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|Species name    = Cat
|image          = Cat small worlds.jpg
|image          = [[File:CatTheDaemons.jpg|250px]]
|aka            = Calculating animals with tails, ''Felis catus''
|type            = [[Earth]] [[mammal]]  
|type            = [[Mammal]]
|aka            =
|origin          = [[Gallifrey]], [[Earth]]
|appearances    = [[DW]]: [[Planet of Giants]] <br /> [[DW]]: [[The Dæmons]] <br /> [[DW]]: [[Resurrection of the Daleks]] [[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' <br /> [[DW]]: [[The Empty Child]] <br /> [[DW]]: ''[[Fear Her]]'' <br /> [[DW]]: ''[[Gridlock]]'' <br /> [[DW]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]'' <br /> [[DW]]: ''[[The Lodger]]'' <br /> [[DW]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'' <br /> [[DWM]]: ''[[Prelude Human Nature]]'' <br />[[NA]]: ''[[Human Nature]]'' <br /> [[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'' <br /> [[BNA]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)]] <br /> [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Doomsday Manuscript]]'' <br /> ''[[BFBS]]: [[The Mirror Effect]]'' <br /> [[EDA]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks]]'' <br /> [[ST]]: ''[[Phoenix]]'' <br /> [[NSA]]: ''[[Forever Autumn]]'' <br />[[BFA]]: ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion]]'' <br /> [[BFA]]: ''[[The Church and the Crown]]'' <br /> [[BFA]]: ''[[No Place Like Home]]'' <br />[[BFA]]: ''[[Nekromanteia]]'' <br /> [[BFA]]: [[Zagreus]] <br /> [[DWS]]: ''[[The Cat Came Back]]'' <br /> [[BFA]]: [[The Maltese Penguin]] <br /> [[VG]]: [[Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror]]
|individuals    = [[Wolsey]], [[Mitzi]], [[Marmaduke (Phoenix)|Marmaduke]], [[Biggles (Cats and Dogs)|Biggles]], [[Antranak (cat)|Antranak]], [[Yvonne (Almost Perfect)|Yvonne]], [[Rose-the-cat]], [[Ginger (Fear Her)|Ginger]], [[Moses (Small Worlds)|Moses]], [[Fester Cat]], [[Bessy (The Story of Fester Cat)|Bessy]], [[Bernard Socks]]
|affiliation     =  
|first mention cs= An Unearthly Child (TV story)
|origin          = [[Earth]]
|first cs        = Planet of Giants (TV story)
|mentions        = [[DW]]: [[The God Complex]] <br /> [[DW]]: [[The Girl Who Waited]] <br />
|appearances     = {{appears}}
|individuals    = [[Wolsey]] <br /> [[Splinx]] <br /> [[Mitzi]] <br /> [[Marmaduke (Phoenix)]] <br /> [[Biggles]] <br /> [[Antranak]] <br />[[Yvonne (cat)|Yvonne]] <br /> [[:Category:Felines|See Category]]
|clip            = Face to Face With a Giant Cat - Doctor Who - Planet of Giants - BBC
}}A '''cat''' was a type of [[:category:predators|predatory]] and typically small feline [[mammal]] coming in a variety of colours, shapes, and sizes. Cats could be found on a variety of [[planet]]s, and were commonly domesticated as pets. ([[NA]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') At least some cats were capable of psychic communication with [[Time Lord]]s, as [[the Doctor]] spoke to several.
|bts            = AWW! David Tennant & A Basket of Kittens - Doctor Who Confidential Series 3 - Doctor Who - BBC
}}{{dab page|Cat (disambiguation)}}
{{Looks like|PussyWorlder|Catkind|Kitling|Cat-Person}}
A '''cat''', also known as '''''Felis catus''''', ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Case of the Missing Gasogene (audio story)}}) was a type of predatory and usually small feline [[mammal]]. Cats came in a variety of colours and shapes and were commonly domesticated by [[human]]s and kept as [[pet]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Human Nature (novel)}}) Their ''[[tapetum lucidum]]'' gave them [[night vision]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Bloodletters (novel)}})


