The Eighth Doctor is a science project character.
Anji Kapoor , or simply Anji , is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures , a novel series based upon the British science fiction television series , Doctor Who . The Eighth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor , the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who . The character was introduced in the 1996 TV film Doctor Who , a back-door pilot produced in an unsuccessful attempt to relaunch the series following its 1989 cancellation . Within the series ' narrative , the Doctor is a centuries-old alien ( a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey ) who travels in time and space in his TARDIS , frequently with companions . The Past Doctor Adventures ( sometimes known by the abbreviation PDA or PDAs ) were 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 .