Doctor Strange

"You're a man looking at the world through a keyhole. You spent your whole life trying to widen that keyhole. To see more, to know more; and now, on hearing that it can be widened in ways you can't imagine... you reject the possibility." "No, I reject it because I do not believe in fairy tales about chakras or energy or the power of belief."

- Ancient One and Doctor Strange

Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange is a brilliant yet arrogant neurosurgeon who suffered a car accident that resulted in his hands being crippled. When Western medicine failed to restore his hands, Strange embarked on a journey that led him to the Masters of the Mystic Arts as well as the discovery of magic and alternate dimensions. He eventually began to act as Earth's protector from inter-dimensional threats, being forced to battle against the sinister Kaecilius and the Zealots who planed to bring Dormammu to Earth. Strange eventually defeated Kaecilius, but not before witnessing the death of the Ancient One, causing Strange to take on the role of protector of the Sanctum Sanctorum within New York City.

Project Insight
"Bruce Banner, Stephen Strange, anyone who's a threat to HYDRA! Now, or in the future."

- Jasper Sitwell to Captain America

Stephen Strange was among the targets being monitored as potential threats by HYDRA, along with Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers and Tony Stark as a part of Project Insight.

Interview with WHiH
Being one of New York City's top surgeons, on May 3, 2016, Strange was exclusively interviewed by WHiH World News to speak about new life-saving techniques he had been investigating in his field.

On Top of the World
Eventually, Strange was at the top of his profession able to perform complex neuro surgery with little effort. During his time as a surgeon, he often had a nurse play soundtracks for him to name the date of release whilst he performed surgery.

Christine Palmer, an ex-lover of his and a nurse in the ER department, asks him to assist a man stating she doesn't know what's wrong. Strange discovers a bullet, that was initially missed, lodged in the man's brain and performs surgery 'blind' saving the man's life. He offers to take Christine to a 'talk' he is going to that night but she declines.

Car Accident
En route to the 'talk', Strange is driving down a winding road overtaking traffic when he receives a call. He answers on speaker and a colleague offers potential surgeries he could perform. Strange arrogantly declines the first few on grounds to do with lack of money, fame and tarnishing of his record. However after showing interest in one, he is sent the scans and glances at them taking his eyes off the road as he is overtaking someone.

He hits the car and spins out of control off the road crashing into the river bank below. The car crumples around his hands destroying them.

He wakes up in hospital after an eleven hour surgery on his hands and discovers that they have severe nerve damage. His hands repeatedly shake due to the extent of the damage.

Search for the Cure
Strange tries to get his hands cured through seven different operations and many more techniques. At one such place which exercises the muscle, the instructor tells him a paraplegic named Jonathon Pangborn who became able to walk. Despite all the operations, and spending all of his money, they all prove unsuccessful. When the instructor sends him Pangborn's file, Strange tracks him down. Pangborn directs him to Kamar-Taj and the Ancient One.

Meeting the Ancient One
Spending the rest of his money on a ticket to Nepal, Strange begins his search for Kamar-Taj. He is attacked in an alley by three thugs after his expensive watch but is rescued by Karl Mordo, a student of the Ancient One.

Mordo leads Strange to the Kamar-Taj warning him not to be disrespectful and "to forget everything [he] [thinks] [he] [knows]". Inside, Strange initially mistakes an elderly man for the Ancient One before he is introduced to the correct Sorceror Supreme. He is initially sceptical of her method of curing Pangborn declaring that "[he sees through her]" before she pushes his Astral Form out of his body.

Strange is shocked but denies what just happened as a result of LSD in the tea. The Ancient One then sends Strange through various realities before dragging him back. Strange begs her to teach him but she refuses and he is cast out.

Strange stays on the doorstep for over five hours having nowhere to go before he is let back inside. He begins his training but initially struggles believing the shaking in his hands to be the cause. The Ancient One leaves him on Mount Everest telling him to use his Sling Ring to get back to the Kamar-Taj. He eventually manages to do so and progresses rapidly over the coming months.

After tampering with the Eye of Agamotto and the Book of Cagliostro, Wong and Mordo warn Strange not to disturb with natural law. They explain how they protect the world from mystical threats in much the same way that the Avengers protect it from physical ones. Strange initially refuses to fight in a "mystic war" before the London Sanctum is attacked. The Sanctum is destroyed and the explosion rips through the Kamar-Taj trapping Strange in the New York Sanctum.

Sanctum Battle
He tries looking for people before Kaecillius and his disciples attack. Strange witnesses the guardian of the Sanctum get murdered by Kaecillius and makes his prescence known. He fights back managing to trap one disciple in the desert and the other in the jungle. He uses the Cloak of Levitation to fight Kaecillius and traps him in a locked suit. Kaecillius tells him that the Ancient One dabbles in magic from the Dark Dimension before noting his ring is missing. One of the disciples makes it back through and stabs him

Strange tries to get away but is hunted by the disciple. The sentient Cloak attacks the disciple and Strange uses the man's ring to transport himself to the hospital. Christine begins surgery and Strange uses his Astral Form to help shocking her and leaving her bewildered. The disciple uses his Astral Form and attacks Strange disturbing several objects in the Physical World but Strange is able to kill him after being charged with a defibrillator.