== Cat variants ==
Originally [[biological engineer|biologically engineered]] by the pre-[[time travel]] [[Gallifreyan]]s as the '''calculating animals with tails''' (of which phrase "cat" was an acronym), the [[Gallifreyan cat]] had then been seeded throughout the universe by the Gallifreyans as part of their effort to set themselves up as [[god]]s. Gallifreyan cats were intelligent, talking beings, though they still served as pets to their humanoid owners; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Legacy of Gallifrey (short story)}}) the [[Tenth Doctor]] once explained to [[Donna Noble]] that not only were the cats on [[Earth]] not native to the [[planet]] rather of [[alien]] origins, but that they too were intelligent beings. Rather than the prosaic names their [[human]] "owners" tended to give them, their actual names were much grander like "Great Hunter Grimalkin Greycoat Lionheart". Donna, however, did not believe him. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Autopia (comic story)}}) The cats that resided in [[Levenshulme]] corroborated this, as they all displayed intelligence comparable to that of a human, and they chose their names too, but they tended to be subtler. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Story of Fester Cat (novel)}})
=== [[Earth]] cats ===
There were many species of cats found on Earth, including 'common' house cats, [[tiger]]s, and the [[sabre-toothed tiger]]s. The cats of [[Earth]] went extinct some time before the year [[2157]], ([[NA]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising]]'') with [[tiger]]s dying out before [[2148]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[St Anthony's Fire (novel)|St Anthony's Fire]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] once claimed the cats on Earth weren't native to the planet but were in fact aliens, and rather than the rather prosaic names [[human]]s tended to give them, their actual names were much grander like "Great Hunter Grimalkin Greycoat Lionheart". [[Donna Noble|Donna]] believed he was pulling her leg. ([[IDW]]: ''[[Autopia]]'')


=== [[Gallifrey]]an cats ===
Cats on [[Earth]] were extinct by the year [[2157]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lucifer Rising (novel)}})
Cats could also be found on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') They had been introduced into Gallifrey's eco-system by the [[First Doctor]] and [[Ruath]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]'') One of the [[Lord President|Presidents of Gallifrey]] had a pet cat. The cat was eaten by a [[mouse]] that had been enlarged by [[the Rani]] during an experiment. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'')


=== [[Cheetah World]]'s cats ===
[[Maine Coon]]s, [[Abyssinian cat|Abyssinians]], [[Persian cat|Persians]], [[Manx cat|Manxes]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Frayed (novel)}}) [[Siamese cat|Siamese]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Suitors, Inc. (short story)}}) and [[tortoiseshell cat|tortoiseshells]] were all types of cats. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Story of Fester Cat (novel)}})
The [[kitling]]s and the [[Cheetah Person|Cheetah people]] were two species of cat-like creatures found on the [[Cheetah World]]. Both were known to travel off-world. While visiting Earth, the kitlings were easily mistaken for terrestrial cats. ([[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]'')


=== [[Anubian]] cats ===
== Cats in Earth culture ==
A species called the [[Glomb]], which was identical to a cat, was native to [[Anubis (planet)|Anubis]]. ([[K9TV]]: ''[[Curse of Anubis]]'')
[[Victorian]] showmen used to draw the crowds by taking the [[skull]] of a cat, glueing it to a [[fish]], and calling it a [[mermaid]]. The [[Ninth Doctor]] compared the [[Slitheen]]'s [[Space pig|genetically modified pig]] with this trick while explaining the pig's true nature to [[Toshiko Sato]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}})


=== Sapient cats ===
Multiple pictures of cats with [[sunglasses]] existed on the [[internet]]. [[Andrea Quill]] scrolled through them during class on her [[iPad]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)}}) She admitted to [[Tanya Adeola]] that she found them oddly and surprisingly interesting. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|What She Does Next Will Astound You (novel)}})
Several sapient species were cat-like in appearance.


* [[Beserkat Feline]]s
[[Black]] cats were often considered unlucky. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Clockwise Man (novel)}})
* [[Catkind]]
 
* [[Cat-People]]
Cats that resembled [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] were dubbed "[[Kitler]]s" - there was even [[Catsthatlooklikehitler.com|a website]] dedicated to photos of them. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Story of Fester Cat (novel)}})
* [[Cheetah Person|Cheetah People]]
* [[Tharil]]s


== Cats and the Doctor ==
== Cats and the Doctor ==
[[The Doctor]]'s relationship with cats has varied.
[[The Doctor]]'s relationship with cats varied.
 
=== First Doctor ===
=== First Doctor ===
* A cat tried to attack the Doctor and his [[companion]]s when they had been shrunk down to a small size. ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of Giants]]'')
A cat tried to attack the [[First Doctor]] and his [[companion]]s while they were shrunk to a small size. The Doctor and his companions had to freeze since one swipe of the paw would smash them to pieces. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of Giants (TV story)}})
 
=== Fourth Doctor ===
The [[Fourth Doctor]] used the story of ''[[Puss in Boots]]'' to befuddle a P-series [[Genesis III]]. He claimed the [[computer]] was unable to comprehend a talking cat. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Inter-Galactic Cat (short story)}})


=== [[Fourth Doctor]] ===
=== Fifth Doctor ===
* The Doctor used the story of ''[[Puss in Boots]]'' to befuddle a P-series [[Genesis III]]. He claimed the [[computer]] was unable to comprehend a talking cat. ([[DWAN]]: ''[[Inter-Galactic Cat]]'')
The [[Fifth Doctor]] found a cat while searching for a [[Dalek mutant]] on [[Earth]] that had survived the destruction of its casing and injured a soldier. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)}})


