| 1 | [[center:[[WMG:''Series/DoctorWho'' [[Characters/DoctorWho characters index]]\ |
| 2 | [-'''Incarnations of [[Characters/DoctorWhoDoctors the Doctor]]'''\ |
| 3 | [[Characters/DoctorWhoFirstDoctor 1]] | '''2''' | [[Characters/DoctorWhoThirdDoctor 3]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor 4]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoFifthDoctor 5]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoSixthDoctor 6]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoSeventhDoctor 7]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoEighthDoctor 8]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoWarDoctor War]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoNinthDoctor 9]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoTenthDoctor 10]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoEleventhDoctor 11]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoTwelfthDoctor 12]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoThirteenthDoctor 13]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourteenthandfifteenthDoctors 14 & 15]]\ |
| 4 | '''[[Characters/DoctorWhoTheTARDIS The TARDIS]]'''\ |
| 5 | '''[[Characters/DoctorWhoCompanionsAndSupportingCast Companions and Supporting Cast]]'''\ |
| 6 | [[Characters/DoctorWhoClassicSeriesCompanions Classic Series Companions]] ([[Characters/DoctorWhoK9 K9]], [[Characters/DoctorWhoRomana Romana]]) | [[Characters/DoctorWhoRevivalSeriesCompanions Revival Series Companions]] ([[Characters/DoctorWhoRoseTyler Rose Tyler]], [[Characters/DoctorWhoJackHarkness Captain Jack Harkness]], [[Characters/DoctorWhoRiverSong River Song]], [[Characters/DoctorWhoThePonds The Ponds]], [[Characters/DoctorWhoClaraOswald Clara Oswald]]) | [[Characters/DoctorWhoOtherSupportingCast Other Supporting Cast]] ([[Characters/DoctorWhoThePaternosterGang The Paternoster Gang]]) | [[Characters/DoctorWhoUNITStaff UNIT Staff]]\ |
| 7 | '''[[Characters/DoctorWhoVillains Villains]]'''\ |
| 8 | [[Characters/DoctorWhoImmortalsAndEldritchAbominations Immortals and Eldritch Abominations]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoMasters The Master]] ([[Characters/DoctorWhoJohnSimmsMaster John Simm's Master]], [[Characters/DoctorWhoMissy Missy]], [[Characters/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverseMasters Expanded Universe Masters]])\ |
| 9 | '''[[Characters/DoctorWhoAliensAndMonsters Aliens and Monsters]]'''\ |
| 10 | [[Characters/DoctorWhoDaleks Daleks]] ([[Characters/DoctorWhoDavros Davros]]) | [[Characters/DoctorWhoCybermen Cybermen]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoRobots Robots]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoTheSilence The Silence]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoSilurians Silurians]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoSontarans Sontarans]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoTimeLords Time Lords]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoWeepingAngels Weeping Angels]] | [[Characters/DoctorWhoSlitheen Slitheen]]-]]]]] |
| 11 | ->''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks "Slower! SLOWER!! Concentrate on one thing. One thing!"]]'' |
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| 13 | !Second Doctor |
| 14 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/second_0.jpg]] |
| 15 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Our lives are different to anybody else's. That's the exciting thing! There's nobody in the universe who can do what we're doing."'']] |
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| 17 | ->'''First appearance:''' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet The Tenth Planet]]" (1966) |
| 18 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks The Power of the Daleks]]" (1966) |
| 19 | ->'''Exit story:'''[[note]]The Second Doctor is never shown regenerating on-screen, leading to the Season 6B theory that was taken as canon following "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]"[[/note]] "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Games]]" (1969) |
| 20 | ->'''Regeneration comic strip'''[[note]]The Second Doctor has only ever been seen explicitly regenerating in his final ''TV Comic'' story.[[/note]] "The Night Walkers" (1969) |
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| 22 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/PatrickTroughton (1966–69, 1972–73,[[note]]He appeared in the four part anniversary story "The Three Doctors", which aired from December 30, 1972–January 20, 1973[[/note]] 1983, 1985) |
