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{{moss|This isn't ''Star Wars''. The [[DWU]] doesn't have "near-humans". People who look like humans but who aren't are called [[humanoid]]. Unless the character wants to apply a bit of a racial slur, in which case, they're called [[human-ish]]. Neither case is capitalised.}} | |||
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[[Thread:120763|Our research has shown]] that the word "near-human", so popular in other science fiction franchises, practically doesn't exist in the [[DWU|''Doctor Who'' universe]]. Thus, anybody who basically looks [[human]], but ''isn't'' human — people like [[Nyssa]], [[Adric]], [[Turlough]] and even [[the Doctor]] — are from '''[[humanoid]] species'''. | [[Thread:120763|Our research has shown]] that the word "near-human", so popular in other science fiction franchises, practically doesn't exist in the [[DWU|''Doctor Who'' universe]]. Thus, anybody who basically looks [[human]], but ''isn't'' human — people like [[Nyssa]], [[Adric]], [[Turlough]] and even [[the Doctor]] — are from '''[[humanoid]] species'''. | ||
Revision as of 20:22, 3 April 2013
This isn't Star Wars. The DWU doesn't have "near-humans". People who look like humans but who aren't are called humanoid. Unless the character wants to apply a bit of a racial slur, in which case, they're called human-ish. Neither case is capitalised.
Our research has shown that the word "near-human", so popular in other science fiction franchises, practically doesn't exist in the Doctor Who universe. Thus, anybody who basically looks human, but isn't human — people like Nyssa, Adric, Turlough and even the Doctor — are from humanoid species.
In a few rare instances, people who look human, but aren't, may be called human-ish, but this is usually a derogatory term, meant to imply that the character believes in some form of subhumanity.
Note that humanoid also means any species that has a vaguely human, bipedal look. So Silurians, for instance, are sometimes called "humanoid reptiles".