The Doctor (Doctor Who)
The Doctor is the title character in the long-running BBC science fiction television programme "Doctor Who". Since the show's inception in 1963, the character has been portrayed by thirteen lead actors. In the programme, "the Doctor" is the alias assumed by a centuries-old alien—a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey—who travels through space and time in the TARDIS, frequently with companions. The transition to each succeeding actor is explained within the show's narrative through the plot device of "regeneration", a biological function of the Time Lord race that allows a change of cellular structure and appearance with recovery following a potentially fatal injury.
Tenth Doctor comic stories
"The Tenth Doctor" comic stories is a wide range of adventures featuring the tenth incarnation of the Doctor, the Time Lord protagonist of the popular sci-fi series, "Doctor Who". The range had the unprecedented claim of appearing in no less than four regularly published titles: the long established "Doctor Who Magazine", the more recently launched Doctor Who Adventures, aimed at a younger audience, the magazine (a title used to support the sale of an expanding number of collectable trading cards (which accompany the magazine or could be purchased separately)), and Doctor Who, a US monthly title launched in 2009. In 2010, the comic stories passed onto the Eleventh Doctor.