| 23 | ->'''Voiced by:''' David Coker (1997); Chris Walker-Thomson (2020); Creator/MichaelTroughton (2022) |
| 24 | |
| 25 | ->''"There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things. Things that act against everything we believe in. They must be fought!"'' |
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| 27 | The [[CoolOldGuy cosmic hobo with the Beatles haircut]]. A more easygoing personality than his predecessor, though still very much an anti-authority maverick, the Second Doctor was a [[TheGadfly gadfly]] who enjoyed annoying everyone he met; he made an art form out of [[StealthInsult stealthily insulting]] his foes and allies alike. |
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| 29 | Unlike [[Characters/DoctorWhoFirstDoctor his predecessor]], who would often end up as a circumstantial hero by way of getting himself accidentally embroiled in dangerous situations and then having to find his way out of them again (though coming to embrace doing so anyway), the Second Doctor more actively felt he had somewhat of a moral obligation to help the oppressed and fight injustices wherever he came across them during his journeys. |
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| 31 | He also had quite the knack for manipulation and deception; his favourite trick by far was pretending to be [[ObfuscatingStupidity a bumbling and somewhat scatterbrained and naïve buffoon]], generally acting [[TheKlutz clumsy]] and a little cowardly and asking seemingly perfectly innocent, but annoying questions, only to then catch his adversaries off-guard by revealing that a darker, more cunning and strong-willed personality lurked under this harmless surface. |
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| 33 | The Second Doctor, more than his other incarnations, tends to panic easily. He nibbles at his fingernail out of nervous fear, yells "Oh no!", and sometimes runs from monsters. How much of this is an act is unknown, but he sometimes does it when he's alone. He confronts evil readily enough many times, so he's not a coward: just a little less brave than his other incarnations. |
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| 35 | The Second Doctor's era ushered in the MonsterOfTheWeek premise and phased out the "pure" historical period stories where the only science fiction elements were the presence of the time travelling Doctor and his companions. |
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| 37 | He liked to play the recorder (the musical instrument), and he carried a massive number of useful things in the pockets of his coat, including the now famous sonic screwdriver. (The [[Characters/DoctorWhoTenthDoctor Tenth Doctor]] would confirm that, as many fans had long suspected, the Doctor's pockets are {{bigger on the inside}} in "[[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride The Runaway Bride]]") |
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| 39 | Unfortunately, the Doctor became embridled in a series of rapidly escalating conflicts orchestrated by the War Lords and their leader, a renegade from his own home planet known as the War Chief. Faced with a faction of evil time travelers on par with him, the situation proved much too big for the Doctor to eliminate and caused him to reluctantly [[SummonBiggerFish call upon his own people]], the [[Characters/DoctorWhoTimeLords Time Lords]], to quash the mess. |
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| 41 | However, he knew that he was placing himself in a defenceless position to be judged for causing disturbances in time and space. The final decision his superiors chose was to revert his companions back to their original places in history and [[LaserGuidedAmnesia swab away their memories of the Doctor]], then exile the Doctor to Earth with [[Characters/DoctorWhoThirdDoctor a new appearance]], but the Second Doctor did all he could to flee from what was all but an execution. In the end, however, he was unsuccessful and the Time Lords would eventually catch up to him… |
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| 45 | [[folder:TV Series Tropes]] |
| 46 | !! Tropes associated with the television series |
| 47 | * SixtiesHair: An interesting case for the Second Doctor, who, despite saying that was against his taste when he was the First Doctor, wears a moptop (with touches of bowl cut) anyway, just like Music/TheBeatles. |
