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{{first pic|The Doctor's Brain 1.jpg|The inside of the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s brain. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Invisible Enemy (TV story)}})}} | |||
A '''brain''' was the central area for thought in most sentient biological entities. All | A '''brain''' was the central area for [[thought]] in most [[Sentience|sentient]] biological entities. All [[animal]]s and [[human]]s had brains of some sort. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)}}) It was a biological system made from [[brain cell]]s ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)}}) such as [[neuron]]s ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Before the Storm (comic story)}}) which came together to form the [[mind]], a seat for [[consciousness]], complete with [[memory|memories]] and intention. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)}}) | ||
The [[Fourth Doctor]] claimed that a machine as efficient as the [[human]] brain would have to be bigger than [[London]] and powered by the entire [[Europe | The [[Fourth Doctor]] claimed that a [[machine]] as efficient as the [[human]] brain would have to be bigger than [[London]] and powered by the entire [[Europe]]an grid. A [[Gallifreyan physiology#The Brain|Time Lord's brain]] was even more complex. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Invisible Enemy (TV story)}}) | ||
[[ | The [[Ood]] had two brains. One was carried in their [[hand]]s. There was also a [[Ood Brain|giant brain]] on the [[Ood Sphere]] which formed their [[Hive mind|collective consciousness]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Ood (TV story)}}) | ||
[[K9 Mark 2]] told [[Starkey]] that the second planet in the [[Montoon system]] had an "[[ocean]] of brains". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Curse of Anubis (TV story)}}) | |||
The [[Morpho (species)|Morpho]] were a race of disembodied brains, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Keys of Marinus (TV story)|namedep=The Velvet Web (2)}}) as were the [[Masters of Dorada]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dream Masters (short story)}}) and the [[Shoal of the Winter Harmony]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)}}) | |||
The [[Mechanistrian]]s were [[Korad]]s who had their brains placed in machines. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Peril in Mechanistria (short story)}}) | |||
== Manipulation == | |||
[[Richard Harries]] experimented with [[brainwave]]s. He had sibling [[rat]]s transfer [[knowledge]] through the waves and complete tasks the other had learnt. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Banquo Legacy (novel)}}) | |||
The [[ | The [[Fifth Doctor]] created an [[anti-dreaming device]] that stopped the brainwaves associated with [[dream]]ing. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Snakedance (TV story)}}) | ||
[[ | While most brains were natural, {{O'Mara}} once constructed a giant brain to absorb the mental energies of various individuals and compute the [[equation]]s for a [[Time Manipulator]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Time and the Rani (TV story)}}) | ||
[[Did you know you can personalise your Cybus EarPod|An article]] on the [[Cybus Industries]] [[Cybus Industries website|website]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|EarPod (feature)}}) of "[[Pete's World]]" ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doomsday (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)}}, etc.) allowed owners of [[Cybus EarPod]]s to personalise what content was [[download]]ed into their brain with the next [[Daily Download|daily download]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|EarPod (feature)}}) | |||
[[ | When infiltrating [[Torchwood One]], the [[Cybusman|Cybermen]] of Pete's World converted three Torchwood employees into [[Cyber-agent]]s. This process involved modifying the [[Torchwood earpiece]]s of the employees into [[mind control]] devices and connecting them to the individual's brain through the [[ear]]s with [[Cyber-filament]]. This conversion was seemingly fatal, as a disruption of the [[earpiece]] [[signal]] resulted in [[death]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}}) | ||
== Illness == | |||
[[Miranda Cleaves]] had a [[blood clot]] in her brain, as did [[Miranda Cleaves (Ganger)|her Ganger]]. Cleaves was cured by a poultice the Eleventh Doctor gave her. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Almost People (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Ace|Dorothy McShane]] had her brain function checked when she underwent a full medical examination to be a passenger on the [[Virgil (spacecraft)|Virgil]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|At Childhood's End (novel)}}) | |||
== Transplantation == | |||
