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* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: Quite a few of these.

** In particular the Master. In "The End of Time" {{spoiler|it was revealed the drumming in his head (that had tormented him his entire life and led to him being [[Ax Crazy|totally unhinged]]) was in fact put there by Rassilon for his own purposes.}} At that point, some just really wanted to give him a big damn hug, so when he {{spoiler|went out in a vengeful blaze with that "[[Redemption Equals Death|get out]] [[Ho Yay|of the way]]" it didn't help at all.}}

** For some, the announcement of [[Steven Moffat]] as showrunner following Russell T Davies' departure.

** Also, [[Neil Gaiman]] writing for series 6.

** The Doctor tends to ignore the fact that ''he just died'' to [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny|near-pathological levels]] when he regenerates.

** Eleven in general in comparison to both Nine and Ten. {{spoiler|It's shown in series 6 he still has guilt for what he did to Rose, Martha and Donna as well as the loss of the Time Lords, however.}}

** Amy Pond. There are actually people who have stopped watching the show altogether because of her, as they feel she's turned it into "Amy Pond and Her Boys". Her [[Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male|mistreatment of Rory]] and coming on to (including forcing herself on/kissing)/flirting with the Doctor is a turn-off for some people.

** Jenny (AKA the Doctor's Daughter). Good lord, ''Jenny''. She's either completely hated, or she absolutely has to return for another episode.

* [[Cargo Ship]]: Some fans pair Doctor and sonic screwdriver.

** The ''show itself'' pairs the Doctor and the TARDIS.

** With Sherlock Holmes of ''[[Sherlock (TV)|Sherlock]]''.

** With Dean Winchester of [[Supernatural]].

* [[Cult Classic]]: The Seventh Doctor's tenure, which had the lowest ratings from the series' history but a ''very'' loyal fanbase.

* [[Damsel Scrappy]]: Tegan, Mel.

** Eleven's Fez.

*** And his bow tie. [[Memetic Mutation|Both are cool.]]

** Wilfred Mott. He attacked a Dalek with a ''paint gun''. He was so popular that he was brought back as The Doctor's companion for ''The End of Time''.

** Captain Jack Harkness was popular enough to get his own show after just five episodes.

** Canton Delaware III is another recent example. Partly due to the fact that it's very hard to forget an ex-FBI agent from 1969 who wants to marry a ''black man''.

** Yet ''another'' recent example is Craig Owens, The Doctor's roommate in The Lodger, who gained a lot of popularity based on the excellent chemistry between James Corden and Matt Smith. [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]] when it was announced that the Doctor would go back and visit him.

** Series Six has followed in suit, and the Spoilers [[Wild Mass Guessing]] page had to be broken down into folders sorting the different type of speculation- e.g. {{spoiler|The Silence, Rory's Death, who is River, etc.}}

* [[Escapist Character]]: The Doctor and his companions.

** The Eleventh Doctor has a meme now. Memes are cool.

** As of series 5, the Angels have started becoming this.

* [[Growing the Beard]]: Being that the series has a few decades of history, it's a bit inevitable that there have been a lot of times when the show's quality gets lower a few times and then back up later. The most notable are the Second Doctor compared to the first, the Sixth Doctor's second season (season 23, Trial of a Time Lord), Seventh Doctor's second (season 25), and Tenth Doctor's, you guessed it, second season (series 3/season 29).

** Some fans would argue that the new series in general was a beard growth compared to the eighties and nineties, and others see it as the point where the show was [[Ruined FOREVER]].

** The Second Doctor was a noticeable improvement on the First, making stories more action-orientated, and spreading his influence to every other Doctor after that.

*** And The First Doctor's second serial, ''The Daleks'', is seen as where the show really took off. As opposed to the rather dull first serial involving Cave Men.

* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]:

** The little girl in "Day of the Moon" being forgotten about only to {{spoiler|find herself sick and dying in New York}} could be bad enough, until you realise {{spoiler|this is a young River Song ''and'' the baby Amy was pregnant with. It also leads into the attempted murder of the Doctor.}}

** In early episodes, it's shown that the Doctor's worst fear is worlds burning down. See Doctor, there's this certain time war that you'll stop...

* [[Hell Is That Noise]]: The attack prayer of the Headless Monks.

* [[Holy Shit Quotient]]: The series does outdo itself constantly in this area due to thrills and scares, but very few can compare to {{spoiler|the sudden reemergence of the ''TIME LORDS''}} in the final scene of ''The End of Time'' Part One, {{spoiler|and their [[Title Drop]] of just what they plan to do.}}

** Specifically, when the viewer gets out ahead of the plot on that one and realizes what's coming just soon enough to scream 'HOLY SHIT' about twenty times before the event actually happens.