| 48 | ** Subverted however with Americans who were introduced to him after TheSixties. He is instead regularly noted for an amusing resemblance to Moe Howard of Film/TheThreeStooges, who predated the Beatles by about three decades. |
| 49 | * AbandonedCatchphrase: He had "I would like a hat like that" as a catchphrase for the first two or three stories before it was dropped off. Funnily enough, [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor his]] [[Characters/DoctorWhoFifthDoctor future]] [[Characters/DoctorWhoSeventhDoctor selves]] became fond of signature hats, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E13TheBigBang especially]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E7Kerblam a fez]]. |
| 50 | * AmbiguouslyGay: He and Jamie. According to Creator/FrazerHines, who played Jamie, he and Patrick Troughton deliberately snuck as many innuendos into the show as they could, just to spite Creator/TheBBC, including the now famous: |
| 51 | --> '''Jamie''': Doctor, look at the size of that thing! |
| 52 | --> '''The Doctor''': Yes, Jamie, it's a big one! |
| 53 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: The first of many to demonstrate this trait, especially in his early adventures. He never quite stopped being distracted by hats, though. |
| 54 | * AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: He wore a shabbier and slightly more informal version of One's look, with a bowtie, jacket instead of frock coat, and no waistcoat |
| 55 | %%* BadassAdorable |
| 56 | * BadassLongcoat: He wore a battered old frock coat many sizes too large, which added to his clownish demeanour. |
| 57 | * BatmanGambit: Pulled one on his own companion, Jamie, in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks Evil of the Daleks]]", knowing that Jamie would "infect" the Daleks with all that was good noble in humanity. [[WhatTheHellHero Jamie didn't take it well]]. |
| 58 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Not as much as Five or Ten, but still capable of steering an enemy's space fleet into the sun or sparking a massive Dalek civil war when he deemed it necessary. |
| 59 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Despite his almost childlike recklessness, it was always clear to his allies that a keen, deliberate intellect lurked behind his every action, with him adopting a grave seriousness when the situation called for it. Even though he could get caught up in events around him, the Doctor knew that his friends' well-being came first and foremost. |
| 60 | * TheBlindLeadingTheBlind: After the departure of Ben and Polly, he spends the remainder of his tenure travelling with companions who aren't from contemporary Earth (Jamie is from the 18th century, Victoria is from the 19th century, and Zoe is from the late 21st century). And while this isn't as big of a problem as it could have been, considering that only three stories following their departure ("The Web of Fear", "Fury from the Deep", and "The Invasion") have contemporary Earth settings, it does lead to a fair bit of cultural awkwardness on such occasions. |
| 61 | * ButterflyOfTransformation: Uses it to explain his transformation. |
| 62 | * CameBackWrong: Being that he's the first regeneration to appear at a time when the concept didn't exist yet, the Second Doctor went through a few rewrites: originally being envisioned as a windjammer captain (!) and then a "[[JekyllAndHyde Mister Hyde]]" version of his predecessor, with a tramp version of the First Doctor's wardrobe. A few of these traits made it into the final version, and though the Doctor soon mellowed, his initial craziness was the basis for "regeneration" traumas we see again later. It certainly scared the pants off One's companions when the venerable old man shrank down into a giddy, flute-playing nutter. |
| 63 | * TheCassandra: Finds himself filling this role in many stories, such as "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks The Power of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E5TheUnderwaterMenace The Underwater Menace]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E6TheMoonbase The Moonbase]]", etc. where the Doctor is aware of some menace threatening the locals but can't get anyone to take him seriously. |