=== [[Fifth Doctor]] ===
[[Erimem]] brought a stray cat named [[Antranak (cat)|Antranak]] onto [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)}}) The Doctor disdained it. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|No Place Like Home (audio story)}}, {{cs|Nekromanteia (audio story)}})
* The Doctor found a cat while searching for a [[Kaled mutant]] on [[Earth]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'')
* [[Erimem]] brought a stray cat named [[Antranak]] onto [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion]]'') The Doctor disdained it. ([[BFA]]: ''[[No Place Like Home]]'', ''[[Nekromanteia]]'')


=== [[Sixth Doctor]] ===
=== Sixth Doctor ===
* This Doctor usually wore a coat with one of several [[cat brooch]]es on its left lapel, and occasionally had a variable number of cat-shaped patches sewn into its lining. He sometimes touched his cat brooch for luck. ([[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'') One of his cat badges seemed to change its expression to match the Doctor's mood. ([[WC]]: ''[[Real Time (webcast)|Real Time]]'')
The [[Sixth Doctor]] usually wore a coat with one of several [[cat brooch]]es on its left lapel. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Twin Dilemma (TV story)}}) The coat occasionally had a variable number of cat-shaped patches sewn into its lining. He sometimes touched his cat brooch for luck when he was about to carry out a dangerous task. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)}}) One of his cat badges seemed to change its expression to match the Doctor's mood. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Real Time (webcast)}})
* Whilst fighting off a transformation into an [[Androgum]] in [[20th century]] [[Spain]], the Doctor noticed a stray cat and was tempted to eat it. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'')


=== [[Seventh Doctor]] ===
[[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] noted that the Doctor "had a way with cats." He countered that cats had a way with him. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Condemned (audio story)}})
[[File:Wolsey TARDIS console.png|thumb|right|The [[Seventh Doctor]]'s cat, [[Wolsey]], relaxes atop the [[time rotor]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'')]]
* The Doctor was given a pet cat named [[Wolsey]] by [[Joan Redfern (novel character)|Joan Redfern]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'')


=== [[Eighth Doctor]] ===
Whilst fighting a transformation into an [[Androgum]] in [[Spain]] during [[1985]], the Doctor noticed a stray cat and was tempted to eat it until [[Peri Brown]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]] snapped him out. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Two Doctors (TV story)}})
* The Doctor gave [[Wolsey]] to [[Bernice Summerfield]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')
* The Doctor enjoyed playing with and talking to [[Carolyn McConnell]]'s pet cat Mina. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Vampire Science]]'')
* The Doctor was given a tabby cat by [[Donna]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks]]'')
* When the [[Eighth Doctor]] was infected by [[Zagreus]], among the avatars manifested by [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] to aid him was a Cheshire Cat straight out of ''[[Alice in Wonderland]].'' ([[BFA]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'')
* The Doctor once met a [[Marmaduke (Phoenix)|cat]] who had been given the power of thought by the [[Bestiary of Legendary and Magical Creatures]]. ([[ST]]: [[Phoenix (short story)|''Phoenix'']])


=== [[Ninth Doctor]] ===
The Doctor wore cat cufflinks. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Trouble in Paradise (audio story)}})
* The Doctor picked up and began talking to a cat he found in [[1941]] [[London]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'')


=== [[Tenth Doctor]] ===
=== Seventh Doctor ===
* Upon encountering a cat, the Doctor declared he was not a cat person after his recent experiences with the [[Sisters of Plenitude]]. [[Chloe Webber]] later drew the cat, trapping it in a picture for the [[Isolus]] to play with; along with the Doctor and all the other people and things in Chloe's drawings, it was restored by [[Rose Tyler]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Fear Her]]'')
The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] encountered a mysterious black cat-like extraterrestrial that was transporting humans to another world. The two initially thought it was a house cat until its alien nature was identified. This was actually a [[Kitling]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Survival (TV story)}})
* Despite this, the Doctor seemed to have no qualms with petting the kittens of [[Thomas Kincade Brannigan|Thomas]] and [[Valerie Brannigan]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Gridlock]]'')
* The Doctor and Rose encountered a cat called [[Mitzi]], a test subject which had been sent into [[Hyperspace]] and ended up ruling the planet [[Photris]]. After freeing the [[human]]s on Photris from Mitzi's control, the Doctor and Rose took Mitzi to the [[Powell Estate]] where she would be found and adopted by a younger Rose and [[Jackie Tyler]]. ([[DWS]]: ''[[The Cat Came Back]]'')
* The [[Hervoken]] used the [[Necris]] to force cats to attack the Doctor. ([[NSA]]: ''[[Forever Autumn]]'')


