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[[File:The_12_Doctors.png|frame|Not pictured: The War Doctor, the Thirteenth
{{quote|''He saves worlds, rescues civilizations, defeats terrible creatures, and [[The Last of These Is Not Like the Others|runs a lot]]. Seriously, there's an ''outrageous'' amount of running involved.''
|'''Donna Noble'''
Since its debut on 23 November 1963 on [[The BBC|BBC television]], the British sci-fi series ''Doctor Who'' has thrilled, entertained, and [[Nightmare Fuel|terrified]] three generations of fans worldwide. It takes place in and established the [[Whoniverse]], which has a [[Broad Strokes|very loose and lax continuity]], even discounting the [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe|Expanded Universe]]. It is the longest running sci-fi series in the world, bar none—in fact, the latest three actors to play the title role were all born after it started.
The premise of the show is simple enough: it follows the adventures of a renegade [[Time Lord]], the Doctor, and his various companions through time and space. Travelling in his time machine, the TARDIS, he meets many foes, ranging from heavily armoured robots to microbes and pollen to - well, members of his own race. The TARDIS and the Doctor's recurring enemy the Daleks have become British cultural icons and it is fair to suggest that the overwhelming majority of Britons would instantly recognize both. It is, in fact, difficult to over-state the extent to which ''Doctor Who'', ostensibly a slightly daft children-oriented sci-fi show, has become a part of the British cultural landscape. It casts as much a shadow over British culture, as one Anthropology Professor put it, as ''[[Star Trek]]'' casts over American culture; more so, in fact, as while acknowledged fans of ''[[Star Trek]]'' are still rather consistently made fun of by mainstream culture, ''Doctor Who'' is beloved by Britons of all ages and demographics. Including, as it happens, [[
The show originally ran from 1963 to 1989 (with an 18 month hiatus in 1985-6 caused by [[Executive Meddling]], during which it "rested"). A canon [[Made for TV Movie]], created [[Backdoor Pilot|as a pilot]] for a revival, aired in 1996, but nothing else resulted.
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Between 2001 and 2003, [[The BBC]] produced a series of webcasts which it considered in every way an official continuation of the series (insofar as the Beeb ever indicates what is and isn't canon). It is possible more would have been made but for a very exciting development on the television front:
In 2005, a [[Revival]] began. It's presented a continuation of the old series (rather than being a [[Continuity Reboot]]), with the Ninth Doctor being a direct successor to the original series incarnations ''and'' the 1996 movie's Doctor. The revival series has radically upgraded production values, shorter story arcs but much more continuity throughout, and it introduced deeper [[Character Development]] and romance to the series. The revival's sixth series finished airing October 2011. The old series lasted 26 seasons, and the new episodes are called "series". Officially, the show went from Season 26 to ''Series'' 1, and so on.
The show has spawned several spinoffs within its [[Whoniverse]], which tend to cross over with the main show. The main ones are:
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It also has a behind-the-scenes [[Companion Show]] called ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' which aired in 2005 and was canceled in 2011.
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* [[Alan Fridge]]: Joke announcement by [[Steven Moffat]] on [[Outpost Gallifrey]].
* [[Aliens of London]]: [[Doctor Who/Recap/S27/E04 Aliens of London|Episode of the same name]].
* [[Bigger on the Inside]]: Well, aren't ''you'' going to say it about the TARDIS? (Almost) everyone else does.
* [[Bow Ties Are Cool]]: [[Catch Phrase]] of the Eleventh Doctor.
* [[The Brigadier]]: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, recurring character.
* [[Changed My Jumper]]: "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S27/E03 The Unquiet Dead|The Unquiet Dead]]".
* [[Everybody Lives]]: "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S27/E10 The Doctor Dances|The Doctor Dances]]".
* [[Five Rounds Rapid]]: "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S8/E05 The Daemons|The Daemons]]".
* [[Immune to Bullets]]: "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S12/E01 Robot|Robot]]".
* [[Mind Probe]]: No, ''not'' the mind ''probe''. ("[[Doctor Who/Recap/20th AS the Five Doctors|The Five Doctors]]")
* [[The Missus and the Ex]]: Welcome to every man's worst nightmare. ("[[Doctor Who/Recap/S28/E03 School Reunion|School Reunion]]")
* [[The Nth Doctor]]
* [[Perception Filter]]: "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S27/E11 Boom Town|Boom Town]]".
* [[The Slow Path]]: "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S28/E04 The Girl in the Fireplace|The Girl in the Fireplace]]".
* [[Spooky Silent Library]]: "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E08 Silence in the Library|Silence in the Library]]"/ "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E09 Forest of the Dead|Forest of the Dead]]".
* [[Time and Relative Dimensions In Space]]: Or "Dimension", depending on what era.
* [[Timey-Wimey Ball]]: Of wibbly-wobbly... er... stuff. ("[[Doctor Who/Recap/S29/E10 Blink|Blink]]")
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* For tropes used in specific episodes of the TV series, go [[Doctor Who/Recap|here]].
* For tropes used in ''Doctor Who'' media outside of the TV show, go [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe|here]].