| 64 | * CavalryBetrayal: At long last, the Doctor found one enemy (The War Chief) he couldn't fight without sending for reinforcements from Gallifrey. The Time Lords aren't amused: they find the Doctor guilty -- with some equanimity -- of ruining whole civilizations and then splitting before the clean-up. His sentence is separation from his companions with their memories of all but their first adventure with him wiped, the removal of his knowledge of how to pilot the TARDIS, and exile in modern day London. Oh, and they execute him[[note]]In the sense of forcing him to regenerate[[/note]] just for shiggles. |
| 65 | -->'''War Chief:''' Doctor, you mustn’t call them in, or it will be the end of us. They’ll show no mercy. |
| 66 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 67 | ** "When I say "run", run. ...''RUN!''" Also, [[GoshDarnItToHeck "Oh, my giddy aunt!", and "Oh, crumbs!"]] And uncommonly, "Oh, my word!" |
| 68 | ** In his reappearances, some version of "''Oh''--I see you've redecorated (fill-in-the-blank), haven't you?--hmm. I don't ''like'' it." |
| 69 | * CharacterTics: He had a habit of [[http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa323/ticktoast/TeamTwohastoomuchsexy_zps5120743c.png wringing]] [[http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa323/ticktoast/TwoandtheIceWarriors_zpse64a3692.png his]] [[http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa323/ticktoast/teamtwohitsanuh-oh_zps37a4245a.png hands]] constantly. The Eleventh Doctor imitated this. If he couldn't wring his hands, he'd twiddle his fingers and drum them on things, such as his other hand. Also lots and lots of eyebrow quirking. |
| 70 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: |
| 71 | ** This was the first time the Doctor changed and no-one quite knew what effect this could, or should, have on the Doctor's personality - only that he would have to be different to the First Doctor. He started out being written as an interstellar 19th-century ship captain, then as a 'Mr Hyde' version of the First Doctor who took on distorted, dark versions of his quirks, before settling down into the cuddly but dangerous {{Hobo}} character he'd be for the rest of his run. Fortunately, this worked really well - this initial confusion over his personality was explained eventually as the result of the shock of undergoing an obviously physically traumatic process, and became a stock feature of regeneration ever after. Later Doctors, even ones whose personalities have already been planned out in full, traditionally kick off with a story in which they are completely loopy (ranging from confusion to [[NonSequiturThud yelling non-sequiturs]] to thinking they're their previous incarnations to trying to murder their companions) before settling into their main personality. |
| 72 | ** He started out with several gimmicks, such as his fondness for ridiculous hats, playing the recorder, and his [[MasterOfDisguise love of disguises]]. As his character became more fleshed out these were gradually abandoned. His hat obsession is gone for good after "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E5TheUnderwaterMenace The Underwater Menace]]", his disguises are dropped in favour of MasterActor bluffing after "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld The Enemy of the World]]" and his recorder is last seen being (inexplicably) used as a telescope in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Games]]", with it last being played in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E5TheWebOfFear The Web of Fear]]". Season 6 gives him "Oh my word" and "oh my giddy aunt" as catchphrases and alters his sense of humour to be more of a DeadpanSnarker rather than a clown. |
| 73 | * TheChessmaster: Not to the extent of Seven, but he had his moments of this. He spends much of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks "The Evil of the Daleks"]] playing against the Dalek Emperor, for example - [[WhatTheHellHero much to the frustration of Jamie]], who does ''not'' take kindly to being one of the pawns and nearly leaves the TARDIS afterwards. |
| 74 | * ContinuitySnarl: Since the Second Doctor got so many opportunities to meet his other incarnations personally, there were ''going'' to be continuity glitches. There is even an "Season 6B" theory to explain the references to "The War Games" in "The Two Doctors," which the BBC has [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/season6b.shtml officially acknowledged as "making sense"]]. |
| 75 | * ContrastingReplacementCharacter: Contrasts his predecessor's grumpiness with a warm, emotional attitude. He also contrasts One's stubborn straight-forwardness by being ruminative, subtle, and sneaky. |
