Genius

A genius was someone who demonstrated exceptional intelligence. Coal Hill science teacher Ian Chesterton believed his student Susan Foreman to be a genius. (TV: "An Unearthly Child" ^[+]Part of An Unearthly Child, Loading...{"namedep":"An Unearthly Child (1)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"})

The Second Doctor successfully convinced an Ice Warrior to spare his life by claiming to be a genius. (TV: The Seeds of Death (episode three) ^[+]Loading...{"ep":"three","1":"The Seeds of Death (TV story)"})

The Fourth Doctor said that Davros was an "evil genius." Romana II told Sharrel that the Doctor was "an absolute genius" at robotics. (TV: Destiny of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)"])

Peri Brown and the Sixth Doctor respectively suggested "bevy" and "inspiration" as the noun for a collection of geniuses, though neither were sure which was correct. (TV: The Mark of the Rani ^[+]Loading...["The Mark of the Rani (TV story)"])

The Tenth Doctor told John Lumic that he would call him a genius "except I'm in the room". (TV: The Age of Steel ^[+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"]) He later referred to William Shakespeare as "a genius. The genius." (TV: The Shakespeare Code ^[+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"])

Morris Gibbons was a child genius. (TV: The Legend of Ruby Sunday ^[+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)"])