Scientist

Liz Shaw, a scientist. (TV: Spearhead from Space)

A scientist was someone who studied or practised sciences.

According to Barbara Wright, scientists were "men of learning". (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth) Lobos described scientists as "intelligent and enquiring." (TV: The Space Museum)

The job of a scientist included performing experiments (TV: The Savages) and investigating and examining the unknown. (TV: The Tenth Planet)

History

Scientist was one of the Sensorites' ranks on the Sense Sphere, and was denoted by a swirling pattern insignia worn on the chest of the scientists' grey bodysuits. Two Sensorite scientists treated John, the mineralogist on Captain Maitland's ship, to restore his mind after he was driven insane. (TV: The Sensorites)

Edward Waterfield and Theodore Maxtible were human scientists who experimented with time travel, bringing them into contact with the Daleks in 1866. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks)

Fyodor Nikolai Kerensky was a scientist working for Count Scarlioni in 1979. He was killed by the Count when he was no longer useful. (TV: City of Death)

Soldeed was the last surviving scientist and de facto leader of the planet Skonnos. He arranged a deal with the Nimon so Skonnos could conquer the galaxy. When he discovered the Nimon would not honour their agreement, he could not believe it. He was killed by Seth. (TV: The Horns of Nimon)

During the Thousand Year War on the planet Skaro, the Kaled race housed their Scientific Elite in a bunker, tasking them to produce inventions that would win them the war. Their leader, Davros engineered the Dalek race as the ultimate warrior. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks) The Daleks had their own scientistic castes such as the Temporal Research Team and the Dalek Scientific Division. (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks, AUDIO: The Genocide Machine, Return of the Daleks) Despite their importance, at least one scientist was regarded as a social outcast among the Daleks, abandoned in its laboratory. (AUDIO: Mutually Assured Destruction) In the New Dalek Paradigm, the Scientist Daleks were denoted by their orange casings. (TV: Victory of the Daleks)

An unnamed scientist created the Umbra, and brought destruction to his home planet. (COMIC: The Eye of Torment)

The Doctor was regarded as a scientist, (TV: Destiny of the Daleks) serving as a scientific advisor to UNIT. (TV: Spearhead from Space)

Some of the Doctor's companions were scientists, such as Zoe Heriot, (TV: The Wheel in Space) Liz Shaw, (TV: Spearhead from Space) Nyssa, (TV: The Keeper of Traken) Elizabeth Klein, (AUDIO: A Thousand Tiny Wings) Valarie Lockwood, (AUDIO: The Inheritance) and Alice Watson. (AUDIO: The Time Machine)

When the Dalek Restoration Empire came to Mechanus to fight off the Entity, the Dalek Prime Strategist demanded to speak to a scientist, Mechanoid 2150 arriving to meet him. (WC: Planet of the Mechanoids)

Brenna and Sharlan introduced themselves to Susan Foreman and Barbara Wright as the first scientists of the Ashtallan race. (AUDIO: The Invention of Death)

Fifty cycles after the Thal-Dalek battle, Tryana was the Chief Scientist of the Thals. (AUDIO: Return to Skaro)