Doctor

Doctor means teacher in Latin. It has been used continuously as an honored academic title for over a millennium in Europe, where it dates back to the rise of the university. This use spread to the Americas, former European colonies, and is now prevalent in most of the world. As a prefix – abbreviated "Dr." – its primary designation is a person who has obtained a doctorate — that is, a doctoral degree - which is the highest rank of academic degree. Doctoral degrees may be "research doctorates," awarded on the basis ...

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A common contention among fans and producers of the series is that a large part of the Doctor's appeal comes from his mysterious and alien origins. While over the decades several revelations have been made about his background — that he is a Time Lord, that he is from Gallifrey, among others — the writers have often strived to retain some sense of mystery and to preserve the eternal question, "Doctor who?" This backstory was not rigidly planned from the beginning, but developed gradually (and somewhat haphazardly) over the years, ...

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In Shakespeare's day, lawyers were called "civil doctors," as distinct from the medical doctor and other types. Academically, however, law is only a doctoral subject in a small number of countries, the United States and all European countries among them. Worldwide within the legal profession, all pracitising attorneys are called "Mr." or "Ms./Mrs./Ms./Miss," regardless of whether they possess a doctoral degree or not. This is a convention of the courts, of litigation and of the legal profession generally — which, as professions go, ...

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Battlefield is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from September 6 to September 27, 1989. Battlefield Doctor Who - Synopsis. The Doctor and Ace face knights in armour from another dimension, and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart returns from retirement to save the world one last time. Battlefield Doctor Who - Plot. In the TARDIS, the Seventh Doctor and Ace pick up a distress signal ...

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The Doctor is a Time Lord, an extraterrestrial from the planet Gallifrey, who travels in a time machine called the TARDIS — Time And Relative Dimension (or Dimensions) In Space — that allows him to reach any point in time and space and is dimensionally transcendental (larger on the inside than on the outside). The TARDIS originally had the ability to disguise itself according to its environment, but became "stuck" in the form of a police box after landing in London in 1963 and has remained ...

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Doctorate - Research Oriented Doctorates. While the Ph.D. is the most common doctoral degree, and even often (mis)understood to be synonymous with the term "doctorate", the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) recognize numerous doctoral degrees as equivalent, and do not discriminate among them: Doctor of Arts (D.A.) Doctor of Architecture (D.Arch.) Doctor of Applied Science (D.A.S.) Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) ...

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The changing of actors playing the part of the Doctor is explained within the series by the Time Lords' ability to regenerate after suffering mortal injury, illness, or old age. The process repairs and rejuvenates all damage, but as a side-effect it changes the Time Lord's physical appearance and personality semi-randomly. This ability was not introduced until producers had to find a way to replace the ailing William Hartnell with Patrick Troughton and was not explicitly called "regeneration" until Jon Pertwee's transformation to Tom Baker a ...

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Doctorate - Research Oriented Doctorates. While the Ph.D. is the most common doctoral degree, and even often (mis)understood to be synonymous with the term "doctorate", the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) recognize numerous doctoral degrees as equivalent, and do not discriminate between them: Doctor of Arts (D.A.) Doctor of Architecture (D.Arch.) Doctor of Applied Science (D.A.S.) Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) See also:

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In Shakespeare's day, lawyers were called "civil doctors," as distinct from the medical doctor and other types. Academically, however, law is only a doctoral subject in a small number of countries, the United States and all European countries among them. Worldwide within the legal profession, all practising lawyers are called "Mr." or "Ms./Mrs./Ms./Miss," regardless of whether they possess a doctoral degree or not (an exception is the Channel Islands, where they bear the title of Advocate). This is a convention of the courts, of litig ...

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As higher education has evolved in Anglophone societies, the doctorate has become the highest degree awarded in any academic discipline. Historically, academic degrees were parallel and equal to one another. The baccalaureate indicated a general education in the standard subjects of the era. The master's degree indicated mastery of a particular subject in practical terms; in a sense, the Master of Arts was the first professional degree. The degree "doctor," by contrast, was oriented toward teaching qualifications. The baccalaureate was subor ...

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Doctor Druid remained on the sidelines for years, but eventually joined the ranks of The Avengers. His membership in that team was tainted when he was mind controlled by the supervillainess called the Terminatrix (at the time impersonating the space pirate Nebula) into manipulating the team on her behalf. Her control on the team was weakened during a time travel adventure, and when "Nebula" was cast into Limbo, Druid followed, as he was still under her thrall. He eventually regained co ...