| 76 | * CowardlyLion: The only Doctor who frequently shows open fear of his enemies, and in a way that does not make it look like a deliberate performance. |
| 77 | * CrazyPrepared: Always seemed to have some sort of situation-suitable item in those pockets of his. |
| 78 | * CuddleBug: Has his arms around his companions more often than not. |
| 79 | * DenserAndWackier: Though ultimately, the series proved to be GrowingTheBeard. |
| 80 | * DissonantSerenity: Whether it is by accident or design, this is a Doctor who can watch a civilization go up in flame or a man being sucked out through the TARDIS doors into space, dust himself off, and play a few notes on his recorder. Cold as ice. |
| 81 | * DressingAsTheEnemy: With much glee. |
| 82 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: |
| 83 | ** As noted, this was the first time regeneration had been introduced, and certain elements would get changed or dropped as it got codified. Among other things: |
| 84 | *** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks The Power of the Daleks]]", the Doctor describes what's happened as having been "renewed", and in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Games]]", the Time Lords view it as a change of appearance. It wasn't actually called "regeneration" until "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E5PlanetOfTheSpiders Planet of the Spiders]]". |
| 85 | *** On a related note, the concept of the Doctor dying as part of regeneration is absent; it wouldn't be established until Three to Four. |
| 86 | *** The Doctor says it's part of the TARDIS, without which he couldn't survive; later on, it became an innate ability of the Doctor's, though it remains strongly associated with the TARDIS, with the majority of regenerations happening in or near it. |
| 87 | *** The Doctor's clothes change, which wouldn't happen again in a regeneration until Thirteen to Fourteen. |
| 88 | ** For most of Second's TV era, the guiding assumption is that the Doctor is AmbiguouslyHuman, as in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks The Evil of the Daleks]]", where the Daleks don't use him to find the Human Factor because he's travelled too much in time, making him "more than human". He's not established as a Time Lord until "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Games]]", and not as an alien until "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace Spearhead from Space]]". |
| 89 | * FailedASpotCheck: He does this quite often. Notably in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators The Dominators]]," when he clearly pointed out that the newly formed volcano was erupting, but didn't notice that ''the volcano was erupting''. |
| 90 | -->'''Jamie:''' C'mon! The whole place is going to blow up!\ |
| 91 | '''Second Doctor''' No, it's quite all right, Jamie. The planet is quite safe. There's only going to be a ''localized'' volcanic eruption. It'll only affect the island.\ |
| 92 | '''Jamie:''' Maybe so, but ''we'' happen to be ''on'' the island.\ |
| 93 | '''Second Doctor:''' [[OhCrap Oh, my word!]] |
| 94 | * FunPersonified: He was very childlike in his love of play, dancing a jig in his new body, on the outskirts of Atlantis, and a beach in Australia. Unlike his reclusive predecessor, he was quite willing to enjoy fame, and even fortune, when he could find it. |
| 95 | * TheGadfly: "Well, now I know you're mad. I just wanted to be sure." Two will irritate his foes just to see what they're like, such as with Klieg or Omega. |
| 96 | * GainaxEnding: His regeneration into Three. The timeline is all screwed up, and it's very possible that what we saw on screen ''wasn't'' even his regeneration -- these days, the BBC considers the [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/season6b.shtml Season 6B theory]] valid. |
| 97 | * GoshDangItToHeck: "Oh, my giddy aunt!" and variations. |
| 98 | * HarmlessLadyDisguise: Harmless lady with [[BewareTheNiceOnes a gun concealed in her robes]]. (It's not like it was even loaded, though.) |
| 99 | * HerrDoktor: Or as he liked to call himself, [[StealthPun Doktor von Wer]]. |
| 100 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: The Doctor and Jamie were together for all but one serial and for more episodes than any other companion. |
| 101 | * {{Hobos}}: More like a [[{{Pun}} WHO-bo]]. |
