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As a time traveller, the Doctor has been present at or directly involved in countless major historical events on the planet [[Earth]] and on other worlds — sometimes more than once. In the [[List of Doctor Who serials#Series 1 (2005)|2005 series]] premiere, ''[[Rose (Doctor Who)|Rose]]'', it is revealed that the [[Ninth Doctor]] was instrumental in preventing a family from boarding the ''[[RMS Titanic|Titanic]]'' prior to her fateful voyage. In ''[[The End of the World (Doctor Who)|The End of The World]]'' the Doctor claimed to have been on board and survived the ''Titanic'''s sinking to find himself "clinging to an iceberg."
Many historical figures on Earth have also encountered the Doctor. In ''[[City of Death]]'' it was revealed that the Doctor had met [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and [[William Shakespeare]] and that the first folio of the latter's ''[[Hamlet]]'' was transcribed by the Doctor himself. In ''[[Timelash]]'', he met a young [[H. G. Wells]], [[Albert Einstein]] in ''[[Time and the Rani]]'', and [[Marco Polo]] was the subject of an [[Marco Polo (Doctor Who)|adventure of the same name]] during the first season. Most recently, the Doctor shared an adventure with [[Charles Dickens]] (''[[The Unquiet Dead]]''). In the [[List of Doctor Who serials#Series 2 (2006)|2006 series]], the Doctor met [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] in the episode ''[[Tooth and Claw (Doctor Who)|Tooth and Claw]]'', and
The Doctor is an adventurer and a scientist with a strong moral sense. He usually solves problems with his wits rather than with force, and is more likely to wield a [[sonic screwdriver]] than a gun.
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