Adam Mitchell (Doctor Who) Adam Mitchell (Doctor Who) Adam Mitchell is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", played by Bruno Langley. Adam is introduced in the first series of the programme's revival as the second television companion of the Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston). However, unlike the Ninth Doctor's primary companion, Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), who provided an effective human contrast to the Doctor's centuries-old alien, Adam was created to provide an example of an inept time traveller. The character is introduced as a boy genius from the year 2012 who attracts the attention of the Doctor's traveling companion
Doctor Who in Australia from 1 July ABC2 again repeated the revived series Monday-Friday at ~7:35pm. Starting with the three 2009 "Doctor Who's Greatest Moments" specials made by the "Doctor Who Confidential" team, they then went back to Series 1 and "Rose" and continued all the way through to "The Name of the Doctor" on Friday 22 November. On the morning of Sunday 24 November ABC1 was one of multiple broadcasters in 94 countries to take a live simulcast of the "Doctor Who" 50th Anniversary Special "The Day of the Doctor" from the BBC. The live simulcast went out across Australia at local times