| 102 | * HypocriticalHumour: In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks "The Evil of the Daleks"]], he tells Jamie to be careful not to knock anything over while sneaking into an antiques store. Moments later, he knocks something over and Jamie has to catch it. |
| 103 | * ISurrenderSuckers: The Doctor crawls out of the TARDIS on all fours, waving a white hankie in surrender -- and then lobs a smoke bomb. ''Viva la revolucion!'' |
| 104 | * IconicItem: His recorder (the musical instrument), though it was used less and less over time. Loses one in "The Three Doctors" as a necessary sacrifice, but gets a replacement. |
| 105 | * IconicSequelCharacter: It's been argued by many that Troughton is when the general concept of "the Doctor" snapped into sharp focus. Creator/DavidTennant [[http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/doctor-who-patrick-troughton-template-2362503 noted]] that all the Doctors these days are variations on the themes he set down. |
| 106 | * IdenticalStranger: This regeneration had a doppelganger, Ramón Salamander, a nefarious EmperorScientist from the near future. Not only was Salamander a capable villain, [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs he bluffed his way into the TARDIS]] (a feat which few have accomplished). |
| 107 | * IdiotHair: There's always this one bit of his hair that ''loves'' to stick up. |
| 108 | * IndyPloy: The Doctor ''loves'' this. Half the time he'll jump into action while readily admitting that he has no plan or even any real idea what's going on. |
| 109 | * LimitedWardrobe: Typical Cosmic Hobo apparel. Most often a rumpled frock coat, baggy checked trousers and bowtie. |
| 110 | * MasterActor: He was a convincing actor, being able to masquerade as the Chameleons' Director without arousing suspicion, and, against his will, also impersonated his physical double, Ramón Salamander, with a performance convincing enough to fool Jamie and Victoria. |
| 111 | * MasterOfDisguise: He easily donned disguises without self-consciousness to age, gender, or dignity; he posed as a German physician, a washerwoman, and a wounded British soldier in Scotland, and dressed as a strange, gypsy-like musician in Atlantis. |
| 112 | * MessyHair: He had an unkempt mop-top haircut as well as an [[{{Permastubble}} abiding five o' clock shadow]], both of which sets him off against the clean-cut First Doctor. He has his hair tidied in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E7TheMacraTerror The Macra Terror]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld Enemy of the World]]" and apparently hates both the look and sensation of having it combed both times. |
| 113 | * NiceGuy: [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter When compared to his]] [[Characters/DoctorWhoFirstDoctor predecessor]], the Second Doctor stands out as an enthusiastic, considerate and whimsical oddball with a clownish sense of humor and a tremendous sense of moral fortitude. He demonstrates a readiness to tackle challenges and forge new friendships whenever the opportunity presents itself. |
| 114 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Usually when he's frightened at something. |
| 115 | * NoodleIncident: A possible adventure with the Eighth Doctor, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor it seems]]. Also, in "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]" he recalls a never-seen adventure with "The Terrible Zodin". |
| 116 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: Mercurial, clever, and always a few steps ahead of his enemies, at times he could be a calculating schemer who would not only manipulate people for the greater good, but act like a bumbling fool in order to have others underestimate his true abilities. Although he frequently gave the impression that he never knew what he was doing, this was simply an act put on to fool those who would underestimate him. |
| 117 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: As seen in "The Name of the Doctor", he had a mostly off-screen adventure with the Eighth Doctor. |
| 118 | * OtherMeAnnoysMe: Absolutely can't ''stand'' Three, and has a lot of fun insulting old "fancy pants" every chance he gets. Two and Six arguing is also a sight to behold, as Two is one of the few people who can give it back to Six as well as Six can dish it out. |
| 119 | * ParentalSubstitute: To Victoria, after her father died saving his life on Skaro. She even refers to him as her guardian. |
