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| The Blonde Doctor | |
| First appearance: | Haircuts |
| Portrayed by: | George Guidera |
| Succeeded by: | The Groovy Doctor |
| Series: | What Fourth Wall Productions |
"Please. Trouble? Me? Why would I get into trouble?"
The Blonde Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor played by George Guidera as part of What Fourth Wall Productions. He is the indirect successor to The Cat Doctor and the direct predecessor to The Groovy Doctor.
Character[]
During the early days, this Doctor was cocky and confident incarnation. He was a Doctor that would run into danger and would be 100% sure that he would survive. He lived by a mentality of “I’m The Doctor and I can save the day.”
After a yet-to-be-seen event involving the Daleks, this Doctor became a very different man. The confidence was replaced with self loathing. This Doctor got to a point of genuinely wanting to die and regenerate or even considered just during and letting the Doctor end with him, which is depicted most prominently in the Short Trips story "The Garden".
He has a great love for his best friend Charley.
History[]
The Blonde Doctor in the Elysian Timeline is a future incarnation of the Cat Doctor. He also references having been, at one point, a variant of The Northern Doctor during the 60th anniversary, implying some events in the history of this Blonde Doctor are at least similar to those of his PRISM counterpart.
This is hinted at further in the story "Simple Misunderstanding" as the Blonde Doctor shows a recognition for the planet Carpathia, a planet featured prominently in the Northern Doctor's era.
Early Days:
We hear This Doctors first moment in the short trip That Fateful Night. This short trip captures the first meeting between the Blonde Doctor and his Companion Charley Challis only moments after the Doctors regeneration. The Doctor in this minisode is shown to be “drunk” on regeneration energy and craving a cup of tea while a reluctant Charley helps him.
More of his first adventure with Charley is told in the Short Trip: Who Are You. Charley is looking for a Doctor who is still recovering from his regeneration, she finds him after he accidentally opens a door in her face. Charley is shocked to see the Doctor is dressed in a toga as he explains he couldn’t stay dressed in his predecessors clothes. After a back and forth and the Doctor trying on some more outfits he eventually settles on a look very close to his iconic look (first seen by the 2012 version in eternal darkness) but with the addition of a top hat and missing his iconic scarf. Charley very quickly gets rid of the top hat, much to the protest of the Doctor, also providing the Doctor with her scarf, a gift the Doctor seems genuinely touched by and establishing why it’s so important to him. Charley does state though that the scarf if just a loan.
After an unknown amount of time, but still soon enough to be considered “early days”, This Doctor is shown dispersing the Fires of Perdition. In this story this version of the Doctor has a little bit doubt creep into his mind, a sign of things to come.
In the film "Simple Misunderstanding" the Blonde Doctor, being a little bored after implied TARDIS issues, mixes up a holiday ship with an alien invasion causing Charley to laugh at him and implying that he got the readings wrong because his hair was in his eyes. This leads directly into the story "Haircuts", where we see him encounter a 'Hairdroid' on Space Station Prindel.
A Growing Depression:
After a yet to be scene adventure with the Daleks this Doctor started to suffer from severe depression and self hatred, something that would go on to define this Doctor.
During this period he encounters a memory version of the War Doctor in "The Garden". The War Doctor attempts to help the Blonde Doctor during his depressive period, especially after the revelation that the Blonde Doctor is in fact suicidal.
During this darker period the Doctor battles an unknown entity in "Heartless" that attempts to use twisted versions of his previous incarnations against him. This story is notable for the Blonde Doctor actually killing the creature at the end.
later on the Doctor takes Charley to a Middle Earth inspired world in "Much That Is Fair".
Later events featuring this Doctor include an encounter with a Dalek named 'Epsilon' in "Guardian", as well as encountering Captain Lyssa Tindal multiple times during this incarnation in "Rain Later".
During the story, A Christmas Carol, We see this Doctor at the peak of one of his bad mental health days. The story shows the Doctor and Charley getting ready to go spend Christmas with Charley’s family. The Doctor is struggling mentally and feeling overwhelmed and this causes him and Charley to get into a fight. The story has this Doctor being visited by former, present and future companions and being shown different ways he’s helped people as this Doctor considers taking his own life. The story ends with The Doctor realising he’s not okay, but Charley is there to support him.
Prior to the DWEM 60th Anniversary, this Doctor is seen dropping his companion Charley off to see her family, before being caught up in those events (during which he meets various future and alternate selves). It is implied later that this version of the Doctor made the multiversal leap to speak to The Venture Doctor concerning a version of the Rani.
LATER DAYS:
In "Invincible", the final episode of What Fourth Wall's 60th Anniversary story, we see the Blonde Doctor on his 'farewell tour', and is implied to have similar fourth wall breaking abilities to the Groovy Doctor. The reason behind his regeneration is yet to be seen.
Appearance[]
The Blonde Doctor's attire is near-identical to the variants seen in both DW2012 and Overton Audios, with a black jacket and trousers, waistcoat, white shirt and tie.
A variant outfit with purple shirt and no waistcoat is also seen in the short film "Simple Misunderstanding".
in more Recent audios and films this Doctor is scene wearing a cream waistcoat with a white shirt and a tie, but now has switched to wearing a black duffle coat. This was a choice made by Guidera to help give the Blonde Doctor a look that stood out a bit more and gave the slight vibe of a professor.
in the Halloween Short Trip, The Fog That Cried, The Blonde Doctor is seen wearing a brownish green long Mac trench coat. In the story it implied the Doctor is wearing it to fit with the vibe.
Production History[]
Guidera originally played the character of "The Blonde Doctor" as part of DW2012, but he moved The Blonde Doctor over to Doctor Who Expansive Multiverse and Overton Audios after the latter's split from DW2012. Doctor Who Expansive Multiverse and Overton Audios don't share continuity, so Guidera essentially plays two versions of the same Doctor in different universes.
He was one of the earliest original incarnation of the Doctor to appear in Doctor Who Expansive Multiverse, preceded by The Goblin Doctor, who according to the Doctor Who Expansive Multiverse Twitter, exists 'far back in the past, long before the Blonde Doctor'.
In May 2023, the Blonde Doctor, along with the Goblin and Groovy Doctors, moved from DWEM to What Fourth Wall Productions, where all his stories - such as the Short Trips Volume One, "Singularity", "Guardian", "Rain Later", and "Simple Misunderstanding" - are now hosted.
To date there have been 4 different versions of the Blonde Doctor that Guidera has played. This is ironic as George has stated that he has a very complicated history with character and has nearly left the role multiple times as he has stated he prefers playing the Fairytale Doctor.
This is not to say Guidera completely hates the character as he has said he enjoys some of the stories and plans being made and enjoys working with the team at WFW, but he can’t deny he has a lot of feelings when it comes to the part due to previous behind the scenes and emotional issues over the years, though Guidera doesn’t talk publicly about these.
Companions[]
Charley Challis (Elysian Timeline)