History Characters / DoctorWhoFirstDoctor

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* NotSoDifferent: During ''Destination War'', the Doctor appears to be willing to take on the Master's role of manipulating a civilisation, albeit to try and undo the worst of the Master's actions.

On Christmas Day 2017, David Bradley took on the role for Big Finish's ''The First Doctor Adventures'', reprising his role from "Twice Upon a Time", the Christmas Special that was released a few hours before the first two downloadable audios.[[note]]The audios were planned before it was even known Bradley would be appearing as the Doctor on television; Susan, Ian and Barbara are played by the actors who played Creator/CaroleAnnFord, Creator/WilliamRussell and Jacqueline Hill in "An Adventure in Space and Time".[[/note]]

* CharacterTics: He would often gesture with his hands close to his face. Peter Purves said that this was Hartnell's response to not being able to gesture broadly in the same way as you could on stage, because TV was "small" (i.e., it didn't capture all the action across the whole set all the time). He would also flutter his hands when trying to decide something. He also tended to [[http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/The-first-doctor-timelords-270820_395_597.jpg clutch]] at his [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101211235108/tardis/images/f/f1/William_hartnell_farewell.jpg jacket lapels.]] He often ends sentences with a distinctive 'hmm?' and ful-fblu-I mean-flubs his lines (although never breaking character), even becoming TheUnintelligible at times, and tends to deliberately forget people's names as a form of MaliciousMisnaming, particularly with Chesterton (stemming from a ThrowItIn of Hartnell's tendency to forget the character's name in the first few serials). His movements tend to be quite jerky, almost to the point of trembling, and his facial expressions tend towards the [[SmugSmiler smirky]].

-> '''Voiced by:''' Joe Bassett[[note]]As a child in "Master"[[/note]] (2003); Creator/WilliamRussell (2013–present); Peter Purves (2014–present); David Bradley (2017–prsent)

-> '''Voiced by:''' Joe Bassett[[note]]As a child in "Master"[[/note]] (2003); William Russell (2013–present); Peter Purves (2014–present); David Bradley (2017–prsent)

On Christmas Day 2017, David Bradley took on the role for Big Finish's ''The First Doctor Adventures'', reprising his role from "Twice Upon a Time", the Christmas Special that was released a few hours before the first two downloadable audios.[[note]]The audios were planned before it was even known Bradley would be appearing as the Doctor on television; Susan, Ian and Barbara are played by the actors who played Carole Ann Ford, William Russell and Jacqueline Hill in "An Adventure in Space and Time".[[/note]]

* AmnesiacHero: The revived season 12 reveals that the Doctor has had his memory erased and that there were several incarnations before the First Doctor.

* BreakoutCharacter: Initially, the show's main characters were truly meant to be the school teachers Ian and Barbara, due to the original conception of ''Doctor Who'' being an educational children's show using time travel to visit the past (for history lessons where Barbara took center stage) and the future (for science lessons where Ian would take center stage). This format was quickly discarded, much to everyone's approval.

* RoguesGallery: Daleks, Voords, Sensorites, Supreme Daleks, Koquillion, the Animus, Zarbi, the Monk, Drahvins, Mavic Chen, Monoids, the Celestial Toymaker, WOTAN, and Cybermen.

* RoguesGallery: Daleks, Voords, Sensorites, Koquillion, the Animus, Zarbi, the Monk, Drahvins, Mavic Chen, Monoids, the Celestial Toymaker, WOTAN, and Cybermen.

* FamousLastWords:
** "The Tenth Planet": "Keep warm". The original script contained a line that was much more along the lines of "No... no, I simply will not give in!" for the First Doctor's final words, but these were not filmed, as time was running short, and production was almost at an end -- with filming the regeneration still to go.
** "Twice Upon a Time": "Well then, here we go. The long way around."

What we ''do'' know is that he and his granddaughter, who took the human name "Susan", left Gallifrey in a stolen TARDIS and eventually ended up on 20th Century Earth. Susan enrolled in a local school, but her, um, strange behavior attracted the attention of two of her teachers -- Ian Chesterton, her science teacher, and Barbara Wright, her history teacher -- who discovered their secret. [[HeKnowsTooMuch The Doctor kidnapped them and forced them along to make sure they kept their mouths shut.]]

* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: An example of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, the Doctor smoked a pipe in the first story. It got him in trouble with the local caveman tribe, so perhaps that explains why he dropped the habit.

* {{Jerkass}}: Even after he stopped being the TokenEvilTeammate and TookALevelInKindness he still isn't someone most people would willingly hang around with, being rude and unbelievably condescending to everyone as his default setting, and occasionally even racist. Ian, Barbara, Steven and Ben all express severe irritation with his behaviour not infrequently. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold His hearts are in the right place]] and his love of his companions (especially [[NotLoveInterest Ian and Barbara]]) is staggeringly intense and meaningful, but his companions only really figure that out because the circumstances of his travel have it so that they ''can't'' leave his company.

