Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (14th March 1879 - 18th April 1955) was renowned as one of the most brilliant scientists of the 20th century. The Doctor claimed to have met Einstein. (DW: The Stones of Blood, TN: The Eye of the Tyger)
In the 1940s, the Rani kidnapped Einstein and brought him to Lakertya so that his genius could be used to help create her Time Brain. (DW: Time and the Rani)
Other, unspecified, encounters between Einstein and the Doctor included Einstein stealing the Doctor's TARDIS in one instance, and having his toothbrush taken by the Doctor and 'exterminated' by the Daleks in another. (DW: Death is the Only Answer)
While working on a time machine of his own in 1945, Einstein was accidentally brought onboard the TARDIS, and momentarily transformed into an Ood before being returned home by the Doctor. (DW: Death is the Only Answer)Sherman thought that Einstein came close to the theory of time travel, but lost it with the "three rivers" theory. (ST: The Way Forwards)
The Eighth Doctor claimed that he knew Einstein. Some compared the child prodigy, Nathan Goss, to Einstein, while others believed his potential exceeded Einstein. (SJA: The Lost Boy)
When Mr Smith was about to self-destruct, Clyde Langer asked Luke Smith what would Einstein do. Rani Chandra reminded Clyde that Einstein "didn't have an alien computer in his room that turns into a bomb". (SJA: Prisoner of the Judoon)
The Eleventh Doctor used Einstein as an example of great people who had Dyslexia in order to encourage Elliot Northover to continue trying. (DW: The Hungry Earth)
The Doctor once claimed to have had a party at Frank Sinatra's hunting lodge with Einstein and Father Christmas, producing a photograph of them as proof. (DW: A Christmas Carol)
The Doctor's Fez once belonged to Einstein. (DW: Death is the Only Answer)
