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| | In the [[19th century]], the [[Sea Devil]]s referred to [[human]]s as '''land crawlers'''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Legend of the Sea Devils (TV story)|Legend of the Sea Devils]]'') |
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| |type = [[Humanoid]]
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| |aka = [[Terran]], [[Tellurian]], Earthon, [[Earthling]], ape, Winterlack, Homo sapiens, [[Earthflesh]], Two Leg, [[pudding-brain]]s, Man kind
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| |origin = [[Earth]]
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| |first = An Unearthly Child (TV story)
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| '''Humans''' were a [[species]] of sentient [[primate]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Monster Upstairs (comic story)|The Monster Upstairs]]'') Though humans could trace their [[evolution]]ary past to [[Earth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sun Makers (TV story)|The Sun Makers]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Bloodtide (audio story)|Bloodtide]]'') many billions of humans were born on other worlds after humanity spread through the cosmos. ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'') Humans became so widespread that they eventually came to emphasise their relationship to worlds other than Earth, choosing to think of themselves not as [[Earthling]]s, but as [[Venusian]]s and [[Martian]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dalek Book]]'') In the age when humans established [[colony|colonies]] on other [[planet]]s, [[Earthborn]] was used to refer to humans who were born on the [[homeworld]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ten Little Aliens (novel)|Ten Little Aliens]]'') Their genetics gradually altered as they "mingled" with other species. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
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| Earthbound or Earth-identifying humans went by many names over Earth's long history. For a time, they were commonly called [[Tellurian]]s or Terrans — both derived from alternate names for Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'', ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'') Earthling was also sometimes used, such as by the [[Fifth Doctor]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'') and {{Simm}}. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') [[Ape]], a reference to humans' evolutionary cousins, was a pejorative alternative particularly favoured by [[Silurian]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]'', ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'') and, especially in his [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]], [[the Doctor]] himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'') Later in their evolution, humans became known as [[posthuman]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
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| Nevertheless, the Doctor had a special affinity or "soft spot" for the species, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Defectors (audio story)|The Defectors]]'') claiming at least once to be part human themselves, ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'') and stated themselves to be human on occasion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Daleks (short story)|Doctor Who and the Daleks]]'', [[TV]]: "[[The Unwilling Warriors]]") They also did twice ''become'' fully human. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'') The overwhelming number of their travelling [[companion]]s were human. They also admitted in a [[Gallifrey]]an high court that they had a special affinity for Earth and its inhabitants, thereby determining the [[exile on Earth|location of his Time Lord-imposed exile]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') Moreover, they would wax lyrical about the intrinsic spirit of humanity, revelling in their innate desire to explore, their "indomitability". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'')
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| The inhabitants of [[Mondas]], Earth's twin planet, who were very close to the Terran humans genetically, also called themselves "human". ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') However, to differentiate them from Earth's humans, they were usually referred to as "[[Mondasian]]s". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Flood (comic story)|The Flood]]'')
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| == Characteristics ==
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| === Traits and abilities ===
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| Humans were special in the [[universe]].{{facts}} Humanity had an instinctive need to protect their own genetic line. This could make some individuals resistant to control, such as [[cyber-conversion]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'')
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| Like other creatures, humans generated [[pheromone]]s, chemicals that used scent to subconsciously affect the responses of others. Enhanced pheromones, both natural and artificial, were capable of altering sexual behaviour in humans. These pheromones could be packaged in spray bottles or emitted by a body, such as the [[Sex Gas|gaseous creature]] who possessed [[Carys Fletcher]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]'')
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| The human [[body]] generated [[electricity]]; although a single body could not generate much electricity, a [[population]] of humans numbering in the billions could function as a viable power source. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Code Silver (audio story)|Code Silver]]'')
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| Innate [[psychic]] abilities were rare but not unheard of. Some humans had [[telepathy|telepathic]] powers, though in almost all cases it was weak or suppressed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'') Individual humans displayed psychic powers such as [[psychometry]], [[telepathy]], [[empathy]], or [[Time sensitivity|time-sensitivity]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'', ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'', ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'', ''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]'')
