In September 2010, MIT students attempted to put a TARDIS, the time machine from the BBC's Doctor Who, onto a roof.

In 1908, Doctor William Molly attempted to create an Esperanto nation in Neutral Moresnet known as " Amikejo " ( land of great friendship ).

With the approval of his widow, Ingeborg, his voice was utilised as part of the plot of the Big Finish Productions ' 40th Anniversary Doctor Who audio drama, Zagreus, appearing as messages from the Doctor's TARDIS as it attempted to help the currently corrupted Eighth Doctor ( voiced by Paul McGann ).

The Monk eventually restored his ship and tracked the Doctor to a volcanic planet, where he attempted to maroon his enemy by destroying the Doctor's TARDIS's lock.

In the early 1990s, Lambert attempted to win the rights to produce Doctor Who independently for the BBC ; however, this effort was unsuccessful because the Corporation was already in negotiations with producer Philip Segal in the United States.

John Gay, who came a little later was criticized for his poem's artificiality by Doctor Johnson and attacked for their lack of realism by George Crabbe, who attempted to give a true picture of rural life in his poem The Village.

Coordinator Vansell ( the head of the CIA ) and President Romana attempted to track down the Doctor and Charley to rectify the consequences of her rescue from the R101 disaster.

Doctor Octopus later attempted to hijack an atomic submarine.

The X-Men and X-Factor were dead ( with the exception of a possessed Wolverine ), and the only resistance left was led by Doctor Strange, who attempted to summon the Phoenix Force through Rachel Summers, the reality-hopping daughter of Scott Summers and Jean Grey.

For example, she did not know that Doctor Doom was such a horrific threat, though she soon learned when he attacked the entire team and attempted to destroy England.

When Xavier and Doctor Nemesis attempted to treat Legion's MPD, it resulted in the creation of a new personality that attempted to ' protect ' Legion from this ' assault ' on his mind, the new personality assuming the appearance of the deceased Moira McTaggert and using its ability to warp reality to create a new world where Legion could be the hero that he always wanted to be.

He made two attempts in the television series to re-enter the positive matter universe, in The Three Doctors where he attempted to force the Doctor to take his place in the antimatter universe so that he could depart it, and in the serial Arc of Infinity where he attempted to create a new body for himself using the Doctor's biological data .< ref name =" bbcwebarc ">

Davies also made reference to this attempted genocide as a root of the Time War in a text piece in the Doctor Who Annual 2006.

* Doctor Minerva ( Minn-Erva )-member of Starforce ; a geneticist who attempted to mate with Mar-Vell to sire a superior offspring to advance the evolutionary potential of the Kree ; used the Psyche-Magnitron to duplicate the powers of Ms. Marvel

Silas attempts to treat Victor with something that has never been attempted before and he is seen injecting Victor with some type of nanites and putting the robotic pieces on Victor ( devices such as: a Promethean skin graft, Doctor William Magnus ' responsometer, Anthony Ivo's A-maze operating system, The classified and prototypical B-maze operating system and Ryan Choi's White Dwarf Stabilizer ).

During the cataclysmic events that ensued when Megatron transported Cybertron into Earth's orbit, Starscream attempted to use the Decepticons ' human ally, Doctor Arkeville, for his own purposes.

However, Electro, the Vulture and Mysterio were all taken out before Electro could trigger the pulse thanks to the efforts of Spider-Man and S. A. F. E., Doctor Octopus and the Chameleon both attempted to betray the Gentleman and take control of his plan, and Pity was convinced to help Spider-Man defeat her two former teammates when he informed her that the currently-missing Doctor Octopus had always hated not being in charge and had almost certainly left the fight to go after the Gentleman.

Ultimately, the Doctor learns the truth of the liner's crew, that they are several scientists that attempted to discover the Time Lord secret of regeneration, but ended up as disfigured creatures, unable to die.

Despite moving to the BBC line of novels, the writers ( many who cut their teeth with the Virgin series ) attempted to maintain continuity with the Virgin range and many elements from this series appeared in later Doctor Who stories.

Locking hands in a circle of power, and using the psychic powers of Constantine's drunken acquaintance Mento, the group of sorcerers ( which also included Zatara's daughter Zatanna ) observed the events unfolding, and attempted in turn to channel their magical powers into several other mystical characters present in Hell, including Etrigan, the original Doctor Fate, and the Spectre.

Some of Thomas Aquinas ' propositions were condemned by the local Bishop of Paris ( not the Magisterium ) in 1270 and 1277, but his dedication to the use of philosophy to elucidate theology was so thorough that he was proclaimed a saint in 1328 and a Doctor of the Church in 1568.

Though lawyers in the United States do not customarily use such a title, the law degree in that country is the Juris Doctor, a professional doctorate degree, and some J. D.

Surgeons in the USA and elsewhere continue to use the title " Doctor ", although New Zealand uses the titles of Mr and Doctor, in the same way as the United Kingdom.

All EU citizens are now " legally entitled " to use and be titled ( addressed ) as " Doctor " or " Dr ." in all formal, legal and published communications ( provided they do in fact hold the appropriate degree ).

In contrast to other academic titles ( Professor, Associate Professor and Assistance Professor ), the use of Doctor as a title has not been recognized by the Royal Institute of Thailand.

Between 1372 and 1384, he became a Doctor of Divinity, making use of his right to lecture upon systematic divinity, but these lectures were not the origin of his Summa.

When the flamethrower that Gustav was using to attack Mister Fantastic with nearly endangered his art collection, Doctor Doom reversed the sonic weapon he planned to use on the Fantastic Four and ended up using it to kill Gustav Hauptmann.

For example, in Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood, created by Russell T Davies, a drug used to erase the memory of characters is called " retcon "; the use of the drug is often referred to by characters as " retconning ".

The nod to retroactive continuity is a joke meant to be shared between the writers and the viewers as a way of pointing out that anything done throughout the course of the series can easily be undone with a simple plot device ; it also points to parent show Doctor Whos frequent use of the device in its several-decade run.

Once the crew discover that the Doctor is daydreaming they use the holodeck to view his dreams.

Due to the deaths of the ship's entire medical staff, The Doctor, an Emergency Medical Hologram designed for short-term use only, is employed as the Chief Medical Officer.

" Dr. Julian Bashir ( Alexander Siddig ) from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Doctor from Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: First Contact and Dr. Phlox from Star Trek: Enterprise all use variations of the line, which has also made its way into many other shows such as Stargate Atlantis, Robot Chicken, Terra Nova, and Friends.

A common misconception is that the Doctor Who production team at BBC Wales were so impressed by how much more resilient the toy sonic screwdriver was than the real prop, that they obtained moulds of the original prototype of the toy to use in the 2006 series, in fact, this was not the case.

The Doctor had duplicates of this screwdriver, which he continued to use throughout his travels.

Stories with the device used by the Second Doctor before the screwdriver's first on-screen appearance are plausible as the Doctor in that story indicates that the machine " never fails ", implying its successful use before that adventure.

* In the video game Daleks ( published for operating systems of the early 1980s ), the Doctor can use the sonic screwdriver to teleport and to defend himself against the Daleks.

In addition to being a parody of James Bond and clearly being heavily influenced by Peter Sellers, Austin Powers represents an archetype of 1960s Swinging London, with his constant advocacy for free love — defending this attitude in an argument with Doctor Evil by arguing that they were rebelling against authority figures like Doctor Evil and the movement would have used less drugs if they had been aware of the long-term consequences — his use of obscure impressions and his clothing style ( including crushed velvet suits and Beatle boots ).

In yet other cases, such as the Doctor Who television series and the fiction based on it, much use is made of secret history, in which the events that take place are largely secret and not known to the general public.

For his fantasy sequence, Jones initially wished to use footage from the original Doctor Syn film, but was prevented from doing so as this film was owned by Disney.

The Doctor ’ s Charter of 1966 introduced allowances for rent and ancillary staff, significantly increased the pay scales, and changed the structure of payments to reflect “ both qualifications of doctors and the form of their practices, i. e. group practice .” These changes not only led to higher morale, but also resulted in the increased use of ancillary staff and nursing attachments, a growth in the number of health centres and group practices, and a boost in the modernisation of practices in terms of equipment, appointment systems, and buildings.

The theory of ketamine use in CRPS / RSD is primarily advanced by neurologist Dr Robert J. Schwartzman of Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, and researchers at the University of Tübingen in Germany, but was first introduced in the United States by Doctor Ronald Harbut of Little Rock, Arkansas.