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[[File:Tuck in.jpg|right|thumb|[[Leela]] encourages [[George Litefoot]] to eat in her simplistic way. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')]]
'''"Savage"''' was a term used to imply that the subject was more primitive or less civilised than the speaker. Sometimes the term was used neutrally or even warmly, and in other contexts, it had a pejorative edge.  
'''"Savage"''' was a derogatory term used to imply that the subject was more primitive than the speaker.


On [[Unnamed planet (The Savages)|a planet]] visited by the [[First Doctor]], the [[Elder]]s labelled those who lived outside the confines of their cities as [[savage (The Savages)|savages]] to justify their use of them to extend their own lives. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Savages]]'')
On [[Unnamed planet (The Savages)|a planet]] visited by the [[First Doctor]], the [[Elder]]s dismissed those who lived outside the confines of their cities as [[savage (The Savages)|savages]] to justify their medical exploitation of that group. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Savages]]'')
 
On more than one occasion, the [[Fourth Doctor]] referred to [[Leela]] as a savage due to her primal behaviour, displayed most frequently in her violent instincts. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil]]'', ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'')


On more than one occasion, the [[Fourth Doctor]] referred to [[Leela]] as a savage due to her primal behaviour.  However, he employed the term with affection and melancholy — though she could not hear it — when he bade her farewell.  ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil]]'', ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'')
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Revision as of 17:33, 26 January 2013

"Savage" was a term used to imply that the subject was more primitive or less civilised than the speaker. Sometimes the term was used neutrally or even warmly, and in other contexts, it had a pejorative edge.

On a planet visited by the First Doctor, the Elders dismissed those who lived outside the confines of their cities as savages to justify their medical exploitation of that group. (TV: The Savages)

On more than one occasion, the Fourth Doctor referred to Leela as a savage due to her primal behaviour. However, he employed the term with affection and melancholy — though she could not hear it — when he bade her farewell. (TV: The Face of Evil, The Invasion of Time)