Doctor Who character
Dr Grace Holloway
Grace
Affiliated with	Eighth Doctor
Race	Human
Home planet	Earth
Home era	1999
First appearance	Doctor Who (1996)
Last appearance	Doctor Who (1996)
Portrayed by	Daphne Ashbrook

Dr. Grace Holloway is a fictional character played by Daphne Ashbrook in the 1996 television movie Doctor Who, a continuation of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A cardiologist from 1999 San Francisco, she assisted the Eighth Doctor against the renegade Time Lord known as the Master. Daphne Ashbrook as Grace Holloway, from the 1996 Doctor Who television movie. ... The Eighth Doctor is the name given to the eighth incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... [[{{{diversity_link}}}|Diversity]] {{{diversity}}} Binomial name Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Trinomial name {{{trinomial}}} Type Species {{{type_species}}} Subspecies Homo sapiens idaltu (extinct) Homo sapiens sapiens [[Image:{{{range_map}}}|{{{range_map_width}}}|]] Synonyms {{{synonyms}}} Homo (genus). ... Earth, also known as Terra, and Tellus mostly in the 19th century, is the third-closest planet to the Sun. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Doctor Who is a television movie based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Doctor Who is a television movie based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Daphne Ashbrook (born January 30, 1966 in Long Beach, California) is a American actress. ... Daphne Ashbrook (born January 30, 1966 in Long Beach, California) is a American actress. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Doctor Who is a television movie based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... A broadcast of the long-running and popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Main article: History of Doctor Who Doctor Who first appeared on BBC television at 5:15 p. ... Cardiology is the branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart and blood vessels. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... The Eighth Doctor is the name given to the eighth incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... The Time Lords are a fictional race of humanoids, originating on the planet Gallifrey, seen in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Master is a supporting fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

When the Seventh Doctor landed on December 30, 1999 in San Francisco, he was gunned down by a gang on the streets of Chinatown. Unaware of his alien physiology, Grace's attempts to operate accidentally killed him. He subsequently regenerated into his eighth incarnation, and involved Grace in his fight to prevent the Master from opening the Eye of Harmony and destroying the Earth at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day, 2000. At the end, the Doctor offered to take Grace along with him in the TARDIS but Grace declined, preferring to stay behind and apply the lessons she had learned from the Doctor. The Seventh Doctor is the name given to the seventh incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... An interesection of Chinatown in San Francisco. ... The existence of extraterrestrial life remains hypothetical though human beings continue to search Extraterrestrial life is life that may exist and originate outside the planet Earth. ... The Doctor is the central fictional character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also featured in a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips connected to the series. ... The TARDISs Eye of Harmony, from the 1996 Doctor Who television movie, Enemy Within. ... Earth, also known as Terra, and Tellus mostly in the 19th century, is the third-closest planet to the Sun. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Third Doctor emerging from the TARDIS (from the 1970 serial Spearhead from Space). ...

Grace was described by the Doctor as "tired of life but afraid of dying." She was a warm and compassionate person who was disllusioned early in life when she realized that she could not hold back death. As a result, she put on a cold, aloof front in an effort to protect herself from her feelings and to mask her own insecurity. She realized this over the course of her adventure with the Doctor and learned to feel hope again, placing it in the form of the Doctor, an alien who could literally come back to life, as well as regaining confidence in herself as a medical practitioner and as a person.

Grace's appearance in the television movie caused controversy because the Doctor kissed her, breaking a longstanding taboo against having any romantic involvement with his companions. Some fans also question whether she can be considered a proper companion since she only appears in this one story. However, it is clear that her role within the television movie is that of the companion's, and she appears listed on most lists of companions, including the one on the BBC website. Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national public service broadcaster of the United Kingdom (see British television). ...

Grace's life after her encounter with the Doctor has not been explored on-screen beyond the television movie, although the Doctor did have to deal with the after effects of those events in the spin-off Eighth Doctor Adventures novel Unnatural History, by Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum. Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Eighth Doctor Adventures (sometimes abbreviated as EDA or referred to as the EDAs) are a series of spin off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint. ... Kate Orman is an Australian science-fiction author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Other appearances

Grace appeared in the Doctor Who comic strip story The Fallen, published in Doctor Who Magazine #273-#276, where she had conducted experiments to merge human and Time Lord DNA, the latter obtained from tissue left behind by the Master. However, the Master had not been in his Time Lord body, but that of a shape-shifting creature known as a morphant. The resulting hybrid began to consume people, but was stopped with the Eighth Doctor's help. Grace promised the Doctor she would destroy all the remaining morphant DNA samples, and the two parted ways once more. The canonicity of the comic strips, like other Doctor Who spin-off media, is unclear. Doctor Who Weekly #1, cover dated October 17, 1979 Doctor Who Magazine (abbreviated as DWM) is a periodical devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Time Lords are a fictional race of humanoids, originating on the planet Gallifrey, seen in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... In the context of fiction, the canon of a fictional universe comprises those novels, stories, films, etc. ... Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Daphne Ashbrook performed in the Big Finish Productions audio play The Next Life opposite Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, but playing a different character named Perfection. Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays released straight to compact disc, based on British cult science fiction properties. ... Paul McGann (born November 14, 1959) is a British actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role. ...