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-> '''Seventh Doctor:''' Are you looking for the butterfly?
-> '''Ace:''' What, the one who beats its wings and it tips the balance so a hurricane forms? There isn't one, is there?
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In his first season, he's a bumbling, wacky, clownish figure very reminiscent of the Second Doctor, but without the cunning intellect. "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]" is where his persona changed.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In his first season, he's he was as a bumbling, wacky, somewhat clownish figure and [[TheDitz ditzy]] {{Malaproper}} who was conceived deliberately as an antidote to the controversially abrasive and personally violent Sixth Doctor. During the hiatus between seasons 24 and 25, both the writers and [=McCoy=] decided that this portrayal was too lightweight and limited, and the very reminiscent first story of the Second Doctor, but without next season introduced the cunning intellect. "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]" characterisation for which Seven is where best-remembered, as a world-weary, calculating, and [[ManipulativeBastard ruthlessly manipulative]] [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who only occasionally reverted to his persona changed.original characterisation as obvious ObfuscatingStupidity.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: This Doctor's spent so much time defeating every EldritchAbomination and Elder God he meets, that by the "Black and White [=TARDISes=]" arc, they consider themselves ''at war'' with him. ''And he seems to be winning.''
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: This Doctor's spent so much time defeating every EldritchAbomination and Elder God he meets, that by the "Black and White [=TARDISes=]" arc, they consider themselves ''at war'' with him. ''And he seems to be '''And he's winning.'''''
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* HistoryRepeats: Like Two, he regenerated from a brash and grumpy incarnation into a lighthearted one who may act stupid, but actually knows better.
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* HistoryRepeats: Like Two, he regenerated from a brash and grumpy incarnation into a lighthearted one who may act stupid, but actually knows better.better and proves quite good at manipulating people.
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By now an aged man, weary and regretful from his long life of manipulations and schemes, and feeling that the end of his seventh life is closing in, the Doctor has long since stopped travelling with companions and has slowed down his life of adventure considerably. That is when he learns of the Master's last request from him...
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* RetiredBadass: By the TV movie, he's done with plotting great harebrained schemes because he regrets more than the lion's share of them and feels like his regeneration isn't too far off.
* SceneryPorn: His TARDIS eventually becomes a lush drawing room full of books, candles and SteamPunk gadgets.
* SceneryPorn: His TARDIS eventually becomes a lush drawing room full of books, candles and SteamPunk gadgets.
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* RetiredBadass: By the TV movie, he's He's generally done with plotting great harebrained schemes because he regrets more than the lion's share of them and feels like his regeneration isn't too far off.
* SceneryPorn:His By this point, his TARDIS eventually interior has becomes a lush drawing room full of books, candles and SteamPunk gadgets.
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* HistoryRepeats: Like Two, he regenerated from a brash and grumpy incarnation into a lighthearted one who may act stupid, but actually knows better.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Him causing Skaro to explode was one of the acts that started the Time War against the Daleks and Time Lords. Oops.
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->''[[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie "The Master, he's out there! He's out there... I've got to stop... him..."]]''
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-> '''Seventh Doctor:''' "Are you looking for the butterfly?"
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-> '''Seventh Doctor:''' "Are Are you looking for the butterfly?"
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* BookEnds: Both the start and the end of the life of the Seventh Doctor were ''really'' ignoble: hitting his head on the TARDIS console and being killed by malpractice committed by the woman who would become his next companion.
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* BookEnds: {{Bookends}}: Both the start and the end of the life of the Seventh Doctor were ''really'' ignoble: hitting his head on the TARDIS console and being killed by malpractice committed by the woman who would become his next companion.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: The craftiest Doctor of them all got taken out by Asian crime elements... in the city of the [[TheSixties Summer Of Love]]. That's rubbish luck even by his standards.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: The craftiest Doctor of them all got taken out by Asian crime elements... in the city of the [[TheSixties Summer Of of Love]]. That's rubbish luck even by his standards.
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* AbortedArc: The so-called Cartmel Master Plan, whereby it would be revealed that Rassilon and Omega co-founded Time Lord society with a mysterious third individual known only as "The Other"; The Doctor would turn out to be the reincarnation of this person, in an attempt to return mystique to the character. Shades of this plan are seen in both "Remembrance of the Daleks" and "Silver Nemesis," both of which show that he knows how to operate [[ArtifactOfDoom Artifacts of Doom]] from Gallifrey's ancient past, and there was a plan for the Master to accuse him of being more than just a Time Lord. The cancellation of the show scuppered all this. Bits of it made it into the webcast "Death Comes to Time," and the episodes that were never filmed were eventually recorded as audios by Creator/BigFinish (though so far without the Cartmel Master Plan). Parts of the Master Plan made it into [[Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures the New Adventures novels]], especially in ''Lungbarrow''. It's debatable how much this arc actually was aborted, however; several of the people supposedly involved, including Andrew Cartmel himself, have repeatedly stated that the Master Plan never really got beyond a few ideas thrown back and forth between writers and most of what it ended up being was just fans and later writers blowing things out of proportion a bit.
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* AbortedArc: The so-called Cartmel Master Plan, whereby it would be revealed that Rassilon and Omega co-founded Time Lord society with a mysterious third individual known only as "The Other"; The Doctor would turn out to be the reincarnation of this person, in an attempt to return mystique to the character. Shades of this plan are seen in both "Remembrance of the Daleks" and "Silver Nemesis," both of which show that he knows how to operate [[ArtifactOfDoom Artifacts of Doom]] from Gallifrey's ancient past, and there was a plan for the Master to accuse him of being more than just a Time Lord. The cancellation of the show scuppered all this. Bits of it made it into the webcast "Death Comes to Time," and the episodes that were never filmed were eventually recorded as audios by Creator/BigFinish (though so far without the Cartmel Master Plan). Parts of the Master Plan made it into [[Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures the New Adventures novels]], especially in ''Lungbarrow''.''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresCatsCradleTimesCrucible Time's Crucible]]'' and ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresLungbarrow Lungbarrow]]'', both written by Cartmel-era writer Marc Platt. It's debatable how much this arc actually was aborted, however; several of the people supposedly involved, including Andrew Cartmel himself, have repeatedly stated that the Master Plan never really got beyond a few ideas thrown back and forth between writers and most of what it ended up being was just fans and later writers blowing things out of proportion a bit.
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* ManipulativeBastard: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric The Curse of Fenric]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight Ghost Light]]". And then there's ''Literature/TheNewAdventures''...
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* ManipulativeBastard: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric The Curse of Fenric]]" His speciality is manipulating villains into melting down and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight Ghost Light]]".self-destructing. Sometimes, he uses Ace as part of a scheme. And then there's ''Literature/TheNewAdventures''...
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![[center:'''[[Characters/DoctorWhoDoctors Index]]:''' Incarnations of the Doctor | [[Characters/DoctorWhoFirstDoctor 1]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoSecondDoctor 2]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoThirdDoctor 3]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor 4]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoFifthDoctor 5]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoSixthDoctor 6]] | '''7''' | [[Characters/DoctorWhoEighthDoctor 8]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoWarDoctor War]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoNinthDoctor 9]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoTenthDoctor 10]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoEleventhDoctor 11]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoTwelfthDoctor 12]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoThirteenthDoctor 13]]]]
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* LastOfTheirKind: Non-fictional example. Seven is the last incarnation of the Doctor to be introduced in the original unbroken classic run of ''Doctor Who''.
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* LastOfTheirKind: LastOfTheirKind:
** Non-fictional example. Seven is the last incarnation of the Doctor to be introduced in the original unbroken classic run of ''DoctorWho''.Who''.
** In-series, Seven used this as a convincing argument against the last remaining Renegade Dalek as part of a BatmanGambit to make it self-terminate, when it looked like Skaro had been wiped out and there were no more Daleks to be had.
** Non-fictional example. Seven is the last incarnation of the Doctor to be introduced in the original unbroken classic run of ''Doctor
** In-series, Seven used this as a convincing argument against the last remaining Renegade Dalek as part of a BatmanGambit to make it self-terminate, when it looked like Skaro had been wiped out and there were no more Daleks to be had.
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* LastOfAKind: Non-fictional example. Seven is the last incarnation of the Doctor to be introduced in the original unbroken classic run of ''Doctor Who''.
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* LastOfAKind: LastOfTheirKind: Non-fictional example. Seven is the last incarnation of the Doctor to be introduced in the original unbroken classic run of ''Doctor Who''.
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The [[BewareTheSillyOnes killer comedian]], clad in Jay Gatsby summer wear from [[TheRoaringTwenties the twenties]]. This Doctor began as a sort of bumbling goof, but became a more manipulative and enigmatic figure when the show [[DarkerAndEdgier got a little darker]] in its final two seasons. Seven was even more passionate about justice than his predecessors, fond of ThePlan, and a bit of a KnightTemplarParent to his companion Ace. These qualities came even more to the fore in the many, ''many'' ExpandedUniverse ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novels he starred in. Hinted at numerous times to be much more than a "mere" Time Lord -- a StoryArc which [[CutShort didn't quite pan out as such]]. What little made it into the show, however, added a few clues regarding his escape from Gallifrey, which appears to have included nicking the Hand of Omega as he went. [[HeAlsoDid He also played the spoons]] as a musical instrument.
