Blindness

Blindness was the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or psychological factors. There were varying degrees of blindness, ranging from minor visual impairment to total loss of eyesight.

Ada Gillyflower was blind from her mother, Winifred's, experiments with red leech poison to create an antidote from the toxins. Winifred claimed that she was blinded by her father in a drunken rage. (TV: The Crimson Horror)

Davros was left blind after he was crippled in a Thal attack. (AUDIO: Davros, Corruption) He was later able to see via his cybernetic third eye which appeared as a blue orb embeded in the middle of his forehead. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)

Dalek mutants could see outside their casing via the eyepiece, a stalk located at the top of the dome. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks) The eyepiece remained the only vulnerable part of the Dalek casing even as Dalek technology advanced to make them impervious to bullets. (TV: Dalek, The Parting of the Ways) Aside from destroying the eyepiece via gunfire, the Fourth Doctor once temporarily blinded a Dalek by throwing his hat on its eyestalk. (TV: Destiny of the Daleks)

A blind vicar who lived in Shoreditch in 1963 prepared a grave for the Hand of Omega at the request of the First Doctor and later presided over the burial of the coffin containing the Hand at the request of the Seventh Doctor. He stated to the Doctor that he had noticed the Doctor's voice had changed since they last met, to which the Doctor replied, "Yes it has changed, several times". (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)


 * In the novelisation, his name is given as Parkinson and he was blinded during World War I.

On Karn, Sarah Jane Smith was temporarily blinded by a flash of power from Maren's ring. (TV: The Brain of Morbius)

Elizabeth Rowlinson was blind until Morgaine restored her sight. (TV: Battlefield)

Grace Holloway was temporarily blinded from looking into the beam that used a human retina to open the Eye of Harmony. (TV: Doctor Who)

In 1890, a blind Krafayis was left behind on Earth by its pack. (TV: Vincent and the Doctor)

Francine was blinded when her fighter craft was shot down during the Thousand Day War. (PROSE: Transit)

Gantman was blind, but as he was curator of the Museum of Aural Antiquities, this did not affect his ability to work. (AUDIO: Whispers of Terror)

Peri Brown and Erimem met a blind Pakhar beggar on Garazone. (AUDIO: Nekromanteia)

In 1851, Jacob Crackles was blinded and paralysed when C'rizz attacked him. (AUDIO: Other Lives)

Some species were naturally blind. The Cimmerian race was totally blind and had no concept of either sight or eyes. They accidentally blinded Orllensa, Mike Ferras and Haliard, but later healed them. (AUDIO: Embrace the Darkness) Slithergees were also blind. (AUDIO: Flip-Flop)