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| Humans had little in the way of telepathic emissions, and were difficult to track telepathically. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'')
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| === Unusual traits of humanity ===
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| The human brain was the only source of a chemical that allowed restfulness. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'')
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| The [[Ninth Doctor]] once remarked to [[Mickey Smith]] that the human race was happy to believe in invisible things while also denying things that were blatantly obvious, claiming it was because they were "thick". ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'')
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| [[Jack Harkness]] said that humans were the only species who went camping. ([[TV]]: ''[[Countrycide (TV story)|Countrycide]]'')
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| The [[Tenth Doctor]] claimed humans were the only species in the [[Mutter's Spiral]] who invented edible [[ball bearing]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'')
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| ''[[The I-Spyder Book of Earth Creatures]]'' stated that the humans were the only species native to Earth who voluntarily wore clothing. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Dodo (novel)|The Last Dodo]]'')
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| A [[Sex Gas|gaseous entity]] that possessed a [[Carys Fletcher|young woman]] fed on sexual energy. It considered the energy produced by the human male at climax superior. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]'')
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| Humanity was observed to possess a tendency to move on and forget after being faced with bizarre incidents such as [[alien invasion]]s, with the [[Seventh Doctor]] describing it as the "most amazing capacity for self-deception", ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') the [[Twelfth Doctor]] calling it a "human superpower", ([[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'') and [[Charlie Smith]] calling it a "fascinating ability". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)|The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo]]'')
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| The Twelfth Doctor claimed humans were the only species in [[N-Space|the universe]] who used [[Emoji]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smile (TV story)|Smile]]'')
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| According to [[the Curator]], humans were the only species in the universe who thought that reading [[book]]s via "one of those computer tablet things" was a good idea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
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| === Perceptions by other species ===
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| The sexual attraction towards humans by non-humans was known as [[humanophilia]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Superiority Complex (audio story)|Superiority Complex]]'')
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| Other species ascribed a variety of traits to humans.
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| Early in their history, the [[Dalek]]s declared "the all-out war on all human beings... everywhere." ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Emissaries of Jevo (comic story)|The Emissaries of Jevo]]'') Such was this animosity that, during the [[Second Dalek War]], the Daleks pursued [[mastery]] of [[time travel]], which they saw as beginning with the destruction of the [[Time Lord]]s and ending with the subjugation of humanity. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'')
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| [[Dalek Sec]] of the [[Cult of Skaro]], after physically merging with the human Mr [[Diagoras]], noted that the human emotions he felt included ambition, hatred, aggression and "a genius for war"; he considered the species "so very Dalek" at heart. Sec also described humans as "the ultimate survivors", and [[Dalek Caan]] cited the fact that versions of [[New York City]] would continue to exist throughout history, as opposed to the Dalek race, which was nearly wiped out. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'')
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| Some aliens were dismissive of humans; the [[Rutan]]s considered them "primitive bipeds of no value". ([[TV]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'') Others saw them as a potential threat or, in the case of the [[Shakri]], as "pests" that deserved to be wiped out. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') The [[Mantasphid]]s, who referred to humans as "fleshy bipeds" and fought a war with them on [[Myarr]], considered them dangerous but also amusingly stupid. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'')
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| For the most part, the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] regarded humans as highly suitable for [[cyber-conversion]], due to their near-identical [[biology]] to [[Mondasian]]s, whom a majority of Cybermen were descendants of. Whilst most Cybermen converted humans by encasing their bodies within [[Cyber-body|Cyber-bodies]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' et al.) the Cybermen of [[Cybus Industries]] tended to simply encase human [[brain]]s within their [[Cyber-helmet]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'') although in one instance, they encased an entire human [[skull]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'') Uniquely, the Cybermen of the [[Cyber-Mainframe]] exploited humans' cerebral functions, both as a means of conversion, and as a means of breaking into [[Parallel universe|parallel universes]]. They also exploited the [[electricity]] generated by human bodies, using billions of humans as [[Battery|batteries]] to power themselves, as they did to the humans of at least one [[Parallel Earth (Telepresence)|parallel Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Telepresence (audio story)|Telepresence]]'')
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| The [[Silurian]]s thought of humans as primitive apes, though some were more open-minded and willing to at least consider the idea of co-existing with them. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' et al.)