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The [[BewareTheSillyOnes killer comedian]], clad in Jay Gatsby summer wear from [[TheRoaringTwenties the twenties]]. This Doctor began as a sort of bumbling goof, but became a more manipulative and enigmatic figure when the show [[DarkerAndEdgier got a little darker]] in its final two seasons.
Seven was even more passionate about justice than his predecessors, fond of ThePlan, and a bit of a KnightTemplarParent to his companion Ace. These qualities came even more to the fore in the many, ''many'' ExpandedUniverse ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novels he starred in. Hinted at numerous times to be much more than a "mere" Time Lord -- a StoryArc which [[CutShort didn't quite pan out as such]]. What little made it into the show, however, added a few clues regarding his escape from Gallifrey, which appears to have included nicking the Hand of Omega as he went. [[HeAlsoDid He also played the spoons]] as a musical instrument.
Seven was even more passionate about justice than his predecessors, fond of ThePlan, and a bit of a KnightTemplarParent to his companion Ace. These qualities came even more to the fore in the many, ''many'' ExpandedUniverse ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novels he starred in. Hinted at numerous times to be much more than a "mere" Time Lord -- a StoryArc which [[CutShort didn't quite pan out as such]]. What little made it into the show, however, added a few clues regarding his escape from Gallifrey, which appears to have included nicking the Hand of Omega as he went. [[HeAlsoDid He also played the spoons]] as a musical instrument.
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* WhatTheHellHero: So very, ''very'' often, especially when his plans cause collateral damage he hadn't anticipated or, worse, found acceptable. His companions are the most common deliverers, particularly when he manipulates them to get the job done [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim in ways that are not at all kind]]. Hex was the most vocal of them, and though Ace was more tollerant to start with, even she hit her breaking point.
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* WhatTheHellHero: So very, ''very'' often, especially when his plans cause collateral damage he hadn't anticipated or, worse, found acceptable. His companions are the most common deliverers, particularly when he manipulates them to get the job done [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim in ways that are not at all kind]]. Hex was the most vocal of them, and though Ace was more tollerant tolerant to start with, even she hit her breaking point.
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* RoguesGallery: The Celestial Toymaker, Cybermen, Daleks, Davros, Dr. Elizabeth Klein, the Fearmonger, Fenric, the Master, Nobody No-One, Sontarans, and William Abberton.
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* RoguesGallery: The Celestial Toymaker, Cybermen, Daleks, Davros, Dr. Elizabeth Klein, the Fearmonger, Fenric, the Master, Nobody No-One, Silurians, Sontarans, and William Abberton.
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[[caption-width-right:150:''"I used to march around saying things like “Don’t worry, Evelyn; it’ll all work out for the best in some way I haven’t quite thought up yet!” How did that work out for us? How did that work out for Cassandra Schofield? I need to be in control."'']]
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[[caption-width-right:150:''"I used to march around saying things like “Don’t worry, Evelyn; it’ll all work out for the best in some way I haven’t quite thought up yet!” How did that work out for us? How did that work out for Cassandra Schofield? I need to be in control."'']]
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-> '''Seventh Doctor:''' Are "Are you looking for the butterfly?
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* TrrrillingRrrs: [=McCoy=] was actually the first Doctor to not speak with a [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Received Pronunciation accent.]] He's verrry Scottish.
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* TrrrillingRrrs: [=McCoy=] was actually the first Doctor to not speak with a [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Received Pronunciation accent.]] He's verrry Scottish.He has a light Scottish accent that is not always obvious to people not familiar with British accents, although it is more obvious that he rolls his "r"s. A lot weaker than twelve's fairly strong Scottish accent.
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* FunPersonified: Subverted. He was originally [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]] into this character type as a LighterAndSofter reaction against just how much BloodierAndGorier the show had got during the Sixth Doctor's run. he spent the first season playing the spoons, doing magic tricks, being a [[TheWonka figure of delight and whimsy]] and battling {{Camp}}tacular comedy enemies with the loosest continuity yet. Then a new writer took over, who introduced 'comedy' monsters but played their effects in a dark and serious way (like the Kandyman and the KillerClowns) and revealed the Doctor's apparent silliness was ObfuscatingStupidity, and Seven became one of the most alien, manipulative, and dark Doctors of the lot. When the series got cancelled the ExpandedUniverse picked him up and used him to codify all of the "Dark Doctor" tropes that the revival series later handled on-screen - like a serious examination of the OmniscientMoralityLicense, AngstWhatAngst and the psychological profile of someone who'd do that much DirtyBusiness. In the ''New Adventures'' books, there's even a line that he doesn't play the spoons any more because he's too busy toppling empires.
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* FunPersonified: Subverted. He was originally [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]] into this character type as a LighterAndSofter reaction against just how much BloodierAndGorier the show had got during the Sixth Doctor's run. he spent the first season playing the spoons, doing magic tricks, being a [[TheWonka figure of delight and whimsy]] and battling {{Camp}}tacular comedy enemies with the loosest continuity yet. Then a new writer took over, who introduced Script editor Andrew Cartmel was finally able to make his mark with his next season, introducing 'comedy' monsters but played playing their effects in a dark and serious way (like the Kandyman and the KillerClowns) and revealed revealing the Doctor's apparent silliness was ObfuscatingStupidity, and Seven became one of the most alien, manipulative, and dark Doctors of the lot. When the series got cancelled the ExpandedUniverse picked him up and used him to codify all of the "Dark Doctor" tropes that the revival series later handled on-screen - like a serious examination of the OmniscientMoralityLicense, AngstWhatAngst and the psychological profile of someone who'd do that much DirtyBusiness. In the ''New Adventures'' books, there's even a line that he doesn't play the spoons any more because he's too busy toppling empires.
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* NoodleIncident: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E4TheGreatestShowInTheGalaxy The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric The Curse of Fenric]]" pits him against {{the Old Gods}}, and it's suggested that he's tangled with them before.
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* NoodleIncident: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E4TheGreatestShowInTheGalaxy The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric The Curse of Fenric]]" pits pit him against {{the Old Gods}}, and it's suggested that he's tangled with them before.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: This Doctor's spent so much time defeating every EldritchAbomination he meets, that by the "Black and White TARDISes" arc, they consider themselves ''at war'' with him. ''And he seems to be winning.''
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: This Doctor's spent so much time defeating every EldritchAbomination and Elder God he meets, that by the "Black and White TARDISes" [=TARDISes=]" arc, they consider themselves ''at war'' with him. ''And he seems to be winning.''
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* CelibateHero: Keeping in line with the Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures novels, Seven is entirely celibate in every way. This becomes a huge plot point in [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho039BangBangABoom "Bang-Bang-A-Boom!"]], with plenty of lampshading.
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* CelibateHero: Keeping in line with the Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures novels, Seven is entirely celibate in every way. This becomes a huge plot point in [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho039BangBangABoom "Bang-Bang-A-Boom!"]], with plenty of lampshading. In one of the ''Dairy of River Song'' episodes, when River Song attempts to kiss him (though with a ulterior motive; she is trying to slip him a memory altering drug to prevent him from remember their meeting so the timeline can stay intact), Seven quickly rebuffs her:
-->'''River:''' Well, isn't this ''intimate''...? ''(giggles)'' Would you mind if I took off your ''hat''?\\
'''The Doctor:''' ''(quickly pulls back)'' I ''never'' kiss strange people, no matter how beautiful, how fascinating, how intriguing they might be! And you might very well be ''any'' of those things.
-->'''River:''' Well, isn't this ''intimate''...? ''(giggles)'' Would you mind if I took off your ''hat''?\\
'''The Doctor:''' ''(quickly pulls back)'' I ''never'' kiss strange people, no matter how beautiful, how fascinating, how intriguing they might be! And you might very well be ''any'' of those things.
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* WhatTheHellHero: So very, ''very'' often, especially when his plans cause collateral damage he hadn't anticipated or, worse, found acceptable. His companions are the most common deliverers, particularly when he manipulates them to get the job done [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim in ways that are not at all kind]]. Hex was the most vocal of them, and though Ace was more tollerant to start with, even she hit her breaking point.
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!Seventh Doctor
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E1TimeAndTheRani Time and the Rani]]" (1987)
->'''Final story:''' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E4Survival Survival]]" (1989)[[note]]The final serial of the classic ''Doctor Who'' run.[[/note]]
->'''Regeneration story:''' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie Doctor Who: The Movie]]" (1996)
->'''Played by:''' Creator/SylvesterMcCoy: (1987–89, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1997)
-->''"You can always judge a man by the quality of his enemies."''
The [[BewareTheSillyOnes killer comedian]], clad in Jay Gatsby summer wear from [[TheRoaringTwenties the twenties]]. This Doctor began as a sort of bumbling goof, but became a more manipulative and enigmatic figure when the show [[DarkerAndEdgier got a little darker]] in its final two seasons. Seven was even more passionate about justice than his predecessors, fond of ThePlan, and a bit of a KnightTemplarParent to his companion Ace. These qualities came even more to the fore in the many, ''many'' ExpandedUniverse ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novels he starred in. Hinted at numerous times to be much more than a "mere" Time Lord -- a StoryArc which [[CutShort didn't quite pan out as such]]. What little made it into the show, however, added a few clues regarding his escape from Gallifrey, which appears to have included nicking the Hand of Omega as he went. [[HeAlsoDid He also played the spoons]] as a musical instrument.
