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[[ | [[File:ZooDidus.jpg|thumb|The [[First Doctor]], [[John and Gillian]] are guided around a zoo. ([[TVC]]: ''[[The Didus Expedition]]'')]] | ||
A '''zoo''' was an institution which housed animals so that people could look at them. Sometimes, zoos were used less for entertainment and more for the protection of endangered species. | A '''zoo''' was an institution which housed animals so that people could look at them. Sometimes, zoos were used less for entertainment and more for the protection of endangered species. | ||
==Zoos and the Doctor== | == Zoos and the Doctor == | ||
The [[Tenth Doctor]] once claimed to be physically repelled by zoos because, as he told [[Martha Jones]], "the thought of anything being caged hurts me". ([[NSA]]: ''[[The Last Dodo]]'') However, on another occasion, he voluntarily visited a zoo on his own. Although he freed a few of the animals, he did so not on moral grounds, but only because it helped him avoid [[Dalek]]s. ([[DWBIT]]: ''[[Carnage Zoo]] - ''[[Extermination of the Daleks]]'') | The [[Tenth Doctor]] once claimed to be physically repelled by zoos because, as he told [[Martha Jones]], "the thought of anything being caged hurts me". ([[NSA]]: ''[[The Last Dodo]]'') However, on another occasion, he voluntarily visited a zoo on his own. Although he freed a few of the animals, he did so not on moral grounds, but only because it helped him avoid [[Dalek]]s. ([[DWBIT]]: ''[[Carnage Zoo]] - ''[[Extermination of the Daleks]]'') | ||
Indeed, it was quite unclear that other incarnations of the Doctor were particularly bothered by zoos. His [[first Doctor|first self]] was quite happy to help a [[zookeeper (The Didus Expedition)|zookeeper]] recapture his prize [[didus]]. ([[TVC]]: ''[[The Didus Expedition]]'') The [[Third Doctor]] and [[the Brigadier]] once encountered animals in a [[London]] zoo whose dispositions had been chemically altered by [[Cedric Matthews]]. Their goal, however, was not freeing the animals, but merely restoring order to the zoo. ([[TVC]]: ''[[The Arkwood Experiments]]'') In his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]]. the Doctor had a [[TARDIS Zoo|zoo onboard the TARDIS]] which mostly held endangered species. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Changes (comic story)|Changes]]'') | Indeed, it was quite unclear that other incarnations of the Doctor were particularly bothered by zoos. His [[first Doctor|first self]] was quite happy to help a [[zookeeper (The Didus Expedition)|zookeeper]] recapture his prize [[didus]]. ([[TVC]]: ''[[The Didus Expedition]]'') The [[Third Doctor]] and [[the Brigadier]] once encountered animals in a [[London]] zoo whose dispositions had been chemically altered by [[Cedric Matthews]]. Their goal, however, was not freeing the animals, but merely restoring order to the zoo. ([[TVC]]: ''[[The Arkwood Experiments]]'') In his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]]. the Doctor had a [[TARDIS Zoo|zoo onboard the TARDIS]] which mostly held endangered species. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Changes (comic story)|Changes]]'') | ||
==Zoos and companions== | == Zoos and companions == | ||
Although no [[companion]] was known to be a zookeeper, some companions did occasionally remark upon zoos or express a desire to visit them. [[Dodo Chaplet]], for instance, once believed [[the TARDIS]] had landed in [[Whipsnade Zoo]], when in fact it had landed on the ''[[Ark]]''. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ark (TV story)|The Ark]]'') [[Martha Jones]] once specifically requested to be taken to a zoo when allowed to choose her destination. Unfortunately, the request offended the Doctor. Nevertheless they did end up going to a grand zoo which retained the last examples of several endangered species from [[Earth]]. ([[NSA]]: ''[[The Last Dodo (novel)|The Last Dodo]]'') | Although no [[companion]] was known to be a zookeeper, some companions did occasionally remark upon zoos or express a desire to visit them. [[Dodo Chaplet]], for instance, once believed [[the TARDIS]] had landed in [[Whipsnade Zoo]], when in fact it had landed on the ''[[Ark]]''. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ark (TV story)|The Ark]]'') [[Martha Jones]] once specifically requested to be taken to a zoo when allowed to choose her destination. Unfortunately, the request offended the Doctor. Nevertheless they did end up going to a grand zoo which retained the last examples of several endangered species from [[Earth]]. ([[NSA]]: ''[[The Last Dodo (novel)|The Last Dodo]]'') | ||
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