Boredom, or ennui, (AUDIO: The Lamentation Cipher [+]Loading...["The Lamentation Cipher (audio story)"]) was an emotion.
The Doctor frequently claimed that he had left Gallifrey because he was bored. (TV: The War Games [+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"], Heaven Sent [+]Loading...["Heaven Sent (TV story)"]) However, Davros believed that this was a lie. (TV: The Witch's Familiar [+]Loading...["The Witch's Familiar (TV story)"]) The Twelfth Doctor confessed it was a lie while inside his confession dial. (TV: Heaven Sent [+]Loading...["Heaven Sent (TV story)"]) The First and Fourth Doctors admitted that there several other "pressing reasons" at the time. (TV: Twice Upon a Time [+]Loading...["Twice Upon a Time (TV story)"], Logopolis [+]Loading...["Logopolis (TV story)"])
Whilst in a dream, created by the Dream Lord, of Upper Leadworth in 2022, the Eleventh Doctor asked Amy Pond and Rory Williams to "stave off the, you know...", to which Amy added "boredom" before the Doctor finished "self harm". Rory answered that they relaxed. (TV: Amy's Choice [+]Loading...["Amy's Choice (TV story)"])
Shortly before his death and regeneration into the Twelfth Doctor, the Doctor joked that as Daleks spoke very slowly, he would probably "die of boredom" before they finally shot him. (TV: The Time of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"])
Things the Doctor found boring included the planet Calufrax, (TV: The Pirate Planet [+]Loading...["The Pirate Planet (TV story)"]) studying Druidic lore, (TV: The Stones of Blood [+]Loading...["The Stones of Blood (TV story)"]) the Vulgar End of Time, (AUDIO: The One Doctor [+]Loading...["The One Doctor (audio story)"]) the two weeks he ran Taunton in the 18th century, (PROSE: The Highest Science [+]Loading...["The Highest Science (novel)"]) sitting watching the cubes all day, (TV: The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"]) Earth in 2105, (TV: The End of the World [+]Loading...["The End of the World (TV story)"]) queuing, golf and taking the bins out. (COMIC: Epilogopolis [+]Loading...["Epilogopolis (comic story)"])
Ace called Perivale "the boredom capital of the universe". (TV: Survival [+]Loading...["Survival (TV story)"])
Gilgamesh believed that danger staved off the boredom of life. He scoffed at Enkidu's claim that there were worse things in life than boredom. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)"])
Morella Wendigo claimed to be bored of Tamsin Drew within seconds. (AUDIO: Nevermore [+]Loading...["Nevermore (audio story)"])
Jack Harkness thought that the Arcans were boring. (TV: Cyberwoman [+]Loading...["Cyberwoman (TV story)"])
Joanna Harris, a vampire, said that she had not been bored since the invention of the Internet. (PROSE: Vampire Science [+]Loading...["Vampire Science (novel)"])
Das, a Neanderthal, did not understand why humans hated boredom. (PROSE: Only Human [+]Loading...["Only Human (novel)"])
The New Earth Republic was so successful that boredom was the only problem. (PROSE: Synthespians™ [+]Loading...["Synthespians™ (novel)"])
Bram and Gregor Van Baalen told their amnesiac brother Tricky he was an android as a joke to relieve their boredom. (TV: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS [+]Loading...["Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)"])
The Toymaker spent centuries wandering the Earth sampling its games (PROSE: The Nightmare Fair [+]Loading...["The Nightmare Fair (novelisation)"]) and luring people back to the Toyroom because he was bored. (TV: The Celestial Toymaker [+]Loading...["The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)"], COMIC: The Greatest Gamble [+]Loading...{"page":"40-42","1":"The Greatest Gamble (comic story)"})