!! Tropes associated with the television series
* AbortedArc: The so-called Cartmel Master Plan, whereby it would be revealed that Rassilon and Omega co-founded Time Lord society with a mysterious third individual known only as "The Other"; The Doctor would turn out to be the reincarnation of this person, in an attempt to return mystique to the character. Shades of this plan are seen in both "Remembrance of the Daleks" and "Silver Nemesis," both of which show that he knows how to operate [[ArtifactOfDoom Artifacts of Doom]] from Gallifrey's ancient past, and there was a plan for the Master to accuse him of being more than just a Time Lord. The cancellation of the show scuppered all this. Bits of it made it into the webcast "Death Comes to Time," and the episodes that were never filmed were eventually recorded as audios by Creator/BigFinish (though so far without the Cartmel Master Plan). Parts of the Master Plan made it into [[Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures the New Adventures novels]], especially in ''Lungbarrow''. It's debatable how much this arc actually was aborted, however; several of the people supposedly involved, including Andrew Cartmel himself, have repeatedly stated that the Master Plan never really got beyond a few ideas thrown back and forth between writers and most of what it ended up being was just fans and later writers blowing things out of proportion a bit.
* AmnesiacHero: His post-regeneration story opened with Seven as a dupe of the Rani - though this was the fault of her amnesia serum, not random happenstance.
* ArchEnemy: Fenric.
* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: His outfit is based on 1920s golfing attire.
* BatmanGambit: Often ''directly'' related to his status as Chessmaster.
** During the few rare times the BatmanGambit has ''failed'' in the ExpandedUniverse, Seven also shows off that he's quite experienced with the IndyPloy.
* BrainsAndBrawn: A {{Chessmaster}} and GuileHero who specialized in talking his enemies to death or tricking them into a self-destruct. His primary Companion? A {{Ladette}} who whipped up [=IEDs=] in her spare time, and rarely met a fight she didn't like.
* [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim Break Her Heart to Save Her]]: He puts Ace through this in "The Curse of Fenric."
* CelibateHero: NoHuggingNoKissing was generally in place for the classic Doctors, but Seven displayed celibacy to the point that in a few ExpandedUniverse stories, his companions know he's NotHimself just from the fact alone that he suddenly fancies someone. Characters/BerniceSummerfield summarises that she's "never known the Doctor to have any concern for the trouser department."
** Generally, he was portrayed as a clueless ChasteHero, but the novel ''Death and Diplomacy'' revealed he was a CelibateHero who used his ObfuscatingStupidity to get out of romantic situations.
* CharacterDevelopment: The Seventh Doctor began as an impish rogue who enjoyed showing up authority figures and loved a good mystery. Like [[{{Series/Poirot}} Hercule Poirot]] (who follows a similar character arc), Seven frequently exploits the fact that nobody respects him or grasps the credible threat he poses. Seasons 25 and 26 toned down the sillier aspects a tad, with the Doctor ''starting out'' harmless in each serial and gradually getting ferocious by the end. [=McCoy=] was interested in exploring the links between Hartnell's Doctor and his present self, and Cartmel picked up on that, leaving clues left for the Doctor by his past (and future!) incarnations.
* CharacterTics: Upon greeting/farewell, Seven likes to tip his hat. Then there's his rrrolling Rrrs. He also flapped and fluttered his hands around ebulliently. He likes to twitch his eyebrows up and down rapidly when being deliberately funny.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In his first season, he's a bumbling, wacky, clownish figure very reminiscent of the Second Doctor, but without the cunning intellect. "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]" is where his persona changed.
* CheshireCatGrin: It always looks like he's up to ''some''thing.
* TheChessmaster: With varying success, often requiring the liberal use of XanatosSpeedChess when things go awry. In the Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures, Seven's abilities are given real room to flex and are usually far more impressive. The Doctor smilingly weaves his web until it's too late for them.
** He's also a ''literal'' Chessmaster in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric The Curse of Fenric]]."
* CreepyGood: This Doctor could get ''scary''. His life lessons to Ace in "Ghost Light" are downright terrifying.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: An arguably unintentional example, but the very first thing the Seventh Doctor does upon regaining consciousness after regenerating is start to organise his schedule. The Seventh Doctor would later develop into a [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who intentionally seeks out particular conflicts rather than just happening to stumble across them as previously, and makes a point of devising a plan for how to deal with the situation prior to arriving.
* {{Expy}}[=/=]NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
** Seven's later, callous characterization seems to have borrowed a few tics from David [=McCallum=]'s 'hero' in ''Series/SapphireAndSteel''. Other touches were inspired by sci-fi icon Ken Campbell, [=McCoy's=] mentor and one of several auditionees for the Seventh Doctor. (Campbell was considered ''too'' spooky.)
** You could also make the argument that he's very similar to Literature/HerculePoirot: A celibate-minded, middle-aged looking man, [[ObfuscatingStupidity feigning goofiness and ignorance]], only to surprise his adversaries with [[TheChessmaster his incredibly sharp wit and mind]], [[{{Determinator}} unyielding attitude]] and tendency [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to make speeches towards antagonists, condemning duplicity and wickedness]]. He's also one of the most detective-like incarnations in terms of his overall mannerisms. And then there's the fact he was the first ever Doctor to have a different accent than an English one (in his case, it's a Scottish one, while Poirot had a Walloon one).
* FingerpokeOfDoom & TheParalyzer: Like most Doctors, he held disdain for physical violence, but could mop the floor with you if push came to shove. A simple poke brought down a neighborhood watchman twice his twice. ("Survival")
* {{Foil}}: The manipulative and sneaky foil to the loud and straightforward Six. Beyond this, where Six was bombastic, loud and pompous, Seven is a lot quieter, friendlier and modest (for the Doctor, at least). And where Six was compassionate and empathic in his pursuit of justice, Seven can be incredibly cold and pragmatic when it comes to ensuring the greater good.
* FunPersonified: Subverted. He was originally [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]] into this character type as a LighterAndSofter reaction against just how much BloodierAndGorier the show had got during the Sixth Doctor's run. he spent the first season playing the spoons, doing magic tricks, being a [[TheWonka figure of delight and whimsy]] and battling {{Camp}}tacular comedy enemies with the loosest continuity yet. Then a new writer took over, who introduced 'comedy' monsters but played their effects in a dark and serious way (like the Kandyman and the KillerClowns) and revealed the Doctor's apparent silliness was ObfuscatingStupidity, and Seven became one of the most alien, manipulative, and dark Doctors of the lot. When the series got cancelled the ExpandedUniverse picked him up and used him to codify all of the "Dark Doctor" tropes that the revival series later handled on-screen - like a serious examination of the OmniscientMoralityLicense, AngstWhatAngst and the psychological profile of someone who'd do that much DirtyBusiness. In the ''New Adventures'' books, there's even a line that he doesn't play the spoons any more because he's too busy toppling empires.
* FutureMeScaresMe: He finds out that in some future regeneration, in an AlternateUniverse where the Arthurian legend is real, he'll become ''Merlin''. Because of this, he has to spend an entire episode picking apart clues left to him by his future self.
* GuileHero
* IconicItem: His straw hat, question mark handled umbrella (which he pretty much used as a third arm), and question mark covered sweater-vest. In the TV Movie (and ''New Adventures'' books), he lost the vest but kept the hat.
* IcyBlueEyes: Seven could be pretty damn cold at times and he had the gaze to match.
* {{Malaproper}}: In his early stories. "Time and tide melt the snowman," "A bird in the hand keeps the Doctor away." Philosophical gold, my friends.
* ManipulativeBastard: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric The Curse of Fenric]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight Ghost Light]]". And then there's ''Literature/TheNewAdventures''...
* MyCard: Handed out in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]"... out of ''thin air'', at that. Creator/SylvesterMcCoy had a small background with stunts and parlour tricks.
* MyRuleFuIsStrongerThanYours: In "Paradise Towers," the Doctor escapes custody by fabricating ThatOneRule to some jobsworth night watchmen. In "The Happiness Patrol," he brings a fascist dictatorship to its knees within just a few hours simply by following its laws to the letter.
* NervesOfSteel: The Doctor knows the difference between a lean killer and a coward raining down death from rooftops. He has the audacity to sneak up on some snipers, puff out his chest and dare them to kill him honorably. And then snatches the gun away, when they hesitate. ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E2TheHappinessPatrol The Happiness Patrol]]")
-->"Why don't you do it then? Look me in the eye. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Pull the trigger. End my life]]."
* NiceHat: Which actually belonged to Creator/SylvesterMcCoy. Seven liked to roll it up and down his sleeve.
* NoodleIncident: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E4TheGreatestShowInTheGalaxy The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric The Curse of Fenric]]" pits him against {{the Old Gods}}, and it's suggested that he's tangled with them before.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Nothing about his appearance or demeanor suggests that he is a threat.
