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The [[Tenth Doctor]] once claimed to be physically repelled by zoos because, as he told [[Martha Jones]], "the thought of anything being caged hurts me". ([[NSA]]: ''[[The Last Dodo]]'') However, on another occasion, he voluntarily visited a zoo on his own. Although he freed a few of the animals, he did so not on moral grounds, but only because it helped him avoid [[Dalek]]s. ([[DWBIT]]: ''[[Carnage Zoo]]'' - ''[[Extermination of the Daleks]]'') | The [[Tenth Doctor]] once claimed to be physically repelled by zoos because, as he told [[Martha Jones]], "the thought of anything being caged hurts me". ([[NSA]]: ''[[The Last Dodo]]'') However, on another occasion, he voluntarily visited a zoo on his own. Although he freed a few of the animals, he did so not on moral grounds, but only because it helped him avoid [[Dalek]]s. ([[DWBIT]]: ''[[Carnage Zoo]]'' - ''[[Extermination of the Daleks]]'') | ||
Indeed, it was | Indeed, it was unclear if other incarnations of the Doctor were particularly bothered by zoos. His [[first Doctor|first self]] was quite happy to help a [[zookeeper (The Didus Expedition)|zookeeper]] recapture his prize [[didus]]. ([[TVC]]: ''[[The Didus Expedition]]'') In [[1960s]] [[New York City]], the [[Second Doctor]] stopped a mad scientist from using reanimated [[dinosaur]]s to liberate zoo animals. ([[TVC]]: ''[[The Monsters from the Past]]'') The [[Third Doctor]] and [[the Brigadier]] once encountered animals in a [[London]] zoo whose dispositions had been chemically altered by [[Cedric Matthews]]. Their goal, however, was not freeing the animals, but restoring order to the zoo. ([[TVC]]: ''[[The Arkwood Experiments]]'') In his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]]. the Doctor had a [[TARDIS Zoo|zoo onboard the TARDIS]] which mostly held endangered species. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Changes (comic story)|Changes]]'') | ||
== Zoos and companions == | == Zoos and companions == | ||
