Fifth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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26 Facts About Fifth Doctor
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Davison portrays the Fifth Doctor as having a vulnerable side and a tendency towards indecisiveness, dressed as a boyish Edwardian cricketer.
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Fifth Doctor travelled with a host of companions, including boy genius Adric, alien aristocrat Nyssa and Australian flight attendant Tegan Jovanka, whom he had travelled alongside in his previous incarnation.
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Fifth Doctor shared later adventures alongside devious schoolboy Vislor Turlough and American college student Peri Brown.
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Fifth Doctor's era was notable for a "back to the basics" attitude, in which "silly" humour was kept to a minimum, and more scientific accuracy was encouraged by the producer, John Nathan-Turner.
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Fourth Doctor was seriously injured after falling off the Pharos Project Radio Telescope so he merged with a future incarnation of himself called the Watcher and regenerated into his new youthful fifth incarnation.
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The regeneration was difficult, and nearly failed, with the Fifth Doctor briefly taking on personality aspects from his four previous incarnations.
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However, the Fifth Doctor helped Kamelion to regain his free will and the robot joined him in his travels.
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The Fifth Doctor met three of his previous incarnations when they were summoned to the Death Zone on Gallifrey by president Borusa, who was attempting to gain Rassilon's secret of immortality.
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The Fifth Doctor was eventually forced to destroy Kamelion, when the Master used his mental connection to the robot to regain control of him, a process the robot realised was irreversible.
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Sketch of the Fifth Doctor is seen in John Smith's book in the new series episode "Human Nature".
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An image of an aged Fifth Doctor appeared in a transitional quasi-afterlife to the Thirteenth Doctor as well as being mimicked in an AI hologram programmed by the Doctor herself in "The Power of the Doctor".
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Fifth Doctor's chosen mode of dress was a variation of an Edwardian cricketer's kit, and he was even seen to carry a cricket ball in one of his pockets.
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Fifth Doctor wore a cream-coloured frock coat, striped trousers, plimsoll shoes, and occasionally a pair of spectacles.
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Fifth Doctor frequently wore an optimo-style Panama hat that had a red band with a black and white pattern, which he would roll up and place in an inside coat pocket.
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The Tenth Fifth Doctor, who inherited various traits from this incarnation such as spectacle use, revealed in "Time Crash" that the spectacles were not actually needed to aid the Fifth Doctor's eyesight but were just for show to make him look clever, although in Four to Doomsday, he makes a remark about being a bit short-sighted in one eye when questioned about the contents of his pockets, which included the aforementioned cricket ball, a book and a magnifying glass.
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The Fifth Doctor's costume retained red question marks embroidered onto the collar, which producer John Nathan-Turner added to the Fourth Doctor's costume in 1980.
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The Fifth Doctor displayed an unusually acute sense of taste in Planet of Fire, inherited by the Tenth Doctor, Eleventh Doctor and the Thirteenth Doctor.
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Fifth Doctor claimed in The Caves of Androzani that the celery would turn purple in the presence of certain gases in the "Praxis" range to which he was allergic, although this allergy was not mentioned by any incarnations before or since.
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The Tenth Fifth Doctor poked fun at the celery in "Time Crash", describing it as a "decorative vegetable".
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Fifth Doctor was first seen on television in the last episode of Logopolis, broadcast on 21 March 1981.
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Davison's last regular appearance as the Fifth Doctor was in the last episode of The Caves of Androzani, broadcast on 16 March 1984.
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Images of the Fifth Doctor are shown, alongside other incarnations, in the episodes "The Next Doctor" and "The Eleventh Hour".
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Fifth Doctor appears in "The Day of the Doctor", via archival clips.
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Fifth Doctor has appeared in officially licensed novels, short stories and comics.
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