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The "Merlin" Doctor

These stories feature future or unknown incarnations of the Doctor. The Doctor in most of these future stories is probably the "Merlin" Doctor first seen in a "flashback" (or "flashforward") in the novelisation of Battlefield.

Code Title Type Rating Notes

(7N)

(The Doctor buries Arthur and Excalibur in the real universe. He leaves a message for his past self.)

Implicit in the plot of Battlefield. Actually shown in the novelisation.

1

This is the "Merlin Doctor" - he is described in the novelisation.

ST2

Good Companions

More Short Trips

1

This definitely looks like the "Merlin Doctor". He is travelling with Anna.
Tegan appears.

ST3

Revenants

Short Trips and Side Steps

1

This definitely looks like the "Merlin Doctor". He is travelling with Guin.

TE15

The Dalek Factor

Telos Novella

1

It is unclear which incarnation of the Doctor this is, or what happened to his companion(s) - if any.

PD17

The Infinity Doctors

BBC Novel

1

This is credited as "the Doctor", and it is uncertain where it fits into the timeline. The most likely suggestions are that it is a pre-Hartnell incarnation, the first Doctor, the eighth Doctor, or an "unbound" Doctor.

BBCi4

Scream of the Shalka

BBC Webcast

4

This webcast features the ninth Doctor played by Richard E Grant. With the announcement of the new series (and the ninth Doctor played by Christopher Eccleston) it is uncertain where (or even if) this story now fits into continuity.

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