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| The [[War Lord]]s considered humans the most aggressive and war-like species in all of [[Mutter's Spiral]] and hoped to use them to conquer the galaxy. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'')
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| The [[Veltrochni]] thought humans were a stubborn species, but very vicious. They also knew of their trait of banding together against common enemies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]'')
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| [[Jabe]], a member of the [[Forest of Cheem]], greatly admired humanity's thirst for exploration, believing that humanity had touched every star in the universe. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
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| == The Doctor and humans ==
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| {{Quote|You lot; you're everywhere. You're like rabbits!|The Eleventh Doctor about humans' ever increasing population}}
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| The Doctor had a particular fondness for humanity. The [[Tenth Doctor]] perceived the species to be one in its infancy, with great potential, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') and remarked he viewed them as "giants" when [[Wilfred Mott]] incorrectly believed the Doctor, as a Time Lord, must view them as mere "insects". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] labelled them "creatures of hope", and believed that [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]]' "beautiful, messy lives [was] what [made them] so fabulously human". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'')
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| {{quote|This planet, these people, are precious to me. And I will defend them to my last breath.|Eleventh Doctor|The Power of Three (TV story)}}
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| The Doctor was critical of human weakness and cruelty on occasion, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]]'') and pushed those around them to be the "best of humanity", if only to find themselves disappointed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]'') In anger, the Tenth Doctor referred to humans as "monsters". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') The Eleventh Doctor criticised humans' ability to be tricked into having "every inch of Earth's existence" profiled by the [[Shakri cube]]s because of them being the "great early adopters" of the cubes, letting the cubes into their homes and work. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') The [[Seventh Doctor]] noted humanity to have "the most amazing capacity for self-deception, matched by only its ingenuity when trying to destroy itself." ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') The [[Fourth Doctor]] once described humans as intelligent predators. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Night of the Vashta Nerada]]'') Despite their fondness for humans, their ninth incarnation would occasionally label them “stupid apes”, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'') while their twelfth incarnation would call them “pudding brains”. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'', ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'')
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| While {{Delgado}} tried to convince the [[Sea Devil]]s that mankind was weak, in an attempt to make peace with the Sea Devils, the [[Third Doctor]] disagreed, saying that "Man is not weak. He is only too proficient at devising weapons of annihilation, and using them." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'')
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| The Doctor's association with humanity lent him some of their characteristics. The Eleventh Doctor identified crying with happiness as a particularly human trait, only to later catch himself doing that very thing. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'')
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| The Fourth Doctor praised the species for their "indomitable" spirit, having "survived flood, famine... plague... cosmic wars and holocausts". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'') The Tenth Doctor further praised their daring explorer's spirit. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'') Whether by accident or intent, most of the Doctor's many [[companion]]s were human, specifically humans from Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]'', ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'', ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', ''[[The Massacre (TV story)|The Massacre]]'', ''et al.'')
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| === The Doctor as a human ===
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| Although most accounts described the Doctor as an extraterrestrial being, a few accounts claimed that they were human.
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| According to one account, the [[First Doctor]] was a human genius who constructed the TARDIS. ([[PROSE]]: '' [[The Equations of Dr Who (short story)|The Equations of Dr Who]]'')
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| The Daleks were under the impression that the Doctor's travels in time had made him "more than human". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'')
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| The [[Eighth Doctor]] claimed to be half-human, on his mother's side. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
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| == History of human evolution ==
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| === Eras of Earth ===
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| :''For a detailed, human-focused history, see [[timeline]]. For the social developments and beginnings of humans, see [[Earth#The human Age|Earth]].''
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| The human race was Planet [[Earth]]'s indigenous species. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' et al)
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| Humans evolved under the influence of a variety of species, including the [[Silurian]]s, who caused the development of racial fear and helped humanity to develop so they would taste better; ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Bloodtide (audio story)|Bloodtide]]''), the [[Mammoth]]s; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cobweb and Ivory (short story)|Cobweb and Ivory]]'') the [[Jagaroth]], specifically [[Scaroth]]; ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'') the [[Silent]]s; ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'' / ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'') the [[Fendahl]], who caused the development of much of humanity's cruelty and capacity for evil; ([[TV]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'') the [[Mal'akh]]; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') and the [[Dæmon]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') During the [[War in Heaven]], [[Shift (Head of State)|an agent]] had to be specially assigned to watch humanity's timeline because so many different parties were influencing it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Head of State (novel)|Head of State]]'')
