Editing Seventh Doctor (section)

==Overview==
In his first season, the Seventh Doctor started out as a comical character, engaging in [[dundrearyisms]] ("Time and tide melt the snowman," or when partner Mel is kidnapped, "A bird in the hand keeps the Doctor away"), playing the spoons, and making [[Physical comedy|pratfalls]], but later started to develop a darker nature. The Seventh Doctor era is noted for the cancellation of ''Doctor Who'' after 26 years. It is also noted for the [[Virgin New Adventures]], a range of original novels published from 1992 to 1997, taking the series beyond the television serials.

The Seventh Doctor's final appearance on television was in the [[Doctor Who (film)|1996 ''Doctor Who'' television movie]], where he regenerated into the [[Eighth Doctor]], played by [[Paul McGann]]. A sketch of him is later seen in [[Tenth Doctor|John Smith]]'s ''A Journal of Impossible Things'' in the new series 2007 episode "[[Human Nature (Doctor Who)|Human Nature]]". Brief archive clips of the Seventh Doctor appeared as holographic representations in "[[The Next Doctor]]" (2008), "[[The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who)|The Eleventh Hour]]" (2010), the 50th anniversary special "[[The Day of the Doctor]]" (2013) and "[[Twice Upon a Time (Doctor Who)|Twice Upon a Time]]" (2017), and as flashbacks in "[[The Name of the Doctor]]" (2013). An aged Seventh Doctor also appeared in two forms in "[[The Power of the Doctor]]" (2022).