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Doctor Who For Dummies

Part one: The Good Guys

The Doctor:

The Doctor Is a time-travelling alien of the Time Lord race, who goes around space and time, saving one planet at a time. He carries his sonic screwdriver. His spaceship is The T.A.R.D.I.S. and he is always looking for trouble. When he is near death, he regenerates. That means he changes his physical appearance and his personality. He speaks Gallifreyan and is from the planet Gallifrey.

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12th Doctor

Some Of The Companions

Top right going closkwise: Rose Tyler, Donna Nobel, Martha Jones, Amy Pond, Rory Pond, River Song

Some not shown: Clara Oswald, Danny Pink, Sara Jane Smith, Jack Harkness,

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The TAR.D.I.S. On The Outside

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The T.AR.D.I.S. is The Doctor's time travelling space ship. The name stands for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space. It looks like a blue police box and it is way bigger on the inside. The T.A.R.D.I.S. used to have a functioning Chameleon Circuit (Cloaking device) but it broke while the T.AR.D.I.S. was in the police box form. That is why the T.A.R.D.I.S. looks this way. Also, the T.A.R.D.I.S. has other features.

Mostly human, the companions leave their normal lives to join The Doctor on his adventures. Each companion is special in their own way and each contributes to the doctor's behavior. There have been many companions because humans have a shorter lifespan than Time Lords. Most of the companions are female and most of them end up falling in love with him.

The Fandom:

With every great T.V. Show/movie/book/game/person come the countless fans. There are many Doctor Who fans. The term is Whovian.

There are all sorts of fans. Those who create fan art, those who constantly cosplay as their favorite characters, those who buy the merchandise, and any other combination. To be part of the large fandom is very easy...simply love the show.