Seventh Doctor

The Seventh Doctor is the name given to the seventh incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by the actor Sylvester McCoy.

Personality

The Seventh Doctor's personality started out as a somewhat clownish one not dissimilar to that of the Second Doctor, but soon became much darker and more manipulative, using his companion Ace in his own plans. Carrying on in the New Adventures, this dark trend continued — the Doctor would be prepared to destroy planets in the name of the greater good, and his companions were not always sure whether they could trust him.

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The Seventh Doctor had a penchant for chess, and chess boards appeared in several of his televised adventures. This reflected a metaphorical — as well as literal — game of chess that he had been playing against the entity known as Fenric, a game that culminated in the events of The Curse of Fenric. The chess metaphor extended to the Seventh Doctor's willingness to use his companions as pawns in a deeper game that he was playing of which they were unaware, as Ace was in that story.

Related Topics:
Chess - Fenric - The Curse of Fenric

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