"World" was a term for someone's reality or universe — the environment they inhabited and experienced. As such, someone's "world" could be used to refer to their native universe or dimension, such that parallel universes were sometimes called "parallel worlds", (TV: Doomsday [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006)., Turn Left [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 4 (BBC One, 2008).) but also, in a common figurative use, to refer to someone's planet of origin; for example, the Eleventh Doctor described Earth as "your world" to Amy Pond (TV: Victory of the Daleks [+]Mark Gatiss, Doctor Who series 5 (BBC One, 2010).) and the War Chief described the Galaxy as containing "a thousand inhabited worlds". (TV: The War Games [+]Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke, Doctor Who season 6 (BBC1, 1969).)
History[]
In the 20th century, the Grey Man and the Mandelbrot Set sometimes referred to the real universe (Plane Physical) as "the world" in relation to Cathedral which existed on another plane. (PROSE: Falls the Shadow [+]Daniel O'Mahony, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1994).)
In March 2005, he Ninth Doctor told Jenn if she tried to skip her ICT A-Level the whole world would be doomed. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]various authors, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).)
The new webmaster of Who is Doctor Who? after Clive's death noticed that coverage of the Dummy Massacre was disappearing from World Media by 2 April 2005. He also sought to prove the truth about the Doctor to "the world" (PROSE: The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).)
After the defeat of the Slitheen family on 7 March 2006, Mickey Smith (TV: World War Three [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) wrote on his website the morning after about how he was watching the world forget the events that unfolded in the past couple of days. He also mentioned how the Ninth Doctor saved the world. (PROSE: Hoax This! [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).)
A week later, he wrote that the Government and the world's media was conspiring to deny the event. In an interview with Henry Van Statten, Van Statten told Mickey that as he could not physically travel to an alien world, the intial experience of having moondust run through his hands was "ultimate". (PROSE: Henry Van Statten [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).)
By 2007, one of David R's interests was "revealing the truth about [what is] really happening in the world". (PROSE: Who Am I? [+]Joseph Lidster, Cheapserve website fiction (BBC, 2006).)
The Saxon Master proclaimed that hell was "[his] kind of world". (TV: The End of Time [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2009 and New Year Special 2010 (BBC One, 2009-2010).)
In the 26th century, Eric Klieg wanted to use Cyber-Technology to become "master of the world." (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen [+]Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis, Doctor Who season 5 (BBC1, 1967).)
Undated events[]
On Planet Bedtime Stories, after the Fourteenth Doctor asked an audience where they would travel to if they had a spaceship, he wondered if they would go to another world. (TV: Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story [+]Oliver Jeffers, adapted from The Way Back Home, CBeebies Bedtime Stories (CBeebies, 2023). Timestamp 00:00:47.)