Graham O'Brien is a fictional character created by Chris Chibnall and portrayed by Bradley Walsh in the long-running British sci-fi television series Doctor Who.
20 Facts About Graham O'Brien
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Graham O'Brien worked as a bus driver, once having a supervisor who he would recall as behaving similarly to Thomas Edison.
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Graham O'Brien developed cancer and met his wife Grace, a chemo nurse, while undergoing treatment.
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Once the cancer was found to be in remission, Graham O'Brien married her and had become her second husband by 2015.
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Whilst returning home after an unsuccessful session of teaching Ryan how to ride a bike, despite his insistence that he was "doing it, mate", Grace and Graham O'Brien were trapped when a swarm of gathering coils attacked their train in search of Karl Wright, a fellow passenger.
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Later, Grace and Graham O'Brien followed the Doctor's orders to pose as construction managers and evacuate the construction site Karl worked at, so the Doctor, Ryan and Yasmin could rescue him.
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At Grace's funeral, Graham O'Brien spoke of how Grace inspired him during their three-year marriage and felt guilty that he hadn't died instead.
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Sometime after the funeral, Graham O'Brien helped the Doctor construct a teleporter to take her to her TARDIS.
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Graham O'Brien was initially excited about his first journey back in history and expressed a desire to see Elvis Presley playing.
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Graham O'Brien defended them from the racism inflicted on them, even coming to Ryan's aid when Mr Steele slapped him for returning a glove to his wife Lizzie.
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Graham O'Brien worked to help ensure Rosa Parks began the Montgomery Bus Boycott, using his knowledge of bus drivers to help.
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Graham O'Brien ultimately became the passenger that Rosa Parks refused to give her seat up to, sparking the boycott.
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Graham O'Brien joined them to investigate further, giving Ryan a letter from his father he found at home; though Ryan took it, he dismissed reading it right away.
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Graham O'Brien worked with Ryan and Jack to destroy the Dalek ship summoned by the Doctor to deal with the Daleks on Earth.
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The Doctor provided the two men with their own psychic paper as a parting gift and Ryan and Graham O'Brien decided to continue investigating alien events and protecting the Earth together.
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Graham O'Brien is introduced in the eleventh series premiere, "The Woman Who Fell to Earth".
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Graham O'Brien is a retired bus driver and is married to Grace.
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In "It Takes You Away", Graham O'Brien is confronted by the apparent return of Grace while trapped in a mirror dimension.
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Graham O'Brien does come face with Tzim-Sha, but with Ryan's help he instead apprehends him and locks him in a stasis chamber.
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Graham O'Brien is depicted on the cover of The Good Doctor.