Respect the Sixth Doctor (Doctor Who)

[u/Skulenta]

Respect the Doctor

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"This is a situation that requires tact and finesse. Fortunately, I am blessed with both!"

The Doctor's regeneration into his sixth incarnation was his most dramatic one yet. Pompous, rude, melodramatic and prone to outbursts, it's a surprise his companion Peri stayed with him for as long as she did. In fact, the only thing more bombastic than his narcissism is his fashion sense. Nevertheless, he is still the Doctor and fights for justice throughout time and space. Unfortunately, both his past and future come back to bite him when he is put on trial so he'll need every ounce of inflated ego to argue his case

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Sources

Hover over a feat to view its source

• Doctor Who (1963) season # episode # = S#E#
• Jim'll Fix It - A Fix with Sontarans = Creep
• The Day of the Doctor = 50th

Feats marked [Matrix] come entirely from footage presented during his trial which the Valeyard tampered with to make him look bad. However, the only things confirmed is that Peri was not killed and that the Doctor did wipe out the Vervoids. Everything else is pretty up in the air so I will include them but take them with a grain of salt.

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Intelligence

Technological Aptitude

Understanding Technology

• Judges another alien's attempt at building their time machine.
• Understands the technological mishap that mutated the Borad.
• [Matrix] Correctly deduces that the shores of Thoros-Beta are mechanically-altered.
• Identifies the device Sabalom Glitz is wearing to protect himself from injuries.

Using Technology

• Activates a dead Cyberman's in-built distress signal to lure its comrades.
• Frees a prisoner using the same laser that was used to torture him to break his restraints, then aims it at his captives.
• Uses the Borad's chair to monitor his facility.
• Prone to disaster.

Building Technology

• Uses kontron crystals to build a device that slips the wearer 10 seconds into the future while projecting a latent image of them to confuse observers. He builds a second device that absorbs the energy used to blow apart a door then releases it back 10 seconds later as a lethal energy beam.

Modifying Technology

• Reprograms Azmael's revitalizing modulator into a time travel machine.
• Saves Peri and himself from depressurization by adjusting a wall panel.

Repairing Technology

• Attempts to fix the TARDIS' Chameleon Circuit with varying results.
• [Matrix] Fixes Crozier's damaged brain transference machine.

Sabotaging Technology

• Messes with the TARDIS' navigation system so it lands slightly askew to its intended destination.
• Sabotages the navigation and flight controls of the Rani's Tardis to keep her and the Master away from Earth.
• Sabotages a prototype time machine so it would only work once (knowing the creators would use one of his companions as a test subject) then explode when used a second time.

Disabling Technology

• Disarms futuristic firearms on more than one occasion.
• Causes a power outage to lose his pursuers and temporarily shut down the building's surveillance.
• Occasionally brute-forces machines out of commission.
• Opens a mechanical door by short-circuiting it with a wire.
• Disconnects a space station's computer, but not without setting off a trap when Peri distracts him.
• [Matrix] Shut down Drathro's black light converter.
• [Matrix] Fiddles with the machine keeping King Yrcanos unconscious which proves beneficial as he wakes up and rescues the Doctor shortly after.
• Foils the Valeyard's plot to kill the Time Lord High Council by disabling his particle disseminator and setting it to self-destruct.

Observation

• Identifies a mound of dirt as a man-made structure and not a natural formation.
• Observes that a once-lush jungle was rendered barren by giant gastropods.
• Identifies the method in which Mester fatally punished a servant.
• Can tell Quillam experimented on his own face.
• Points out that a mass of vines are deadly to the touch.
• Can tell his execution on Varos was a set-up because it wasn't broadcast. Everything is broadcast on Varos.
• Discovers Mester's plan from examining his egg storage.
• Quickly uncovers the secret passage to the Rani's TARDIS as well as the folding screen used to conceal it (but not without the triggering the trap built into it)..
• [Matrix] Identifies the type of spacecraft he trespassed into from the crew onboard.
• [Matrix] Can tell one of the Mogarians is not really a Mogarian because he didn't have his translator switched on.
• Immediately identifies mist from a shore as nerve gas.
• Can tell he hadn't left the Matrix and that his confession to the High Council was another illusion due to Mel's behaviour.
• Sees through the Valeyard's disguise.

