Charmlessman replied the topic: #302031 26 Sep 2019 17:15

There have been quite a few non-Canon Doctors over the years, but Cushing is unique in being the only one whose character name is "Dr Who" and is the only one who is a human.



AARU Productions saw the popularity of the TV show and quickly threw out 2 movies, in 2 successive years starring Cushing, and I believe the scripts were based on 2 Dalek Serials from the TV show. Dr Who is an eccentric inventor who invents a time machine called the Tardis (as opposed to the TARDIS in the TV show). He travels with his 2 grand daughters. The TV show Doctor had a Grand-daughter called Susan too, but I really don't understand that side of things, because I don't know if he really did have any family or not.



Paul McGann played the Eighth Doctor in the TV Movie that was actually supposed to act as a Pilot for a rebooted show, but poor ratings in the US made this a failed attempt. The Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy, was in the TV movie and the regeneration is shown. McGann also appeared in a minisode webcast that was a prequel to The Day of the Doctor, where you also see the War Doctor was an additional Doctor between McGann and Eccleston's Ninth Doctor.



I don't think this makes anything any clearer, but it was an attempt at least.