The Eighth Doctor
Doctor Who 124 • rare
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Collector number
- 124
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana white mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue · White
- Artist
- Aurore Folny
- Market price
- $0.28
What it does
When The Eighth Doctor enters, mill three cards.
Once during each of your turns, you may play a historic land or cast a historic permanent spell from your graveyard. If you do, it gains "If this permanent would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else."
"Physician, heal thyself."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Eighth Doctor, portrayed by Paul McGann, made his sole televised appearance in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie. This co-production between the BBC and Universal Television was intended to act as a backdoor pilot for an American-led revival of the series. The costume design, featuring a distinctively Victorian aesthetic, was crafted to give the Doctor a romantic, Byronic sensibility that contrasted with the more clinical or eccentric portrayals of his predecessors.
Card number 124 in the Doctor Who set captures this transitional era in the show's history. While the film received a polarized reception from long-time fans due to its stylistic shifts and narrative choices, McGann's performance was widely praised. The card serves as a commemorative piece for an iteration of the character that remained iconic in extended media, audio dramas, and novels long after the pilot failed to trigger a full series pickup.
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