=== [[Eleventh Doctor]] ===
The Doctor was given a pet cat named [[Wolsey]] by [[Joan Redfern (novel character)|Joan Redfern]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Human Nature (novel)}})
* The materialisation of the TARDIS in [[1890]] [[France]] scared away a cat which had been resting in the alley. ([[DW]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]'')
[[File:Wolsey TARDIS console.png|thumb|right|The [[Seventh Doctor]]'s cat, [[Wolsey]], relaxes atop the [[time rotor]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Human Nature (novel)}})]]
* The Doctor psychically conversed with a housecat to glean more information about what was going on in [[79B Aickman Road]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'') [[Amy Pond]] stroked the same housecat. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'')
 
* The Doctor mentioned "a basket of kittens" as one of the things people could think about to avoid experiencing fear which would attract the [[Minotaur]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The God Complex]]'')
=== Eighth Doctor ===
[[File:Eight-cat.jpg|thumb|The Eighth Doctor once visited an alternate reality where he was a cat named [[Tardis Tails]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Glorious Dead (comic story)}})]]
The [[Eighth Doctor]] gave [[Wolsey]] to [[Bernice Summerfield]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}})
 
The Doctor enjoyed playing with and talking to [[Carolyn McConnell]]'s pet cat, Mina. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Vampire Science (novel)}})
 
The Doctor was given a tabby cat by [[Donna (Legacy of the Daleks)|Knight Donna]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Legacy of the Daleks (novel)}})
 
When the Doctor was infected by [[Zagreus]], among the avatars manifested by [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] to aid him was [[The Cat (Zagreus)|a Cheshire Cat]] straight out of ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Zagreus (audio story)}})
 
The Doctor once met a [[Marmaduke (Phoenix)|cat]] who had been given the power of thought by the [[Bestiary of Legendary and Magical Creatures]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Phoenix (short story)}})
 
The Doctor discovered a cat aboard the TARDIS that had come aboard without his knowledge. After it jumped on the TARDIS console, the Doctor kicked it out on an alien planet, to [[Tamsin Drew|Tamsin]]'s dismay. He defended his actions by asserting that the cat was already an alien and thus could survive adequately on an alien world. The cat turned out to be a highly intelligent creature. He also claimed that cats were popular among his people on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Nevermore (audio story)}})
 
=== War Doctor ===
The [[War Doctor]] enjoyed cat [[photos]] sent by the sixth incarnation, calling them adorable. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Doctors Assemble! (webcast)}})
 
=== "Aristocratic" Ninth Doctor ===
A Time Lord that was known as the [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|Ninth Doctor]] once met a homeless cat lady. After she mentioned a cat she lost in 1987, he said the cat "must have used up his nine lives, rather like me". ([[WC]]: {{cs|Scream of the Shalka (webcast)}})
 
=== "Big-Eared" Ninth Doctor ===
The [[Ninth Doctor]] stroked a cat that stayed at the Imperial Club in London [[1924]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Clockwise Man (novel)}})
 
The Doctor picked up and began talking to a cat he found in [[1941]] [[London]], complaining about his [[companion]]s' tendencies to wander off. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Empty Child (TV story)}})
 
=== Tenth Doctor ===
On encountering a [[Ginger (trait)|ginger]] [[Ginger (Fear Her)|cat]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] declared he was not a cat person, due to being once ''"threatened by one in a nun's wimple.''" [[Chloe Webber]] later drew the same cat, trapping it in a picture for the [[Isolus]] to play with. Along with the Doctor and all the other people and things in Chloe's drawings, it was restored by [[Rose Tyler]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Fear Her (TV story)}})
 
The Doctor and Rose encountered a cat called [[Mitzi]], a test subject which had been sent into [[Hyperspace]] and ended up ruling the planet [[Phostris|Photris]]. After freeing the [[human]]s on Phostris from Mitzi's control, the Doctor and Rose took Mitzi to the [[Powell Estate]] where she would be found and adopted by a younger Rose and [[Jackie Tyler]] under the name Puffin. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cat Came Back (short story)}})
 
The Doctor petted the kitten offspring of [[Thomas Kincade Brannigan|Thomas]] and [[Valerie Brannigan]] and even hugged a former member of the Sisters of Plenitude before coming to his senses. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Gridlock (TV story)}})
 
After that, he got over his cat hatred — despite previous statements, "he seemed to be getting on OK with this one". Just as he was coming around, though, the [[Hervoken]] used the [[Necris]] to force cats to attack the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Forever Autumn (novel)}})
 
After Rose Tyler was trapped in [[Pete's World]], the Doctor got a ginger cat and declared he would name it [[Rose-the-cat|Rose]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|A Rose by Any Other Name (comic story)}})
 
