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* [[Absolute Xenophobe]]:
** The Daleks are willing to use other sentients as slaves, or let them believe they're valuable allies, but in the end they just want to kill every non-Dalek in the universe and glory in their solitary awesomeness.
** In
* [[Action Girl]]: All female companions have their moments, but most of all Sara Kingdom, Leela, Ace (who took on the Daleks ''twice'') and Rose (more so after her return in the 2008 series than her initial run).
** Barbara Wright, one of the original companions! When she's not smashing [[Mind Rape|Mind Rapist]] brains (it's more awesome in context) or destroying planet-engulfing entities, she's mowing down Daleks with an ancient truck.
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* [[Aliens Speaking English]]: Justified due to [[Translator Microbes]]. Mostly. The TARDIS is said to feature a psychic translation facility (mentioned in ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S14/E01 The Masque of Mandragora|The Masque of Mandragora]]'', "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S27/E02 The End of the World|The End of the World]]", "[[Doctor Who/Recap/2005 CS the Christmas Invasion|The Christmas Invasion]]", and "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E02 The Fires of Pompeii|The Fires of Pompeii]]"), but it seems to rely on the Doctor's conscious presence to complete the "circuit," as it has been shown not to work when the Doctor is unconscious or out of range.
:Other examples, such as the Daleks, the Slitheen and Matron Cofelia are explicitly speaking English (whether they've learned English or are using different [[Translator Microbes]] are never made certain; the Daleks, however, have been demonstrated speaking different languages when appropriate, such as German in Germany).
:Also, the Judoon were seen speaking English in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S29/E01 Smith and Jones|Smith and Jones]]", but that was because they recorded a man speaking it, and then "assimilated" the language.
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* [[The Alleged Car]]: More like "The Alleged TARDIS" though it's in even worse shape by the 2005 series. He's had it for several centuries, and it was already ancient when he got it, yet it's still immensely powerful and advanced, even by alien standards. In "The Eleventh Hour" however, the TARDIS regenerated along with the Doctor and seems to be in a bit better shape. Two people (rather than the designed six) piloting it, as well as {{spoiler|leaving the handbrake on}} doesn't improve its poor state and [[Explosive Instrumentation]].
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** The Eleventh Doctor also saved both {{spoiler|Amy and Rory by dropping them off back home, having finally gotten [[Genre Savvy]] enough to realize the danger he puts them in}}.
** Amy and River are gender-inverted examples. River will {{spoiler|rip the world apart in order for the Doctor not to be killed}}, and Rory is the only thing that {{spoiler|convinces older!Amy to defy all laws of time}}.
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Jake, from "Rise of the Cybermen"/"The Age
* [[An Asskicking Christmas]]: The Christmas specials.
* [[Ancient Astronauts]]: Earth has been visited a ''lot'' over its history. ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S13/E03 Pyramids of Mars|Pyramids of Mars]]'' is but one example.
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** In "Aliens of London" he gets out of being held at gunpoint by a room full of armed soldiers by using this -- when a scream sounds from another room he yells, "Defense plan Delta! Come on!" and runs out of the room, and they all instinctively follow his orders, even though he's presented no identification at all.
** In ''Silver Nemesis'', the TARDIS arrives in the present day on the grounds of a castle and the Doctor approaches the little old lady he sees confidently, telling Ace, "Act like we own the place... Always works. We own the place." Ace has to point out that the woman they're approaching really does own the place -- and the place is Windsor Castle.
** The 7th used this to much better effect in ''The Curse Of Fenric
** Used in ''The War Games'' to get into a military prison. One of the most impressive uses in the series - the Doctor has been convicted of espionage in wartime and has escaped from prison. He is not in uniform, or even a proper suit, and he has a gaping HOLE in the knee of his trousers, and yet managed to bluff the Prison commander for a solid chunk of time just by knowing what to say and shouting loudly.
* [[BBC Quarry]]: Filled in for dozens of planets over the years - and not necessarily just for ''Doctor Who''. An anecdotal account exists of the ''Doctor Who'' and ''[[Blake's 7|Blakes Seven]]'' crews shooting in the same quarry on the same day.<ref>some humourless fans have exhaustively compared location shooting dates for the two shows and determined that this could never have happened</ref>
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{{quote|The Doctor: "Finally, a lie too big."}}
** In a non-psychic paper example in "Planet of the Dead": No Christina, the Doctor will leave the Cup of Aethelstan ''just as he left it''. Cue hammers.
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: The Editor from "The Long Game" and {{spoiler|the Master}} in ''The End of Time''.
* [[Blood Knight]]: The Sontarans. Unlike the Daleks, who want to destroy everything out of a sense of racial supremacy, the Sontarans just love to fight and need no particular motivation beyond that.
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: ''Usually.'' A few stories have gotten pretty gory - ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S13/E05 The Brain of Morbius|The Brain of Morbius]]'' featured a pretty graphic blood squib when Condo gets shot, and the sheer bloodiness of Season 22 may have contributed to the show's first hiatus. As a family show, the series mostly shies away from graphic violence. Due to the BBC's current attitudes, the show has been far less violent after its return than before its cancellation, though the classic series' violence was often undercut by its endearing phoniness.
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** In "The Doctor's Wife" the Doctor remarks to a patchwork person "I once had an [http://wilybadger.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/sixth_doctor.jpg umbrella] like you."
** Blink-and-you-miss-it example: In the 1985 story ''Revelation of the Daleks'', Davros gets his only functioning hand shot clean off. His hand is concealed inside {{spoiler|his Dalek Emperor disguise}} in the next story, ''Remembrance of the Daleks'', but in the 2008 episode "The Stolen Earth", he sports a shiny new robotic hand.
** The birth of Ganger!Doctor in
* [[Cosmic Retcon]]:
** The Time War makes history far more malleable and rewritable, and effectively wipes out Gallifrey and Skaro, as well as most of their residents, from history.
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* [[Creepy Changing Painting|Creepy Changing Statue]]: The Weeping Angels who by biological necessity only move when you can't see them but then move very ''very'' fast.
* [[Creepy Child]]:
** In ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S25/E04 The Greatest Showinthe Galaxy|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'', ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S25/E01 Remembrance of the Daleks|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S27/E09 The Empty Child|The Empty Child]]"/"[[Doctor Who/Recap/S27/E10 The Doctor Dances|The Doctor Dances]]", "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S29/E08 Human Nature|Human Nature]]"/"[[Doctor Who/Recap/S29/E09 The Family of Blood|The Family of Blood]]", "[[Recap/Doctor Who NS 32 E 9 Night Terrors|Night Terrors]]" and "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S28/E11 Fear Her|Fear Her]]". Heck, the entire series started with Ian and Barbara wondering why Susan was such an [[Doctor Who/Recap/S1/E01 An Unearthly Child|"Unearthly Child
** The Emergency Pilot's form of a young girl in "The Lodger" could be counted as one of these.
* [[Creepy Children Singing]]: The show has used this since at least ''The Trial of a Time Lord'', where the Doctor is hunted through a series of abandoned warehouses whilst Creepy Children sing "Ring-a-Ring-o-Roses" in the background; it isn't clear if he can hear them or not. The new series uses it in the Series 6 episodes "Night Terrors", "Closing Time", and "The Wedding of River Song".
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