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'''Impersonation''' was a word with two related meanings.
The [[Second Doctor]] once '''impersonated''' an [[Earth Examiner]] on [[Vulcan]] using the official [[badge]] he took from the Examiner's [[dead]] body. When he confronted [[Bragen]] about the latter being the [[leader]] of the [[rebel]]s, [[Bragen]] threatened to reveal that [[The Examiner (The Power of the Daleks)|the real Examiner]] was dead, and that the Doctor was an [[imposter]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of the Daleks (TV story)}})
 
== Deceptive ==
 
In one sense, to impersonate someone meant to pretend to be them when you're not. This could apply to specific people ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Enemy of the World (TV story)}}, {{cs|Meglos (TV story)}}, {{cs|It Takes You Away (TV story)}}, et al.) or to ranks and official statuses: when [[Clara Oswald]] pretended to be from [[Health and Safety]], [[Fenton (Flatline)|Fenton]] claimed that she was "impersonating a government official". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Flatline (TV story)}})
 
Impersonating [[official personnel]] was a [[crime]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Kursaal (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of the Daleks (TV story)}}, {{cs|Flatline (TV story)}})
 
=== History ===
 
In [[Rome]] in the year [[64]], the [[First Doctor]] impersonated the [[lyre]] player [[Maximus Pettulian]] at [[Emperor]] [[Nero]]'s [[court]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Romans (TV story)}})
 
The [[Second Doctor]] once impersonated an [[Earth Examiner]] on [[Vulcan]] using the official [[badge]] he took from the Examiner's [[dead]] body. When he confronted [[Bragen]] about the latter being the [[leader]] of the [[rebel]]s, [[Bragen]] threatened to reveal that [[The Examiner (The Power of the Daleks)|the real Examiner]] was dead, and that the Doctor was an [[imposter]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of the Daleks (TV story)}})


The Second Doctor was convinced by [[Giles Kent]] to impersonate [[Salamander]] in order to infiltrate [[Kanowa research station|the research station at Kanowa]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Enemy of the World (TV story)}}) Salamander also impersonated the Second Doctor on at least two occasions — once when trying to convince [[Jamie McCrimmon]] to let him into [[the TARDIS]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Enemy of the World (TV story)|ep=6}}) and once in the [[UNIT HQ|UNIT headquarters]] when trying to steal [[time travel]] technology from the [[Third Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Heralds of Destruction (comic story)}})
The Second Doctor was convinced by [[Giles Kent]] to impersonate [[Salamander]] in order to infiltrate [[Kanowa research station|the research station at Kanowa]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Enemy of the World (TV story)}}) Salamander also impersonated the Second Doctor on at least two occasions — once when trying to convince [[Jamie McCrimmon]] to let him into [[the TARDIS]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Enemy of the World (TV story)|ep=6}}) and once in the [[UNIT HQ|UNIT headquarters]] when trying to steal [[time travel]] technology from the [[Third Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Heralds of Destruction (comic story)}})
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While under {{Ainley}}'s control, [[Adric]] used a [[Block Transfer Computation]] version of himself to convince [[Nyssa]] that the [[Fifth Doctor]] had to remain in [[Castrovalva]]. The Master then remarked that what Adric had done was "a perfect impersonation of [him]self". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Castrovalva (TV story)|part=three}})
While under {{Ainley}}'s control, [[Adric]] used a [[Block Transfer Computation]] version of himself to convince [[Nyssa]] that the [[Fifth Doctor]] had to remain in [[Castrovalva]]. The Master then remarked that what Adric had done was "a perfect impersonation of [him]self". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Castrovalva (TV story)|part=three}})
[[Lancelot Takis]] and [[August Lilt]] met serving in the [[Peninsular Wars]] on [[planet]] [[JJ33]]. They [[entertainment|entertained]] the [[troop]]s by impersonating [[Laurel and Hardy]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Revelation of the Daleks (novelisation)}})


The [[First Rani]] impersonated [[Mel Bush]] in order to convince the recently [[regenerated]] [[Seventh Doctor]] to [[help]] her with the [[Time Manipulator]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Time and the Rani (TV story)}})
The [[First Rani]] impersonated [[Mel Bush]] in order to convince the recently [[regenerated]] [[Seventh Doctor]] to [[help]] her with the [[Time Manipulator]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Time and the Rani (TV story)}})
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According to [[Allopta]], "[[Rep (The Taking of Planet 5)|Reps]]" were known to impersonate "[[peasant]] [[hero]]es and [[bandit]]s" in order to "stir up trouble among the more [[gullible]] [[species]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|chaptnum=9}})
According to [[Allopta]], "[[Rep (The Taking of Planet 5)|Reps]]" were known to impersonate "[[peasant]] [[hero]]es and [[bandit]]s" in order to "stir up trouble among the more [[gullible]] [[species]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|chaptnum=9}})
[[Bob (Father Time)|Bob]] liked [[Miranda Dawkins]] because she could call him "Bob" "without doing a [[Rowan Atkinson (in-universe)|Rowan Atkinson]] impersonation". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Father Time (novel)|chaptnum=12|chaptname=Voices from the Past}}) Bob once remarked that Miranda's impressions of friends and other people were "brilliant", and that she "should be on ''[[Spitting Image]]''". He himself could only do an impression of [[Rik Mayall]]. According to Miranda, impersonation was a "trick" that [[Eighth Doctor|her father]] taught her. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Father Time (novel)}})


