The Lonely God

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The Lonely God is a poetic epithet for the Doctor in Doctor Who, emphasizing his near-divine power, immense responsibility, and profound isolation as a time-traveling alien.

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Label Occurrences
The Lonely God canonical 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf epithet ⓘ
poetic epithet ⓘ
appearsIn Doctor Who ⓘ
appliedTo Tenth Doctor ⓘ
other incarnations of the Doctor ⓘ
associatedWith Time Lords ⓘ
linked to: Time Lord

immortality ⓘ
the Doctor's alien nature ⓘ
time travel ⓘ
connotation burden of duty ⓘ
divinity ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
describes the Doctor's immense responsibility ⓘ
the Doctor's isolation ⓘ
the Doctor's near-divine power ⓘ
emphasizes the Doctor's emotional isolation ⓘ
the Doctor's godlike perspective on time ⓘ
the Doctor's role as protector of the universe ⓘ
fandomUsage Doctor Who fandom ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
narrativeFunction to frame the Doctor as a mythic figure ⓘ
to highlight the cost of the Doctor's power ⓘ
refersTo the Doctor ⓘ
linked to: The Doctor
relatedConcept Last of the Time Lords ⓘ
Oncoming Storm ⓘ
linked to: The Oncoming Storm

Time Lord Victorious ⓘ
typeOf character epithet ⓘ
usedFor the Doctor in Doctor Who ⓘ
linked to: The Doctor

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Doctor → title → The Lonely God ⓘ