* OneOfTheKids: Officially declared ''not'' a yawny Olster! ("Paradise Towers") He's been at this game long enough to not patronize feral teenagers and as a result is declared a man of "[[CoolOldGuy high fabshion]]" and "[[FutureSlang ice hot.]]"
* PapaWolf: When it comes to Ace, he's got this trope down pat. Particularly in the ExpandedUniverse.
* ParasolOfPain: Seven used his umbrella as a makeshift weapon upon occasion.
* ParentalSubstitute: Ace's father is never mentioned, and she has a bad relationship with her mother, so the Doctor ends up becoming a father figure to her.
* ThePowerOfRock: The power of blues, showtunes and spoons.
* PrinciplesZealot: Seven doesn't wander around aimlessly as much as prior versions. (Or most future versions for that matter.) He's a man on a mission. By Season 26, the Doctor goes around toppling dictatorships for sport. In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E2TheHappinessPatrol The Happiness Patrol]]", he makes a bet with himself to dismantle their entire police state by sunrise ([[BadassBoast he does]]).
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: Not dressed like one for a change, but he was polite in a classic way.
* RebelliousSpirit: ''Extremely''.
* RoguesGallery: The Rani, the Bannermen, Davros, Imperial Daleks, Renegade Daleks, the Kandyman, Lady Peinforte, Cybermen, the Gods of Ragnarok, Morgaine, Fenric, and the Master.
* SadClown: When he was still TheFool there was an air of melancholy around him.
* ShipperOnDeck: He's extremely entertained by Ancelyn and Brigadier Bambera.
* {{Slapstick}}: Especially in his early stories (why walk down a hall when you can slide?), and later exploited to bring down his enemies. Like the actor playing him, Seven is a born music hall performer, impressionist, and magician.
** After dispensing with the Psychic Circus, he's forced to put on a show for his toughest crowd yet: the Gods of Ragnarok. About the only stunt he ''doesn't'' perform is stuffing ferrets down his trousers or spraying seltzer up his nose.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Seven ''loves'' doing this. It's in a good half of his stories.
* TalkingYourWayOut: Seven's great love -- his words are far and away more effective than any physical threat.
* TranquilFury: This Doctor ran cold rather than hot, and his anger forecasted a slow but certain doom once provoked; where Six would boil over, Seven ''simmered''. On a few occasions, he had to bring Ace to heel when she lost her temper, stating that she was "no good" to him or others this way.
* TricksterMentor: Became this in his second season, as focus shifted to his companion Ace. As a result, Ace became the most fleshed-out companion, whilst the Doctor became ever more mysterious.
* TrrrillingRrrs: [=McCoy=] was actually the first Doctor to not speak with a [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Received Pronunciation accent.]] He's verrry Scottish.
* UnflinchingWalk: He calmly walked out of a building that then promptly exploded and appeared not to notice. (The pyrotechnicians had over-rigged the charge and [=McCoy=] was ''fairly'' certain he was now dead, but kept moving on the off-chance he wasn't a pile of ash after all, since there was only one take they could do.)
* VerbalTic: He tended to roll his R's, leading to a deeply unfortunate incident when he encountered aliens known as the Gods of Rrrrrragnarrrrrok. Oh boy.
* WatchThePaintJob: Until the Ninth Doctor's exploits, the TARDIS saw more vandalism done to it than during any other Doctor's watch. Since no surface in Paradise Towers is safe for long, the Police Box gets covered in graffiti almost immediately after it's parked. In "The Happiness Patrol," it was painted bright pink(!) by Helen A's shock troopers after touching down on Terra Alpha.
* WeaponOfChoice: His ''brain'' (and, technically, ''words''). This is the first Doctor to [[BreakThemByTalking get a Dalek to self-destruct by talking to it]].
* WhatTheHellHero: Seven tends to keep his eye on the big picture, and while he won't directly kill anyone, he's been known to leave -- or nearly leave -- psychological scars, especially in Ace. He gets called out on it. Hard.
* WhereItAllBegan: In "Remembrance of the Daleks," Seven makes a return trip to Totter's Lane to tie up some loose ends; the Daleks just happen to be pursuing the same object. According to the Vicar, this episode is set mere days after "An Unearthly Child."
%%!! Tropes associated with the ''Doctor Who Magazine'' line
%%* RoguesGallery
!! Tropes associated with the ''Virgin New Adventures'' line
* ArchEnemy: The Timewyrm and Death.
* CharacterDevelopment: Following on directly from the TV series, Seven goes from a manipulative clown to a terror who breaks people and even destroys planets to fight the evil he encounters.
%%* RoguesGallery
!! Tropes associated with the TV movie
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* BizarreAlienBiology: Common to all the Doctors, of course, but Seven was notably ''killed'' by it--or rather, by the doctor who was operating on him under the impression that he was a normal human being.
* BookEnds: Both the start and the end of the life of the Seventh Doctor were ''really'' ignoble: hitting his head on the TARDIS console and being killed by malpractice committed by the woman who would become his next companion.
* CharacterDevelopment: After so many years of his plots and schemes, Seven becomes so weary that he grows complacent and forgets to check his TARDIS scanner on the one night when a Chinese-American gang was raising hell in the San Francisco alleyways.
* DeathByIrony: Despite being TheChessmaster for most of his life, he meets his end due to being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Even as Grace prepares to operate on him, Seven begins planning the Master's downfall, asking for the atomic clock Eight would need to repair the TARDIS. The comic "The Forgotten" also implies that Seven used a Chameleon Arch to turn Eight half-human to fool the Master if he escaped.
* {{Determinator}}: He wakes up several times on the operating table, despite being ''heavily sedated'', in order to attempt to warn everyone of what's happening.
* DidntSeeThatComing: The craftiest Doctor of them all got taken out by Asian crime elements... in the city of the [[TheSixties Summer Of Love]]. That's rubbish luck even by his standards.
* DyingAlone: This incarnation's end was especially sad; he ends up dying without any familiar faces by his side, powerless to stop his accidental killing by the hands of well-intentioned humans who only wished to help him.
* FamousLastWords: "I've got to stop... him..."
* MedicalHorror: His final moments. Heavily sedated, StrappedToAnOperatingTable, and begging the sweet human doctor to stop shoving a camera probe into his arteries.
* RetiredBadass: By the TV movie, he's done with plotting great harebrained schemes because he regrets more than the lion's share of them and feels like his regeneration isn't too far off.
* SceneryPorn: His TARDIS eventually becomes a lush drawing room full of books, candles and SteamPunk gadgets.
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: While heavily sedated, and trying to explain to nice Dr. Grace that he's ''not human'' and could she please take that camera out of his arteries. She doesn't listen, and he dies.
* TalkingYourWayOut: Ironically, despite this being his forte, Seven was unable to talk Grace out of operating on him.
* WaistcoatOfStyle: Along with a plain necktie.
* WeComeInPeaceShootToKill: The Seventh Doctor's death in a nutshell. The Doctor lands in San Francisco, and barely gets two feet outside the door when a Chinatown gang immediately opens fire on him. [[SarcasmMode No wonder]] [[TriggerHappy he rarely goes to America]].
* WorstAid: Bullets? Not a problem. Paramedics mistaking your alien heart rates for fibrillation? That's another matter.
!! Tropes associated with Big Finish
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SylvesterMcCoy (1999–present)
-> '''Seventh Doctor:''' Are you looking for the butterfly?
-> '''Ace:''' What, the one who beats its wings and it tips the balance so a hurricane forms? There isn't one, is there?
-> '''Seventh Doctor:''' Not often. We just tell the butterflies that to keep them happy.
In the TV show, the Seventh Doctor started out as a bumbling goof and developed into a very manipulative and enigmatic figure after a while. Creator/BigFinish embraces both concepts whole-heartedly. Stories with Mel, taking place early on in his tenure, provide excellent comic relief and rely heavily on the IndyPloy. Stories with Ace, taking place later in Seven's life, see him out-planning things like Elder Gods, Daleks and ancient Cyborg Vampires -- much like he tended to do in the TV show anyway, but without worries of budget this time around. And then there is the rarely touched upon ground that shows Seven as he is edging toward his last story in the TV Movie, where he has become older, tired, and saddened by his long career of playing TheChessmaster. The consequences and exhaustion have led him to retire from scheming before this incarnation's time is up.
* AbhorrentAdmirer & BoldlyComing: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in ''Bang-Band-A-Boom!'' when the Doctor, posing as the friendly neighborhood space ace, inexplicably becomes the object of every woman's desire--including [[BrawnHilda a space valkyrie]] named Angvia (yuk yuk). He is quite put off by this, even as the resident BridgeBunny [[ReadyForLovemaking splays herself out in his Ready Room]] and admits that pretty much everybody on the station's banging (including herself and the [[ReallyGetsAround previous]] commander). This leads into a hysterical dinner with Angvia where the Doctor does everything in his power to distract her, such as complementing "the view" of a blank wall.
-->'''Mel:''' ''(sniggering)'' Well, I must say: after 700 years of celibacy, that's a pretty odd place to start up again.
* AdultFear: At his age there is little left to fear, which is why the Fearmonger comes at him through Ace. There's a growing suspicion that Ace is emulating Seven in all the wrong ways, overestimating her own cunning and recklessly toying with her mortality.
