Meddling Monk
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The Meddling Monk is a renegade Time Lord from the Doctor Who universe who uses time travel to interfere with historical events for his own mischievous purposes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meddling Monk canonical | 3 |
| The Meddling Monk | 2 |
| the Meddling Monk | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3416232 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meddling Monk Context triple: [The Time Meddler, introducesCharacter, Meddling Monk]
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A.
Father of All Monks
Father of All Monks is an honorific title given to Anthony the Great, recognizing him as a pioneering founder and model of Christian monasticism.
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B.
Bulletproof Monk
Bulletproof Monk is a 2003 action-comedy film about a mystical Tibetan monk who must train an unlikely streetwise protégé to protect a powerful ancient scroll.
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C.
The White Monkey
The White Monkey is a 1924 novel by John Galsworthy, part of his Forsyte-related “A Modern Comedy” trilogy, exploring post–World War I English society and changing social values.
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D.
Mönch
Mönch is a prominent mountain peak in the Swiss Bernese Alps, forming part of the famous Eiger–Mönch–Jungfrau trio.
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E.
The Monastery
"The Monastery" is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott set on the turbulent Scottish-English border during the Reformation, blending romance, politics, and the supernatural.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meddling Monk Target entity description: The Meddling Monk is a renegade Time Lord from the Doctor Who universe who uses time travel to interfere with historical events for his own mischievous purposes.
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A.
Father of All Monks
Father of All Monks is an honorific title given to Anthony the Great, recognizing him as a pioneering founder and model of Christian monasticism.
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B.
Bulletproof Monk
Bulletproof Monk is a 2003 action-comedy film about a mystical Tibetan monk who must train an unlikely streetwise protégé to protect a powerful ancient scroll.
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C.
The White Monkey
The White Monkey is a 1924 novel by John Galsworthy, part of his Forsyte-related “A Modern Comedy” trilogy, exploring post–World War I English society and changing social values.
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D.
Mönch
Mönch is a prominent mountain peak in the Swiss Bernese Alps, forming part of the famous Eiger–Mönch–Jungfrau trio.
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E.
The Monastery
"The Monastery" is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott set on the turbulent Scottish-English border during the Reformation, blending romance, politics, and the supernatural.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Doctor Who character
ⓘ
Time Lord ⓘ fictional character ⓘ renegade Time Lord ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Time Lords
ⓘ
linked to:
Time Lord
|
| alignment | renegade ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The Meddler
ⓘ
The Monk ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Doctor Who audio dramas
ⓘ
Doctor Who comics ⓘ
linked to:
Doctor Who comic strips
Doctor Who novels ⓘ
linked to:
Doctor Who expanded universe
Doctor Who television serials ⓘ
linked to:
Doctor Who
|
| createdFor | BBC ⓘ |
| encounters | First Doctor ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Doctor ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceSeries | Doctor Who ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceStory | The Time Meddler ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| franchise | Doctor Who ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| goal |
personal amusement
ⓘ
personal gain ⓘ |
| hasRegenerations | yes ⓘ |
| homePlanet | Gallifrey ⓘ |
| method | altering historical events ⓘ |
| motivation | mischief ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
antagonist
ⓘ
comic villain ⓘ |
| notablePlan | changing the outcome of the Battle of Hastings ⓘ |
| notableStory |
The Daleks’ Master Plan
ⓘ
linked to:
The Daleks' Master Plan
The Time Meddler ⓘ |
| opposes | non-interference in history ⓘ |
| originMedium | television ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
manipulative
ⓘ
mischievous ⓘ opportunistic ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Peter Butterworth ⓘ |
| primaryActivity | interfering with history ⓘ |
| species |
Gallifreyan
ⓘ
linked to:
Gallifreyans
|
| TARDISDisguise | Norman sarcophagus ⓘ |
| TARDISFeature | fully functioning chameleon circuit ⓘ |
| timeMachineType | TARDIS ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFirstStory | 11th century England ⓘ |
| universe | Doctor Who ⓘ |
| uses | time travel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Meddling Monk Description of subject: The Meddling Monk is a renegade Time Lord from the Doctor Who universe who uses time travel to interfere with historical events for his own mischievous purposes.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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