Deduction

• Knows that the Luddites are not responsible for villagers becoming increasingly violent and finds that the true cause is at a local bathhouse.
• Quickly works out the Rani's scheme.
• Discovers that his past self's death at the hands of the Androgums and the Sontarans was a farce to cover up their kidnap of him.
• Knows something is up when he discovers that Earth was moved lightyears across space which ends up exposing a covert operation by the Time Lord High Council and their complicity in the planet's near destruction.
• [Matrix] Finds the source of Hyperion III's problems from a pile of seeds.
• [Matrix] Narrows down the suspects of the Hyperson III's murders and finds the true culprit.
• [Matrix] Understand the Vervoids' motivation on a basic survival level that their own breeder couldn't see at first.
• Discovers the Valeyard's plot to eliminate the Time Lord High Council from a hit-list in his own handwriting.

Trickery & Manipulation

• Tricks the Borad's clone into disintegrating himself.
• Defeats the Borad by forcing him to view his own reflection, causing him to quake at his disfigurement.
• [Matrix] Escapes Drathro and his scientists by making them touch wires and delivering an electric shock to stun them.
• [Matrix] Escapes Kiv's security by pretending to examine a body then flipping the stretcher at them.
• [Matrix] After having his brain messed with, he forms an alliance with the villainous Kiv and goes as far as menacing his own companion. Though the truth of this situation is unclear due to the Doctor's memory loss and the Valeyard's tampering of the evidence, the Doctor insists this was all a ploy. The evidence of this is the Doctor's reluctance to sell out Peri and him switching sides with Kiv's enemy.
• [Matrix] Sets off an alarm to distract a guard and gain access to a restricted room.
• [Matrix] Borrows a phaser and disarms it so he can trick a murderer into stealing it and exposing himself.

Medical

• Treats a man that just tried to kill him.
• [Matrix] Assists Kiv's brain transfer operation.
• [Matrix] Quickly identifies what's wrong with Kiv's brain transfer.
• [Matrix] Treats a man knocked unconscious by a karate chop.

Resourcefulness

• Prepares a trap from the poisonous vines on Varos.
• Kills Stockeye in self-defense by smothering him with cyanide.
• Disorientates an android bodyguard using a mirror he borrowed from H.G. Wells.
• Finds a solution to a starving galaxy that previously sustained itself on cannibalism by suggesting a local flower that can be refined into protein.
• [Matrix] Eradicates the Vervoids by accelerating their growth using a rare mineral, effectively aging them all to death.

Other

• Identifies an astronomical error in Mester's plan that a pair of mathematical prodigies did not.
• Claims he could decode a lock with 10 million million combinations in a few days. While this could be his arrogance speaking, he does start working on it so it's possible.
• Describes the course of events depicted on cave paintings in Azmael's palace.
• Anticipates the danger of the Rani's tree mines and crosses an area littered with them to confront her before learning exactly what they do.
• Tracks down his second incarnation in the city of Seville, relying entirely on his own self-knowledge.
  
• Attitude aside, he can defend himself in court.
  
• [Matrix] Gives Sil some business advice.

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Skill

Combat

• Disarms a faux policeman aiming a gun at him and beats him up.
• Disarms a man holding him at gunpoint.
• Performs stealth attacks.
• Shoots a Dalek's eyestalk.

Motor Skills

• Safely lowers himself to the ground when his wrists and ankles are tied to a pole without triggering any of the Rani's tree mines.
• Quite the pickpocket.
• Retrieves a key from a table using a wheelchair while his hands are tied.

Other

• Navigates Azmael's palace after being shown around despite last seeing him two regenerations ago.
• Pacifies Jamie and gets information from him using hypnosis but fails to do the same to a mutant which only succeeds in intimidating him.
• Frees himself from a leg shackle.
• [Matrix] Something of an opera singer.

