Gods were beings of divine power from the mythology of many species. The powers, abilities and appearances of the gods can vary greatly from culture to culture. Some might consider Transcendental Beings to be true gods, due to their immense power.
The Doctor didn't believe in any specific god, but had met a number of beings claiming to be gods. (DW: The Satan Pit) However, when the Doctor once stated when someone asked what Christmas is he said 'I should know, I was there. I got the last room'. That means he may have been in Bethlehem at the birth of Christ, as he implies he took the last room at the inn where the stable was where Jesus was born.
Human gods
The Humans of Earth and the colonies had many gods from their various cultures. Most, if not all, of these gods were revealed to be aliens or other advanced beings.
- Cessair was worshipped as Cailleach for thousands of years. (DW: The Stones of Blood)
- The Dæmons were worshipped as various horned gods, including Pan and Khnum. (DW: The Dæmons)
- The Immortals were most of the gods worshipped around the world. (PDA: Deadly Reunion)
- Kronos was regarded as a deity by the Greeks and Atlanteans. (DW: The Time Monster, PDA: The Quantum Archangel)
- The Latter-Day Pantheon was a group worshipped in New York in 1965. (PDA: Salvation)
- Light was worshipped as The Burning One by Nimrod's tribe. (DW: Ghost Light)
- The Osirians were most of the Egyptian gods, not including Scaroth and Khnum. (DW: Pyramids of Mars, City of Death)
- A Werewolf was worshipped by the Brethren as a god. (DW: Tooth and Claw)
- Xoanon was worshipped by the Sevateem and Tesh. (DW: The Face of Evil)
- In the year 100,000 BC, Earth's Sun Sol was worshipped by a Tribe of Cavemen who called it Orb. (DW: An Unearthly Child)
- In the year 1500 BC in Ancient Greece the Hangle-Wang Branch of the Slitheen Family from the 347th Century were mistaken for gods by the Greeks. (NSA: The Slitheen Excursion)
Other Gods and Goddesses
Many other races have had gods of some kind, many also being living beings.
- The Doctor was referred to as "the lonely god" in the legend of the Face of Boe's final prophecy (DW: New Earth), and was worshipped in absentia as "the god of time" by a Roman family after rescuing them from the destruction of Pompeii (DW: The Fires of Pompeii).
- The Time Lords were originally thought to be gods by Minyos, Klist and Plastrodus 14, but they later fell out of favor. (DW: Underworld, PDA: The Quantum Archangel)
- The Dalek Emperor, sincerely believing himself to be a god, was worshipped by the Dalek survivors of the Last Great Time War. (DW: The Parting of the Ways)
- Aggedor was thought to be a god by the Peladonians. (DW: The Curse of Peladon)
- The Deons believed in Ti and thought the Dodecahedron was his gift. (DW: Meglos)
- The Worldsphere God was a machine who watched over the People. (NA: The Also People)
- Kroll was worshipped by the Swampies. (DW: The Power of Kroll)
- The Nimon are worshipped by species, including many of the inhabitants of Crinoth and Skonnos. (DW: The Horns of Nimon)
- The Dæmons, Kaleds and Draconians, among countless other peoples, venerated and/or dreaded The Beast. (DW: The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit)
- Ancient Gallifreyans worshipped their moon Pazithi Gallifreya as a virgin Goddess. (NA: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)
- The Sisters of Plenitude had a goddess Santori they spoke of her during bad times (DW: New Earth, Gridlock)
- Thoueris was mistaken by the Egyptians for a god. (DWM: The Power of Thoueris!)
- Balor was worshipped as a god by the Cynrog. (NSA: The Nightmare of Black Island)
- The Jaftee sequentially worshipped a number of gods, including Donna Noble who they called the 'Ginger Goddess'. They made a habit of trading in old religions for new ones. (NSA: Shining Darkness)
- Rose Tyler could in a sense be included as when she became the Bad Wolf entity she had the powers which a god could possess (DW:The Parting of the Ways). The Doctor would later state to Jack Harkness that if a Time Lord did that they could become "an angry God" (DW:Utopia).