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| Humanity had official [[first contact]] with aliens either in [[1996]], when the [[Ice Warrior]] [[Xznaal]] attempted to take control of [[Great Britain]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'') or in [[2006]], when the [[Slitheen]] infiltrated [[10 Downing Street]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') After this, alien incidents became far more blatant. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'' et al) One account states that first peaceful contact was the [[Arcturan Treaty]] of [[2085]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'')
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| In the year [[2009]], the entire human race, with the exception of [[Wilfred Mott]] and [[Donna Noble]], on Earth were temporarily transformed into physical and mental duplicates of {{Simm}} and dubbed the [[Master Race]]. This was later undone by the [[Time Lord]] [[Rassilon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
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| In [[2011]], on [[Miracle Day]], death ended for every human simultaneously when [[the Three Families]] filled [[the Blessing]] with the [[Immortality|immortal]] blood of [[Jack Harkness]], which altered humanity's [[morphic field]] and forced every human to continue living regardless of any injuries or illnesses. The Miracle was undone later that year when [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Rex Matheson]] filled the Blessing with Jack's mortal blood. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'', ''[[Rendition (TV story)|Rendition]]'', ''[[The Blood Line (TV story)|The Blood Line]]'')
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| In [[2049]], [[the Moon]] hatched with all of humanity watching and it inspired them to spread into space. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kill the Moon (TV story)|Kill the Moon]]'') An examination of [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]] [[spaceship]]s left over from the failed [[1986]] [[Alien invasion|invasion]] helped to advance human understanding and capabilities of space travel. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') In [[2058]], humans began their interplanetary colonisation. By the year [[2089]], interstellar travel was invented. By [[2100]] humans had colonised a few nearby star systems beginning the species' great diaspora across the stars that lasted until the end of all ages. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'')
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| At some point after the [[20th century]], some of humanity's latent psychic powers were awakened with special [[drug]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'')
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| By the [[22nd century]], humans had developed [[time travel]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'')
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| By the [[26th century]], human genetic engineering had eliminated wisdom teeth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage (novel)|Dry Pilgrimage]]'')
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| By the [[42nd century]], intergalactic travel was common for humans. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'')
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| By the [[51st century]], humans engineered themselves advanced [[pheromone]]s which made them naturally nice-smelling and attractive to others. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'')
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| === Posthuman evolution ===
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| {{Main|Posthuman}}
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| {{Quote|No species can last forever without evolving into something new. Sooner or later the distance from Earth, from the environment humanity evolved to live in, [[genetic engineering]] and eventual interminglings of the gene pool with other species — these were bound to have the inevitable, cumulative effect of turning humanity into a completely different species.|[[Eighth Doctor]]|Hope (novel)}}
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| Circa [[Earth]]'s destruction, humanity began evolving into various states of [[posthuman]]ity, some more [[alien]] than others. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
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| After the destruction of Earth in [[12000000|12,000,000]], some humans evolved into [[homo solarian]]s and lived in the [[Sun]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)|The Brakespeare Voyage]]'')
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| By the year [[5,000,000,000]], interbreeding and evolution had resulted in there being only one "pure" human left, [[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17]]. Cassandra no longer had a recognisable human form however, due to the life-extending surgeries she had undergone. Although believed killed soon after the destruction of the Earth, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') she survived, only to die several decades later after a failed attempt at transferring her [[consciousness]] to [[Rose Tyler]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'')
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| Despite O'Brien being described as the last human ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]''), the human race in some form continued. At some point in their history, the humans spent millions of years as gas. They also spent time as downloads before re-evolving into humanoid form. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
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| Near the [[end of the universe]], a group of inbred humanoid humans who believed themselves to be "pure" survived in a bunker submerged in the [[acid]]ic ocean of [[Endpoint]]. They eventually encountered the [[Eighth Doctor]], who oversaw their integration into Endpoint society. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Hope (novel)|Hope]]'')
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| === Last humans of the universe ===
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| Humans continued to exist until at least the year [[100000000000000|100,000,000,000,000]], becoming one of the universe's last surviving races; by this point, they had re-evolved to be virtually indistinguishable from the humans the Doctor encountered during the [[21st century]] and earlier. At this time, humans on the planet [[Malcassairo]] were hunted by a race of [[humanoid]]s called the [[Futurekind]]. Some believed that the Futurekind were what humans would later become, while others dismissed this idea. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') This fulfilled a legend that humans would be one of three species left at the end of the universe, one of the others being the [[Sycorax]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Agent Provocateur (comic story)|Agent Provocateur]]'')
