Fifth Doctor
| The Fifth Doctor | |
|---|---|
| Doctor Who character | |
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| First appearance | Logopolis |
| Last appearance |
The Caves of Androzani (regular) "Time Crash" (charity special) |
| Portrayed by | Peter Davison |
| Information | |
| Tenure | 21 March 1981–16 March 1984 |
| No. of series | 3 |
| Appearances | 20 stories (69 episodes) |
| Companions |
Adric Nyssa Tegan Jovanka Vislor Turlough Kamelion Peri Brown |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Tom Baker (Fourth Doctor) |
| Succeeded by | Colin Baker (Sixth Doctor) |
| Series |
Season 19 (1982) Season 20 (1983) Season 21 (1984) |
The Fifth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is portrayed by Peter Davison.
Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old Time Lord alien from the planet Gallifrey who travels in time and space in his TARDIS, frequently with companions. When the Doctor is critically injured, he can regenerate his body; in doing so, his physical appearance and personality change. Davison portrays the fifth such incarnation, who has a vulnerable side and a tendency towards indecisiveness, dressed as a boyish Edwardian cricketer. He travelled with a host of companions, including boy genius Adric (Matthew Waterhouse), alien aristocrat Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) and Australian flight attendant Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding), whom he had travelled alongside in his previous incarnation. He also shared later adventures alongside devious schoolboy Vislor Turlough (Mark Strickson) and American college student Peri Brown (Nicola Bryant).
After Tom Baker, the Fourth Doctor, and the BBC had announced that he was leaving the role, the show's producers decided that the next Doctor was to be played by someone who presented something of a physical contrast to Baker and by an actor who was already firmly established in the British public's mind. Peter Davison was chosen due to his critically acclaimed role as Tristan Farnon in the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small which had Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner as line producer.
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