"[[The Unicorn]]", a master [[thief]] in [[1920s]] [[England]], impersonated [[Robina Redmond]], a [[London]] socialite, at a [[party]] at the [[Eddison Manor]]. This allowed her to [[steal]] the [[Firestone]] from [[Lady]] [[Clemency Eddison]], but she returned the [[necklace]] when publicly confronted by the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] about her true [[identity]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)}})
"[[The Unicorn]]", a master [[thief]] in [[1920s]] [[England]], impersonated [[Robina Redmond]], a [[London]] socialite, at a [[party]] at the [[Eddison Manor]]. This allowed her to [[steal]] the [[Firestone]] from [[Lady]] [[Clemency Eddison]], but she returned the [[necklace]] when publicly confronted by the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] about her true [[identity]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)}})
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] described [[Francesca Latimer|Francesca]] and [[Digby Latimer]]'s [[Ice Governess|late governess]], revived by the [[Great Intelligence]]'s [[telepathy|telepathic]] snow, as "a living [[ice]] [[sculpture]] impersonating [[Punch and Judy|Mr Punch]]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}})


[[Clara Oswald]] once pretended to be from [[Health and Safety]] in order to secure her position as [[leader]] of a group of workers hiding from the [[Boneless]]. [[Fenton (Flatline)|Fenton]] claimed that she was "impersonating a government official". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Flatline (TV story)}})
[[Clara Oswald]] once pretended to be from [[Health and Safety]] in order to secure her position as [[leader]] of a group of workers hiding from the [[Boneless]]. [[Fenton (Flatline)|Fenton]] claimed that she was "impersonating a government official". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Flatline (TV story)}})


The [[Solitract]] created an image of [[Trine (It Takes You Away)|Trine]] and [[Grace O'Brien]] in order to convince [[Erik (It Takes You Away)|Erik]] and [[Graham O'Brien]] respectively to stay on the [[Solitract plane]]. However, Graham rejected the false Grace because he believed his real [[wife]] would care for the [[safety]] of her [[grandson]], [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]], above all else, and Erik was thrown out of the "mirror [[universe]]" when the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] convinced the Solitract that it would be much more interesting to let ''her'' stay instead. ([[TV]]: {{cs|It Takes You Away (TV story)}})
The [[Solitract]] created an image of [[Trine (It Takes You Away)|Trine]] and [[Grace O'Brien]] in order to convince [[Erik (It Takes You Away)|Erik]] and [[Graham O'Brien]] respectively to stay on the [[Solitract plane]]. However, Graham rejected the false Grace because he believed his real [[wife]] would care for the [[safety]] of her [[grandson]], [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]], above all else, and Erik was thrown out of the "mirror [[universe]]" when the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] convinced the Solitract that it would be much more interesting to let ''her'' stay instead. ([[TV]]: {{cs|It Takes You Away (TV story)}})
== Recreational ==
In another sense, impersonation, also known as doing '''impressions''', was a [[pastime]] where people tried to mimic the [[mannerism]]s and [[speech pattern]]s of others.
[[Lancelot Takis]] and [[August Lilt]] met serving in the [[Peninsular Wars]] on [[planet]] [[JJ33]]. They [[entertainment|entertained]] the [[troop]]s by impersonating [[Laurel and Hardy]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Revelation of the Daleks (novelisation)}})
[[Bob (Father Time)|Bob]] once remarked that [[Miranda Dawkins]]' impressions of friends and other people were "brilliant", and that she "should be on ''[[Spitting Image]]''". He himself could only do an impression of [[Rik Mayall]]. According to Miranda, impersonation was a "trick" that [[Eighth Doctor|her father]] taught her. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Father Time (novel)}})
=== Language ===
In this sense, the word was sometimes used figuratively to describe someone's [[behaviour]] as inadvertently similar to something else.
[[Bob (Father Time)|Bob]] liked [[Miranda Dawkins|Miranda]] because she could call him "Bob" "without doing a [[Rowan Atkinson (in-universe)|Rowan Atkinson]] impersonation". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Father Time (novel)|chaptnum=12|chaptname=Voices from the Past}})
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] described [[Francesca Latimer|Francesca]] and [[Digby Latimer]]'s [[Ice Governess|late governess]], revived by the [[Great Intelligence]]'s [[telepathy|telepathic]] snow, as "a living [[ice]] [[sculpture]] impersonating [[Punch and Judy|Mr Punch]]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}})


[[Aoife Fitzgerald]] once called [[Pieter (Magic Bird of Fire)|Pieter]] a [[George Michael]] impersonator. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Magic Bird of Fire (short story)}})
[[Aoife Fitzgerald]] once called [[Pieter (Magic Bird of Fire)|Pieter]] a [[George Michael]] impersonator. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Magic Bird of Fire (short story)}})


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