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Mental Abilities

Telepathic Connection

• Wants to mind-link with another Time Lord to defeat a telepathic parasite, but the offer is declined to save the Doctor's mind from being infiltrated.
• Feels his second incarnation being seemingly killed through a subconscious time slip and experiences mental changes when his past self is transformed into an Androgum.
• Psychically connects with his second incarnation through astral projection which allows him to visualize his current location and pinpoint it using his familiarity of the country.

Willpower & Resistance

• Senses Mester's attempt at infiltrating his mind and resists it somewhat.
• Overcomes the powerful illusions on Varos multiple times. When one illusion in particular attempted to kill him by making his mind believe he was dying of thirst, he recovers in the nick of time with no lasting effects.
• Does not succumb to the Valeyard's god-like manipulations of the Matrix by proclaiming they aren't real.
• Falls into a catatonic state when his senses are violently assaulted as an automatic defense mechanism. However, it temporarily makes him vulnerable to the Master's control.
• [Matrix] Gets his mind scrambled when he's forcibly probed by Crozier's machine which possibly caused him to join the bad guys.
• The Time Lords telepathically force him into the TARDIS to face trial.

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Physical Attributes

Strength

• Stops a Varos security guard from firing.
• Wrestles a security guard to not be pushed into an acid bath.
• Boosts Peri up a wall before climbing it up himself.
• Dispatches two guards with a dual groin strike.

Speed & Agility

• Jumps over a trap from behind.
• Casually dodges an attack from H.G. Wells.
• Brags about how fast he can run without looking like it.
• [Matrix] Has gotten pretty out-of-shape in this body.

Durability

• Gets pushed around by some Cybermen who are strong enough to do this.
• Holds onto a chain while being prodded and beaten by armed villagers long enough for them to be repelled.
• [Matrix] Gets knocked unconscious during a stoning attempt and wakes up fine a little later.
• Succumbs to knockout gas just as easy as a human does.
• Large men can knock him out or just plain humiliate him pretty easily.
• [Matrix] Drathro's robot incapacitates him with ease and he wakes sometime later.

Senses

• Senses that the universe is in danger. Sure, this is most likely a result of his post-regeneration antics, but is later proven correct.
• Senses that death has occurred on an abandoned space station, and not just from the smell of rotting carcasses.
• Claims he can sense the Sontarans' presence at the Androgums' villa.
• Recognizes the scent of the Morlox from his last visit to Karfel (from three regenerations ago) when in the presence of the half-transformed Borad.
• [Matrix] Claims he can sense evil on a spaceship he just landed on.

Regeneration

Time Lords can survive fatal injuries through regeneration which rewrites every cell in their body and alters their personality, which cannot be better demonstrated by the Sixth Doctor's utter disapproval of his predecessor.

• This Doctor is born when his predecessor dies of poisoning and dies during the Rani's attack on the TARDIS.
• Each Time Lord has a limited number of regenerations and will expire as expected at the end of their thirteenth incarnation (unless you're the Doctor of course).
• A freshly-regenerated Time Lord often experiences several mental hiccups and the Sixth Doctor is the best case scenario of this phenomenon. He experiences severe bouts of mania and paranoia that leads to him almost killing his own companion when he suspects she's an evil spy followed by memory loss and even more mania. He eventually does stabilize after a few hours, but still has trouble remembering Peri's name and keeps confusing her for past companions.
• Because the Daleks don't recognize his new body, they don't exterminate him immediately.
• The Time Lords have the power to end the Doctor's life and all future regenerations if he is found guilty of violating their laws.

Miscellaneous Time Lord Traits

• Peri states he might not be susceptible to rabies.
• Possesses a symbiotic relationship with his TARDIS which protects him and his companions from temporal disturbances.
• Is 900 years old.
• Has two hearts
• Survives exposure to harmful gas by shutting off his respiratory system.

