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Mickey Smith is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Noel Clarke. Image File history File links Mickeysmith2. ... The Tenth Doctor is the name given to the tenth and current incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Trinomial name Homo sapiens sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Humans, or human beings, are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens (Latin: wise man or knowing man) in the family Hominidae (the great apes). ... Adjectives: Terrestrial, Terran, Telluric, Tellurian, Earthly Atmosphere Surface pressure: 101. ... The 21st century is the present century of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... Rose is an episode in the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on 26 March 2005. ... Doomsday is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Noel Clarke Noel Anthony Clarke (born 6 December 1975) is a British actor and writer from London. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... A broadcast of the long-running and popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme (and a 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC. The programme shows the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor, who explores time and space in his TARDIS time ship with his companions, solving problems and... Noel Clarke Noel Anthony Clarke (born 6 December 1975) is a British actor and writer from London. ...

Mickey is the boyfriend of the Ninth and Tenth Doctor's companion Rose Tyler, and a recurring character on the programme. He first appears in the 2005 series episode "Rose". In that story, he is caught up in the events of the Auton invasion when Rose meets the mysterious Doctor. He later briefly joins the TARDIS crew as the Tenth Doctor's second companion in the 2006 series. The Ninth Doctor refers to the ninth official incarnation of the fictional character known as the Doctor, in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... The Tenth Doctor is the name given to the tenth and current incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Companion, in the long-running BBC television science fiction programme Doctor Who and related works, is a term used to describe a character who travels with and shares the adventures of the Doctor. ... Rose Tyler is a fictional character played by Billie Piper in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This is a list of Doctor Who television serials. ... Rose is an episode in the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on 26 March 2005. ... The Autons are an artificial life form from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and adversaries of the Doctor. ... The TARDIS The TARDIS[1][2] is a time machine and spacecraft in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. ... This is a list of Doctor Who television serials. ...

A typical working-class young man, Mickey lives on the same South-East London council estate as Rose and works as a mechanic at the local garage. Mickey is the first non-white human companion of the Doctor ever seen on screen (although others had previously appeared in various spin-off media of undetermined canonicity). This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Cheap, safe, housing owned by the British Government. ... The term white people (also whites or white race) has been defined as being a member of a group or race characterized by light pigmentation of the skin and to a human group having light-colored skin, especially of European ancestry. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Character history

Mickey's father, Jackson Smith, left for Spain when he was very young. Mickey's mother could not cope with raising him alone and left him to be raised by his blind grandmother, Rita-Anne; however, Mickey's mother remained a sufficient part of Mickey's life that when Rose believed Mickey to be dead, she said, "I'll have to tell his mother." A few years prior to the events of "Rose", Rita-Anne died after slipping on a damaged carpet and falling down the stairs. Mickey feels responsible for her death as he did not repair the carpet, despite frequent reminders.

When Rose, while investigating the Doctor, goes to visit a conspiracy theorist named Clive, Mickey is captured by the Nestene Consciousness, which creates a living plastic facsimile of him to gather intelligence about the Doctor. Kept a captive by the Nestenes to maintain the duplicate, he is overwhelmed by the revelation that alien life exists and is in a state of paralysed panic throughout most of the Doctor and Rose's final confrontation with the Nestenes. A conspiracy theory attempts to attribute the ultimate cause of an event or chain of events (usually political, social, or historical events), or the concealment of such causes from public knowledge, to a secret, and often deceptive plot by a covert alliance of powerful or influential people or organizations. ... The Autons are an artificial life form from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and adversaries of the Doctor. ...

Mickey's initial cowardice (and his panicky description of the Doctor as an "alien... a thing") does not impress the Doctor, and when the Doctor offers to take on Rose as his newest companion, he pointedly states that Mickey is not invited. While mere days pass for Rose in the TARDIS, a year had passed in London when she returns in "Aliens of London". In the interim, she has been declared missing. Mickey was suspected of Rose's murder and interviewed by the police on five occasions but was not arrested due to lack of evidence. Mickey has spent the year unearthing information about the Doctor and waiting for Rose to return, taking over the www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk website formerly run by Clive (see Doctor Who tie-in websites). Aliens of London is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on April 16, 2005. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a... The 2005 series revival of the long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor Who features several tie-in websites produced by the BBC website team that viewers can access on the Internet. ...