| 120 | * ProtectThisHouse[=/=]YouShallNotPass: The "Base Under Siege" episodes. These became a trademark of the Second Doctor's tenure, though they're not exclusive to him. |
| 121 | * RecycledInSpace: Is often described as Creator/CharlieChaplin [-IN SPACE-]! |
| 122 | * RoguesGallery: Daleks, Professor Zaroff, Cybermen, Macra, Chameleons, the Dalek Emperor, the Cyber-Controller, the Great Intelligence, Robot Yeti, Ice Warriors, Ramón Salamander, Cyber-Planners, Dominators, Quarks, Tobias Vaughn, Krotons, and the War Chief. |
| 123 | * ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Invokes the trope at times, especially towards UNIT. |
| 124 | * SecurityCling: All the time. Given and received. |
| 125 | * ShotAtDawn: In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Games]]." Don't worry, [[BigDamnHeroes he was saved]]... but as the show went on and the writers hammered out what exactly regeneration ''was'', his "change of appearance" later on in that episode was revealed to have been his execution. |
| 126 | * StealthHiBye: He was so good at this that he successfully did it to himself in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E1TheThreeDoctors The Three Doctors]]." |
| 127 | * SummonBiggerFish: His eventual undoing. |
| 128 | * TranquilFury: "You tried to destroy an entire world", his chillingly calm response to the Ice Warriors' protests that he's destroyed their fleet. |
| 129 | * TrojanPrisoner: Used on occasion. |
| 130 | * TropeCodifier: Having defined most of the Doctor's chief characteristics, Second's role influenced several of the later Doctors, especially the Seventh and Eleventh. |
| 131 | * VitriolicBestBuds: 99% of his dialogue with TheBrigadier is them trying to out-snark each other. |
| 132 | * WigDressAccent: He loved dressing up. |
| 133 | * YoungerAndHipper: Compared to the First Doctor. Also, at this phase, the show had clearly abandoned the {{Edutainment}} aspect that was part of the show's initial conception. With the casting of Troughton, The Doctor now became an established ActionHero in his own right, now that he was young enough to actually participate in action scenes.[[note]]Troughton was an accomplished fencer, which he put to good use a decade prior as television's first Robin Hood.[[/note]] This effectively ended the practice of having a strong, young male companion who was there specifically to handle fighting or action scenes.[[note]]Although this was the initial reason why Harry Sullivan was made a companion to the Fourth Doctor. At the time, the intention was to have another venerable eccentric in the vein of the First Doctor. The character of Harry was conceived and cast before the Fourth Doctor was even cast, thus being stuck with the character. The casting of Tom Baker made the point moot and Harry eventually was dropped as unnecessary.[[/note]] |
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| 135 | |
| 136 | [[folder:Comic Tropes]] |
| 137 | !! Tropes associated with the TV comics line |
| 138 | * RoguesGallery: The Extortioner, Daleks, the Master of Spiders, Cybermen, the Grand Witch, Sabre-toothed gorillas, Quarks, Father Time, and the Time Lords. |
| 139 | |
| 140 | %%!! Tropes associated with ''Doctor Who Magazine'' |
| 141 | %%* RoguesGallery |
| 142 | |
| 143 | %%!! Tropes associated with IDW Publishing |
| 144 | |
| 145 | %%!! Tropes associated with Titan Comics |
| 146 | %%* RoguesGallery |
| 147 | |
| 148 | %%!! Tropes associated with other comics |
| 149 | [[/folder]] |
| 150 | |
| 151 | [[folder:Book Tropes]] |
| 152 | %%!! Tropes associated with the Target novelisations |
| 153 | |
| 154 | %%!! Tropes associated with the Virgin New Adventures |
| 155 | |
| 156 | !! Tropes associated with Eighth Doctor Adventures |
| 157 | * WhatTheHellHero: Basically says this to the Eighth Doctor when the amnesiac older Doctor suggests calling the Time Lords for help ending the War Games, as his older self can't be sure if his presence is interfering with what the Second will decide to do. |
| 158 | |
| 159 | !! Tropes associated with the Virgin Missing Adventures |
| 160 | * RoguesGallery: The Animus, Cat-People, the Master, & the Mecrim. |
| 161 | |
| 162 | %%!! Tropes associated with Short Trips |
| 163 | %%* RoguesGallery |
| 164 | |
| 165 | !! Tropes associated with BBC Past Doctor Adventures |