* [[Hype Backlash]]: Fandom example. Rose was a fine character on her own, but when Martha was frequently compared to her by both the show [[Die for Our Ship|and the fanbase]], even some of the people who ''liked'' her have come to see her as [[The Scrappy]].

* [[I Am Not Shazam]]: The main character's name is "The Doctor", not "Doctor Who".

*** Then in Series Six he has to deal with {{spoiler|all his memories of 2,000 years threatening to overwhealm him, the constant suggestion that Amy prefers the Doctor over him (she doesn't), his wife dissolving into goo, then his ''child'' dissolving into goo, and then the revelation that River is his daughter.}} Poor guy.

* [[Jerkass Woobie]]:

** Turlough. Especially in his first episode. He gets better.

** Amy as well, thanks to her [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]] moments.

** Every second of the Doctor Who cast and crew's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s4Czla6tXc 500 Miles music video].

*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYztG0G0ywM Sue from Catering] now has her own Facebook and Tumblr tag.

* [[Memetic Outfit]]: Every Doctor's uniform is iconic of that incarnation. Special mentions go to the Fourth Doctor's scarf and fedora, and the Eleventh Doctor's bowtie (which was inspired by the Second's).

** Even justified in-universe. His cologne's actually a genetic modification that includes pheromones.

* [[Moe]]:

** Amy; the original entry on the Characters page compared the chibi-like fanart for her to Karen Gillan.

** On the male side of things, Rory, with his [[Adorkable|adorkableness]], [[Undying Loyalty]] and almost constantly sad eyes.

* [[Moral Event Horizon]]:

** In ''Dragonfire'', Kane has the tourists, passers-through, and residents herded into a spacecraft and blows it to Kingdom Come.

** In ''The Curse of Fenric'', Millington locks two men up in a cellar, leaving them to their Haemovorey death.

** In "Dalek", Van Statten is just arrogant and ignorant... until he decides to keep the Doctor as a specimen, for ''torturing''. And later he dismisses his soldiers as "dispensible" when the Dalek massacres them. After that, there's no excuse.

* [[Most Wonderful Sound]]: The characteristic TARDIS dematerialisation sound {{spoiler|created, according to River Song, by the Doctor leaving the brakes on. ([[I Meant to Do That|He claims it's deliberate]]).}} Of course, this raises the question as to why Romana and the Master had it happen to them, but River could have just been messing with the Doctor.

* [[Narm Charm]]: Often, the series manages to be cheesy while still being on the edge of your seat tense. Any non-humanoid Auton in particular.

** Not to mention the fans who bash David Tennant and/or Matt Smith solely because of the now-infamous line "I don't want to go."

** The Sixth Doctor trying to strangle Peri, which they themselves don't get over until ''The Mysterious Planet''.

* [[Nightmare Retardant]]: The cheaper costumes of the classic era. Sometimes pops up every now and then in the new series.

* [[Paranoia Fuel]]:

* [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap]]: Donna Noble, thanks to a lot of character development. {{spoiler|Unfortunately all undone at the end of series four.}}

** Mickey Smith, from "The Age of Steel". Solidified at the end of "Army of Ghosts".

* [[Running the Asylum]]: It's the longest running Science Fiction show in existence, heavily influencing just about everyone in England who ever did anything related to Science Fiction. Its a fair bet that there's a few long-time fans on the payroll, such as David Tennant.

* [[Scapegoat Creator]]: The series has no one creator to lay blame on, but aside from original producer Verity Lambert, legendary writer Robert Holmes and arguably Tom Baker's second producer, Philip Hinchcliffe, just about everyone who's ever worked on the show has been designated [[Scapegoat Creator]] by some segments of fandom. John Nathan-Turner (Producer, 1980-9) and [[Russell T Davies]] (Executive Producer and Head Writer 2005-2010) are both frequent and popular targets of this.

** The Doctor gets himself and Amy ejected from a giant mouth by making the animal vomit. They go out screaming, with their mouths open.

** The [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Headless]] Monks. All that remains of their heads is ''a tied-off stump''.

* [[Theme Pairing]]: There's a portion of the fandom that ships Adric/Nyssa because they look cute together as [[Conveniently an Orphan|Orphaned]] [[Human Alien]] [[Teen Genius|Teen Geniuses]] traveling through time and space together.

* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: Fan reaction to almost any regeneration and companion addition, sometimes initial, sometimes permanent.