=== Eleventh Doctor ===
The materialisation of the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s TARDIS in [[1890]] [[France]] scared away a cat which had been resting in the alley. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)}})
 
The Doctor conversed with a house cat to glean information about what was going on in [[79B Aickman Road]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Lodger (TV story)}}) [[Amy Pond]] stroked the same house cat. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}})
 
The Doctor mentioned "a basket of kittens" as one of the things people could think about to avoid fear which might attract the [[Minotaur]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The God Complex (TV story)}})
 
During his time with [[Valarie Lockwood]], the Eleventh Doctor claimed to have once been a cat's [[mother]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Daleks Victorious (audio story)}})
 
The Doctor compared [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to a cat while talking to [[Clara Oswald]], saying it was "a bit slow to trust, but you'll get there in the end". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hide (TV story)}})
 
=== Twelfth Doctor ===
On his [[browser history]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] had a series of cat photos that he and River Song had used to communicate. He found this somewhat embarrassing. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Twice Upon a Time (novelisation)}})


== Other cats ==
== Other cats ==
* [[Frobisher]] took on a job to find a domestic cat of unknown variant. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Maltese Penguin]]'')
A cat of a [[Pandad IV|Lord President]] of [[Gallifrey]] was eaten by a monstrous [[mouse]], generated by [[the Rani]]'s experiments. This was among the reasons for her exile. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mark of the Rani (TV story)}})
* [[Jasper]] was a sapient cartoon cat, manifested from the mind of a young girl on the [[Crooked World]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Crooked World]]'')
 
* [[Amy Pond]]'s favourite childhood cat was called "Biggles." ([[DW]]: ''[[The Girl Who Waited]]'')
[[Frobisher]] took on a job to find a domestic cat of an unknown variant. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Maltese Penguin (audio story)}})
 
[[Jasper]] was a sapient cartoon cat, manifested from the mind of a young girl on the [[Crooked World]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Crooked World (novel)}})
 
A famished yellow cat was the only witness to the TARDIS materialising in [[Calcutta]] in [[1947]]; frightened, it ran for its life. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Ghosts of India (novel)}})
 
In [[2007]], when [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|ghosts]] appeared all over the world, [[Suzy Monroe]] wanted to film them for the TV show ''[[Ghostwatch]]''. She was trying to have a look at some viewers' sightings. At one of the viewers' sightings, Suzy saw a black and white [[Puss (Ghostwatch)|cat]] which she fondled. No ghost appeared and Suzy left. Meanwhile, [[Sheila G]] wrote an SMS to ''Ghostwatch'' and asked why her cat was scared of the ghosts. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Ghostwatch (video game)}})
 
[[Man (Night Terrors)|A man]] lived with [[cats (Night Terrors)|ten cats]] in ([[TV]]: {{cs|Night Terrors (TV story)}}) the [[Rowbarton Estate]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Night Terrors (short story)}})
 
[[Amy Pond]]'s favourite childhood cat was called "[[Biggles (The Girl Who Waited)|Biggles]]." ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Girl Who Waited (TV story)}})
 
[[Estelle Cole]] owned a cat named [[Moses (Small Worlds)|Moses]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Small Worlds (TV story)}})
 
[[Luke Smith]] and [[Clyde Langer]] once encountered an alien disguised as a kitten, which caused them to be late for school. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Shadow People (audio story)}})
 
The person who owned [[Roger Davey]]'s house before him owned a cat and had a [[cat flap]] put in. This was later used by some [[Adipose]] to escape from his house. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Partners in Crime (TV story)}})
 
[[Rose Tyler]]'s flat in the [[Powell Estate]] had a cat flap. [[Jackie Tyler]] bolted it shut to keep strays out. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rose (TV story)}})
 
In a [[Jackie Reeve's universe|parallel universe]], [[Jackie Reeve]] owned a cat named [[Rose (Jackie Reeve's universe)|Rose]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Endless Night (audio story)}})
 
The [[Rutan]] [[Elizabeth Winters]] took the form of a cat when she wanted to be inconspicuous. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|The Gunpowder Plot (video game)}})


== Behind the scenes ==
[[Sarah Jane Smith]] owned a cat which she had inherited from her Aunt Emily. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Farewells (short story)}})
* The non-canon video game ''[[Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror]]'' portrayed the [[Sixth Doctor]] travelling with a [[robot]] cat called [[Splinx]].
 
