Pain
{{First pic|Fart.jpg|Glune Fex Fize Sharlaveer-Slam Slitheen experiences gas exchange whilst in the skin of Greg Blakeman. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen [+]Loading...["Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)"]) Pain was an unpleasant feeling experienced by organic beings in response to a stimulus that damaged the body in some way. (TV: The Gunfighters [+]Loading...["The Gunfighters (TV story)"]) Pain was often accompanied by autonomic responses. (AUDIO: The Movellan Grave [+]Loading...["The Movellan Grave (audio story)"])
The gas exchange resulting from the use of a compression field caused the Slitheen "painful" flatulence. (PROSE: The Visual Dictionary [+]Loading...["The Visual Dictionary (2007 reference book)"])
An ache was a type of pain. Kiv felt a ache in his skull, a pain in his head. (TV: Mindwarp [+]Loading...["Mindwarp (TV story)"]) After spending all day hiding within a stall in the ladies toilets at Adipose Industries, Donna Noble stoodup in an ache. (TV: Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"])
Certain parts of the humanoid body were more sensitive to pain than others, such as immediately below the eye. The pain of a cigarette being extinguished in this part of the body was enough to successfully break the Eighth Doctor's self-induced trance. (PROSE: Endgame [+]Loading...["Endgame (novel)"])
The Eternal of the same name was a personification of the concept. (PROSE: Set Piece [+]Loading...["Set Piece (novel)"])
While pain was generally considered unpleasant, to the point of the word "pain" being used generally to describe an unpleasant experience or person, (TV: The Caves of Androzani [+]Loading...["The Caves of Androzani (TV story)"]) and as such was often treated with painkillers, (TV: Exit Wounds [+]Loading...["Exit Wounds (TV story)"]) some enjoyed the sensation of pain, while still others enjoyed pretending to be in pain. (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved... [+]Loading...["Of the City of the Saved... (novel)"]) In a more abstract sense, the Twelfth Doctor believed pain to be "a gift", because "without [pain], we can't feel the hurt we inflict". (TV: Death in Heaven [+]Loading...["Death in Heaven (TV story)"]) Additionally, some cultures did not show as much care for those in pain. When a Patient complained of pain, a Mondasian nurse responded simply by turning its volume down. (TV: World Enough and Time [+]Loading...["World Enough and Time (TV story)"]) Ironically, however, the Cybermen spoke extremely negatively of pain and spoke almost pityingly of unconverted individuals for still having the capacity for it. (TV: The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"]) Following the conversion of Tiffany Jenkins by the CyberNeomorphs, she told the Cyber Leader that she still felt the pain but that it didn't mean anything to her. The Trials of a Time Lord [+]Loading...["The Trials of a Time Lord (audio story)"])
The Monks believed that pain was information. (TV: Extremis [+]Loading...["Extremis (TV story)"])
Behind the scenes
In a line from the script of Love & Monsters [+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"] which is not present in the finished episode, Bridget Sinclair claims that there is no pain after being absorbed by the Abzorbaloff.
