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* MonsterAndTheMaiden: Many seasons of the series star a duo of the Doctor (a quasi-immortal, usually male HumanAlien) and his young, female, human companion.

* HumanAlien:

** The Dalek Emperor plays this role during the First Doctor's tenure, where the black Supreme Dalek and the Dalek Empire were the Doctor's most prominent foes.

** Davros created the Daleks, making him the one ultimately responsible for any stories or seasons where the Daleks are the villains (at least, the ones where he isn't the BigBad).

%%** Luke Rattigan in the New Series 4 episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E5ThePoisonSky The Poison Sky]]".

** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Journey's End]]": Davros actually calls the Doctor out on it.

** The War Doctor, for the way he ended the Time War.

** [[http://zahrawithaz.livejournal.com/20996.html#cutid1 This]] article covers different aspects of the issue quite well, (lovingly) using Amy Pond as an example.

* TheMaster: The name of the main recurring individual villain and the EvilCounterpart to the Doctor.

** The Daleks, who actually refer to themselves as "the master race" during the WWII-set ''Victory of the Daleks''. And the Cybermen. As well as a number of less scrupulous Time Lords.

* MonsterOfTheWeek: This show was originally supposed to be a historical edutainment programme... until the Daleks showed up, whereupon it careened irreversibly into MonsterOfTheWeek territory. Notably, the old series was made up of serials, usually four or six parts... making it more like monster of the ''month''. Though, the new series follows this trope straight, while also including more {{Story Arc}}s.

** The Ninth Doctor performs a similar feat in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays The Parting of the Ways]]", when he absorbs the energies of the spacetime vortex from his companion, Rose Tyler, so that they won't kill her. Instead, they kill him, forcing him to regenerate. Actually, this episode has lots of HeroicSacrifices, including the one made by the Doctor's other companion, Jack Harkness. It's kind of a cool moment as he stands there and [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu flips off]] his enemy before giving a "come and get me"-type gesture. He gets [[BackFromTheDead brought back to life]], though, but also CameBackWrong. The event made him physically ''incapable of death'' for a few billion years, at least. He has it tough after that.

** Particularly in the new series, the first appearance of a Dalek in a story is almost always accompanied by the all-purpose CatchPhrase "EXTERMINATE!" Variations include "HALT! STAY WHERE YOU ARE! YOU ARE A PRISONER OF THE DALEKS!"

* MassiveMultiplayerScam: [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath "City of Death"]] takes this to [[RefugeInAudacity ludicrous levels]]. The con: Count Scarlioni plans to steal ''Art/TheMonaLisa'' from the Louvre. He's set up a silent auction among a group of unscrupulous art collectors who think they're about to get the most valuable painting in the world, and they mail in their checks. Here's how it would normally work: The thief would steal the ''Mona Lisa'', only for the Count to refuse it. The Count gets the money, the thief goes to prison, and the art collectors eat humble pie--they can't raise a fuss at the risk of incriminating themselves. Here's how it works on ''Doctor Who'': the six art collectors ''get'' their ''Mona Lisas'', each of which is a ''legitimate'' copy that was painted by [=daVinci=] himself. The Count is really an alien splintered through time, and he's been working a long con throughout human history so that he can eventually save his own species at the cost of preventing humanity from ever existing. The good Doctor saves the day by aiming to visit [=daVinci=], missing intentionally, and writing "THIS IS A FAKE" in permanent marker on the canvases reserved for the commissioned ''Mona Lisa'' replicas.

* HeavenlyConcentricCircles: In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E7TheRingsOfAkhaten "The Rings of Akhaten"]], the TitleCharacter is a parasitic, sentient planet that is revered by the people inhabiting neighboring planets as an evil god. There's an entire religion created to prevent Akhaten from ever waking up. Akhaten is surrounded by two concentric asteroid ring systems, with the inner one housing the pyramid-like Apex Temple where the ritual to keep him sleeping is performed. This makes this an ExploitedTrope.

* HellIsThatNoise: "EXTERMINATE!!! EXTERMINATE!!! EXTERMINATE!!!" And that's just the beginning.

* MassiveMultiplayerScam: [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath "City of Death"]] takes this to [[RefugeInAudacity ludicrous levels]]. The con: Count Scarlioni plans to steal the ''Art/MonaLisa'' from the Louvre. He's set up a silent auction among a group of unscrupulous art collectors who think they're about to get the most valuable painting in the world, and they mail in their checks. Here's how it would normally work: The thief would steal the ''Mona Lisa'', only for the Count to refuse it. The Count gets the money, the thief goes to prison, and the art collectors eat humble pie--they can't raise a fuss at the risk of incriminating themselves. Here's how it works on ''Doctor Who'': the six art collectors ''get'' their ''Mona Lisas'', each of which is a ''legitimate'' copy that was painted by [=daVinci=] himself. The Count is really an alien splintered through time, and he's been working a long con throughout human history so that he can eventually save his own species at the cost of preventing humanity from ever existing. The good Doctor saves the day by aiming to visit [=daVinci=], missing intentionally, and writing "THIS IS A FAKE" in permanent marker on the canvases reserved for the commissioned ''Mona Lisa'' replicas.

* MagicalSecurityCamera: