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The term was trickier to apply to non-human Earth sapients. For instance, the [[Third Doctor]] referred to the [[Silurian]]s as alien beings even after he discovered they had ruled the planet Earth millions of years before. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'') However, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] later stated that they were not aliens but rather "Earth...liens". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]'')[[File:Supergirl Meets E.T. (webcast).jpg|left|thumb|The members of the proposed "[[alien club]]" with [[the TARDIS]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[Supergirl Meets E.T. (webcast)|Supergirl Meets E.T.]]'')]]On [[Meet That Hero! episode (Supergirl Meets E.T.)|an episode]] of ''[[Meet That Hero!]]'', [[Supergirl]] introduced [[E.T.]] as "the sweetest alien ever". Later in the show, after E.T. grew a [[Kryptonian singing flower]] for her, she proposed the creation of an "[[alien club]]" - an [[idea]] the [[Twelfth Doctor]] was enthusiastic about, offering the help of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[Supergirl Meets E.T. (webcast)|Supergirl Meets E.T.]]'')
The term was trickier to apply to non-human Earth sapients. For instance, the [[Third Doctor]] referred to the [[Silurian]]s as alien beings even after he discovered they had ruled the planet Earth millions of years before. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'') However, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] later stated that they were not aliens but rather "Earth...liens". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]'')[[File:Supergirl Meets E.T. (webcast).jpg|left|thumb|The members of the proposed "[[alien club]]" with [[the TARDIS]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[Supergirl Meets E.T. (webcast)|Supergirl Meets E.T.]]'')]]On [[Meet That Hero! episode (Supergirl Meets E.T.)|an episode]] of ''[[Meet That Hero!]]'', [[Supergirl]] introduced [[E.T.]] as "the sweetest alien ever". Later in the show, after E.T. grew a [[Kryptonian singing flower]] for her, she proposed the creation of an "[[alien club]]" - an [[idea]] the [[Twelfth Doctor]] was enthusiastic about, offering the help of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[Supergirl Meets E.T. (webcast)|Supergirl Meets E.T.]]'')


[[Max (Dummy Massacre)|Max]] quickly deduced that the [[Auton|dummies]] were alien in origin during the [[Dummy Massacre]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dummy Massacre (short story)|Dummy Massacre]]'') on [[26 March]] [[2005]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)|The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre]]'', ''[[Operation Mannequin (short story)|Operation Mannequin]]'')
[[Max (Dummy Massacre)|Max]] quickly deduced that the [[Auton|dummies]] were alien in origin during the [[Dummy Massacre]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dummy Massacre (short story)|Dummy Massacre]]'') on [[26 March]] [[2005]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)|The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre]]'', ''[[Operation Mannequin (short story)|Operation Mannequin]]'') although [[Mickey Smith]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose Tyler (short story)|Rose Tyler]]'', ''[[Mars (WiDW short story)|Mars]]'') was unsure if the dummies were aliens or were [[weapon]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dummy Massacre (short story)|Dummy Massacre]]'')


When [[Major]] [[Jenny Maguire]] asked if it would be to insert [[misinformation]] onto the [[UNIT website]] as opposed to changing the [[password]]s following the discovery that [[Mickey Smith]] was using [[www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk]] to release sensitive information in [[2006]], [[Sergeant]] [[A. Frederick]] told her, scoldingly, that she "[didn't have] [[time]] to knock up a load of fake [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] and fudged [[report]]s about aliens". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose Tyler (short story)|Rose Tyler]]'')
When [[Major]] [[Jenny Maguire]] asked if it would be to insert [[misinformation]] onto the [[UNIT website]] as opposed to changing the [[password]]s following the discovery that Mickey Smith was using [[www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk]] to release sensitive information in [[2006]], [[Sergeant]] [[A. Frederick]] told her, scoldingly, that she "[didn't have] [[time]] to knock up a load of fake [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] and fudged [[report]]s about aliens". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose Tyler (short story)|Rose Tyler]]'')


Shortly following the [[London UFO crash]] in [[2006]], [[Rachel (Alien landing confirmed)|Rachel]] posted on the website [[Doctor Who?]] to ask if any of the aliens were [[single]] as she broke up with her [[boyfriend]] [[Robbie (Alien landing confirmed)|Robbie]] last [[week]] and she felt it would be a good [[opportunity]] to get back at him, imagining his [[face]] if he saw her [[flight|fly]] off with an alien. She suggested that going to the local [[cinema]] in a [[spaceship]] would be a bit more impressive than being [[driving|driven]] around in [[Robbie's dad]]'s [[Mazda]]. Rachel ended her message by demanding Robbie return her [[Cindy Crawford Workout DVD]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien landing confirmed (short story)|Alien landing confirmed]]'')
Shortly following the [[London UFO crash]] in [[2006]], [[Rachel (Alien landing confirmed)|Rachel]] posted on the website [[Doctor Who?]] to ask if any of the aliens were [[single]] as she broke up with her [[boyfriend]] [[Robbie (Alien landing confirmed)|Robbie]] last [[week]] and she felt it would be a good [[opportunity]] to get back at him, imagining his [[face]] if he saw her [[flight|fly]] off with an alien. She suggested that going to the local [[cinema]] in a [[spaceship]] would be a bit more impressive than being [[driving|driven]] around in [[Robbie's dad]]'s [[Mazda]]. Rachel ended her message by demanding Robbie return her [[Cindy Crawford Workout DVD]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien landing confirmed (short story)|Alien landing confirmed]]'')

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Alien
The "Abzorbaloff" presented himself to LINDA as the genuine article of aliens. (TV: Love & Monsters)
You may be looking for the film or the Aliens from The War Games.

Alien was a broad, subjective term. It could be applied as a noun or an adjective for any entity, object, place or practice which was not familiar. In one sense, it meant someone not from one's nation or locality. But more typically it was a synonym for extraterrestrials, or that which was "alien to humans". The Doctor, for instance, often admitted that they were an "alien" to their new human companions. (TV: Rose, The Runaway Bride, The Bells of Saint John, The Woman Who Fell to Earth)

However, the word was equally applicable to humans, from the perspective of extraterrestrials. As Melanie Bush once pointed out to an English cabbie suddenly brought in the presence of extraterrestrials, "We're all aliens to each other." (AUDIO: Unregenerate!) The Time Lords labelled Leela an alien when she visited Gallifrey. The Fourth Doctor, posing to fool the Vardans, ordered that she be banished from the Capitol for being alien. (TV: The Invasion of Time) Romana I once used the label "Earth alien" in reference to the natives of Earth. (TV: The Ribos Operation)

The term was trickier to apply to non-human Earth sapients. For instance, the Third Doctor referred to the Silurians as alien beings even after he discovered they had ruled the planet Earth millions of years before. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians) However, the Eleventh Doctor later stated that they were not aliens but rather "Earth...liens". (TV: The Hungry Earth)

The members of the proposed "alien club" with the TARDIS. (WC: Supergirl Meets E.T.)

On an episode of Meet That Hero!, Supergirl introduced E.T. as "the sweetest alien ever". Later in the show, after E.T. grew a Kryptonian singing flower for her, she proposed the creation of an "alien club" - an idea the Twelfth Doctor was enthusiastic about, offering the help of his TARDIS. (WC: Supergirl Meets E.T.)

Max quickly deduced that the dummies were alien in origin during the Dummy Massacre (PROSE: Dummy Massacre) on 26 March 2005, (PROSE: The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre, Operation Mannequin) although Mickey Smith (PROSE: Rose Tyler, Mars) was unsure if the dummies were aliens or were weapons. (PROSE: Dummy Massacre)

When Major Jenny Maguire asked if it would be to insert misinformation onto the UNIT website as opposed to changing the passwords following the discovery that Mickey Smith was using www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk to release sensitive information in 2006, Sergeant A. Frederick told her, scoldingly, that she "[didn't have] time to knock up a load of fake conspiracy theories and fudged reports about aliens". (PROSE: Rose Tyler)

Shortly following the London UFO crash in 2006, Rachel posted on the website Doctor Who? to ask if any of the aliens were single as she broke up with her boyfriend Robbie last week and she felt it would be a good opportunity to get back at him, imagining his face if he saw her fly off with an alien. She suggested that going to the local cinema in a spaceship would be a bit more impressive than being driven around in Robbie's dad's Mazda. Rachel ended her message by demanding Robbie return her Cindy Crawford Workout DVD. (PROSE: Alien landing confirmed)

Mickey Smith became suspicious of the Guinevere probe after he read that the probe had "stuff about talking to aliens" despite other claims that it was being sent to Mars for just soil samples. (PROSE: Mars)

Revealing his true form to Ursula Blake and Elton Pope, "Victor Kennedy" proclaimed "You've dabbled with aliens... now meet the genuine article!" (TV: Love & Monsters)

Upon seeing the image of Joseph Serf, actually a hologram, Clyde Langer announced that he was "preparing to say the A word", clarifying to Sky Smith that he meant aliens. (TV: The Man Who Never Was)

According to a joke book which the Doctor and Yaz became trapped within, the best alien at steering a car was a Drahvin. (PROSE: Knock! Knock! Who's There?)