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** There's also the Wirrn from ''The Ark in Space''.
** "The Rebel Flesh"/"The Almost People" has {{spoiler|Ganger Jennifer}} finding interesting/terrifying ways to change her body, eventually settling on some sort of {{spoiler|gangly demonic hellbeast, all while retaining her original face, more or less}}.
* [[
{{quote|"I'm the bloody queen, mate; basically, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|I rule]]."}}▼
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Given how long running the series was it was inevitable this trope would crop up. In fact virtually every Doctor and companion underwent this trope or the milder [[Brainwashed]] trope at some point in the series as well as guest characters in some stories.
* [[Brandishment Bluff]]: In "Victory of the Daleks", the Doctor convinces the Daleks that a jammie Dodger (a type of cookie) is a super weapon.
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** The Simm incarnation of the Master seems to have made his catchphrase "Oh NO you DON'T!"
* [[Catfolk]]: The Sisters of Plentitude in the episodes "New Earth" and "Gridlock".
* [[Chaos Entity]]: The Black Guardian embodies the force of chaos in the universe and uses this element throughout it.
* [[Character Development]]: The First Doctor started off as someone, who'd in a moment of desperation, tried to bash in a injured man's skull in, to escape the present danger. He was stopped by a Human who called him on this, even though he was someone the Doctor had belittled as beneath him until then. This might explain why all of his later companions are mostly Human, because they do ''stop'' him, when he goes too far. [[Russell T. Davies]] and [[Steven Moffat]]'s runs seem to embrace this interpretation.
** Some companions also get their fair share. Notable examples from the revived series include Jack Harkness, Donna Noble and Rory Williams.
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** Son of Mine, '''''SIR''''', from "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S29/E08 Human Nature|Human Nature]]", '''''SIR''''', and ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S29/E09 The Family of Blood|The Family of Blood]]'', '''''SIR'''''.
** '''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S29/E13 Last of the Time Lords|HERE. COME. THE. DRUMS!]]''' The Master knows it's '''''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E17 E18 The End of Time|DINNERTIME!!]]'''''
** '''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S17/E05 The Horns of Nimon|Myyyyyyy DREEEAAAAMS of CONNNNN-QUEEEST!!!!]]'''
* [[Christmas Episode]]: The aforementioned comedy episode, "The Feast of Steven", the first (and, until New Who, only) episode to air on Christmas Day, which had no continuity to the main serial ''The Daleks' Master Plan''. In New Who, an annual series of specials, which between 2005 and 2009 doomed London (usually, but not always present day London) in some way. Aliens also threaten the Earth in 2011's episode, though it's not the primary plot.
* [[Cliffhanger Copout]]: The programme did this many times. The most (in)famous is probably from ''Dragonfire'', in which The Doctor dangles himself over a precipice because the episode was coming to an end, and [[Pseudo Crisis|just...climbs out of it next episode]].
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* [[Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better]]: In many new series stories, future humans seem to be taken to modified P90s as their weapon of choice.
* [[Kingpin in His Gym]]: Played for laughs when the Delgado Master, locked up in a sea fortress, exercises on a rowing machine. It doesn't seem to be working, though—the Doctor remarks that the Master has put on weight!
* [[Large Ham]]: [[Large Ham/Live-Action TV/Doctor Who|Has its own page]].
* [[The Last Dance]]: {{spoiler|The Tenth Doctor himself, in the 2009 specials. At the end of "Planet of the Dead", a low-level psychic tells him he's going to die, so he spends the next episodes running around having as many adventures possible before his inevitable [[The Nth Doctor|regeneration]]}}.
** {{spoiler|It occurs more literally in ''The End Of Time''; after receiving a fatal dose of radiation, the Doctor spends his last hours visiting the people he'd cared about during his tenth life and... well, not so much saying goodbye as helping them out from a distance and then staring sadly at them before wandering off. Except for Rose, whom [[Timey-Wimey Ball|he meets before she met him]] to have one last conversation with her. ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' says he visited every companion from all his incarnations}}.
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* [[The Nudifier]]: The Defabricator. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]].
* [[Off the Record]]: The Brigadier to Sarah Jane.
* [[Oh Crap]]: It says a ''lot'' about this show that [[Oh Crap/Live-Action TV/Doctor Who|it has its own subpage for this trope]].
* [[Ominous Floating Castle]]: The Aircraft Carrier ''Valiant'', first seen in "The Sound of Drums", which was {{spoiler|used by the Master as his base (of sorts) when he conquered the Earth during the Year that Never Was}}.
* [[Ominous Floating Spaceship]]: Seen in "The Christmas Invasion" with the Sycorax ship. Several Dalek ships do this too.
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** Also the domain of House and his caretakers Auntie, Uncle, and Nephew in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S32/E04 The Doctor's Wife|The Doctor's Wife]]".
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: The Master (as Harold Saxon) and Jeremy Baines.