* BornLucky: Naturally the Seventh Doctor is uninjured when he and his past incarnations plummet down a hole, bouncing harmlessly off the rotund Sixth Doctor.
* BoomerangBigot: The only thing he dislikes more than sick wards is doctors. They think they know everything.
* TheCameo: Occasionally, he shows up in Six's episodes to fix things after Six messes up badly. Two of those appearances are completely unannounced and uncredited.
* CelibateHero: Keeping in line with the Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures novels, Seven is entirely celibate in every way. This becomes a huge plot point in [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho039BangBangABoom "Bang-Bang-A-Boom!"]], with plenty of lampshading.
* CharacterDevelopment: Seven traveling with Mel is a bumbling goof who can't talk his way out of a wet paper bag. Seven travelling with Ace (and Hex) is a manipulative bastard who plays with the universe like it's his favourite toy. Seven traveling alone, at the end of his life, is a deeply traumatised man who no longer plays the spoons or mixes his metaphors, which his enemies gleefully mock him for. Since the stories are made in whatever order Creator/BigFinish likes, this can be played for a very jarring effect: a deeply emotional story with Ace can be followed immediately by a silly {{panto}} farce with Mel.
** The Sixth Doctor had a bombastic and often reckless nature, which sometimes led to avoidable loss of lives such as that of Cassie, something Evelyn never fully forgave him for. So he became someone that would plan, anticipate, and use the situation to his advantage as opposed to someone who would simply blunder into a situation and hope for the best.
* TheChessmaster: This Doctor's bread and butter, though his track record is far from perfect. At one point he actually decided to juggle two [[spoiler: [=TARDISes=] (Tardii?) with two different sets of companions to take on the Elder Gods of the universe]]. Needless to say, the companions were not happy when this all [[spoiler: went horribly wrong]].
** By the end of his life, he's gotten to using his companions' mistrust in him as yet 'another'' way to manipulate them - whether he sees this as a necessary evil or not is in the air.
* CommandingCoolness & DeadPersonImpersonation: The Doctor and Mel materialize on "Dark Space Eight" just moments after the new station commander, John Ballard, dies in a shuttle accident. This causes the (rather incompetent) crew to mistake Seven for Ballard. He spends the rest of ''Bang-Bang-A-Boom!'' answering to "John" and wearing a flightsuit (though [[NeverBareheaded the hat remains]]), and rather enjoys the trappings of being a Kirk-style commander, with the cushy Ready Room and communicator and so on.
* CreepyGood: From "The Fearmonger" all the way up to "Project: Lazarus" (his very final adventure in his Seventh regeneration), this Doctor is ''scary''. The episode "Master", in particular, shows how terrifying he can be.
* GoodIsNotNice: Seven considers himself ''much'' less forgiving than Six ever was, and warns enemies who've only had to deal with Six before that he won't treat them as kindly.
* HamToHamCombat: Sly's battle with the legendary [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Pat Quinn]] in ''Bang-Bang-A-Boom!'' Their love scene is so over the top that it should come with a disclaimer for vegans, and when the Doctor professes his love you can actually see the world [[PurpleProse turning purple]]. He's been wasting his time fighting monsters when he should have been tasting life’s great sweetener: ''OOH-MORRRRR!'' (amore)
* IgnoredEpiphany: Despite being constantly (and consistently) told off for manipulating his friends and allies for grand plans [[LockedOutOfTheLoop they aren't made privy to]], Seven just can't stop doing so, no matter how many times the fallout causes his friends to distrust him or unknowingly undermine his plans. It gets to the point he actually attempts to 'work those reactions ''into'' the plans themselves!
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: In ''A Death in the Family'', the Doctor uncovers his future self (still the Seventh incarnation, but visibly wizened) lying in a Gallifreyan sarcophagus. He dies shortly thereafter, giving the [[DelayedRippleEffect now-fading]] Future!Seven the unique experience of eulogizing himself. Hex and Ace comment that he's taking death pretty well, under the circumstances. Seven's response is something we can all relate with:
-->'''Future!Doctor:''' "Not bothered by it"? '''''[[SuddenlyShouting OF COURSE]]''''' I'M BOTHERED BY IT! I'M '''''[[FearIsTheAppropriateResponse DEAD!]]'''''
* {{Malaproper}}: This oft-forgotten character trait does tend to return from time to time, either when he travels with Mel, or when he tries to [[ObfuscatingStupidity play the fool]].
* MarshmallowHell: Angvia, seeing her prey can't take a hint, grabs the "[[TinyGuyHugeGirl little man]]" by the head and shoves it into her bosom. We later learn that Angvian women secrete a pheromone [[LivingAphrodisiac through their BO]], hence a crewman's {{dying clue}}: ''Beware the pits of Angvia.''
-->'''Doctor:''' ''(shaking it off)'' There are lives at stake! Mind on the job and all that!\\
'''Mel:''' I think you'd better get your mind ''off'' [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow "the job"]], heh! Sounds like you're having some sort of mid-regeneration crisis.
* NoSuchAgency: By 2002, he's become something of a bogeyman amongst Britain's far right. Rumours are circulating of his work with UN paymasters, "Department C19" and running covert black ops projects since the 70’s, making it sound [[UnitedNationsIsASuperpower far more sinister]] than it actually was. The Doctor is still listed as a freelance consultant and describes himself as a silly old man with "far too much time" on his hands. (''The Fearmonger'')
* NotSoDifferent: From TheMaster. More than he'd like to know, in fact. The audio "Master" plays this to the hilt and [[spoiler: Unit: Dominion has the Master use this ''against'' the Doctor]].
* PapaWolf: If you threaten anyone that travels with this Doctor, you will most likely pay for it. And soon.
* PinballProtagonist: Very frequently during his adventures with Mel, since he hasn't quite developed his skills as TheChessmaster yet at that point in time. "The Fires Of Vulcan", "Bang-Bang-a-Boom!", "Flip-Flop" and "Unregenerate!" are notable examples.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Seven's tendency to [[LockedOutOfTheLoop lock his friends out of his plans]] often has drastic consequences, usually in the form of them inadvertently complicating if not ruining said plans, which has claimed quite a bit of collateral damage. The fact that he's considerably more alien than some of the other Doctors only puts up an additional barrier he has trouble getting around. Even when things go off without a hitch, the Doctor's actions still tend to get a WhatTheHellHero reaction from simply not letting his companions in on the plan.
* RetiredBadass: The post-companions portrayal of Seven who we saw in the TV Movie. He's quite contemplative by then, ditched the goofy question-mark jumper for sophisticated clothes, and his CharacterDevelopment arc has been completed. He is a melancholy man who is growing old and tired, so he decides that his days of scheming and manipulation are over. He knows regeneration is approaching, and he wants to burn all his bridges beforehand. He doesn't want his next incarnation to be burdened with his complex machinations because he fears they might not be able to handle them due to the changes in personality, or will refuse to carry them on. He would be proven right- the Eighth Doctor displays a dislike for his past self's chessmaster tendencies.
* RoguesGallery: The Celestial Toymaker, Cybermen, Daleks, Davros, Dr. Elizabeth Klein, the Fearmonger, Fenric, the Master, Nobody No-One, Sontarans, and William Abberton.
* SelfDeprecation: Seven has been given a few chances to unknowingly snark at [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie rather lackluster death]]. Perhaps the most specific was while he tried to escape from an airlock that decided to play opera at him for no reason.
-->'''Seventh Doctor:''' I REFUSE TO DIE! TO ELEVATOR MUSIC!!
* ThouShaltNotKill: Seven hates his past self (especially his Fourth) for how carelessly he used to murder his enemies. Although he'll gladly subject them to a terrifying FateWorseThanDeath, murder is out of the question for him. Naturally, he keeps being placed in situations where he ''should'' murder innocent people just to preserve the web of time, and although he tries a few times over, he can never bring himself to pull the trigger. It's become a very morbid RunningGag, most notably used in "Flip-Flop", "Master" and "Night Thoughts".
* TricksterMentor: While the so-called Cartmel Master Plan has been left behind, the Doctor very much remains this in his adventures with Ace (and later, with Hex as well).
* XanatosSpeedChess: When his status as TheChessmaster is called into question or his plans blow up in his face, Seven can flex his muscles in this pretty easily... [[IndyPloy sometimes]].
* WhatTheHellHero: So very, ''very'' often, especially when his plans cause collateral damage he hadn't anticipated or, worse, found acceptable. His companions are the most common deliverers, particularly when he manipulates them to get the job done [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim in ways that are not at all kind]]. Hex was the most vocal of them, and though Ace was more tollerant to start with, even she hit her breaking point.
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->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E1TimeAndTheRani Time and the Rani]]" (1987)
->'''Final story:''' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E4Survival Survival]]" (1989)[[note]]The final serial of the classic ''Doctor Who'' run.[[/note]]
->'''Regeneration story:''' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie Doctor Who: The Movie]]" (1996)
->'''Played by:''' Creator/SylvesterMcCoy: (1987–89, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1997)
-->''"You can always judge a man by the quality of his enemies."''
