Humans

Earthon

Earthling

ape

Winterlack

Homo sapiens

Earthflesh

Two Leg

pudding-brains

Man kind

**Humans** were a species of sentient primates. Though humans could trace their evolutionary past to Earth, many billions of humans were born on other worlds after humanity spread through the cosmos. Humans became so widespread that they eventually came to emphasise their relationship to worlds other than Earth, choosing to think of themselves not as Earthlings, but as Venusians and Martians. In the age when humans established colonies on other planets, Earthborn was used to refer to humans who were born on the homeworld. Their genetics gradually altered as they "mingled" with other species.

Earthbound or Earth-identifying humans went by many names over Earth's long history. For a time, they were commonly called Tellurians or Terrans — both derived from alternate names for Earth. Earthling was also sometimes used, such as by the Fifth Doctor and the Master. Ape, a reference to humans' evolutionary cousins, was a pejorative alternative particularly favoured by Silurians. Later in their evolution, humans became known as posthumans.

Nevertheless, the Doctor had a special affinity or "soft spot" for the species, claiming at least once to be part human themselves, and stated themselves to be human on occasion. They also did once *become* fully human. The overwhelming number of their travelling companions were human. They also admitted in a Gallifreyan high court that they had a special affinity for Earth and its inhabitants, thereby determining the location of his Time Lord-imposed exile. Moreover, they would wax lyrical about the intrinsic spirit of humanity, revelling in their innate desire to explore, their "indomitability".

The inhabitants of Mondas, Earth's twin planet, who were very close to the Terran humans genetically, also called themselves "human". However, to differentiate them from Earth's humans, they were usually referred to as "Mondasians".

## Notable Humans

[*Note: Companions of the Doctor that happen to be human can be found on the link.]*

* United Kingdom
* [[United States of America]]
* [[Italy]]
* [[Mongolia]]
* [[Mexico]]
* France
* Germany

* RIchard the Lionheart
* King John
* Robin Hood
* Maid Marian
* Sheriff of Nottingham
* Merry Men
* Anne Boleyn
* Henry VIII
* Thomas Cromwell
* Elizabeth I
* William Shakespeare
* James I
* James Stirling
* George Stephenson
* Queen Victoria
* Charles Dickens
* Lewis Carroll
* Henry Gordon Jago
* George Litefoot
* Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart
* Winston Churchill
* Edward Travers
* Anne Travers
* Keith Gold
* Greg Sutton
* Clifford Jones
* Charles Grover
* Professor Kettlewell
* Duggan
* Winifred Bambera
* M
* Daniel Barton
* Kate Stewart
* Maria Osgood
* Thomas Bolingbroke
* Thomas Keene
* Maria Jackson
* Luke Smith
* Clyde Langer
* Rani Chandra
* David Campbell
* Adelaide Brooke

- George Washington

- Thomas Jefferson

- Wyatt Earp

- J. Robert Oppenheimer

- John F. Kennedy

- Canton Everett Delaware III

- Richard Nixon

- Jack Robertson

- Richard Colman

- Marco Polo

- Nero

- Kublai Khan

- Autloc

- Tlotoxl

- Ixta

- Cameca

- Napoléon Bonaparte

- Maximilien Robespierre

- Paul Barras

- Eric Stahlman

- German Soldier (Twice Upon A Time)