Although still dismissive of Mickey (deliberately calling him "Ricky") and terming him "Mickey the Idiot"), the Doctor relies on him when the Doctor and Rose are trapped inside 10 Downing Street during the events of "World War Three". Mickey's actions in that story, bravely defending Rose's mother Jackie from the Slitheen and helping end the alien threat, earn him a degree of the Doctor's respect. At the conclusion of the story, the Doctor offers Mickey a place aboard the TARDIS but he declined, asking the Doctor not to tell Rose that he has done so. The Doctor in turn gives Mickey a compact disc containing a computer virus that will wipe out all mention of him on the Internet, but according to his website, Mickey is undecided whether or not to use it. Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney stand in front of the famous main door to Number 10. ... World War Three is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on April 23, 2005. ... Jackie Tyler, maiden name Jacqueline Andrea Suzette Prentice, (born February 1, 1967) is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Camille Coduri. ... The Slitheen are a fictional family of massive, bipedal extraterrestrials from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and adversaries of the Doctor. ... A Compact Disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user. ...

A younger (around six years old) version of Mickey appears in the episode "Father's Day" (played by Casey Dyer), where he meets the time travelling Rose in 1987, although he is not made aware of the role she will play in his future. The present-day Mickey reappears in "Boom Town", where he tells Rose that he has started dating Trisha Delaney, although whether this is true or merely to make Rose jealous and return to him is uncertain. Although he bitterly walks away from Rose at the end of that episode, he is willing to help Rose get back to the Doctor in the 2005 series finale "The Parting of the Ways". Fathers Day is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on May 14, 2005. ... Boom Town is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on June 4, 2005. ... The Parting of the Ways is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on June 18, 2005. ...

Mickey returns in the 2005 Christmas special, "The Christmas Invasion", and also briefly appears at the beginning of "New Earth". After "The Christmas Invasion" he takes a more proactive stance in investigating extraterrestrial threats to Earth, alerting Rose and the Doctor to strange events at a local secondary school in "School Reunion". At the end of that episode, he joins the TARDIS crew as a regular companion, although he expresses the worry that he is a third wheel and taken for granted, comparing himself to "the tin dog" (K-9). The Christmas Invasion is a 60-minute special episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Star Trek novels, see Pocket Books Star Trek novels. ... School Reunion is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... K-9, or K9, is the name of several robotic dogs in the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ...

When visiting a parallel Earth in "Rise of the Cybermen", he is mistaken for and meets his counterpart, Ricky Smith, leader of the resistance group called the Preachers. He also meets the parallel version of his grandmother, who has not died. Ricky is killed by the Cybermen before Mickey's eyes, and something inside him changes as a result. Mickey goes on to become instrumental in defeating the Cybermen. Rise of the Cybermen is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Cybermen are a fictional race of cyborgs who are amongst the most persistent enemies of the Doctor in the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ...

As the Doctor and Rose are about to leave, Mickey announces he is staying behind to assist the Preachers in mopping up the remaining Cybermen and look after the parallel version of his gran now that Ricky is gone. As the Doctor states that travel between parallel universes is impossible, it seems that Mickey will be stuck in this alternate reality, never to meet the Doctor or Rose again. However, he reappears in "Army of Ghosts", having infiltrated the Torchwood Institute under an assumed name. The Cybermen of the parallel Earth, on the verge of defeat, have followed an interdimensional craft through to Mickey's own universe, and he is the first member of the Preachers to follow them, armed with parallel Torchwood technology. He appears more confident and self-assured than previously, but he still does not expect the Daleks to emerge from the void ship. He soon becomes part of the fight against the Dalek and Cyberman armies. At the conclusion of "Doomsday", Mickey returns to the parallel universe and the breach is sealed. Mickey is currently living with Rose, Jackie, and the Pete Tyler of that world. Army of Ghosts is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who which was first broadcast on 1 July 2006. ... The Torchwood Institute is a fictional organisation from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-off series, Torchwood. ... The Daleks (pronounced DAH-lecks; IPA: ) are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Doomsday is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Pete Tyler, full name Peter Alan Tyler, is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Shaun Dingwall. ...

Ricky Smith

Ricky Smith is the parallel universe counterpart to Mickey, first appearing in "Rise of the Cybermen" (although prior to broadcast he appears in the online TARDISODE prequel to the episode). Unlike Mickey's perceived status as the "tin dog", Ricky is seen to be in control of the situation, tough and decisive. He is the leader of the Preachers, a gang of freedom fighters fighting against John Lumic's Cybus Industries and claims to be London's "Most Wanted" (although he later admits this is for parking fines). Image File history File linksMetadata Ricky_Smith. ... Trinomial name Homo sapiens sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Humans, or human beings, are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens (Latin: wise man or knowing man) in the family Hominidae (the great apes). ... The 21st century is the present century of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... Rise of the Cybermen is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Age of Steel is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Noel Clarke Noel Anthony Clarke (born 6 December 1975) is a British actor and writer from London. ... TARDISODEs are mini-episodes of the television programme Doctor Who, approximately 60 seconds long. ... This is a list of villains from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Ricky is electrocuted by a Cyberman when trying to climb over a fence, while Mickey watches helplessly from the other side. After helping to defeat the Cybermen in London, Mickey decides to take on the role of his parallel counterpart, partly to look after Ricky's blind grandmother Rita-Anne, and partly to aid Preacher Jake Simmonds in eliminating the Cybermen threat in other countries. Jake Simmonds is a character is a fictional character played by Andrew Hayden-Smith in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Russell T. Davies originally intended Ricky to be gay and in a relationship with Jake.^[1] Despite no mention being made of this in the episodes as broadcast, on the Series Two DVD Box Set Deleted Scenes, a deleted scene from the end of "The Age of Steel" shows Mickey and Jake in the van and when Mickey mentions how he may be different from Ricky, Jake mentions how Ricky was his boyfriend before he died, to which Mickey replies "OK, definitely not replacing him."^[2] The canonicity of deleted scenes is unclear. Russell T Davies, interviewed for the documentary series Doctor Who Confidential in 2005. ... The Age of Steel is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Other appearances

Mickey appears in three New Series Adventures novels. In Winner Takes All by Jacqueline Rayner, Mickey becomes involved in an alien war being fought by remote control. The "soldiers" in the war are abducted humans controlled by other humans who thought they were playing a video game. Under the Doctor's instruction, Mickey organises the controllers to keep the abducted humans alive. The Clockwise Man was the first volume in the New Series Adventures range. ... Winner Takes All is a BBC Books original novel written by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Jacqueline Rayner is a best-selling British science fiction author, most notably of the Doctor Who series of books and audio productions. ...

In The Stone Rose, Mickey has been volunteering to take schoolchildren round the British Museum. It is his discovery of a statue of Fortuna that looks exactly like Rose which sets the chain of events in motion. The Stone Rose is a BBC Books original novel written by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The British Museum in London is one of the worlds greatest museums of human history and culture. ... Fortuna governs the circle of the four stages of life, the Wheel of Fortune, in a manuscript of Carmina Burana In Roman mythology, Fortuna (equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) was the personification of luck, hopefully of good luck, but she could be represented veiled and blind, as modern depictions...

In The Feast of the Drowned, Mickey helps when the Doctor and Rose investigate the mysterious sinking of a naval vessel and the apparent ghost of the brother of Rose's friend Keisha. It is revealed that, at some point between "Rose" and "Aliens of London", Keisha propositioned Mickey but was rebuffed. In revenge, she encouraged the idea that he had murdered Rose, even sending people to beat him up. Mickey himself was unable to remember what had happened that night, and she told him he had made the advances. The Feast of the Drowned is a BBC Books original novel written by Stephen Cole and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Aliens of London is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on April 16, 2005. ...

The Doctor Who Magazine comic strip The Lodger (DWM #368) focuses on Mickey being increasingly annoyed by the Tenth Doctor when the latter lodges with him for a few days, particularly since the Doctor is able to outdo Mickey at everything without effort. Doctor Who Magazine (abbreviated as DWM) is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Mickey also appears as the webmaster for the tie-in website "Defending the Earth!" (formerly "Who is Doctor Who?"). The 2005 series revival of the long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor Who features several tie-in websites produced by the BBC website team that viewers can access on the Internet. ...

Episodes

Rose is an episode in the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on 26 March 2005. ... Aliens of London is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on April 16, 2005. ... World War Three is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on April 23, 2005. ... Fathers Day is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on May 14, 2005. ... Boom Town is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on June 4, 2005. ... The Parting of the Ways is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on June 18, 2005. ... The Christmas Invasion is a 60-minute special episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Star Trek novels, see Pocket Books Star Trek novels. ... School Reunion is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Girl in the Fireplace is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Rise of the Cybermen is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Age of Steel is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Army of Ghosts is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who which was first broadcast on 1 July 2006. ... Doomsday is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

References

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