid apes".
* HypocriticalHumor: The Doctor turns out to be a FanHater when it comes to reality TV.
-->'''The Doctor:''' The human race. Brainless sheep, being fed on a diet of — mind you, have they still got that program where [[SoBadItsGood three people have to live with a bear?]]
* IconicItem: His leather jacket.
** As lampshaded by Jack, the Ninth Doctor's iconic jacket is actually that of a Kriegsmarine Captain from the Second World War, but we never get to hear the story behind how he (or his previous incarnation) got their hands on it.
* ItsAllMyFault: There's hardly an episode where he doesn't end up apologizing to someone for getting them killed, failing to save somebody else, or just [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking snapping at someone he likes.]] It gets especially {{egregious}} in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E3TheUnquietDead "The Unquiet Dead"]]. He'll even apologize first if the other party in a quarrel is the one who first messed up. Though he expects the same kind of owning up to your mistakes from everyone else, and heaven help you if you don't.
-->'''Ninth Doctor''': "You can be born in the 20th century and die in the 19th, and it's all my fault. I brought you here."
** Moreover he has this attitude to the end of the Time War.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Not at beloved yet, but he does tell Rose to live a "good life" when sending her back to her own time.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nice as he is, he got really picky with who he let into the TARDIS.
** As the people he didn't like initially or let in only reluctantly were all guys Rose had become interested in, this could also be seen as a mild case of [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]]. Note that he was perfectly okay with Jack as soon as the man started flirting with them both, instead of threatening to seduce Rose into leaving.
** He also has a tendency to shift between varying levels of NiceGuy and JerkAss depending on his level of respect for the party in question. For instance, he is generally a nice guy to Rose (except for the time she cocked up history in "Father's Day") and most people he meets by default, but if the party in question is antagonistic or smug from the get go, his JerkAss side comes out, hence why he has zero patience for Jackie Tyler. Finally, in a variation, if he's dealing with someone who thinks they are smarter than than they really are (or someone he's trying to piss off on purpose), he shifts into being a really pleasant sounding smartass.
* KnightInSourArmor: Starts out as this, until the universe decides to [[EverybodyLives show mercy for once]].
-->'''Ninth Doctor''': Look, if I forgot some kid called Mickey, it's because I'm busy trying to save the life of every ''stupid ape'' blundering about on top of this planet, all right?!
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRrOI7By5fc "The Doctor's Theme"]] mostly serves as Nine's leitmotif, but has also been used for Ten and occasionally Eleven.
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: He puts on a show of how great it is to travel all over the place and have adventures and save people forever, but he's not a happy guy.
* LoveTriangle: With Jack and Rose. Jack and Rose are both in love with the Doctor, and also fancy each other. The Doctor cares about Rose in his own way, but the show leaves it ambiguous whether it's deep friendship or romantic love, and the Doctor CannotSpitItOut either way. All three pairings get sweet and emotional kissing scenes.
** In "Bad Wolf"/"The Parting of the Ways", within minutes of being separated from Rose, the Doctor invites a sweet young lady by the name of Lynda to travel with him in the TARDIS. Again, the show leaves the Doctor's feelings in the matter ambiguous, but when Rose finds out she doesn't look at all pleased at the prospect of a potential rival.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: As a result of the Time War and his own actions, he's ''very'' reluctant to accept potential companions and is extremely unforgiving of both companion mistakes and the actions of his enemies.
* MoodSwinger
* MoralityChain:
** Needs one when faced with Daleks [[HeWhoFightsMonsters (at least the first time)]] because he would make a good one himself.
** Rose is this to him. He [[DeathSeeker doesn't seem to care all that much about his own survival]], but he'll stop at nothing to keep her safe and bring her back home if she's in danger.
* NoIndoorVoice: Even when he's being quiet, he's still a bit shouty.
