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According to [[Rafando]], all sentient beings had an entry in the [[Fatality Index]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]'')
According to [[Rafando]], all sentient beings had an entry in the [[Fatality Index]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]'')


As recalled by [[Kenossium]], [[the Moment]] was a weapon so powerful that its operating system became sentient. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
As recalled by the [[Eleventh General]], [[the Moment]] was a weapon so powerful that its operating system became sentient. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')


The [[Headless Monks]] paid [[Dorium Maldovar]] in [[sentient money]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Prequel (A Good Man Goes to War)]]'')
The [[Headless Monks]] paid [[Dorium Maldovar]] in [[sentient money]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Prequel (A Good Man Goes to War)]]'')


[[House (The Doctor's Wife)|House]] was a sentient [[asteroid]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
[[House (The Doctor's Wife)|House]] was a sentient [[asteroid]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* Though the original philosophical definition of "sentience" focused on the ability to feel, as distinct from the ability to reason, the term is often used in science-fiction and fantasy to refer to beings possessing [[consciousness]] akin to a human's, which is the meaning which seems to be reflected by the term's use in ''Doctor Who'' fiction.
* Though the original philosophical definition of "sentience" focused on the ability to feel, as distinct from the ability to reason, the term is often used in science-fiction and fantasy to refer to beings possessing [[consciousness]] akin to a human's, which is the meaning which seems to be reflected by the term's use in ''Doctor Who'' fiction.


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Sentience

Sister Corvin wrote a thesis entitled "The Echo of Life", concerning the migration of sentience. (TV: New Earth) According to Jingo Linx, the variety of sentient life forms was infinite. (TV: The Time Warrior)

By the Dalek-Movellan War, Davros, creator of the Daleks, was deemed by Tyssan to have committed "crimes against the whole of sentient creation", for which he was to stand trial. (TV: Destiny of the Daleks)

According to Rafando, all sentient beings had an entry in the Fatality Index. (TV: Extremis)

As recalled by the Eleventh General, the Moment was a weapon so powerful that its operating system became sentient. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)

The Headless Monks paid Dorium Maldovar in sentient money. (TV: Prequel (A Good Man Goes to War))

House was a sentient asteroid. (TV: The Doctor's Wife)

Behind the scenes

  • Though the original philosophical definition of "sentience" focused on the ability to feel, as distinct from the ability to reason, the term is often used in science-fiction and fantasy to refer to beings possessing consciousness akin to a human's, which is the meaning which seems to be reflected by the term's use in Doctor Who fiction.