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| The last known humans, transported to what they called [[Utopia (Utopia)|Utopia]] and under the influence of {{Simm}}, underwent another evolution into a machine-clad race which he called the [[Toclafane]], after a [[Gallifreyan]] fairy tale. The Master conquered the Earth of the early 21st century with the Toclafane with the help of a [[Paradox machine]]. The Doctor, psychically supported by the good will of humanity of the 21st century, defeated the Master. He and his colleagues reversed time, erasing the invasion from history and sending the Toclafane back to their proper place in time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'', ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'')
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| One of the last sentient beings to live in the universe was a copy of the human [[Bernice Summerfield]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Bell Ringing in an Empty Sky (short story)|A Bell Ringing in an Empty Sky]]'')
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| After the end of the universe, all of humanity was resurrected in the [[City of the Saved]], where everyone from [[neanderthal]]s to [[posthuman]]s coexisted. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]'') Some humans left the City to set up a colony in the [[after-universe]]; the [[Anonymity]] was descended from these colonists. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Hundred Words from a Civil War (short story)|A Hundred Words from a Civil War]]'')
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| == What defines humanity? ==
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| According to the [[Third Doctor]], "the definition of the word humanity was always a rather a complex question". When asked, he identified as not originating from [[Earth]], but did not deny his humanity in other senses. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'')
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| Indeed, the term "human" was often loosely applied to non-human [[species]] that were [[humanoid]] or even simply sentient. According to [[Mesanth]], "human" could refer to any [[humanoid|human-like creature]], so a more precise term like Earthon should have been used to refer to the Earth's inhabitants. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shining Darkness (novel)|Shining Darkness]]'') The [[First Doctor]] used the term, including himself a [[Time Lord]], the [[Dalek]]s and the [[Thal]]s, to contrast with plants. ([[TV]]: "[[The Survivors (episode)|The Survivors]]") [[Barbara Wright]], however, used it differently, applying it to Thals — being humanoid — but ''not'' Daleks. ([[TV]]: "[[The Ambush]]") Even the First Doctor identified as a human occasionally, opting to group himself with the Earth species rather than the [[Sensorite]]s. ([[TV]]: "[[The Unwilling Warriors]]") The [[First Elder (The Sensorites)|First Elder]] also referred to the First Doctor as a human during the same adventure. ([[TV]]: "[[A Desperate Venture]]")
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| One of the [[Iron Legion]] identified the [[Fourth Doctor]] as two humans with its [[sonar]] — the Doctor having [[Binary vascular system|two heartbeats]] — and as just one human using its [[infrared]] vision. This caused the robot to conclude this was impossible, and it malfunctioned. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Iron Legion (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Iron Legion]]'')
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| When [[Davros]] lost a good amount of his organic body and encased most of it in an [[Imperial Dalek]]-type shell, the [[Seventh Doctor]] mused that he had "discarded the last vestige of your human form". ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') The [[Second Doctor]]'s excessive [[time travel]] in [[the TARDIS]] made him, in the eyes of the Daleks, "more than human". They therefore saw him unfit to be used to test inserting the [[Human factor]] into their species, choosing [[Jamie McCrimmon]] — a "pure" human — instead. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'')
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| The Third Doctor, shortly before [[regenerating]] into his [[fourth incarnation]], suspected that the one who stole a deadly [[disintegrator gun]] was "more than human". After the defeat of the perpetrator, a [[robot]] named [[K1]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] reflected on how human it had seemed at the start. The Fourth Doctor agreed, saying it was "a wonderful creature, capable of great good, and great evil" — which was what he saw humanity to mean. ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'')
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| "Human" was also a measure of morality; "inhuman" was frequently used to scold immoral people. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'', ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') In fact, even [[the Doctor]] had been shown to use "inhuman" as a synonym for "monstrous" on multiple occasions. ([[TV]]: "[[A Race Against Death]]", ''[[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]'', ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'', ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') When [[Duggan]] applied the term to [[Scaroth|Scarlioni]], he replied that "when I compare my race to yours, human, I take the word 'inhuman' as a great compliment." ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'') When [[Martha Jones]] called the [[Dalek]]s inhuman, they too replied that they were not human, referring to the Earth species. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'') [[Ian Chesterton]] claimed the Daleks "just aren't human" after they ambushed the Thals and killed the Thal leader [[Temmosus]] during his attempt to appeal to the Daleks, claiming that "Any reasonable human beings would have responded to him. But the Daleks didn't." ([[TV]]: "[[The Ambush]]") The [[Sixth Doctor]] once claimed that [[Robert Knox]]' "distinct lack of humanity" was what gave him away as a human, rather than an alien force. Knox later questioned if the Doctor's humanity was showing when he showed sentimentality towards [[Daft Jamie]], whom Knox regarded as a creature. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Medicinal Purposes (audio story)|Medicinal Purposes]]'')
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| [[Jackie Tyler]] once expressed that, should [[Rose Tyler|her daughter]] travel with the [[Tenth Doctor]] for too long, she would become "not even human". ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'')
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