* NoodleIncident: He apparently had an offscreen adventure on the Titanic, witnessed the Kennedy Assassination and the eruption of Krakatoa, while later implying to Jack that this incarnation also destroyed the weapons factories of Villengard. It's unclear where these events fall in his timeline; whether they took place ''before'' he met Rose, ''during'' his time with her, or even potentially at the end of "Rose", in the brief seconds ([[NarniaTime for Rose at least]]) ''between'' the TARDIS leaving and coming back moments later. This is confirmed in the Expanded Universe, see Offscreen Moment of Awesome. There's also the matter of his penultimate adventure, where he, Rose, and Jack visited Feudal Era Kyoto and ended up chased back to the TARDIS, after which the Game Station intercepts them mid-flight and kickstarts the events of "Bad Wolf"[=/=]"The Parting of The Ways".
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: When Jackie Tyler tries to seduce him in "Rose," he curtly refuses her advances.
* NotSoDifferent:
** To the ''Daleks''.
---> '''Dalek''': You would make a good [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Dalek]].
** As well as when the Dalek pushes his BerserkButton too far, causing the Doctor to ''electrocute him''.
---> '''Dalek''': We are the same!\\
'''Doctor''': We're not the same! I'm not- No. Wait. Maybe we are! Yeah ok, you've got a point! Cause I know what should happen. I know what you ''deserve''!\\
''[SlasherSmile]''\\
'''Doctor''': ''EXTERMINATE!''
** Also with Margaret the Slitheen: "Only a killer would know that."
** Averted at the end of his life, when the Dalek Emperor taunts him that he could ''easily'' wipe out the entire Dalek fleet at the cost of sacrificing the entire Earth, exactly like the choice he faced at the end of the Time War;
---> '''Dalek Emperor''': I want to see you become like me. Hail, the Doctor, "''The Great Exterminator!''"\\
'''Doctor''': ''I'll do it!''\\
'''Dalek Emperor''': Then prove yourself, Doctor. What are you, coward or killer?\\
''[tries, but cannot bring himself to push the lever]''\\
'''Doctor''': ... Coward, any day.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: You don't often see 19 year olds knocking about with middle aged guys. To experience anything new at this point in his life is a marvel and in 900 years of time travel the Doctor has never been slapped by somebody’s mother! Then again he has never faced ''anything'' as frightening as [[MamaBear Jackie Tyler]] before ('Stitch that mate!').
* ObiWanMoment: The Doctor still hasn't quite got the hang of this personal stuff, so instead of a tearful farewell, he tricks Rose into the TARDIS and spirits her off to safety against her will. His holographic recording is a nice substitute for a Force ghost.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Confirmed through the ebook "The Beast of Babylon" that the Doctor had adventures between the seconds that he dematerializes and then comes back later in "Rose". It's heavily implied all the pictures Rose sees of this incarnation during that episode took place in that gap.
* OhCrap: He gets an epic one when he realizes that the "Metaltron" in Van Stratten's vault is a Dalek. Oh, [[UpToEleven and they're locked alone in the room]].
--> '''Doctor''': (desperately trying to open the door) ''Let me out!''
* OopNorth: "Lots of planets have a North!", and the TropeNamer for the quote.
* OutrunTheFireball: The trailer for the revived series had a specially created scene shot where the Doctor is seen casually running around a corner... then a few seconds later comes a massive fireball.
* RebelRelaxation: Nine loves a good brood.
* RousingSpeech: To inspire individual people. Usually in the form of a quiet, understated DareToBeBadass or, if that doesn't work, scathing ReversePsychology (for example in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E7TheLongGame "The Long Game"]]). It has more impact than usual because the Ninth Doctor can be [[TheSnarkKnight quite cynical about humanity as a whole]], so you know it's not just general idealistic gushing.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Though after their first few days traveling together, Rose is usually the one more vocal with the denial. Complete with EveryoneCanSeeIt (Even the Daleks!) and ShipperOnDeck (Jack: "You two are so sweet. [...] Continue with what you were... doing.")