* An [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|alternate Ninth Doctor]] once met a homeless cat lady. Upon noticing one dead, he said the cat "must have used up his nine lives, rather like me." ([[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)]]'')
In [[Wonderland]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Iris Wildthyme and the Land of Wonder (audio story)}}) [[the Cheshire Cat]] was native a being. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Iris Wildthyme and the Land of Wonder (audio story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|I'm Dreaming of a Cheshire Easter (short story)}}, etc.)
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[[Paul Magrs (in-universe)|Paul Magrs]] and [[Jeremy (The Stones of Spookiness)|Jeremy Hoad]] looked after [[Fester Cat]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Party Fears Two (short story)}})
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Cat

You may wish to consult Cat (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

A cat, also known as Felis catus, (AUDIO: The Case of the Missing Gasogene [+]Loading...["The Case of the Missing Gasogene (audio story)"]) was a type of predatory and usually small feline mammal. Cats came in a variety of colours and shapes and were commonly domesticated by humans and kept as pets. (PROSE: Human Nature [+]Loading...["Human Nature (novel)"]) Their tapetum lucidum gave them night vision. (PROSE: The Bloodletters [+]Loading...["The Bloodletters (novel)"])

Originally biologically engineered by the pre-time travel Gallifreyans as the calculating animals with tails (of which phrase "cat" was an acronym), the Gallifreyan cat had then been seeded throughout the universe by the Gallifreyans as part of their effort to set themselves up as gods. Gallifreyan cats were intelligent, talking beings, though they still served as pets to their humanoid owners; (PROSE: The Legacy of Gallifrey [+]Loading...["The Legacy of Gallifrey (short story)"]) the Tenth Doctor once explained to Donna Noble that not only were the cats on Earth not native to the planet rather of alien origins, but that they too were intelligent beings. Rather than the prosaic names their human "owners" tended to give them, their actual names were much grander like "Great Hunter Grimalkin Greycoat Lionheart". Donna, however, did not believe him. (COMIC: Autopia [+]Loading...["Autopia (comic story)"]) The cats that resided in Levenshulme corroborated this, as they all displayed intelligence comparable to that of a human, and they chose their names too, but they tended to be subtler. (PROSE: The Story of Fester Cat [+]Loading...["The Story of Fester Cat (novel)"])

Cats on Earth were extinct by the year 2157. (PROSE: Lucifer Rising [+]Loading...["Lucifer Rising (novel)"])

Maine Coons, Abyssinians, Persians, Manxes, (PROSE: Frayed [+]Loading...["Frayed (novel)"]) Siamese, (PROSE: Suitors, Inc. [+]Loading...["Suitors, Inc. (short story)"]) and tortoiseshells were all types of cats. (PROSE: The Story of Fester Cat [+]Loading...["The Story of Fester Cat (novel)"])

Cats in Earth culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Victorian showmen used to draw the crowds by taking the skull of a cat, glueing it to a fish, and calling it a mermaid. The Ninth Doctor compared the Slitheen's genetically modified pig with this trick while explaining the pig's true nature to Toshiko Sato. (TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"])

Multiple pictures of cats with sunglasses existed on the internet. Andrea Quill scrolled through them during class on her iPad. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die [+]Loading...["For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)"]) She admitted to Tanya Adeola that she found them oddly and surprisingly interesting. (PROSE: What She Does Next Will Astound You [+]Loading...["What She Does Next Will Astound You (novel)"])

Black cats were often considered unlucky. (PROSE: The Clockwise Man [+]Loading...["The Clockwise Man (novel)"])

Cats that resembled Hitler were dubbed "Kitlers" - there was even a website dedicated to photos of them. (PROSE: The Story of Fester Cat [+]Loading...["The Story of Fester Cat (novel)"])

Cats and the Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor's relationship with cats varied.

First Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

A cat tried to attack the First Doctor and his companions while they were shrunk to a small size. The Doctor and his companions had to freeze since one swipe of the paw would smash them to pieces. (TV: Planet of Giants [+]Loading...["Planet of Giants (TV story)"])

Fourth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fourth Doctor used the story of Puss in Boots to befuddle a P-series Genesis III. He claimed the computer was unable to comprehend a talking cat. (PROSE: Inter-Galactic Cat [+]Loading...["Inter-Galactic Cat (short story)"])

Fifth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fifth Doctor found a cat while searching for a Dalek mutant on Earth that had survived the destruction of its casing and injured a soldier. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)"])

Erimem brought a stray cat named Antranak onto the Doctor's TARDIS. (AUDIO: The Eye of the Scorpion [+]Loading...["The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)"]) The Doctor disdained it. (AUDIO: No Place Like Home [+]Loading...["No Place Like Home (audio story)"], Nekromanteia [+]Loading...["Nekromanteia (audio story)"])

Sixth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Sixth Doctor usually wore a coat with one of several cat brooches on its left lapel. (TV: The Twin Dilemma [+]Loading...["The Twin Dilemma (TV story)"]) The coat occasionally had a variable number of cat-shaped patches sewn into its lining. He sometimes touched his cat brooch for luck when he was about to carry out a dangerous task. (TV: Attack of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)"]) One of his cat badges seemed to change its expression to match the Doctor's mood. (WC: Real Time [+]Loading...["Real Time (webcast)"])