| 166 | * NeverMyFault: An interesting example of this, as ''Heart of TARDIS'' sees the Doctor claim that his difficulties in piloting the TARDIS are actually the result of security protocols that inhibit a thief’s ability to control a stolen TARDIS rather than just that he doesn’t know what he’s doing (although the evidence suggests that he was at least exaggerating the impact these protocols have on his ability to control the ship). |
| 167 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: |
| 168 | ** In ''The Roundheads'', the Doctor brings a Ladybird history book out of the TARDIS to help him keep track of some of the historical details of the time, only to lose the book and have to track it down so that nobody can use that information to change history. |
| 169 | ** ''The Final Sanction'' sees the Doctor almost alter history so that the planet Ockara and the ruthless Selachian natives aren’t destroyed in 2204, to the point that [[spoiler:a group of surviving Selachians nearly destroy Earth in retaliation]]. |
| 170 | * PaperThinDisguise: The Doctor adopts one in ''World Game'' to pose as Napoleon Bonaparte and deliver important messages for the British during the Battle of Waterloo. Characters explicitly observe that the Doctor only bears a slight resemblance to Napoleon, but with the right clothes the Doctor makes a convincing enough Napoleon to the average Frenchman who would never come that close to his Emperor but only see him at a distance. |
| 171 | * RoguesGallery: Administrator Greene, Captain Stanislaus, General Cruger, Kepennis, Leonard De Sande, Myloki, the Players, President Sabit, & Selachians. |
| 172 | |
| 173 | !! Tropes associated with other books |
| 174 | * AmnesiaLoop: At the end of ''Save Yourself'' it's revealed that after he completes each mission for the Time Lords his memory is erased, so he believes this is his first mission and therefore he goes into it believing he will soon be free. |
| 175 | * ColourBlindConfusion: 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. |
| 176 | [[/folder]] |
| 177 | |
| 178 | [[folder:Audio Tropes]] |
| 179 | !! Tropes associated with Big Finish |
| 180 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/40f9da91_bc8e_4022_b5cf_294f0700bb7b.jpeg]] |
| 181 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrazerHines (2007–present); Creator/MichaelTroughton (2022-present) |
| 182 | |
| 183 | Stories with Two tend to be sweet and relatively drama-free, staying extremely close to the atmosphere of his TV series episodes. |
| 184 | |
| 185 | * {{Ambadassador}}: Much prefers making peace to fighting. |
| 186 | * LeonineContract: The CIA essentially has one with The Doctor. He, at first, is told he will have his freedom as himself so long as he does occasional errands for the CIA. However, he soon learns that the things he has to do are despicable, and that his TARDIS has been tampered with to include remote control devices, and that if he even thinks of stepping out of line, back into the timestream he goes to his forced regeneration and exile. Even worse, it's made abundantly clear that this already happened, and the CIA is using their technology to keep this instance of the Doctor sustained, so for them to drop him would take no more effort than pushing a button. |
| 187 | * OhCrap: The Second basically has this reaction in "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTEAS6E2DaughterOfTheGods Daughter of the Gods]]" when he realizes that his predecessor and Steven are on the planet Urbania with Katarina rather than Vicki or any of their later companions, as he ''knows'' he didn't spend enough time with Katarina for her to be here. |
| 188 | * OtherMeAnnoysMe: |
| 189 | ** While he sympathizes with his first incarnation's attachment to Katarina, he's frustrated that his younger self can't acknowledge the larger issues involved. |
| 190 | ** In "The Final Beginning", Two is given a vision of the Third Doctor by the Time Lords recruiting him to work for the Celestial Intervention Agency. The Doctor is immediately horrified by his successor's choice of wardrobe.. |
| 191 | * RoguesGallery: Daleks, Cybermen, Ice Warriors, the Master, the Monk, Selachians, and Vardans. |
| 192 | * TheSlowPath: In "Shadow Of Death", he stays inside the base for [[spoiler: a few years]] to have a chat with the MonsterOfTheWeek. |
| 193 | [[/folder]] |
| 194 | ---- |
| 195 | ->''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames "No! Stop, you're making me giddy! No, you can't do this to me! No, no! No, no, no, no, no, no! No, no, no, no!"]]'' |
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