In certain circumstances, the brain could be transplanted out of the biological entity into another vessel. This was done with [[Morbius' brain]] after his [[body]] was destroyed. [[Morbius]]' ally, [[Mehendri Solon]], had to find a head large enough to fit the brain and only found the right match when he met the Fourth Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Brain of Morbius (TV story)}}) On [[Thoros Beta]], the surgeon [[Crozier]] accomplished significant results in this field, with the brain of the [[Mentor]] [[Kiv]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Mindwarp (TV story)}}) On [[Pete's World]], the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] there were created by having the brain transplanted from the human form into the cybernetic suit. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)}}) [[The War Chief]], his own body being badly deformed, desired to transplant his brain into the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s body and vice versa. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)}}) | |||
[[Mordrega]] needed to consume human brains to survive. ([[AUDIO]]: | Lady [[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17]] was able to survive the destruction of the sheet of [[skin]] which formed her "body" because her brain was undamaged, allowing her to constitute a new skin body with another skin sheet from her old human body — this one taken from her backside. Her brain meat expired after she used a [[psychograft]] to transfer her consciousness inside the body of [[Rose Tyler]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of the World (TV story)}}, {{cs|New Earth (TV story)}}) | ||
{{Delgado|c}} swapped [[Rupert Murdoch|Rupert]]'s brain for the brain of a [[Bandril]], and used Rupert to organise [[The Master in popular culture and mythology|his media interests]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A letter from the Master (short story)}}) | |||
== As food == | |||
Brains were among the meat eaten by humanoids. | |||
Brains in white sauce were among the food eaten by [[Shockeye]] and the [[Second Doctor]], partially converted into an [[Androgum]], at [[Las Cadenas]], a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[restaurant]], during the year [[1985]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Two Doctors (TV story)}}) | |||
The [[Kantrofarri]] fed on brain matter. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Last Christmas (TV story)}}) | |||
Historians who had been allowed access to the "[[Monster Vaults]]" of the [[TARDIS information system|databanks]] in [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] observed that the [[head]]s of the [[Abzorbalovian|Abzorbaloffs]]' [[absorption|absorbed]] [[victim]]s remained [[life|alive]] and [[conscious]] within the Abzorbaloff's [[digestive tract]] and only when it had completely drained their brains were the heads fully assimilated into its "[[flesh]]y [[corpulence]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster Vault (novel)}}) | |||
== Other uses == | |||
The [[Clockwork Droid|Clockwork Repair Droids]] of the [[51st century]] spaceship [[SS Madame De Pompadour|SS ''Madame de Pompadour'']] thought they could use the brain of their ship's namesake, [[Madame de Pompadour]] herself, to help repair their ship; to this end they opened up [[time window]]s back to [[18th century]] [[France]] to stalk Madame de Pompadour. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Mordrega]] needed to consume human brains to survive. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Ghosts of Gralstead (audio story)}}) | |||
== Characteristics == | |||
=== Brain size === | |||
The [[Judoon]] had rather small brains; a Judoon brain was able to fit in a box that could easily be held in a [[humanoid]] palm. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Brain Trafficking (webcast)}}) | |||
According to [[Tegan Jovanka]], most [[dinosaur]]s had brains "the size of a [[pea]]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TV story)}}) | |||
=== Power === | |||
The [[Great Power]] increased the power of [[Dalek]] brains, but it killed them shortly afterwards. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Daleks (short story)}}) | |||
== The Doctor's brain == | |||
Before his [[Exile on Earth]], the [[Second Doctor]]'s knowledge of how to operate [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] was wiped from his brain. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The War Games (TV story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)}}) | |||