Charley Pollard noted that the Doctor "had a way with cats." He countered that cats had a way with him. (AUDIO: The Condemned [+]Loading...["The Condemned (audio story)"])

Whilst fighting a transformation into an Androgum in Spain during 1985, the Doctor noticed a stray cat and was tempted to eat it until Peri Brown and Jamie McCrimmon snapped him out. (TV: The Two Doctors [+]Loading...["The Two Doctors (TV story)"])

The Doctor wore cat cufflinks. (AUDIO: Trouble in Paradise [+]Loading...["Trouble in Paradise (audio story)"])

Seventh Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Seventh Doctor and Ace encountered a mysterious black cat-like extraterrestrial that was transporting humans to another world. The two initially thought it was a house cat until its alien nature was identified. This was actually a Kitling. (TV: Survival [+]Loading...["Survival (TV story)"])

The Doctor was given a pet cat named Wolsey by Joan Redfern. (PROSE: Human Nature [+]Loading...["Human Nature (novel)"])

The Seventh Doctor's cat, Wolsey, relaxes atop the time rotor. (PROSE: Human Nature [+]Loading...["Human Nature (novel)"])

Eighth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eighth Doctor once visited an alternate reality where he was a cat named Tardis Tails. (COMIC: The Glorious Dead [+]Loading...["The Glorious Dead (comic story)"])

The Eighth Doctor gave Wolsey to Bernice Summerfield. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"])

The Doctor enjoyed playing with and talking to Carolyn McConnell's pet cat, Mina. (PROSE: Vampire Science [+]Loading...["Vampire Science (novel)"])

The Doctor was given a tabby cat by Knight Donna. (PROSE: Legacy of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Legacy of the Daleks (novel)"])

When the Doctor was infected by Zagreus, among the avatars manifested by the Doctor's TARDIS to aid him was a Cheshire Cat straight out of Alice in Wonderland. (AUDIO: Zagreus [+]Loading...["Zagreus (audio story)"])

The Doctor once met a cat who had been given the power of thought by the Bestiary of Legendary and Magical Creatures. (PROSE: Phoenix [+]Loading...["Phoenix (short story)"])

The Doctor discovered a cat aboard the TARDIS that had come aboard without his knowledge. After it jumped on the TARDIS console, the Doctor kicked it out on an alien planet, to Tamsin's dismay. He defended his actions by asserting that the cat was already an alien and thus could survive adequately on an alien world. The cat turned out to be a highly intelligent creature. He also claimed that cats were popular among his people on Gallifrey. (AUDIO: Nevermore [+]Loading...["Nevermore (audio story)"])

War Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The War Doctor enjoyed cat photos sent by the sixth incarnation, calling them adorable. (WC: Doctors Assemble! [+]Loading...["Doctors Assemble! (webcast)"])

"Aristocratic" Ninth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

A Time Lord that was known as the Ninth Doctor once met a homeless cat lady. After she mentioned a cat she lost in 1987, he said the cat "must have used up his nine lives, rather like me". (WC: Scream of the Shalka [+]Loading...["Scream of the Shalka (webcast)"])

"Big-Eared" Ninth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Ninth Doctor stroked a cat that stayed at the Imperial Club in London 1924. (PROSE: The Clockwise Man [+]Loading...["The Clockwise Man (novel)"])

The Doctor picked up and began talking to a cat he found in 1941 London, complaining about his companions' tendencies to wander off. (TV: The Empty Child [+]Loading...["The Empty Child (TV story)"])

Tenth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

On encountering a ginger cat, the Tenth Doctor declared he was not a cat person, due to being once "threatened by one in a nun's wimple." Chloe Webber later drew the same cat, trapping it in a picture for the Isolus to play with. Along with the Doctor and all the other people and things in Chloe's drawings, it was restored by Rose Tyler. (TV: Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"])

The Doctor and Rose encountered a cat called Mitzi, a test subject which had been sent into Hyperspace and ended up ruling the planet Photris. After freeing the humans on Phostris from Mitzi's control, the Doctor and Rose took Mitzi to the Powell Estate where she would be found and adopted by a younger Rose and Jackie Tyler under the name Puffin. (PROSE: The Cat Came Back [+]Loading...["The Cat Came Back (short story)"])

The Doctor petted the kitten offspring of Thomas and Valerie Brannigan and even hugged a former member of the Sisters of Plenitude before coming to his senses. (TV: Gridlock [+]Loading...["Gridlock (TV story)"])

After that, he got over his cat hatred — despite previous statements, "he seemed to be getting on OK with this one". Just as he was coming around, though, the Hervoken used the Necris to force cats to attack the Doctor. (PROSE: Forever Autumn [+]Loading...["Forever Autumn (novel)"])