The [[BewareTheSillyOnes killer comedian]], clad in Jay Gatsby summer wear from [[TheRoaringTwenties the twenties]]. This Doctor began as a sort of bumbling goof, but became a more manipulative and enigmatic figure when the show [[DarkerAndEdgier got a little darker]] in its final two seasons. Seven was even more passionate about justice than his predecessors, fond of ThePlan, and a bit of a KnightTemplarParent to his companion Ace. These qualities came even more to the fore in the many, ''many'' ExpandedUniverse ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novels he starred in. Hinted at numerous times to be much more than a "mere" Time Lord -- a StoryArc which [[CutShort didn't quite pan out as such]]. What little made it into the show, however, added a few clues regarding his escape from Gallifrey, which appears to have included nicking the Hand of Omega as he went. [[HeAlsoDid He also played the spoons]] as a musical instrument.
!! Tropes associated with the television series
* AbortedArc: The so-called Cartmel Master Plan, whereby it would be revealed that Rassilon and Omega co-founded Time Lord society with a mysterious third individual known only as "The Other"; The Doctor would turn out to be the reincarnation of this person, in an attempt to return mystique to the character. Shades of this plan are seen in both "Remembrance of the Daleks" and "Silver Nemesis," both of which show that he knows how to operate [[ArtifactOfDoom Artifacts of Doom]] from Gallifrey's ancient past, and there was a plan for the Master to accuse him of being more than just a Time Lord. The cancellation of the show scuppered all this. Bits of it made it into the webcast "Death Comes to Time," and the episodes that were never filmed were eventually recorded as audios by Creator/BigFinish (though so far without the Cartmel Master Plan). Parts of the Master Plan made it into [[Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures the New Adventures novels]], especially in ''Lungbarrow''. It's debatable how much this arc actually was aborted, however; several of the people supposedly involved, including Andrew Cartmel himself, have repeatedly stated that the Master Plan never really got beyond a few ideas thrown back and forth between writers and most of what it ended up being was just fans and later writers blowing things out of proportion a bit.
* AmnesiacHero: His post-regeneration story opened with Seven as a dupe of the Rani - though this was the fault of her amnesia serum, not random happenstance.
* ArchEnemy: Fenric.
* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: His outfit is based on 1920s golfing attire.
* BatmanGambit: Often ''directly'' related to his status as Chessmaster.
** During the few rare times the BatmanGambit has ''failed'' in the ExpandedUniverse, Seven also shows off that he's quite experienced with the IndyPloy.
* BrainsAndBrawn: A {{Chessmaster}} and GuileHero who specialized in talking his enemies to death or tricking them into a self-destruct. His primary Companion? A {{Ladette}} who whipped up [=IEDs=] in her spare time, and rarely met a fight she didn't like.
* [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim Break Her Heart to Save Her]]: He puts Ace through this in "The Curse of Fenric."
* CelibateHero: NoHuggingNoKissing was generally in place for the classic Doctors, but Seven displayed celibacy to the point that in a few ExpandedUniverse stories, his companions know he's NotHimself just from the fact alone that he suddenly fancies someone. Characters/BerniceSummerfield summarises that she's "never known the Doctor to have any concern for the trouser department."
** Generally, he was portrayed as a clueless ChasteHero, but the novel ''Death and Diplomacy'' revealed he was a CelibateHero who used his ObfuscatingStupidity to get out of romantic situations.
* CharacterDevelopment: The Seventh Doctor began as an impish rogue who enjoyed showing up authority figures and loved a good mystery. Like [[{{Series/Poirot}} Hercule Poirot]] (who follows a similar character arc), Seven frequently exploits the fact that nobody respects him or grasps the credible threat he poses. Seasons 25 and 26 toned down the sillier aspects a tad, with the Doctor ''starting out'' harmless in each serial and gradually getting ferocious by the end. [=McCoy=] was interested in exploring the links between Hartnell's Doctor and his present self, and Cartmel picked up on that, leaving clues left for the Doctor by his past (and future!) incarnations.
* CharacterTics: Upon greeting/farewell, Seven likes to tip his hat. Then there's his rrrolling Rrrs. He also flapped and fluttered his hands around ebulliently. He likes to twitch his eyebrows up and down rapidly when being deliberately funny.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In his first season, he's a bumbling, wacky, clownish figure very reminiscent of the Second Doctor, but without the cunning intellect. "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]" is where his persona changed.
* CheshireCatGrin: It always looks like he's up to ''some''thing.
* TheChessmaster: With varying success, often requiring the liberal use of XanatosSpeedChess when things go awry. In the Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures, Seven's abilities are given real room to flex and are usually far more impressive. The Doctor smilingly weaves his web until it's too late for them.
** He's also a ''literal'' Chessmaster in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric The Curse of Fenric]]."
* CreepyGood: This Doctor could get ''scary''. His life lessons to Ace in "Ghost Light" are downright terrifying.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: An arguably unintentional example, but the very first thing the Seventh Doctor does upon regaining consciousness after regenerating is start to organise his schedule. The Seventh Doctor would later develop into a [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who intentionally seeks out particular conflicts rather than just happening to stumble across them as previously, and makes a point of devising a plan for how to deal with the situation prior to arriving.
* {{Expy}}[=/=]NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
** Seven's later, callous characterization seems to have borrowed a few tics from David [=McCallum=]'s 'hero' in ''Series/SapphireAndSteel''. Other touches were inspired by sci-fi icon Ken Campbell, [=McCoy's=] mentor and one of several auditionees for the Seventh Doctor. (Campbell was considered ''too'' spooky.)
** You could also make the argument that he's very similar to Literature/HerculePoirot: A celibate-minded, middle-aged looking man, [[ObfuscatingStupidity feigning goofiness and ignorance]], only to surprise his adversaries with [[TheChessmaster his incredibly sharp wit and mind]], [[{{Determinator}} unyielding attitude]] and tendency [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to make speeches towards antagonists, condemning duplicity and wickedness]]. He's also one of the most detective-like incarnations in terms of his overall mannerisms. And then there's the fact he was the first ever Doctor to have a different accent than an English one (in his case, it's a Scottish one, while Poirot had a Walloon one).
* FingerpokeOfDoom & TheParalyzer: Like most Doctors, he held disdain for physical violence, but could mop the floor with you if push came to shove. A simple poke brought down a neighborhood watchman twice his twice. ("Survival")
* {{Foil}}: The manipulative and sneaky foil to the loud and straightforward Six. Beyond this, where Six was bombastic, loud and pompous, Seven is a lot quieter, friendlier and modest (for the Doctor, at least). And where Six was compassionate and empathic in his pursuit of justice, Seven can be incredibly cold and pragmatic when it comes to ensuring the greater good.
* FunPersonified: Subverted. He was originally [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]] into this character type as a LighterAndSofter reaction against just how much BloodierAndGorier the show had got during the Sixth Doctor's run. he spent the first season playing the spoons, doing magic tricks, being a [[TheWonka figure of delight and whimsy]] and battling {{Camp}}tacular comedy enemies with the loosest continuity yet. Then a new writer took over, who introduced 'comedy' monsters but played their effects in a dark and serious way (like the Kandyman and the KillerClowns) and revealed the Doctor's apparent silliness was ObfuscatingStupidity, and Seven became one of the most alien, manipulative, and dark Doctors of the lot. When the series got cancelled the ExpandedUniverse picked him up and used him to codify all of the "Dark Doctor" tropes that the revival series later handled on-screen - like a serious examination of the OmniscientMoralityLicense, AngstWhatAngst and the psychological profile of someone who'd do that much DirtyBusiness. In the ''New Adventures'' books, there's even a line that he doesn't play the spoons any more because he's too busy toppling empires.
* FutureMeScaresMe: He finds out that in some future regeneration, in an AlternateUniverse where the Arthurian legend is real, he'll become ''Merlin''. Because of this, he has to spend an entire episode picking apart clues left to him by his future self.
* GuileHero
* IconicItem: His straw hat, question mark handled umbrella (which he pretty much used as a third arm), and question mark covered sweater-vest. In the TV Movie (and ''New Adventures'' books), he lost the vest but kept the hat.
* IcyBlueEyes: Seven could be pretty damn cold at times and he had the gaze to match.
* {{Malaproper}}: In his early stories. "Time and tide melt the snowman," "A bird in the hand keeps the Doctor away." Philosophical gold, my friends.
* ManipulativeBastard: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric The Curse of Fenric]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight Ghost Light]]". And then there's ''Literature/TheNewAdventures''...
* MyCard: Handed out in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]"... out of ''thin air'', at that. Creator/SylvesterMcCoy had a small background with stunts and parlour tricks.
* MyRuleFuIsStrongerThanYours: In "Paradise Towers," the Doctor escapes custody by fabricating ThatOneRule to some jobsworth night watchmen. In "The Happiness Patrol," he brings a fascist dictatorship to its knees within just a few hours simply by following its laws to the letter.
* NervesOfSteel: The Doctor knows the difference between a lean killer and a coward raining down death from rooftops. He has the audacity to sneak up on some snipers, puff out his chest and dare them to kill him honorably. And then snatches the gun away, when they hesitate. ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E2TheHappinessPatrol The Happiness Patrol]]")
-->"Why don't you do it then? Look me in the eye. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Pull the trigger. End my life]]."