He returns to the Sanctum where Mordo and the Ancient One have arrived. Kaecillius has escaped. Strange confronts the Ancient One over dabbling in the Dark Dimension to keep herself alive for centuries. Although Morse outright denies this, she does not and instead leaves.

Kaecillius returns to attack the Sanctum and Strange drags them all into the Mirror Dimension where they cannot harm the Physical World. This turns out to be a mistake as Kaecillius affects the gravity in the Dimension almost killing the pair. The Ancient One arrives- revealing to Mordo her dabbling in the Dark Dimension is true- and battles them but is fatally stabbed and falls hundreds of stories to the ground below.

Strange rushes her to hospital but is unable to perform surgery due to his shaking hands. He notices the Ancient One's Astral leave the room and follows in Astral Form. She tells him about the Dark Dimension before her Form vanishes.

Hong Kong Battle
Strange and Mordo head to the Hong Kong Sanctum only to discover it has already been destroyed and Dormammu is coming. Using the Eye of Agamotto and breaking the Natural Laws of Time, Strange reverses what has happened returning Wong and many others from the dead. He is interrupted mid-spell freezing time around the fighting and heads to the Dark Dimension where time is irrelevant. He traps himself and Dormammu in an endless time loop dying over and over again until the latter relents. He promises to free Dormammu from the loop if he never returns to Earth and takes Kaecillius with him.

He completes the time spell and Kaecillius is killed by the immortality of the Dark Dimension. After witnessing Strange and the Ancient One's liberal use of breaking their own rules, Mordo leaves. Strange returns to the Kamar-Taj with Wong.

Meeting Thor
Thor arrives at the Sanctum where he discusses with Strange his search for his father Odin. Strange use so magic to swap Thor's tea for beer and then refill the pint.

Personality
"Steve, everything is about you."

- Christine Palmer to Stephen Strange

Prior to his accident, Strange had a massive ego that fueled his career. He only took on patients that he believed would help benefit his status, even refusing to heal a Marine General's back. This, however, changed after the accident, which left him a broken man.

Upon visiting Kamar-Taj, Strange maintained his narrow-minded arrogance and stubbornly refused to believe that the Ancient One was telling the truth until she forcibly demonstrated her abilities. Following his ascension to the role of Master of the Mystic Arts, Strange became more selfess – apologizing for his past treatment of Christine Palmer and showing a newfound trust in Nicodemus West – and heroic – demonstrated by his willingness to sacrifice himself to keep Dormammu from merging Earth with the Dark Dimension.

Powers
To be added

Abilities

 * Master Physician: Strange was one of the world's most renowned neurosurgeons.
 * Multilingualism: Strange is fluent in his native English, as well as Sanskrit, which made him able to read the Book of Cagliostro.
 * Eidetic Memory: Strange's eidetic memory had originally greatly aided him in medical school, and later during his mystic arts studies in Kamar-Taj, with Strange impressing Mordo with how quickly he was able to understand how to use the Eye of Agamotto after reading the Book of Cagliostro's instructions only once.

Equipment

 * Cloak of Levitation: A mantle, similar to a magic carpet, that enables Doctor Strange to levitate and hover in the air. It can move on its own power, causing it to move and flap in the air without there being wind. Offensively, the cloak's ability to move and fly with or without a wearer allows it to grab, lift, tackle or send opponents flying through the air.
 * Eye of Agamotto: A relic with a number of mystical properties, including the manipulation of probabilities, as well as stopping and reversing time in the user's immediate vicinity and on specific areas or targets. It is able to do so since it contains the Time Stone.
 * Sling Ring: A mystical object which enables the wearer to open a fiery portal to another location.
 * Quarterstaff: Strange used a Quarterstaff during his training at Kamar-Taj.

Allies

 * Masters of the Mystic Arts
 * Ancient One † - Mentor
 * Karl Mordo
 * Wong
 * Daniel Drumm †
 * Hamir
 * Nicodemus West - Colleague and Work Rival
 * Christine Palmer - Co-worker, Ex-Girlfriend, and Love Interest
 * Jonathan Pangborn
 * Thor

Enemies

 * HYDRA - Attempted Killers (Project Insight)
 * Dormammu - Attempted Killer
 * Zealots
 * Kaecilius †
 * Lucian † - Attempted Killer and Victim
 * Loki

Trivia
To be added

Behind the Scenes

 * Stephen Strange is mentioned in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. This marks the first time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that a superhero character is mentioned by name before making their first appearance.
 * Kevin Feige revealed that Strange did not have any powers yet during the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, as Project Insight was designed to anticipate future threats, not just catalogue current ones. He said that at this point Strange is "probably not... the sorcerer supreme," but is an "unbelievably talented neurosurgeon who's opinionated and kind of arrogant... [which] might put him on the list."