Played by Paul McGann
"Four minutes? That's ages. What if I get bored, or need a television, couple of books? Anyone for chess? Bring me knitting."
| First Regular Appearance | Most Recent Appearance |
| The Movie | The Power of the Doctor |
After dying on the operating table, the Doctor regenerated into his eighth form in a hospital morgue, on December 31, 1999. Mercurial, frenzied and prone to bouts of amnesia, the Eighth Doctor teamed up with Grace Holloway to save the world from being pulled inside-out by the Master’s hijacking of the TARDIS.
After a great many adventures away from the screen, the Eighth Doctor was last seen trying to avoid fighting in the Time War. He was killed in a spaceship crash on Karn, and temporarily revived by its Sisterhood, who begged him to save reality by offering him a choice of regenerative elixirs. But who would he be? Fast or strong? Wise or angry? With a universe at war no longer needing a doctor, he chose to become a warrior…
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| Species | Time Lord |
| Home Planet | Gallifrey |
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The Eighth Doctor is played by Paul McGann.
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