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Boys were younger men who were children. (PROSE: Scratchman [+]Loading...["Scratchman (novelisation)"], COMIC: The Return of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Return of the Daleks (comic story)"] For humans a boy up to 16-17 years old. (TV: Lost in Time [+]Loading...["Lost in Time (TV story)"], Brave-ish Heart [+]Loading...["Brave-ish Heart (TV story)"]) Both boys and girls were in education throughout their time as this age / maturity. (TV: In the Forest of the Night [+]Loading...["In the Forest of the Night (TV story)"])
Some societies lost even the notion of boys. Following the war the people of Paradise Towers lost the conceptual understanding of what a 'boy' was. (TV: Paradise Towers [+]Loading...["Paradise Towers (TV story)"])
In schooling those attending were referred to boys and girls. (TV: The Mark of the Berserker [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Berserker (TV story)"])
To be two hundred years old was considered to be a boy by the Time Lords. (PROSE: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (novelisation)"])
Around the 1980s a 9 year old boy disappeared whilst out camping near Loch Crag. (PROSE: The Monster of Loch Crag [+]Loading...["The Monster of Loch Crag (short story)"])
In the mid-2000s Mrs Wormwood described Luke Smith as a boy, with an apparent age of 13. (TV: Invasion of the Bane [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Bane (TV story)"], Sky [+]Loading...["Sky (TV story)"])
In 2009 Staal referred to Luke Rattigan as a boy, he was approximately 18 or 19 years old. (TV: The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"])
In 2009 the 456 revealed to Augustus Oduya that a boy from 1965 as a drug. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)"]
Jackie MacLean, April MacLean and Corakinus used 'boy' to describe Ram Singh in 2016 when Ram was either 16 or 17. (TV: Brave-ish Heart [+]Loading...["Brave-ish Heart (TV story)"])
In 2016 Tanya Adeola called Charlie Smith "alien boy", the Rhodian's peers on Earth had ages of 14-17. (TV: Detained [+]Loading...["Detained (TV story)"])
In the 27th century the people on board Crusader 50 and the lifeform from Midnight referred to Jethro Cane as a boy. (TV: Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"])
In inhabitants of the vampire's planet and the vampires themselves (Aukon, Camilla and Zargp) in E-Space around the 32nd century referred to Adric as a boy. (TV: State of Decay [+]Loading...["State of Decay (TV story)"])
In 100,000,000,000,000 the human race, including boys remained. (TV: Utopia [+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"])
Sylas was referred to by his father as "my boy" at Tranquility Spa on Orphan 55. (TV: Orphan 55 [+]Loading...["Orphan 55 (TV story)"])
Collective use
"Boys" could be a synonym for all men, or males, and be related to boyfriends. (TV: Nightvisiting [+]Loading...["Nightvisiting (TV story)"])
Derisive use
Captain Jack Harkness facetiously addressed "all Dalek boys and girls" aboard the Crucible. (TV: Journey's End)
The Ninth Doctor referred to Mickey Smith as "Ricky boy" in 2006. (TV: Boom Town [+]Loading...["Boom Town (TV story)"])
The Eleventh Doctor referred to Rory Williams as "nurse boy" in 2010. (TV: The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"])
Ohila called the Twelfth Doctor "boy", which Clara Oswald found strange. (TV: Hell Bent)