[[Cybusman|Cybus]]-type [[Cybermen]] of the [[Cyber Legion]]s determined that the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s brain was not compatible for [[cyber-conversion]]; as such, they intended to discard it whilst suggesting that other [[body part]]s could be of use. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Closing Time (TV story)}}) The Doctor claimed to have twenty-seven brains when chatting with [[Clara Oswald|Clara]], although it was a lie. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Bells of Saint John (TV story)}}) When the [[Cyberiad]] attempted to assimilate the Doctor, he managed to retain enough [[free will]] to keep just under half of his brain under his control, the [[Cyber-Planner]] calling itself [[Mr Clever]] controlling an equal amount of the brain. Using a [[hand pulse]], the Doctor managed to purge the Cyber-Planner from his brain. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Nightmare in Silver (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Category:Mind]] | [[Category:Mind]] | ||
[[Category:Brains]] | [[Category:Brains| *]] | ||
[[Category:Organs from the real world]] | |||
Latest revision as of 18:27, 3 November 2024
A brain was the central area for thought in most sentient biological entities. All animals and humans had brains of some sort. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)"]) It was a biological system made from brain cells (AUDIO: The Vengeance of Morbius [+]Loading...["The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)"]) such as neurons (COMIC: Before the Storm [+]Loading...["Before the Storm (comic story)"]) which came together to form the mind, a seat for consciousness, complete with memories and intention. (AUDIO: The Vengeance of Morbius [+]Loading...["The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)"])
The Fourth Doctor claimed that a machine as efficient as the human brain would have to be bigger than London and powered by the entire European grid. A Time Lord's brain was even more complex. (TV: The Invisible Enemy [+]Loading...["The Invisible Enemy (TV story)"])
The Ood had two brains. One was carried in their hands. There was also a giant brain on the Ood Sphere which formed their collective consciousness. (TV: Planet of the Ood [+]Loading...["Planet of the Ood (TV story)"])
K9 Mark 2 told Starkey that the second planet in the Montoon system had an "ocean of brains". (TV: Curse of Anubis [+]Loading...["Curse of Anubis (TV story)"])
The Morpho were a race of disembodied brains, (TV: "The Velvet Web" [+]Part of The Keys of Marinus, Loading...{"namedep":"The Velvet Web (2)","1":"The Keys of Marinus (TV story)"}) as were the Masters of Dorada, (PROSE: The Dream Masters [+]Loading...["The Dream Masters (short story)"]) and the Shoal of the Winter Harmony. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio [+]Loading...["The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)"])
The Mechanistrians were Korads who had their brains placed in machines. (PROSE: Peril in Mechanistria [+]Loading...["Peril in Mechanistria (short story)"])
Manipulation[[edit] | [edit source]]
Richard Harries experimented with brainwaves. He had sibling rats transfer knowledge through the waves and complete tasks the other had learnt. (PROSE: The Banquo Legacy [+]Loading...["The Banquo Legacy (novel)"])
The Fifth Doctor created an anti-dreaming device that stopped the brainwaves associated with dreaming. (TV: Snakedance [+]Loading...["Snakedance (TV story)"])
While most brains were natural, the Rani once constructed a giant brain to absorb the mental energies of various individuals and compute the equations for a Time Manipulator. (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"])
An article on the Cybus Industries website (PROSE: EarPod [+]Loading...["EarPod (feature)"]) of "Pete's World" (TV: Doomsday [+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"], PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"], etc.) allowed owners of Cybus EarPods to personalise what content was downloaded into their brain with the next daily download. (PROSE: EarPod [+]Loading...["EarPod (feature)"])
When infiltrating Torchwood One, the Cybermen of Pete's World converted three Torchwood employees into Cyber-agents. This process involved modifying the Torchwood earpieces of the employees into mind control devices and connecting them to the individual's brain through the ears with Cyber-filament. This conversion was seemingly fatal, as a disruption of the earpiece signal resulted in death. (TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"])
Illness[[edit] | [edit source]]
Miranda Cleaves had a blood clot in her brain, as did her Ganger. Cleaves was cured by a poultice the Eleventh Doctor gave her. (TV: The Almost People [+]Loading...["The Almost People (TV story)"])
Dorothy McShane had her brain function checked when she underwent a full medical examination to be a passenger on the Virgil. (PROSE: At Childhood's End [+]Loading...["At Childhood's End (novel)"])
Transplantation[[edit] | [edit source]]