* NiceHat: Which actually belonged to Creator/SylvesterMcCoy. Seven liked to roll it up and down his sleeve.
* NoodleIncident: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E4TheGreatestShowInTheGalaxy The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric The Curse of Fenric]]" pits him against {{the Old Gods}}, and it's suggested that he's tangled with them before.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Nothing about his appearance or demeanor suggests that he is a threat.
* OneOfTheKids: Officially declared ''not'' a yawny Olster! ("Paradise Towers") He's been at this game long enough to not patronize feral teenagers and as a result is declared a man of "[[CoolOldGuy high fabshion]]" and "[[FutureSlang ice hot.]]"
* PapaWolf: When it comes to Ace, he's got this trope down pat. Particularly in the ExpandedUniverse.
* ParasolOfPain: Seven used his umbrella as a makeshift weapon upon occasion.
* ParentalSubstitute: Ace's father is never mentioned, and she has a bad relationship with her mother, so the Doctor ends up becoming a father figure to her.
* ThePowerOfRock: The power of blues, showtunes and spoons.
* PrinciplesZealot: Seven doesn't wander around aimlessly as much as prior versions. (Or most future versions for that matter.) He's a man on a mission. By Season 26, the Doctor goes around toppling dictatorships for sport. In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E2TheHappinessPatrol The Happiness Patrol]]", he makes a bet with himself to dismantle their entire police state by sunrise ([[BadassBoast he does]]).
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: Not dressed like one for a change, but he was polite in a classic way.
* RebelliousSpirit: ''Extremely''.
* RoguesGallery: The Rani, the Bannermen, Davros, Imperial Daleks, Renegade Daleks, the Kandyman, Lady Peinforte, Cybermen, the Gods of Ragnarok, Morgaine, Fenric, and the Master.
* SadClown: When he was still TheFool there was an air of melancholy around him.
* ShipperOnDeck: He's extremely entertained by Ancelyn and Brigadier Bambera.
* {{Slapstick}}: Especially in his early stories (why walk down a hall when you can slide?), and later exploited to bring down his enemies. Like the actor playing him, Seven is a born music hall performer, impressionist, and magician.
** After dispensing with the Psychic Circus, he's forced to put on a show for his toughest crowd yet: the Gods of Ragnarok. About the only stunt he ''doesn't'' perform is stuffing ferrets down his trousers or spraying seltzer up his nose.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Seven ''loves'' doing this. It's in a good half of his stories.
* TalkingYourWayOut: Seven's great love -- his words are far and away more effective than any physical threat.
* TranquilFury: This Doctor ran cold rather than hot, and his anger forecasted a slow but certain doom once provoked; where Six would boil over, Seven ''simmered''. On a few occasions, he had to bring Ace to heel when she lost her temper, stating that she was "no good" to him or others this way.
* TricksterMentor: Became this in his second season, as focus shifted to his companion Ace. As a result, Ace became the most fleshed-out companion, whilst the Doctor became ever more mysterious.
* TrrrillingRrrs: [=McCoy=] was actually the first Doctor to not speak with a [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Received Pronunciation accent.]] He's verrry Scottish.
* UnflinchingWalk: He calmly walked out of a building that then promptly exploded and appeared not to notice. (The pyrotechnicians had over-rigged the charge and [=McCoy=] was ''fairly'' certain he was now dead, but kept moving on the off-chance he wasn't a pile of ash after all, since there was only one take they could do.)
* VerbalTic: He tended to roll his R's, leading to a deeply unfortunate incident when he encountered aliens known as the Gods of Rrrrrragnarrrrrok. Oh boy.
* WatchThePaintJob: Until the Ninth Doctor's exploits, the TARDIS saw more vandalism done to it than during any other Doctor's watch. Since no surface in Paradise Towers is safe for long, the Police Box gets covered in graffiti almost immediately after it's parked. In "The Happiness Patrol," it was painted bright pink(!) by Helen A's shock troopers after touching down on Terra Alpha.
* WeaponOfChoice: His ''brain'' (and, technically, ''words''). This is the first Doctor to [[BreakThemByTalking get a Dalek to self-destruct by talking to it]].
* WhatTheHellHero: Seven tends to keep his eye on the big picture, and while he won't directly kill anyone, he's been known to leave -- or nearly leave -- psychological scars, especially in Ace. He gets called out on it. Hard.
* WhereItAllBegan: In "Remembrance of the Daleks," Seven makes a return trip to Totter's Lane to tie up some loose ends; the Daleks just happen to be pursuing the same object. According to the Vicar, this episode is set mere days after "An Unearthly Child."
%%!! Tropes associated with the ''Doctor Who Magazine'' line
%%* RoguesGallery
!! Tropes associated with the ''Virgin New Adventures'' line
* ArchEnemy: The Timewyrm and Death.
* CharacterDevelopment: Following on directly from the TV series, Seven goes from a manipulative clown to a terror who breaks people and even destroys planets to fight the evil he encounters.
%%* RoguesGallery
!! Tropes associated with the TV movie
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* BizarreAlienBiology: Common to all the Doctors, of course, but Seven was notably ''killed'' by it--or rather, by the doctor who was operating on him under the impression that he was a normal human being.
* BookEnds: Both the start and the end of the life of the Seventh Doctor were ''really'' ignoble: hitting his head on the TARDIS console and being killed by malpractice committed by the woman who would become his next companion.
* CharacterDevelopment: After so many years of his plots and schemes, Seven becomes so weary that he grows complacent and forgets to check his TARDIS scanner on the one night when a Chinese-American gang was raising hell in the San Francisco alleyways.
* DeathByIrony: Despite being TheChessmaster for most of his life, he meets his end due to being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Even as Grace prepares to operate on him, Seven begins planning the Master's downfall, asking for the atomic clock Eight would need to repair the TARDIS. The comic "The Forgotten" also implies that Seven used a Chameleon Arch to turn Eight half-human to fool the Master if he escaped.
* {{Determinator}}: He wakes up several times on the operating table, despite being ''heavily sedated'', in order to attempt to warn everyone of what's happening.
* DidntSeeThatComing: The craftiest Doctor of them all got taken out by Asian crime elements... in the city of the [[TheSixties Summer Of Love]]. That's rubbish luck even by his standards.
* DyingAlone: This incarnation's end was especially sad; he ends up dying without any familiar faces by his side, powerless to stop his accidental killing by the hands of well-intentioned humans who only wished to help him.
* FamousLastWords: "I've got to stop... him..."
* MedicalHorror: His final moments. Heavily sedated, StrappedToAnOperatingTable, and begging the sweet human doctor to stop shoving a camera probe into his arteries.
* RetiredBadass: By the TV movie, he's done with plotting great harebrained schemes because he regrets more than the lion's share of them and feels like his regeneration isn't too far off.
* SceneryPorn: His TARDIS eventually becomes a lush drawing room full of books, candles and SteamPunk gadgets.
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: While heavily sedated, and trying to explain to nice Dr. Grace that he's ''not human'' and could she please take that camera out of his arteries. She doesn't listen, and he dies.
* TalkingYourWayOut: Ironically, despite this being his forte, Seven was unable to talk Grace out of operating on him.
* WaistcoatOfStyle: Along with a plain necktie.
* WeComeInPeaceShootToKill: The Seventh Doctor's death in a nutshell. The Doctor lands in San Francisco, and barely gets two feet outside the door when a Chinatown gang immediately opens fire on him. [[SarcasmMode No wonder]] [[TriggerHappy he rarely goes to America]].
* WorstAid: Bullets? Not a problem. Paramedics mistaking your alien heart rates for fibrillation? That's another matter.
!! Tropes associated with Big Finish
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SylvesterMcCoy (1999–present)
-> '''Seventh Doctor:''' Are you looking for the butterfly?
-> '''Ace:''' What, the one who beats its wings and it tips the balance so a hurricane forms? There isn't one, is there?
-> '''Seventh Doctor:''' Not often. We just tell the butterflies that to keep them happy.
In the TV show, the Seventh Doctor started out as a bumbling goof and developed into a very manipulative and enigmatic figure after a while. Creator/BigFinish embraces both concepts whole-heartedly. Stories with Mel, taking place early on in his tenure, provide excellent comic relief and rely heavily on the IndyPloy. Stories with Ace, taking place later in Seven's life, see him out-planning things like Elder Gods, Daleks and ancient Cyborg Vampires -- much like he tended to do in the TV show anyway, but without worries of budget this time around. And then there is the rarely touched upon ground that shows Seven as he is edging toward his last story in the TV Movie, where he has become older, tired, and saddened by his long career of playing TheChessmaster. The consequences and exhaustion have led him to retire from scheming before this incarnation's time is up.
* AbhorrentAdmirer & BoldlyComing: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in ''Bang-Band-A-Boom!'' when the Doctor, posing as the friendly neighborhood space ace, inexplicably becomes the object of every woman's desire--including [[BrawnHilda a space valkyrie]] named Angvia (yuk yuk). He is quite put off by this, even as the resident BridgeBunny [[ReadyForLovemaking splays herself out in his Ready Room]] and admits that pretty much everybody on the station's banging (including herself and the [[ReallyGetsAround previous]] commander). This leads into a hysterical dinner with Angvia where the Doctor does everything in his power to distract her, such as complementing "the view" of a blank wall.