* TheUnfavorite: As a child, he was told he wouldn't be able to go to the Academy and become a full Time Lord.

* ColorBlindConfusion: The novelization to ''[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day Of The Doctor]]'' says that the first two incarnations of The Doctor could only see in monochrome and that it took him centuries to realize that he was colour blind. Presumably as a nod to the show being black and white back then.

->'''Played by:''' Creator/WilliamHartnell (1963–66, 1973), Richard Hurndall (1983), Michael Jones (2014)[[note]](as a boy in "Listen")[[/note]] Creator/DavidBradley (2017)
->'''Voiced by:''' David Coker (1997), John Guilor (2013), Creator/DavidBradley (2020)

->'''Voiced by:''' David Coker (1997), William Russell (2013), John Guilor (2013), Creator/DavidBradley (2017-2020)

[[caption-width-right:350: ''"Have you ever thought what it's like to be wanderers in the Fourth Dimension? Have you? To be exiles? Susan and I are cut off from our own planet -- without friends or protection. But one day we shall get back. Yes, one day."'']]

->'''Voiced by:''' David Coker (1997), William Russell (2013), John Guilor (2013), Creator/DavidBradley (2017-present)

->'''Played by:''' Creator/WilliamHartnell (1963–66, 1973); Richard Hurndall (1983); Michael Jones (2014);[[note]]As a boy in "Listen"[[/note]] Creator/DavidBradley (2017; 2020)
->'''Voiced by:''' David Coker (1997); William Russell (2013); John Guilor (2013)

%%!! Tropes associated with the Virgin New Adventures

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Flashbacks in ''Lungbarrow'' reveal the circumstances under which the Doctor originally left Gallifrey, which include him being disowned by the head of his family and most of his Cousins dismissing him to the point that a replacement for him was generated, and evidence emerges suggesting that he killed the head of the House (although [[spoiler:an investigation by the Seventh Doctor reveals that he was framed by his old rival]]).

* ColorBlindConfusion: * The novelization to ''[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day Of The Doctor]]'' says that the first two incarnations of The Doctor could only see in monochrome and that it took him centuries to realize that he was colour blind. Presumably as a nod to the show being black and white back then.

%%!! Tropes associated with other books

The [[HighClassGlass monocled]], wild-eyed [[TheEndIsNigh portent of doom.]] Introduced as a [[NobleFugitive fugitive]] with an air of mystery about him, One was a [[PunyEarthlings merry misanthrope]] with [[TheTrickster a mischievous side]], who loved manipulating people and playing games with their lives. His moral compass had long since deteriorated before leaving home, which raises the question of what could have possibly happened to him there...

What we ''do'' know is that he and his granddaughter Susan left Gallifrey in a stolen TARDIS and eventually ended up on 20th Century Earth. Susan enrolled in a local school, but her, um, strange behavior attracted the attention of two of her teachers -- Ian Chesterton, her science teacher, and Barbara Wright, her history teacher -- who discovered their secret. [[HeKnowsTooMuch The Doctor kidnapped them and forced them along to make sure they kept their mouths shut.]]

* CainAndAbel: ''AudioPlay/{{Gallifrey}}'' goes into detail about his past with Braxiatel. In [[ConsummateLiar true Brax style]], nothing is made ''completely'' explicit, but the long and short of it is that Braxiatel was ordered by President Pandad VII to assassinate the Doctor and gave him a chance to steal a TARDIS and escape the planet instead.
* DealWithTheDevil: As revealed in "Master", [[spoiler: he once murdered a boy to save the Master's life, when they were both very young children. While sleeping that night, he made a deal with Death (appearing to him in a dream), selling out his friend and transferring his deed and his memories to the Master instead. He never realised what had happened.]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/WilliamHartnell (1963–66, 1973); Richard Hurndall (1983); Michael Jones (2014);[[note]]As a boy in "Listen"[[/note]] Creator/DavidBradley (2017)
->'''Voiced by:''' David Coker (1997); William Russell (2013); John Guilor (2013); Creator/DavidBradley (2020)

->''[[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime "Well then... here we go... the long way round."]]''

-> '''Voiced by:''' Joe Bassett[[note]]As a child in "Master"[[/note]]; William Russell (2013–present); Peter Purves (2014–present); David Bradley (2017–prsent)

-> '''Voiced by:''' Joe Bassett (As a child in "Master", 2003); William Russell (2013–present); Peter Purves (2014–present); David Bradley (2017–prsent)

->'''Voiced by:''' David Coker (1997); William Russell (2013); John Guilor (2013)