A superhero was someone who protected other people from monsters and made them feel secure and safe. (PROSE: Forever Autumn [+]Loading...["Forever Autumn (novel)"]) Some superheroes had secret identities and superpowers. (PROSE: Another Girl, Another Planet [+]Loading...["Another Girl, Another Planet (novel)"]) Numerous fictional superheroes existed in comic books. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio [+]Loading...["The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)"])
Frobisher knew he wasn't a superhero, as they could do everything without the slightest doubt or fear, which he could not. (PROSE: Mission: Impractical [+]Loading...["Mission: Impractical (novel)"])
Several times people compared the Doctor to a superhero. Caroline Darnell thought that the Eighth Doctor was a superhero, and was disappointed when he told her that he wasn't. (PROSE: The Sleep of Reason [+]Loading...["The Sleep of Reason (novel)"])
Rick Pirelli had a similar feeling of security when he thought about the Tenth Doctor and superheroes. To him the Doctor wasn't a superhero, but he was someone that he could turn to if the monsters showed up. (PROSE: Forever Autumn [+]Loading...["Forever Autumn (novel)"])
To Lucie Miller, the Eighth Doctor was like a superhero. (AUDIO: Death in Blackpool [+]Loading...["Death in Blackpool (audio story)"])
Galaxia was part of a trio of female superheroes that were created by Clyde Langer for one of his paintings. (TV: Mona Lisa's Revenge [+]Loading...["Mona Lisa's Revenge (TV story)"]) Clyde later drew the superhero Rocket Man. (TV: The Mark of the Berserker [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Berserker (TV story)"]) Then Clyde created the superhero comic book The Silver Bullet. (TV: The Curse of Clyde Langer [+]Loading...["The Curse of Clyde Langer (TV story)"]) In the comic book The Silver Bullet was a superhero that protected the city from crime. (COMIC: The Silver Bullet [+]Loading...["The Silver Bullet (SJA comic story)"])
Iron Man was a fictional superhero. (PROSE: The Forgotten Army [+]Loading...["The Forgotten Army (novel)"]) Another fictional superhero was Karkus. He was the protagonist of a comic strip which appeared in the Hourly Telepress in the year 2000. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TV story)"]) The fictional superhero Superman crash-landed on Earth as a baby and was the last of his kind. (AUDIO: 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men [+]Loading...["1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (audio story)"]) Batman was a fictional superhero that Clyde Langer admired. (TV: The Curse of Clyde Langer [+]Loading...["The Curse of Clyde Langer (TV story)"]) The fictional superhero Spider-Man was able to scale buildings by crawling along their sides, not unlike a spider. (PROSE: To the Slaughter [+]Loading...["To the Slaughter (novel)"])
Amy Pond named her and Rory's daughter Melody Pond; to her, this was the name for a superhero. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War [+]Loading...["A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)"])
Other realities[[edit] | [edit source]]
Earth-616[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Several superheroes operated in Earth-616, which had an unclear relationship with the Doctor's universe. (COMIC: Clobberin' Time! [+]Loading...["Clobberin' Time! (comic story)"], The Glorious Dead [+]Loading...["The Glorious Dead (comic story)"], etc.)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
As he revealed at the 2016 New York Comic Con, at the age of six, Steven Moffat was the superhero "Red Rat", "for most of an afternoon". He made a costume, and patrolled Paisley for an hour in search of crime.