▲* [[Post Mortem One Liner]]: Plenty, but [[Doctor Who/Recap/S31/E02 The Beast Below|Liz 10]] gets in a pretty good example after blowing away one of The Smilers:
▲{{quote|"I'm the bloody queen, mate; basically, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|I rule]]."}}
* [[Pound of Flesh Twist]]: In ''The Five Doctors'', Time Lord President Borusa, having manipulated the Doctors into granting him access to Rassilon's tomb, claims the reward of immortality promised to the winner of the game of death. Rassilon grants it, which, unfortunately for Borusa, takes the form of being turned into a living statue.
** In "The Hand of Fear". Eldrad the Kastrian, having long ago been executed by his people for attempting to usurp rulership of Kastria, is resurrected on Earth many centuries later. He returns to Kastria to become its ruler, only to find the planet entirely dead. A final message from King Rokon (the king who Eldrad planned to usurp) crowns him 'King of Nothing'.
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** Subverted in ''The Curse of Fenric''. {{spoiler|Ace's love and faith in the Doctor prevents the Ancient One from moving to attack Fenric. To defeat the ancient god, the Doctor is forced to cruelly and methodically disavow his companion, calling her a social misfit and emotional cripple and turn her trust and love into hatred}}.
* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: Several.
** [[Queen
{{quote|''The correct form of address is'' your majesty.}}
** John Lumic in "Rise of the Cybermen" to a dissenter.
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*** The actions of Cribbins' character as detailed above avert the phenomenon by which Luke Skywalker, upon {{spoiler|climbing into the gunner's chair in the ''Millennium Falcon'', was able to work the thing on the first try without being told}}. Wilfred {{spoiler|screams frantically for instructions, and gets them}}, but fortunately they aren't all that complex.
** "The Stolen Earth", where Rose and the Doctor are running to each other in the street and a Dalek attacks, feels to some like a homage to ''[[West Side Story]]''.
** "The Beast Below" has a fairly ambitious quotient of these. There's ''[[Star Wars]]'' (the royal [[Action Girl]], the heroes landing in the garbage chute, "you're my only hope", the villain looks like an expy for Grand Moff Tarkin, finding oneself inside the digestive tract of a giant space creature), ''[[Discworld]]'' (the [astral plane] ship that was never meant to fly, the space whale that looks just the ones in ''[[
** The name and garbs of the [[Church Militant|army]] in '"The Time of Angels"/"Flesh and Stone" is obviously a shout-out to the [[Warhammer 40,000|Imperial Guard]], although with quite different ranks.
** River's relationship with the Doctor, a woman who falls in love with a time traveller and meets him in the wrong order throughout her life is a pretty obvious shout-out to ''[[The Time Traveler's Wife]]''.
** The name of Bowie Base One in "The Waters of Mars" is a shoutout to [[David Bowie]]'s song ''Life On Mars''. {{spoiler|It later also works as a shoutout to ''Space Oddity'' with astronauts stranded and knowing that they are about to die}}. In the same episode, there's a shout out to ''[[28 Days Later]]'' with a character becoming infected just by looking up and a single drop falling on to their eye from above.
** In "The Runaway Bride", the Racnoss Webstar bears a striking resemblance to the Cylon Basestar of the reimagined ''[[Battlestar Galactica
** The Toclafane bear an uncanny resemblance to the spheres from ''[[Phantasm (Film)|Phantasm]]'', right down to {{spoiler|being powered by the brains of the creator's human victims}}. Bonus points for the similarity between [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUizt6kMgbQ this] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3ieQxm_M2I this].
** In "Flesh and Stone", the ship is referred to as "[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Galaxy-class]]".
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* [[Sickly Green Glow]]: Most monsters.
* [[Single-Target Sexuality]]: Rory for Amy in the flashbacks of "Let's Kill Hitler" (causing her [[Mistaken for Gay|much confusion]]).
* [[Signature Device]]: The Time Lords' sonic screwdrivers and TARDIS.
* [[Skeleton Key]]: The Doctor's sonic screwdriver often acts as one of these.
** In the serial ''Carnival of Monsters'', the Doctor complains that he can't open a non-electronic lock with the sonic screwdriver. Jo Grant responds by producing an impressive collection of skeleton keys.
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** Supposedly the motivation behind the Cybus Cybermen's massive conversion factories: they plan to "upgrade" humanity by force in order to eliminate emotions and the pain connected to them:
{{quote|'''Cyber Leader:''' This broadcast is for humankind. Cybermen now occupy every landmass on this planet; but you need not fear. Cybermen will remove fear. Cybermen will remove sex, and class, and colour, and creed. You will become identical. You will become like us.}}
== V-Z ==
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* [[Wasn't That Fun?]]: The Doctor is fond of this quip.
* [[The Watson]]: The role of all the companions, or close enough.
* [[We All Do It Together]]: "Arachnids in the UK", the fourth adventure of the 13th Doctor, ends with the Doctor, Graham, Yaz and Ryan all grasping the lever that activates the TARDIS and pulling it as one to symbolize their active decision to travel together.
* [[Wealthy Ever After]]:
** In ''The End of Time'', {{spoiler|the Doctor's present to Donna outside her wedding is a lottery ticket}}.
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