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* [[Death By Pragmatism]]
* [[Death Is Cheap]]: The Master has [[Deader Than Dead|died on-screen without regenerating]] no less than {{spoiler|three}} times. It's never stopped him from coming back for more. The show doesn't even bother to explain why his possessed Trakenite body is alive again in
** The [[Russell T. Davies]] era has seen "The end of the Daleks" no less than three separate times, and yet everyone's still surprised when more Daleks show up. They wised up after a bit--out of those three "ends of the Daleks
* [[Death Ray]]: ''Everywhere.''
* [[Death Seeker]]: All of the incarnations of the Doctor following the Time War have shades of this.
* [[Deconstruction]]: Since its reboot in 2005, the show has been gradually deconstructing itself. The Doctor is, as always, an eccentric man with a saviour complex whose mystique both entices and frightens people, and these traits have increasingly tended towards tragedy for him. It started with realistic problems finding their way into the story, like a companion's family assuming her dead and the emotional fallout that resulted, and got worse. [[Russell T. Davies]] made a huge jab at the Doctor's character in "Midnight", when all of the Doctor's normal methods of controlling a situation backfire entirely, and he is almost killed because of it. Soon after, in "Journey's End", he is shown his "true colours" when his companions are prepared to destroy themselves and the Earth if need be to stop the Daleks' plan. Since [[Steven Moffat]] took over the show, things have only gotten bleaker at an increasing rate, and by the end of Series 6, the Doctor has practically lost all faith in himself and is basically a [[Death Seeker]].
* [[Defeat Equals Friendship]]:
* [[Development Gag]]
* [[Divine Chessboard]]: In whole-season spanning story arc ''The Key To Time'' there were the White and Black Guardians.
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Many villains are these. The Doctor [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|beats them anyway]]. Justified, as he is on a par with them in some ways. Physically, he's human except for [[Bizarre Alien Biology]], but he's over 1100 years old and uses [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien|Sufficiently Advanced Technology]] and the time vortex as playthings.
* [[Eldritch Location]]: The TARDIS in ''The Edge of Destruction'', The Impossible Planet in "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit", the Earth in "The Hungry Earth", House/House TARDIS in "The Doctor's Wife".
* [[Empathic Weapon]]:
* [[Epic Hail]]: Whether it's his old companions hailing the Doctor, the whole population of Earth hailing the Doctor, the Time Lords hailing the Master, or Rose Tyler hailing ''herself'', the [[Russell T. Davies]] era ''loves'' to put an [[Epic Hail]] in his season finales. Series 2 is the only one he missed.
* [[Eternal Hero]]: As a hero who saves the world in different ages, on different planets, and in different incarnations, The Doctor is a certifiable hero of mythological scope.
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** Also, {{spoiler|the Dream Lord}}.
* [[Evolving Music]]: The theme tune over the years.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Stories with "of the" in the title, i.e.
* [[Expanded Universe]]: In a word, ''huge''. At least two hundred original novels covering all eleven Doctors, over 100 audio dramas made by [[Big Finish]] covering Five through Eight, and around forty-five years' worth of comics. There are several EU companions who have become well-known among the fandom. See [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]].
* [[Explosive Decompression]]: Exceptions. Several times.
* [[Exposed Extraterrestrials]]: Slitheen, when not in human suits. Also, Silurians in ''Doctor Who
* [[Exposition Beam]]: The Doctor, Eleven in particular, has the [[Psychic Powers|interesting ability]] to mind-meld information into other people's heads without having to explain it verbally, or the target having to be conscious, or even ''alive at the time.'' In cases of emergency, where a lot of information has to be imparted very quickly, The Doctor will opt to '''HEADBUTT''' the person in question, rather than simply mind-meld with them!
* [[Exposition of Immortality]]: ''Doctor Who'' does this all the time. Whether it's a serial [[Big Bad]] being outed as an alien who's been on Earth for centuries or the Doctor himself's longevity via regeneration. Encounters with recurring enemies the Cybermen and the Daleks frequently went hand in hand with a montage of past episodes or declamations by either side about their past encounters. It's a little confusing due to time travel being involved, but the Doctor definitely qualifies, as he himself keeps on aging in between encounters, and there's often several hundred years or both his and his enemies time between each confrontation.
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