In certain circumstances, the brain could be transplanted out of the biological entity into another vessel. This was done with Morbius' brain after his body was destroyed. Morbius' ally, Mehendri Solon, had to find a head large enough to fit the brain and only found the right match when he met the Fourth Doctor. (TV: The Brain of Morbius [+]Loading...["The Brain of Morbius (TV story)"]) On Thoros Beta, the surgeon Crozier accomplished significant results in this field, with the brain of the Mentor Kiv. (TV: Mindwarp [+]Loading...["Mindwarp (TV story)"]) On Pete's World, the Cybermen there were created by having the brain transplanted from the human form into the cybernetic suit. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)"]) The War Chief, his own body being badly deformed, desired to transplant his brain into the Seventh Doctor's body and vice versa. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)"])
Lady Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17 was able to survive the destruction of the sheet of skin which formed her "body" because her brain was undamaged, allowing her to constitute a new skin body with another skin sheet from her old human body — this one taken from her backside. Her brain meat expired after she used a psychograft to transfer her consciousness inside the body of Rose Tyler. (TV: The End of the World [+]Loading...["The End of the World (TV story)"], New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"])
The Master swapped Rupert's brain for the brain of a Bandril, and used Rupert to organise his media interests. (PROSE: A letter from the Master [+]Loading...["A letter from the Master (short story)"])
As food[[edit] | [edit source]]
Brains were among the meat eaten by humanoids.
Brains in white sauce were among the food eaten by Shockeye and the Second Doctor, partially converted into an Androgum, at Las Cadenas, a Spanish restaurant, during the year 1985. (TV: The Two Doctors [+]Loading...["The Two Doctors (TV story)"])
The Kantrofarri fed on brain matter. (TV: Last Christmas [+]Loading...["Last Christmas (TV story)"])
Historians who had been allowed access to the "Monster Vaults" of the databanks in the Doctor's TARDIS observed that the heads of the Abzorbaloffs' absorbed victims remained alive and conscious within the Abzorbaloff's digestive tract and only when it had completely drained their brains were the heads fully assimilated into its "fleshy corpulence". (PROSE: The Monster Vault [+]Loading...["The Monster Vault (novel)"])
Other uses[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Clockwork Repair Droids of the 51st century spaceship SS Madame de Pompadour thought they could use the brain of their ship's namesake, Madame de Pompadour herself, to help repair their ship; to this end they opened up time windows back to 18th century France to stalk Madame de Pompadour. (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"])
Mordrega needed to consume human brains to survive. (AUDIO: The Ghosts of Gralstead [+]Loading...["The Ghosts of Gralstead (audio story)"])
Characteristics[[edit] | [edit source]]
Brain size[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Judoon had rather small brains; a Judoon brain was able to fit in a box that could easily be held in a humanoid palm. (WC: Brain Trafficking [+]Loading...["Brain Trafficking (webcast)"])
According to Tegan Jovanka, most dinosaurs had brains "the size of a pea". (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TV story)"])
Power[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Great Power increased the power of Dalek brains, but it killed them shortly afterwards. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Daleks [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Daleks (short story)"])
The Doctor's brain[[edit] | [edit source]]
Before his Exile on Earth, the Second Doctor's knowledge of how to operate his TARDIS was wiped from his brain. (TV: The War Games [+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"], AUDIO: Sympathy for the Devil [+]Loading...["Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)"])
Cybus-type Cybermen of the Cyber Legions determined that the Eleventh Doctor's brain was not compatible for cyber-conversion; as such, they intended to discard it whilst suggesting that other body parts could be of use. (TV: Closing Time [+]Loading...["Closing Time (TV story)"]) The Doctor claimed to have twenty-seven brains when chatting with Clara, although it was a lie. (TV: The Bells of Saint John [+]Loading...["The Bells of Saint John (TV story)"]) When the Cyberiad attempted to assimilate the Doctor, he managed to retain enough free will to keep just under half of his brain under his control, the Cyber-Planner calling itself Mr Clever controlling an equal amount of the brain. Using a hand pulse, the Doctor managed to purge the Cyber-Planner from his brain. (TV: Nightmare in Silver [+]Loading...["Nightmare in Silver (TV story)"])
