History Characters / DoctorWhoFifthDoctor

->''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva "I... oh..."]]''

* BewareTheNiceOnes: While normally a pacifist, the events of ''Warmonger'' force the Fifth Doctor to become a military leader of a vast alliance that includes some of his more regular enemies- the Sontarans, the Ice Warriors and the Cybermen in particular- against an army led by the renegade Time Lord Morbius, mounting a successful year-long campaign that earns him the respect of all of his normal foes (and he does this while using an alias so that he doesn't have his usual reputation as the Doctor as 'evidence' that he knows what he's doing).

The [[TheEdwardianEra Edwardian]] cricketer; vulnerable and highly noble. As in the original show, he's a friendly -- though rather testy -- guy who's willing to give anyone a chance. Creator/BigFinish tends to also show a [[KnightInSourArmor darker and more bitter]] side of his personality at times, and fully explores his change in attitude after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock "Earthshock"]].

* {{Ambadassador}}: Completely embodies this trope, especially in [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho066TheGame "The Game"]] -- much more so than he realises. It turns out [[spoiler: he's personally responsible for having peacefully ended 36 wars, though from his perspective, he hasn't done it yet]]. May double as ThrowTheDogABone.

* BloodSport: Accidentally becomes the star player of one in [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho066TheGame "The Game"]].

* DoomMagnet: Upon finding out that his last time holding the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E6TheArmageddonFactor Key to Time]] has now threatened the universe again, this Doctor sets out to save reality. Again. Unfortunately, this Doctor's quest to fix that almost instantly [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho117TheJudgementOfIsskar resulted]] in the cataclysm that [[spoiler: made the Martians into the Ice Warriors]]. Whoops.
** And this isn't even going into the fact that this Doctor seems to gather more disasters around him than any of his other incarnations, like in [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho165TheBurningPrince "The Burning Prince"]], where the TARDIS just decides to drop the Doctor into the middle of a mess. Because it can.
* [[spoiler:DyingDream]]: The last part of "Circular Time" is revealed to be taking place [[spoiler:inside the Fifth Doctor's mind as he regenerates into the Sixth]].

* ProperlyParanoid: After what happened to him in [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS19E7TimeFlight}} "Time-Flight"]], Five refuses to set foot on a commuter plane ever again. Ten eventually forgot this lesson, and suffered accordingly in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]].

* StableTimeLoop: The First Doctor would encounter Mondas in [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet}} "The Tenth Planet"]] after it returned to our solar system. The hapless Fifth Doctor is responsible for pushing Mondas away from the nebula that would've destroyed it, causing it to reverse course back in Earth's direction. This makes him indirectly responsible for the First Doctor's regeneration, too.

->''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani "I might regenerate... I don't know. Feels different this time... Adric?"]]''

* ArchEnemy: The Master[[note]](specifically the incarnation portrayed by Creator/AnthonyAinley)[[/note]], and the Black Guardian. The former, despite qualifying for the Doctor in general, seemed to frequently appear during Five's era to menace him, much like how they did to the [[Characters/DoctorWhoThirdDoctor Third Doctor]]. The latter, meanwhile, sends an agent to join the Doctor as a companion for the purpose of killing him.

* ArchEnemy: The Master[[note]](specifically the incarnation portrayed by Creator/AnthonyAinley)[[/note]], and the Black Guardian. The former, despite qualifying for the Doctor in general, seemed to frequently appear during Five's era to menace him, much like how they did to the Third Doctor. The latter, meanwhile, sends an agent to join the Doctor as a companion for the purpose of killing him.

* ArchEnemy: The Master[[note](]specifically the incarnation portrayed by Creator/AnthonyAinley)[[/note]], and the Black Guardian. The former, despite qualifying for the Doctor in general, seemed to frequently appear during Five's era to menace him, much like how they did to the Third Doctor. The latter, meanwhile, sends an agent to join the Doctor as a companion for the purpose of killing him.

* ArchEnemy: The Master[[note]]specifically the incarnation portrayed by Creator/AnthonyAinley[[/note]], and the Black Guardian. The former, despite qualifying for the Doctor in general, seemed to frequently appear during Five's era to menace him. The latter, meanwhile, sends an agent to join the Doctor as a companion for the purpose of killing him.

->''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani "Adric?"]]''

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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: In ''Goth Opera'', the Doctor at least start to become a vampire when he is turned by Ruath, an old acquaintance of his from Gallifrey, but he is able to avert this before the change becomes permanent.

* HijackedByGanon: A very odd example, in that Five ''very'' frequently turns out to be the one responsible in the end for the mass genocide of civilisations, or the creation of murderous races. Entirely by accident, of course, but the trope is played to the letter otherwise. Basically, if a Fifth Doctor episode doesn't disclose the identity of its villain at first, there's a very high chance Five has been accidentally responsible.
** Though at least the Ice Warrior fate has been retconned as of "Cold War" in the revival series. so at least one was somewhat averted...
** And then there's the ''Key 2 Time'' storyline, which directly reveals [[spoiler: the Doctor is at fault for the Universe being in danger, thanks to his meddling with the Key to Time as the Fourth Doctor]]. And that's before the story begins the ''other'' disasters...

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** In "Planet of Fire", he ditched the coat and jumper altogether whilst in the warmer climes of Lanzarote and wore an embroidered waistcoat instead.

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: There's a delightful little moment in "Arc of Infinity" where, while trying to save both Gallifrey and Earth from Omega's crazed plans, the Doctor knocks an old lady's groceries out of her arms. He quickly stops to help her gather up her things.

->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterDavison (1981–84, 1993, [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CiNSTimeCrash 2007]], 2018, [[Recap/DoctorWho2022CENThePowerOfTheDoctor 2022]])

->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterDavison (1981–84, 1993, 2007, 2018, 2022)

After a trip to Androzani Minor resulted in him and his newest companion Peri touching unrefined spectrox, they developed spectrox toxaemia and had to seek a cure before the poison killed them. They were caught in the middle of a cabal of greed, murder, lust, and the worst luck ever. Fortunately, the Doctor learnt the sickness could be cured, but only managed to save Peri when his body lost the strength to stand and he lost half of the antidote in the dirt. Shortly after his HeroicSacrifice, the Fifth Doctor underwent a very delirious regeneration while envisioning his latest companions as well as [[Characters/DoctorWhoMasters the Master]], transforming into [[Characters/DoctorWhoSixthDoctor a harsher man]].

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* [[spoiler: CloningBlues]]: In "Omega".

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Brave heart, (insert character name)." (Especially Tegan, though other companions are similarly cheered up.) He's also shown to be fond of "Sorry, must dash!" when confronted by the usual contingents of armed guards.

* HurtingHero: It's alluded to more than once that The Doctor spends a long time struggling with his guilt over letting Adric die in "Earthshock". When he later meets the Seventh Doctor in "Cold Fusion" (set before Adric died), Seven is shown to be upset enough that he briefly considers changing time to let Adric live.

->''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani "Adric?"]]''