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100 Words Every Doctor Who Fan Should Know

February 10, 2026

100 Words Every Doctor Who Fan Should Know

No. Term Definition
1. 13 lives Traditional Time Lord regeneration limit.
2. 50th Anniversary The Day of the Doctor special.
3. Akhaten Planet with a singing sun god.
4. Allons-y Tenth Doctor’s catchphrase: “Let’s go!”
5. Angels take Manhattan Episode featuring Weeping Angels in NYC.
6. Arcadia Gallifreyan city in the Time War.
7. AUDIO drama Doctor Who stories in audio format.
8. Auton Plastic humanoid controlled by Nestene.
9. Bad Wolf Rose’s recurring message and paradox.
10. BBC Radiophonic Workshop Created early Doctor Who soundscapes.
11. Big Finish Company producing Doctor Who audios.
12. Bigger on the inside TARDIS interior exceeds exterior size.
13. Biodata Time Lord personal timeline record.
14. Blinovitch Limitation Time travel contact causes paradox energy.
15. Bow tie Eleventh Doctor’s signature accessory.
16. Captain Jack Harkness Immortal Time Agent from Torchwood.
17. Cardiff Rift Space-time crack beneath Cardiff.
18. Chameleon Arch Device to rewrite biology and memory.
19. Chronon Time-energy particle used in plots.
20. Clara Oswald Companion: the Impossible Girl.
21. Classic Who Doctor Who from 1963–1989.
22. Companion Friend who travels with the Doctor.
23. Console room Main TARDIS control chamber.
24. Cyberman Cybernetic humans seeking conversion.
25. Dalek Mutant xenophobes in battle casings.
26. Davros Creator of the Daleks.
27. Dematerialisation TARDIS vanishing into the time vortex.
28. Doctor-lite Episode with minimal Doctor presence.
29. DoctorDonna Donna fused with Time Lord mind.
30. Doomsday Daleks vs Cybermen; Rose lost.
31. Expanded Universe Non-TV stories: books, audios, comics.
32. Exterminate Dalek command to kill.
33. Eye of Harmony Black hole powering the TARDIS.
34. Face of Boe Ancient, enigmatic, immortal being.
35. Faction Paradox Time-travel cult from expanded universe.
36. Fandom Community of Doctor Who enthusiasts.
37. Fix point in time Event time cannot be changed.
38. Flux Universe-shattering event in Thirteenth era.
39. Fob watch Container for Time Lord identity.
40. Gallifrey Homeworld of the Time Lords.
41. Gally Fan shorthand for Gallifrey.
42. Genesis of the Daleks Serial about Dalek creation origins.
43. Guns are bad Doctor’s recurring anti-gun stance.
44. Hand of Omega Gallifreyan stellar manipulation device.
45. Harriet Jones Prime Minister: “Yes, we know.”
46. Headcanon Personal fan interpretation as truth.
47. Human Nature Story of Doctor as human teacher.
48. Impossible Girl Clara’s mystery across Doctor’s timeline.
49. Jelly Baby Fourth Doctor’s favored sweet.
50. Judoon Rhinoceros-like police for hire.
51. K-9 Robotic dog companion with laser nose.
52. Kerblam! Delivery company episode with robots.
53. Kovarian Chapter Silence splinter group opposing the Doctor.
54. Last Great Time War Conflict between Time Lords and Daleks.
55. Library, The Planet-sized database; River’s debut.
56. Looms Expanded-universe Time Lord reproduction method.
57. Master The Doctor’s renegade Time Lord rival.
58. Metacrisis Human-Time Lord hybrid consciousness event.
59. Moffat era Showrunner period under Steven Moffat.
60. Mondasian Cybermen Original Cybermen from planet Mondas.
61. Nardole Companion from The Husbands of River Song.
62. Nestene Consciousness Entity controlling Autons.
63. New Who Doctor Who since 2005 revival.
64. Oncoming Storm Name for the Doctor in legend.
65. Ood Telepathic servants with hindbrain in hand.
66. Pandorica Prison built to contain the Doctor.
67. Paradox Time contradiction central to many plots.
68. Psychic paper Blank paper showing expected credentials.
69. Rassilon Founder figure of Time Lord society.
70. Regeneration Time Lord body renewal after fatal injury.
71. Rift Tear in space-time enabling travel.
72. River Song Time-traveling archaeologist; loves the Doctor.
73. Rory Williams Amy’s husband; steadfast companion.
74. Screwdriver, sonic Doctor’s multi-purpose tool; not a weapon.
75. Shadow Proclamation Intergalactic police and justice authority.
76. Showrunner Lead creative producer for a series.
77. Silence, The Species you forget when unseen.
78. Sisterhood of Karn Elixir guardians aiding regenerations.
79. Skaro Dalek home planet.
80. Slitheen Raxacoricofallapatorian skin-suit infiltrators.
81. Sontaran Clone warrior species obsessed with war.
82. Spin-off Related series like Torchwood, Sarah Jane.
83. Spoilers River’s frequent warning about timelines.
84. Stolen Earth Planets relocated by Daleks.
85. Stormcage Prison where River is incarcerated.
86. TARDIS Time And Relative Dimension In Space.
87. TARDIS key Key granting access to the TARDIS.
88. TARDIS translation Matrix that translates most languages.
89. The Doctor Time Lord traveler and healer-adventurer.
90. Time Lord Gallifreyan with time travel mastery.
91. Time Vortex Dimension used for time travel.
92. Torchwood Earth defense institute; Doctor Who spinoff.
93. Trenzalore Planet of the Doctor’s long siege.
94. UNIT Unified Intelligence Taskforce; Earth defenders.
95. Untempered schism Time Vortex window seen by young Time Lords.
96. Valeyard Dark future aspect of the Doctor.
97. Vashta Nerada Piranhas of the air; living shadows.
98. Vortex manipulator Wrist device enabling time travel.
99. Weeping Angel Quantum-locked predator; moves when unseen.
100. Whoniverse Doctor Who shared fictional universe.

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