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While '''sentience''' is defined as the ability to perceive or feel, science fiction, including "[[Doctor Who]]," typically define it as having [[human]] level [[consciousness]].<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305700236_Sentience_in_Science_Fiction</ref> According to [[Jingo Linx]], the variety of sentient life forms was infinite. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'') All sentient beings had an entry in the [[Fatality Index]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]'')
According to [[Jingo Linx]], the variety of '''sentient''' [[life form]]s was infinite. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'') All sentient beings had an entry in the [[Fatality Index]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]'')


[[Time Lord]]s made many sentient objects, including their [[chapterhouse]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') [[TARDIS]]es, and many of their [[weapon]]s. This included [[the Hush]]  and [[the Moment]], both weapons used in the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Air (audio story)|Dead Air]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
[[Time Lord]]s made many sentient objects, including their [[chapterhouse]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') [[TARDIS]]es, and many of their [[weapon]]s. This included [[the Hush]]  and [[the Moment]], both weapons used in the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Air (audio story)|Dead Air]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')

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Sentience

According to Jingo Linx, the variety of sentient life forms was infinite. (TV: The Time Warrior) All sentient beings had an entry in the Fatality Index. (TV: Extremis)

Time Lords made many sentient objects, including their chapterhouses, (PROSE: Lungbarrow) TARDISes, and many of their weapons. This included the Hush and the Moment, both weapons used in the Last Great Time War. (AUDIO: Dead Air; TV: The Day of the Doctor)

In New Earth it is mentioned that Sister Corvin wrote a thesis entitled "The Echo of Life", concerning the migration of sentience (TV: "New Earth").

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

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

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