Pain
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. (AUDIO: 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)"])
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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.
