The 9th Doctor

Time Zone: March 2005 - June 2005
Played By: Christopher Eccleston

The Ninth Doctor, perhaps the most gritty, working class and informal of the Doctor's incarnations, masked a lonely, melancholic personality with an almost manic exterior. As with the Fourth doctor, he would often make jokes in the face of danger, but would then become grim and serious when on his own. Often impatient with humans, who he often referred to as "stupid apes", the Ninth Doctor was far more tactile with, and reliant upon, his human companions than previous incarnations.

Much of the Ninth Doctor's melancholy, lack of patience, and hard-bitten edge could be attributed to feelings of guilt at being the sole survivor of the Time War between the Time Lords and the Daleks. This darker side came to the fore when he encountered a lone, disabled Dalek, exhibiting an angry, merciless and vengeful streak which surprised even Rose and led to thecreature commenting that the Doctor, himself, would make a good Dalek. However, towards the end of this incarnation, the Doctor seemed to find peace.