The third Doctor was played by Jon Pertwee, who began life after the second doctor was found guilty of breaking the laws of non-interference by the Time Lords. As a result, the third Doctor began in exile on 20th Century Earth.
The Doctor quickly made arrangements with UNIT to serve as their "Scientific Adviser" in return for facilities to repair the TARDIS.
The arrival of the Master changed things and the Time Lords allowed the Doctor limited use of the TARDIS with the condition it was always returned to 20th century earth upon completion of a mission.
The Time Lords eventually restored full knowledge of the TARDIS and lifted his exile after successfully stopping Omega from destroying the Time Lords.
This incarnation of the Doctor was again different than the predecessors, being more a man of action, unafraid to pitch in with his physical skills and often using his Venusian Aikido skills when called for. He also showed a great passion for gadgets and as he spent a lot of time on 20th Century Earth, he was especially fond of his vintage car Bessie and his futuristic Whomobile.
As a man of action, he had little patience for bureaucracy and authority figures and was the first Doctor to consume alcohol.
The Third Doctor finally died and regenerated into the fourth Doctor by exposing himself to lethal levels of radiation in order to defeat the Spiders of Metebelis III.
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Island of Death
by Barry Letts
Sarah Jane Smith and her friend Jamie Fitzoliver investigate a strange New Age cult. Business as usual for investigative journalists. But what is less usual is the demon-like creature the cultists worship. When the Doctor and UNIT arrive to investigate they discover a plot involving government mi...
The Scales of Injustice
by Gary Russell
The Scales of Justice is a Doctor Who novel by Gary Russell and features the Third Doctor Who.
"And what exactly, Doctor Shaw, do you think C19 does with the dead bodies of plastic dummies, reptile men, primordial throwbacks and all their human victims?"
When people ...
Rags
by Mick Lewis
Rags is a Doctor Who novel featuring the Third Doctor Who and has been written by Mick Lewis.
The great unwashed, a group of ragamuffins winding their way through sout-west England. At its head, a filthy cattletruck containing four punk mummers... and something else.
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Last of the Gaderene
by Mark Gatiss
Last of the Gaderene is a Doctor Who novel featuring the Third Doctor and has been written by Mark Gatiss.
When the new owners of a World War 2 aerodrome promise a new golden age of prosperity for the small village of Culverton the local residents almost unanimously rejoice.
Deadly Reunion
by Terrance Dicks
Deadly Reunion is a Doctor Who novel featuring the third Doctor as he and Jo investigate strange events happening in the small village of Hob's Haven.
Meanwhile Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and his colleagues at UNIT investigate a spate of unexplained deaths and murders.
As prepa...
Dancing the Code
by Paul Leonard
Dancing the Code is a Doctor Who novel featuring the third Doctor as he builds a machine designed to predict the future. It shows the Brigadier murdering him and Jo in cold blood. Unable to tell where or when this event is destined to occur, the Doctor and Jo decide that they must stay apart.
Catastrophea
by Terrance Dicks
The real name of the planet is Kastopheria, but it has been generally rechristened Catastrophea and it is a catastrophe waiting to happen. The supposedly civilized races are exploiting this world, fighting over its wealth and resources, while the indigenous population, golden-skinned giants, don'...
Amorality Tale
by David Bishop
East End gangster Tommy Ramsey emerges from prison in 1952, determined to retake control of his territory on the streets of Shoreditch. But new arrivals threaten his grip on all illegal activity in the area. An evangelical minister at St Luke's Church is persuading people to seek redemption for ...
Interference - Book Two
by Lawrence Miles
Interference - Book Two is a Doctor Who novel featuring both the third Doctor and the Eighth Doctor and is the second part of the Interference story written by Lawrence Miles.
The Dead Frontier is the furthest from home humans have ever been, a planet that mankind have used as a du...
Interference - Book One
by Lawrence Miles
Interference - Book One is a Doctor Who novel featuring the third Doctor Who, part one of a two part story written by Lawrence Miles.
Five years after meeting up with the Doctor and being freed from a time travelling voodoo cult, Sam is back in her own time, fighting the good fight...
The Ghosts of N-Space
by Barry Letts
The Ghosts of N-Space is a Doctor Who novel featuring the third Doctor Who and has been written by Barry Letts.
Sarah Jane Smith, on holiday with her chum Jeremy and a bad case of writer's block, is amazed to find the Brigadier in the same part of Italy.
He is there ...
The Eye of the Giant
by Christopher Bulis
The Eye of the Giant is a Doctor who novel featuring the third Doctor Who and has been written by Christopher Bulis.
Salutua is the legendary lost island of the Pacific, it's 1932 and millionaire Marshal J Grover’s expedition arrives to uncover and exploit its secrets.
The Devil Goblins from Neptune
by Martin Day
The Devils Goblins from Neptune is a Doctor Who novel featuring the third Doctor Who as sinister alien eyes turn their attention toward earth.
Aliens from a methane ice world, as cold as their hearts living in the outer reaches of the solar system decide it is about time to visit t...
