Pirates were criminals who robbed ships at sea. Space pirates did the same to vessels in space.
The First Doctor sailed around the Caribbean on a pirate galleon. (PROSE: Byzantium! [+]Loading...["Byzantium! (novel)"])
Achilles called Odysseus a pirate. (TV: "Temple of Secrets" [+]Part of The Myth Makers, Loading...{"namedep":"Temple of Secrets (1)","1":"The Myth Makers (TV story)"})
By 1587, Francis Drake was known to Philip II of Spain as "Elizabeth's ruffian pirate", having harried and pillaged Spanish ships bringing back treasures from the Americas. (AUDIO: The Flames of Cadiz [+]Loading...["The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)"]) In 1588, the Fourth Doctor referred to Sir Francis Drake as a pirate. (AUDIO: The Devil's Armada [+]Loading...["The Devil's Armada (audio story)"])
Jack Lawrence was a pirate captain in the 17th century who met his end in a battle with Daleks. (PROSE: Pirates from the Sky! [+]Loading...["Pirates from the Sky! (short story)"])
Samuel Pike was a pirate captain in the 17th century who searched for the treasure of pirate captain Avery. (TV: The Smugglers [+]Loading...["The Smugglers (TV story)"])
Also in the 17th century, the Eleventh Doctor, along with Amy Pond and Rory Williams, encountered Captain Henry Avery himself on his pirate ship the Fancy, before he disappeared. (TV: The Curse of the Black Spot [+]Loading...["The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)"])
Red Jasper was a pirate captain in the 18th century who encountered the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe. (AUDIO: Doctor Who and the Pirates [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Pirates (audio story)"])
Blackbeard was a pirate captain in the 18th century and the subject of several works of fiction. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TV story)"])
Zheng Yi Sao, also known as Zheng Shih or Madam Ching, was an 19th century Chinese pirate captain, remembered as a "pirate queen", who helped the Thirteenth Doctor, Yasmin Khan, Dan Lewis and Sin Ji-Hun fight renegade Sea Devils led by Marsissus in 1807. (TV: Legend of the Sea Devils [+]Loading...["Legend of the Sea Devils (TV story)"])
While in 2007, Rose Tyler wore a blue T-shirt with a black monochrome illustration of a pirate, captioned "Pirates arrr cool!". (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"])
According to a joke book which the Doctor and Yaz became trapped within, pirates stole the Doctor's time machine and renamed it the TARRRRR-DIS. (PROSE: Knock! Knock! Who's There? [+]Loading...["Knock! Knock! Who's There? (novel)"])
Before 2050, Huskian pirates took the Ukkan library card containing the planet Urlic from the Ukkan archives. (TV: Lost Library of Ukko [+]Loading...["Lost Library of Ukko (TV story)"])
Kaliko was a pirate captain in the 40th century who robbed the Oil Corp Oil Rigs on Boukon. (TV: The Infinite Quest [+]Loading...["The Infinite Quest (TV story)"])
In the race for Enlightenment, Wrack's ship, the Buccaneer, resembled a pirate ship. The crew were all pirates who had been taken from their time-period. (TV: Enlightenment [+]Loading...["Enlightenment (TV story)"])
Nathan li Shao was a sky pirate in a pocket universe created by a Charon. (PROSE: Sky Pirates! [+]Loading...["Sky Pirates! (novel)"])
Pym was the captain of the pirate ship Parliament of Rats on the planet Lethe. (PROSE: The Parliament of Rats [+]Loading...["The Parliament of Rats (short story)"])
Quarsian pirates attempted to steal the diamonds of Sartor, but were defeated by the Tenth Doctor. (COMIC: The Diamonds of Sartor [+]Loading...["The Diamonds of Sartor (comic story)"] / Quarsian Mission [+]Loading...["Quarsian Mission (comic story)"] / Android of Death [+]Loading...["Android of Death (comic story)"])
The First Doctor encountered pirates on an unnamed planet who were capable of breathing underwater. (PROSE: Ten Fathom Pirates [+]Loading...["Ten Fathom Pirates (short story)"])
Pyras was a planet home to robots resembling pirates that were controlled by sentient parrots. (PROSE: Battleship Anathema [+]Loading...["Battleship Anathema (short story)"])
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Philip Morris, discoverer of missing episodes of The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear, was kidnapped by pirates and then suffered from PTSD.