Dear

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Dear was a word that could be used to express affection towards another person. A variation upon it was "dearie".

The Tremas Master called the Fifth, Sixth and Twelfth Doctors "Dear Doctor". (TV: The King's Demons ^[+]Loading...["The King's Demons (TV story)"], AUDIO: The End of the Line ^[+]Loading...["The End of the Line (audio story)"], GAME: Lua error in Module:Cite_source at line 470: attempt to concatenate field '?' (a nil value).) Missy likewise did the same to the Tenth Doctor. (AUDIO: The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 ^[+]Loading...["The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 (audio story)"])

The Eleventh Doctor sometimes used "dear" affectionately. When the Doctor's TARDIS gave him a new sonic screwdriver, the Doctor said "thanks, dear". (TV: The Eleventh Hour ^[+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"]) The Doctor also greeted Winston Churchill with "dear" as the latter phoned the TARDIS. (TV: The Beast Below ^[+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"])

Behind the scenes

Gandalf: "Oh dear.". (WC: Endless Awesome ^[+]Loading...["Endless Awesome (webcast)"])

Upon seeing Lord Vortech on a television screen in a room, Gandalf remarked "Oh dear.". (WC: Endless Awesome ^[+]Loading...["Endless Awesome (webcast)"])