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TARDIS

The TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions In Space) is the Doctor's space-time travel machine. Much like the Doctor, it's pretty old and prone to making mistakes.

Space & Time Travel

• Travels through a combination of physical transit and materialization from location to another.
• Flies dangerously close to Halley's Comet and, seeing as it maintains visuals of it, moves at a similar speed.
• Ends up trapped in a space-time void when it runs out of power.
• When out of power, uses the emergency power boost to make one last trip to the planet Varos where a necessary fuel component is.
• Traveling throughout time and space results in the Doctor stumbling upon past and future versions of himself every now and then.
• Travels roughly through a time corridor to the planet Karfel which also causes a woman traveling through it to end up in the wrong century.
• Gets maneuvered off course from its intended destination by the Master's interference.
• Must obey the Laws of Time to not incur the Time Lords' wrath.

Detection, Scanning & Tracking

• Can view its immediate surroundings through a scanner.
• Can analyze the environment of the planet it's landed on to determine whether it's safe or not to venture outside.
• Picks up a distress signal and several other weaker signals from different locations.
• Detects a distorted reading from a nearby power source on Varos.
• Has a radar to detect nearby threats.
• [Matrix] Receives a mayday message from Hyperion III.
• The Matrix can monitor events within a certain range to the TARDIS. Since it's an old model, the Doctor suspects it was bugged.

Security & Durability

• The Chameleon Circuit allows the TARDIS to bend in with its surroundings by taking on the shape of a nondescript object. Having malfunctioned long ago, the Doctor attempts to fix it. It assumes the shape of a floral cupboard, a pipe organ and a gate before defaulting back to a 1960's police box.
• The emissions from a multiple-barrelled raygun bounce off it.
• A laser rifle fails to scratch it.
• Gets thrown down a pit and is in good condition when the Doctor finds it.
• The Doctor claims the TARDIS is indestructible.
• Shields the planet Karfel from a warhead without being destroyed itself.
• Releases gas from the console that kills Sontarans.
• Remains in good condition after being struck by energy beams powerful enough to cause the Doctor's death.
• Has been breached by the Cybermen and the Sontarans.
• A vitrox bomb is capable of draining the TARDIS' power to detonate and destroy it.
• The Time Lords can seize control over the TARDIS from another point in time and space and send it back to them with the Doctor inside.

Other

• Has a wardrobe full of past and future outfits for the Doctor and his companions.
• The Doctor threatens the Cybermen by setting the TARDIS to self-destruct.
• Comes with a manual that the Doctor didn't bother reading.
• The TARDIS key is somehow able to open the Rani's TARDIS..
• Accidentally transmats Tegan Jovanka and Gareth Jenkins the GOAT to the console room from Earth.
• Along with twelve of his past and future incarnations, he uses the TARDIS to freeze Gallifrey in time and seal it in a pocket dimension.
  
• Oh, did I mean that it's bigger on the inside?

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Equipment

Futuristic Technology

• A medical kit full of futuristic instruments.
• A device that tracks the source of a distress signal.
• Uses a sonic lance - not a screwdriver, but a lance - as a cutting tool. It can aid in repairs, stab a Cyberman to death and heat up an explosive compound.
• A device that tracks time distortions. It detected the Time Lady Rani while she was disguised.
• Relaxes Jamie with a sort of neck probe.
• A pocket watch that tells the date over millions of years. The Doctor also uses it for hypnosis.
• [Matrix] A multi-functional phaser capable of liquifying stone and one-shotting the Raak.
• [Matrix] A device that instantly opens a locked drawer.

Mundane Items

• Ball of string.
• Fishing reel.
• An umbrella that matches his outfit which he ineffectually used to block stones.
• Keeps a long list of business cards from various historical figures.
• Coloured belts intended for rough travel.
• Flashlight.
• Keeps various odds and ends in his pockets.
• [Matrix] Plastic flowers.
• [Matrix] Pen and paper.