After Rose Tyler was trapped in Pete's World, the Doctor got a ginger cat and declared he would name it Rose. (COMIC: A Rose by Any Other Name [+]Loading...["A Rose by Any Other Name (comic story)"])

Eleventh Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The materialisation of the Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS in 1890 France scared away a cat which had been resting in the alley. (TV: Vincent and the Doctor [+]Loading...["Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)"])

The Doctor conversed with a house cat to glean information about what was going on in 79B Aickman Road. (TV: The Lodger [+]Loading...["The Lodger (TV story)"]) Amy Pond stroked the same house cat. (TV: The Big Bang [+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"])

The Doctor mentioned "a basket of kittens" as one of the things people could think about to avoid fear which might attract the Minotaur. (TV: The God Complex [+]Loading...["The God Complex (TV story)"])

During his time with Valarie Lockwood, the Eleventh Doctor claimed to have once been a cat's mother. (AUDIO: Daleks Victorious [+]Loading...["Daleks Victorious (audio story)"])

The Doctor compared his TARDIS to a cat while talking to Clara Oswald, saying it was "a bit slow to trust, but you'll get there in the end". (TV: Hide [+]Loading...["Hide (TV story)"])

Twelfth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

On his browser history, the Twelfth Doctor had a series of cat photos that he and River Song had used to communicate. He found this somewhat embarrassing. (PROSE: Twice Upon a Time [+]Loading...["Twice Upon a Time (novelisation)"])

Other cats[[edit] | [edit source]]

A cat of a Lord President of Gallifrey was eaten by a monstrous mouse, generated by the Rani's experiments. This was among the reasons for her exile. (TV: The Mark of the Rani [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Rani (TV story)"])

Frobisher took on a job to find a domestic cat of an unknown variant. (AUDIO: The Maltese Penguin [+]Loading...["The Maltese Penguin (audio story)"])

Jasper was a sapient cartoon cat, manifested from the mind of a young girl on the Crooked World. (PROSE: The Crooked World [+]Loading...["The Crooked World (novel)"])

A famished yellow cat was the only witness to the TARDIS materialising in Calcutta in 1947; frightened, it ran for its life. (PROSE: Ghosts of India [+]Loading...["Ghosts of India (novel)"])

In 2007, when ghosts appeared all over the world, Suzy Monroe wanted to film them for the TV show Ghostwatch. She was trying to have a look at some viewers' sightings. At one of the viewers' sightings, Suzy saw a black and white cat which she fondled. No ghost appeared and Suzy left. Meanwhile, Sheila G wrote an SMS to Ghostwatch and asked why her cat was scared of the ghosts. (WC: Ghostwatch [+]Loading...["Ghostwatch (video game)"])

A man lived with ten cats in (TV: Night Terrors [+]Loading...["Night Terrors (TV story)"]) the Rowbarton Estate. (PROSE: Night Terrors [+]Loading...["Night Terrors (short story)"])

Amy Pond's favourite childhood cat was called "Biggles." (TV: The Girl Who Waited [+]Loading...["The Girl Who Waited (TV story)"])

Estelle Cole owned a cat named Moses. (TV: Small Worlds [+]Loading...["Small Worlds (TV story)"])

Luke Smith and Clyde Langer once encountered an alien disguised as a kitten, which caused them to be late for school. (AUDIO: The Shadow People [+]Loading...["The Shadow People (audio story)"])

The person who owned Roger Davey's house before him owned a cat and had a cat flap put in. This was later used by some Adipose to escape from his house. (TV: Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"])

Rose Tyler's flat in the Powell Estate had a cat flap. Jackie Tyler bolted it shut to keep strays out. (TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"])

In a parallel universe, Jackie Reeve owned a cat named Rose. (AUDIO: The Endless Night [+]Loading...["The Endless Night (audio story)"])

The Rutan Elizabeth Winters took the form of a cat when she wanted to be inconspicuous. (GAME: The Gunpowder Plot [+]Loading...["The Gunpowder Plot (video game)"])

Sarah Jane Smith owned a cat which she had inherited from her Aunt Emily. (PROSE: Farewells [+]Loading...["Farewells (short story)"])

In Wonderland, (AUDIO: Iris Wildthyme and the Land of Wonder [+]Loading...["Iris Wildthyme and the Land of Wonder (audio story)"]) the Cheshire Cat was native a being. (AUDIO: Iris Wildthyme and the Land of Wonder [+]Loading...["Iris Wildthyme and the Land of Wonder (audio story)"], PROSE: I'm Dreaming of a Cheshire Easter [+]Loading...["I'm Dreaming of a Cheshire Easter (short story)"], etc.)

Paul Magrs and Jeremy Hoad looked after Fester Cat. (PROSE: Party Fears Two [+]Loading...["Party Fears Two (short story)"])

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