Howling:Too many humans?

Think about the fact that basically all the new series stories have happened on earth or have had humans involved somehow. In fact, where there any classic series stories where there were no humans at all, just aliens species (this excludes the doctors companions, althought that itself is another issue).

I can't think of any and it just seems ridiculous that humans seem to be everywhere the doctor goes. --Coop3 ☎  18:58, October 5, 2013 (UTC)

This hasn't really bothered me, but I guess today's audience has no imagination and constantly needs characters they can relate to. Or something. 87.102.91.126talk to me 19:36, October 7, 2013 (UTC)

It really depends a lot on whether you consider substitute-humans here (characters who appear to be human, but who are technically not human due to being native to another world). The Doctor has been to plenty of planets that didn't have humans, but which nonetheless had an indigenous race which resembled humans. In fact the Doctor's first trip off Earth, when he first went to Skaro, there were a race of substitute-humans called the Thals, and this has happened in nearly every occasion where Earth and actual humans aren't used at all.

The reason for this is two-fold: firstly it's much cheaper and easier to feature humans, or aliens that look like humans. The second is because in the event the show features an extremely popular guest-star, it would be a waste to have him/her hidden behind a latex mask.

I don't think there's been an episode that (besides the Doctor and companions) didn't feature characters that are either human or substitute-human. Darren.pobatti ☎  17:41, November 16, 2013 (UTC)

The Web Planet (Season 2, Feb - Mar 1965) had no humanoid characters except the First Doctor & his companions. There have been a few stories whose only characters were members of the TARDIS crew (The Edge of Destruction, for example) but The Web Planet had a large number of other characters, almost all of them insectoid. 89.241.212.51talk to me 12:54, November 19, 2013 (UTC)


 * Though, admittedly, some of these "insectoid" characters were bipedal upright figures with hands. —BioniclesaurKing4t2 - "Hello, I'm the Doctor. Basically, . . . run." 14:30, November 19, 2013 (UTC)