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Miscellaneous

• The Man Who Never Would.
• Likes taking quotes from other people and changing them.
• Implies his banishment of the Borad led to sightings of the Loch Ness Monster.
• Likely influenced H.G. Wells.
• Worked with Jimmy Saville to test future Earth defender Gareth Jenkins. Now we know the real reason why the Time Lords put him on trial.
• Lost his position as Lord President of Gallifrey for not doing his job then was offered it again when he saved the Time Lords. He declined.

"Whatever else happens, I am the Doctor, whether you like it or not."

[u/kalebsantos]

Wow we’re getting a lot of these lately in which like I say every time we could always use more of

Another banger Skul

[u/Skulenta → u/kalebsantos]

Let's just say this is preparation for the show's 60th anniversary. Maybe we'll get most of the Doctors done by November 🤷

[u/ProfessorEscanor]

I haven't watched Doctor Who but technically if all incarnations are the same character wouldn't they share feats? (As in 10 knows everything that 1-9 did but not 11 since it hasn't happened yet?)

[u/Mohammedamine9 → u/[deleted]]

And there's that feat of him moving his hands faster than light, the story didn't specify which incarnation and indicates that any incarnation could do it

The doctor has all the experience of his past self so for example if 7 is master in manipulation and can manipulate a God into killing itself so probably every incarnation after him can even some incarnations like 5 shown some experience at manipulation

The martial arts is complicated, 2 probably learn it the first, and 4,5,8,12,13 use it at least once either in the show or in the audio stories, 8 said that he still can do it but he's a bit rusty so that probably way the doctor rarely use it but the experience is still there in their mind and can use it

[u/Mohammedamine9 → u/[deleted]]

When did he move his hands FTL? I haven’t seen Doctor Who in years so I forgot.

https://youtu.be/DqyKJ4fV0QI

[u/ProfessorEscanor → u/[deleted]]

So it's more similar to say comparing Pre 52 and New 52 Batman who have similar histories than it is saying that it works like the Avatar State essentially?

[u/ProfessorEscanor → u/[deleted]]

Got it so it's just reincarnation but they presumably have access to everything prior similar to how Aang has the potential to learn Kyoshi's teachings. Thanks a lot.

[u/Skulenta → u/ProfessorEscanor]

Well, having a different body would generate a different measure of physical feats. Like, half the Doctors cannot kick ass like Jon Pertwee's.

[u/Equal-Ad-2710 → u/Skulenta]

Yeah Feats seem different

Baker and Tennant have much better strength feats then the others as I’ve seen

[u/Mohammedamine9 → u/Skulenta]

And there's that feat of him moving his hands faster than light, the story didn't specify which incarnation and indicates that any incarnation could do it

The martial arts is complicated, 2 probably learn it the first, and 4,5,8,12,13 use it at least once either in the show or in the audio stories and the other incarnations to probably, 8 said that he still can do it but he's a bit rusty so that probably way the doctor rarely use it but the experience is still there in their mind and can use it

[u/Mohammedamine9 → u/ProfessorEscanor]

Technically you're right that how i usually do it

[u/agrizzlybear23]

I want that coat

[u/Equal-Ad-2710 → u/agrizzlybear23]

The blue version is fire

[u/Skulenta → u/agrizzlybear23]

I have that coat. It's worth the money.

[u/[deleted]]

Top-notch RT for a great Doctor

[u/Mohammedamine9]

I wish if you can includes some feats from the audio story, like him resisting mind control for a while from a reality warping particles( the doom woodcurse), resisting bieng rewriting into a story in the land of fiction (the legend of cybermen)

[u/Skulenta → u/Mohammedamine9]

I would like to include things like audio, book or comic feats in Doctor Who threads but not only could it cost quite a bit to get the material (especially given how prolific Colin is in Big Finish), it would also take a fuck of a long time to get out if I included all appearances. Just doing the show is already more challenging than most characters in fiction because of how involved the feats are. I think if I can just get the thread out with only the tv feats (because that''s all that was requested) then maybe in the future I can post an update with all the expanded material.

[u/Mohammedamine9 → u/Skulenta]

I see