* ShellShockedVeteran: Is trying very hard to cope with his own actions during the Time War.
* StepfordSmiler:
** Half the time, that lovely smile of his is a put-on meant to make others feel at ease. This means that someone is in a ''lot'' of trouble when he decides [[DeathGlare not to bother]].
** Particularly noticable when he's about to regenerate:
--->'''Ninth Doctor:''' That's right. I sang a song and the Daleks ran away.
* StepfordSnarker: When he gets snarky about humanity, it's often a sign that he's very upset and trying hard not to show it. Rose even lampshades this in "The Doctor Dances".
* StuffBlowingUp: Despite having a single series of only thirteen episodes, he caused a ''lot'' of explosions in his short run. Blows up a department store, causes the last pure human to combust, allows a medium to blow up a house on top of the Rift, bombs Downing Street (well, okay, that last one was Mickey, but the Doctor gave him the code to do so), overheats the Mighty Jagrafess, destroyed the weapons factory at Villengard ([[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome offscreen]]), visited Krakatoa ([[NoodleIncident offscreen]]), and watched Kennedy's assassination ([[NoodleIncident offscreen]]). As Rose so accurately lampshades in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E10TheDoctorDances "The Doctor Dances"]], one of his defining traits is that he ''really'' loves to blow thing up.
--> '''Rose:''' First day I met him, he blew my job up! That's practically how he communicates.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Isn't hesitant to let his feelings about humans be known to all present.
* SurvivorGuilt: Tons of it; TheLastOfHisKind and he's the reason why.
* ThousandYardStare: After something particularly horrific has happened or when he's talking about the Time War and his SurvivorGuilt over the whole thing he'll often have a vacant, far-away, haunted expression.
** Coupled with a HeroicBSOD when he thinks Rose was killed in "Bad Wolf", causing him to completely shut down for at least half an hour. When he finally recovers his wits, the personnel of Satellite 5 barely know [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge what's hit them]].
* TimeMaster: Each Doctor displays their mastery over time in a new way. The [=9th=] focused his energies to walk through spinning rotary blades, completely unharmed. ("The End of the World")
* TookALevelInKindness: Due to the Time War, he starts off ''very'' angry and bitter. He eventually softens and puts some of the guilt of the Time War behind him by the end of his life, something the Tenth Doctor later acknowledges was due to Rose's influence. Could also be considered to have taken a level from [[TheUnfettered the War Doctor]], his previous incarnation who fought in the Time War.
* TranquilFury: Very good at this, when he's angry he becomes very calm.
** The trailer for series 1 had him running down a corridor with the look of utmost serenity. Then around the corner, came the [[OutrunTheFireball massive fireball]]...
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Only appeared in one series consisting of thirteen episodes. And ''very'' fleetingly as the War Doctor regenerated. Big Finish doesn't have rights to produce audios for him and expand on this small margin of stories ([[WordOfGod yet]]).
** He is also one of the least touched upon Doctors, having a sparse collection of stories to his name in comics and novels alike, most of which were only written while the BBC billed him as the incumbent Doctor (March-June 2005; 4 months onscreen). After his run ended, the BBC shifted their attention to the next incarnations of the Doctor, and it was rare for the Ninth Doctor to appear in stories due to character trademarks which prevented his Doctor from being explored in other mediums. He showed up every now and then, but didn't enjoy the wide range of focus that his successors got. It wasn't until 2015, the tenth anniversary of the revival series, that his Doctor saw new life in a range of Titan comics- fittingly so, since Nine was the one who kick-started the return of ''Doctor Who'' to television.
* WhenHeSmiles: Generally rough and angular features, though handsome. But all the flaws just disappear with that truly glorious smile.
* WhoShotJFK: Nine was present at Dallas, adding fuel to the ''Slenderman''-type conspiracies about him on the internet.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: At the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]] -- though it's also for Rose's benefit.
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