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The character of the Doctor was initially shrouded in mystery. All that was known about him was that he had a granddaughter, Susan, that she was born "in another time, another world", and that both of them were exiles. He also possessed a time-travelling machine called the TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space), which is dimensionally transcendental (larger on the inside than on the outside), and seemingly never fully under his control. The TARDIS originally had the ability to disguise itse ...

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The character of the Doctor was initially shrouded in mystery. All that was known about him was that he had a granddaughter, Susan, that she was born "in another time, another world", and that both of them were exiles. He also possessed a time-travelling machine called the TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space), which is dimensionally transcendental (larger on the inside than on the outside), and seemingly never fully under his control. The TARDIS originally had the ability to disguise itse ...

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Doctor Who, Doctor Who - History, Doctor Who - Format, Doctor Who - The Doctor, Doctor Who - Companions, Doctor Who - Adversaries, Doctor Who - Music, Doctor Who - Viewership, Doctor Who - Missing episodes, Doctor Who - Adaptations and other appearances, Doctor Who - Charity episodes, Doctor Who - Other programmes, Doctor Who - Awards

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All persons who possess a doctoral degree are entitled to call themselves "Doctor". (However, the use of "doctor" as a noun is almost exclusively limited to medical doctors.) Physicians invariably use the title "Doctor" as a prefix. Dentists, podiatrists, chiropractors, osteopaths, optometrists and veterinarians are also called Doctor whether or not they possess a doctoral degree. (In the United States, however, they invariably do.) In the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and other areas whose culture was more recently li ...

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In the United States, professional doctoral degrees are terminal degrees (also sometimes, misleadingly, called "first professional" degrees) in certain given fields, and include: Chiropractic, Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Optometry, Osteopathy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Podiatry, Psychology and Veterinary medicine. There are many others. Although these degrees may be both the initial and terminal degree in their field, students seeking to enter degree programs for them must have already completed a Bachelors degree, usually in a related field ...

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Doctorate, Doctorate - General information, Doctorate - Types of Doctorates, Doctorate - Research Oriented Doctorates, Doctorate - Professional Doctorates also called Terminal Doctorates, Doctorate - Higher Doctorates in the United Kingdom, Doctorate - Engineering Doctorates in the United Kingdom, Doctorate - Higher Doctorates in Denmark, Doctorate - Doctorates in Germany, Doctorate - Doctorates in Slovakia, Doctorate - Doctorates in Hungary

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In the United States, professional doctoral degrees are terminal degrees (also sometimes, misleadingly, called "first professional" degrees) in certain given fields, and include: Chiropractic, Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Occupational Therapy, Optometry, Osteopathy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Podiatry, Psychology and Veterinary medicine. There are many others. Although these degrees may be both the initial and terminal degree in their field, students seeking to enter degree programs for them must have already completed a Bachelors degree, usua ...

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Doctorate, Doctorate - General information, Doctorate - Types of Doctorates, Doctorate - Research Oriented Doctorates, Doctorate - Professional Doctorates also called Terminal Doctorates, Doctorate - Higher Doctorates in the United Kingdom, Doctorate - Engineering Doctorates in the United Kingdom, Doctorate - Doctorates in The Netherlands, Doctorate - Higher Doctorates in Denmark, Doctorate - Doctorates in Germany, Doctorate - Doctorates in Slovakia, Doctorate - Doctorates in Hungary, Doctorate - Doctorates in Portugal

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The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts Never Before Printed (1920) began the series. The sequel The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922) won the prestigious Newbery Medal. The next three, Doctor Dolittle's Post Office, (1923), Doctor Dolittle's Circus (1924) and Doctor Dolittle's Caravan (1926) are all actually prequels. Seven more followed, and after his death two more volumes, co ...

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The Fourth Doctor's regeneration into the Fifth was a problematic one, and nearly failed. After recovering on the planet Castrovalva, he continued his travels with Tegan Jovanka, Nyssa of Traken and Adric. After trips to the future and the past encountering villains such as Monarch and the Mara, the Fifth Doctor was confronted with tragedy when Adric died trying to stop a space freighter from crashing i ...

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Fifth Doctor, Fifth Doctor - Overview, Fifth Doctor - Biography, Fifth Doctor - Personality, Fifth Doctor - Other appearances, Fifth Doctor - Novels, Fifth Doctor - Audio

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In American and Canadian parlance, "doctor" is most often used for all types of physicians and surgeons, including internists, pediatricians, gynecologists, and all other surgical and nonsurgical specialists who hold M.D. degrees. The term also applies to physicians from other fields of medicine, to which the degree 'M.D.' is inapplicable, including doctors of Osteopathy (D.O.), doctors of Podiatric Medicine (D.P.M.), doctors of Optometry (O.D.), and so on. There are many other countries, such as ...

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