Doctor Who character
Adam Mitchell
Adam Mitchell
Affiliated with	Ninth Doctor
Race	Human
Home planet	Earth
Home era	2012
First appearance	"Dalek"
Last appearance	"The Long Game"
Portrayed by	Bruno Langley

Adam Mitchell is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Bruno Langley. The Ninth Doctor is the ninth official incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor, in the long-running BBC television Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 " The Long Game " is an episode in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on Bruno Langley (born March 21 1983) is an English Actor. Langley was born Devonor Norfolk --> of Australian The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Science fiction first appeared on Television during the Golden age of science fiction, first in Britain (UK and then in the United States Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Bruno Langley (born March 21 1983) is an English Actor. Langley was born Devonor Norfolk --> of Australian A young English researcher in the employ of American billionaire Henry van Statten from the year 2012, he is the second known companion of the Ninth Doctor. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This is a list of villains from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. History of the Doctor Who companion When Doctor Who was created the dramatic structure of the programme's cast was rather different from the hero-and-sidekick The Ninth Doctor is the ninth official incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor, in the long-running BBC television He appeared in only two episodes: "Dalek" and "The Long Game", joining the TARDIS crew at the end of the former and expelled for bad behaviour at the end of the latter. " The Long Game " is an episode in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on

Conceptual history

The character of Adam Mitchell was first conceived, along with Henry van Statten, during Davies' 2003 pitch to the BBC, in a story heavily based up Robert Shearman's novel Jubilee called "Return of the Daleks" (which would later form the base for the episode "Dalek"). Robert Shearman (also credited as Rob Shearman; born February 10 1970 near London, England) is currently It was always the intention of the production team for Adam to join the TARDIS after Rose developed a liking for him. To play this role, Langley was chosen, mostly for his role on Coronation Street as Todd Grimshaw. Coronation Street (commonly known as 'Corrie' is an award-winning Soap opera created by Tony Warren Todd James Grimshaw is a Fictional character in the British television Soap opera Coronation Street. However, Adam was not meant to be a long-term companion; indeed, Davies intended to show that not everyone is suitable to join the TARDIS crew and dubbed him "the Companion That Couldn't". "I always wanted to do a show with someone who was a rubbish companion," Davies explains in the book Doctor Who: The Inside Story. ^[1] "Adam doesn't realize he's out for his own good until he's put in a situation of temptation, where knowledge, information and power are put in front of him," Davies says in Doctor Who Confidential. "He's a little bit ambitious; he's a little bit too clever for his own good. So it's a chance to see someone starting on that path, which the Doctor cuts dead. "^[2]

Originally, there were several aspects of the character that were cut before appearing on screen: in early drafts, he was the son of Henry van Statten, and Adam's reason for his duplicity in "The Long Game" was his father's ill-health. This is a list of villains from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. (In the DVD commentary for "The Long Game", director Brian Grant and actor Bruno Langley discuss Adam's scripted motive of bringing future medical knowledge back home to cure his father. ) Adam was also supposed to reside in Nottingham, until the casting of Langley made the production team relocate his house to Manchester. Nottingham ( is a city in the Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England.

Character history

Adam first appears in "Dalek", cataloguing extraterrestrial artefacts in an underground bunker in Utah called the Vault. The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. Henry van Statten has been collecting these artefacts for years, reverse engineering them to create technologies such as broadband Internet which he then sold. The term broadband can have different meanings in different contexts Adam is also a genius, having successfully hacked into the United States Department of Defense computers when he was eight years old, nearly causing, in his own words, World War III. The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government World War III (also WWIII, or Third World War) denotes a successor to World War II (1939&ndash1945 that would be on a global scale with He is eventually recruited by van Statten.

Van Statten has one living specimen in his museum, which he terms a "metaltron", but is actually a Dalek. A Dalek (, ˈdɑːlεk is a member of a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Mutants from the British science fiction television The Dalek manages to break free and slaughter its way through the base, and Adam finds himself fleeing from it along with Rose, the Doctor's companion. Rose Marion Tyler is a fictional character played by Billie Piper in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in At the end of the episode, Rose asks the Doctor to take Adam along with them in the TARDIS as Adam has told her earlier that he has always wanted to see the stars. The TARDIS ( T ime A nd R elative D imension(s I n S pace is a time machine and Spacecraft in the Despite the Doctor's skepticism about Adam as a potential fellow traveller, he agrees.

Adam's travels with the Doctor and Rose do not last long. During "The Long Game", taking place in the year 200,000, Adam is overwhelmed by the wealth of information and technology available to him and very quickly gives in to temptation. He has an advanced computer interface port (activated by a snap of the fingers) installed in his head that partially reveals his brain so he could access the future's computer systems, and attempts to transmit information back to 21st century Earth using Rose's modified mobile phone, dubbed the "Superphone". This is a list of items from the BBC Television series Doctor Who.

Discovering this breach of his trust, the Doctor returns Adam to his home despite Adam's apologetic pleading, leaving him there after destroying the answering machine which had received the information. The Doctor observes that Adam will have to live a quiet life from now on, lest someone discover the implant in his head and dissect him to uncover its secrets. The ease at which this could happen is demonstrated when Adam's mother returned home and snaps her fingers, inadvertently activating the implant. What happens to Adam next is, as yet, unchronicled.

Other appearances

In the week in which "The Long Game" was first broadcast, the tie-in website "Who is Doctor Who?" announced that "14 year-old Adam Mitchell from Nottingham" had won a competition arranged by van Statten the previous week. The 2005 series revival of the long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor Who features several tie-in websites produced Nottingham ( is a city in the Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. Adam's winning essay on "Why I Want To Meet An Alien" focuses on acquiring advanced knowledge from them ("I don't think it's cheating, really. It's just a shortcut"). The canonicity of the material on the website is unclear. This article is not about Literary canons of influential works of fiction but about the concept of a canon which defines the world of a particular fictional series

Episodes

• "Dalek"
• "The Long Game"

References

• "Dalek" at Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel)
• "The Long Game" at Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel)

External links

• Adam's essay on "Who Is Doctor Who?"