-->'''Mel:''' ''(sniggering)'' Well, I must say: after 700 years of celibacy, that's a pretty odd place to start up again.
* AdultFear: At his age there is little left to fear, which is why the Fearmonger comes at him through Ace. There's a growing suspicion that Ace is emulating Seven in all the wrong ways, overestimating her own cunning and recklessly toying with her mortality.
* BornLucky: Naturally the Seventh Doctor is uninjured when he and his past incarnations plummet down a hole, bouncing harmlessly off the rotund Sixth Doctor.
* BoomerangBigot: The only thing he dislikes more than sick wards is doctors. They think they know everything.
* TheCameo: Occasionally, he shows up in Six's episodes to fix things after Six messes up badly. Two of those appearances are completely unannounced and uncredited.
* CelibateHero: Keeping in line with the Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures novels, Seven is entirely celibate in every way. This becomes a huge plot point in [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho039BangBangABoom "Bang-Bang-A-Boom!"]], with plenty of lampshading.
* CharacterDevelopment: Seven traveling with Mel is a bumbling goof who can't talk his way out of a wet paper bag. Seven travelling with Ace (and Hex) is a manipulative bastard who plays with the universe like it's his favourite toy. Seven traveling alone, at the end of his life, is a deeply traumatised man who no longer plays the spoons or mixes his metaphors, which his enemies gleefully mock him for. Since the stories are made in whatever order Creator/BigFinish likes, this can be played for a very jarring effect: a deeply emotional story with Ace can be followed immediately by a silly {{panto}} farce with Mel.
** The Sixth Doctor had a bombastic and often reckless nature, which sometimes led to avoidable loss of lives such as that of Cassie, something Evelyn never fully forgave him for. So he became someone that would plan, anticipate, and use the situation to his advantage as opposed to someone who would simply blunder into a situation and hope for the best.
* TheChessmaster: This Doctor's bread and butter, though his track record is far from perfect. At one point he actually decided to juggle two [[spoiler: [=TARDISes=] (Tardii?) with two different sets of companions to take on the Elder Gods of the universe]]. Needless to say, the companions were not happy when this all [[spoiler: went horribly wrong]].
** By the end of his life, he's gotten to using his companions' mistrust in him as yet 'another'' way to manipulate them - whether he sees this as a necessary evil or not is in the air.
* CommandingCoolness & DeadPersonImpersonation: The Doctor and Mel materialize on "Dark Space Eight" just moments after the new station commander, John Ballard, dies in a shuttle accident. This causes the (rather incompetent) crew to mistake Seven for Ballard. He spends the rest of ''Bang-Bang-A-Boom!'' answering to "John" and wearing a flightsuit (though [[NeverBareheaded the hat remains]]), and rather enjoys the trappings of being a Kirk-style commander, with the cushy Ready Room and communicator and so on.
* CreepyGood: From "The Fearmonger" all the way up to "Project: Lazarus" (his very final adventure in his Seventh regeneration), this Doctor is ''scary''. The episode "Master", in particular, shows how terrifying he can be.
* GoodIsNotNice: Seven considers himself ''much'' less forgiving than Six ever was, and warns enemies who've only had to deal with Six before that he won't treat them as kindly.
* HamToHamCombat: Sly's battle with the legendary [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Pat Quinn]] in ''Bang-Bang-A-Boom!'' Their love scene is so over the top that it should come with a disclaimer for vegans, and when the Doctor professes his love you can actually see the world [[PurpleProse turning purple]]. He's been wasting his time fighting monsters when he should have been tasting life’s great sweetener: ''OOH-MORRRRR!'' (amore)
* IgnoredEpiphany: Despite being constantly (and consistently) told off for manipulating his friends and allies for grand plans [[LockedOutOfTheLoop they aren't made privy to]], Seven just can't stop doing so, no matter how many times the fallout causes his friends to distrust him or unknowingly undermine his plans. It gets to the point he actually attempts to 'work those reactions ''into'' the plans themselves!
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: In ''A Death in the Family'', the Doctor uncovers his future self (still the Seventh incarnation, but visibly wizened) lying in a Gallifreyan sarcophagus. He dies shortly thereafter, giving the [[DelayedRippleEffect now-fading]] Future!Seven the unique experience of eulogizing himself. Hex and Ace comment that he's taking death pretty well, under the circumstances. Seven's response is something we can all relate with:
-->'''Future!Doctor:''' "Not bothered by it"? '''''[[SuddenlyShouting OF COURSE]]''''' I'M BOTHERED BY IT! I'M '''''[[FearIsTheAppropriateResponse DEAD!]]'''''
* {{Malaproper}}: This oft-forgotten character trait does tend to return from time to time, either when he travels with Mel, or when he tries to [[ObfuscatingStupidity play the fool]].
* MarshmallowHell: Angvia, seeing her prey can't take a hint, grabs the "[[TinyGuyHugeGirl little man]]" by the head and shoves it into her bosom. We later learn that Angvian women secrete a pheromone [[LivingAphrodisiac through their BO]], hence a crewman's {{dying clue}}: ''Beware the pits of Angvia.''
-->'''Doctor:''' ''(shaking it off)'' There are lives at stake! Mind on the job and all that!\\
'''Mel:''' I think you'd better get your mind ''off'' [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow "the job"]], heh! Sounds like you're having some sort of mid-regeneration crisis.
* NoSuchAgency: By 2002, he's become something of a bogeyman amongst Britain's far right. Rumours are circulating of his work with UN paymasters, "Department C19" and running covert black ops projects since the 70’s, making it sound [[UnitedNationsIsASuperpower far more sinister]] than it actually was. The Doctor is still listed as a freelance consultant and describes himself as a silly old man with "far too much time" on his hands. (''The Fearmonger'')
* NotSoDifferent: From TheMaster. More than he'd like to know, in fact. The audio "Master" plays this to the hilt and [[spoiler: Unit: Dominion has the Master use this ''against'' the Doctor]].
* PapaWolf: If you threaten anyone that travels with this Doctor, you will most likely pay for it. And soon.
* PinballProtagonist: Very frequently during his adventures with Mel, since he hasn't quite developed his skills as TheChessmaster yet at that point in time. "The Fires Of Vulcan", "Bang-Bang-a-Boom!", "Flip-Flop" and "Unregenerate!" are notable examples.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Seven's tendency to [[LockedOutOfTheLoop lock his friends out of his plans]] often has drastic consequences, usually in the form of them inadvertently complicating if not ruining said plans, which has claimed quite a bit of collateral damage. The fact that he's considerably more alien than some of the other Doctors only puts up an additional barrier he has trouble getting around. Even when things go off without a hitch, the Doctor's actions still tend to get a WhatTheHellHero reaction from simply not letting his companions in on the plan.
* RetiredBadass: The post-companions portrayal of Seven who we saw in the TV Movie. He's quite contemplative by then, ditched the goofy question-mark jumper for sophisticated clothes, and his CharacterDevelopment arc has been completed. He is a melancholy man who is growing old and tired, so he decides that his days of scheming and manipulation are over. He knows regeneration is approaching, and he wants to burn all his bridges beforehand. He doesn't want his next incarnation to be burdened with his complex machinations because he fears they might not be able to handle them due to the changes in personality, or will refuse to carry them on. He would be proven right- the Eighth Doctor displays a dislike for his past self's chessmaster tendencies.
* RoguesGallery: The Celestial Toymaker, Cybermen, Daleks, Davros, Dr. Elizabeth Klein, the Fearmonger, Fenric, the Master, Nobody No-One, Sontarans, and William Abberton.
* SelfDeprecation: Seven has been given a few chances to unknowingly snark at [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie rather lackluster death]]. Perhaps the most specific was while he tried to escape from an airlock that decided to play opera at him for no reason.
-->'''Seventh Doctor:''' I REFUSE TO DIE! TO ELEVATOR MUSIC!!
* ThouShaltNotKill: Seven hates his past self (especially his Fourth) for how carelessly he used to murder his enemies. Although he'll gladly subject them to a terrifying FateWorseThanDeath, murder is out of the question for him. Naturally, he keeps being placed in situations where he ''should'' murder innocent people just to preserve the web of time, and although he tries a few times over, he can never bring himself to pull the trigger. It's become a very morbid RunningGag, most notably used in "Flip-Flop", "Master" and "Night Thoughts".
* TricksterMentor: While the so-called Cartmel Master Plan has been left behind, the Doctor very much remains this in his adventures with Ace (and later, with Hex as well).
* XanatosSpeedChess: When his status as TheChessmaster is called into question or his plans blow up in his face, Seven can flex his muscles in this pretty easily... [[IndyPloy sometimes]].
* WhatTheHellHero: So very, ''very'' often, especially when his plans cause collateral damage he hadn't anticipated or, worse, found acceptable. His companions are the most common deliverers, particularly when he manipulates them to get the job done [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim in ways that are not at all kind]]. Hex was the most vocal of them, and though Ace was more tollerant to start with, even she hit her breaking point.
