An explorer was someone who went to places about which little was known to learn more about them.[source needed]
Captain Cook was an intergalactic explorer; dressed as one from the early 20th century although he lived in the 35th. (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy [+]Loading...["The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)"])
Ulysses was a Time Lord explorer. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles [+]Loading...["The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)"])
The First Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan encountered Venetian trader and explorer Marco Polo on the Plain of Pamir in 1289. (TV: Marco Polo [+]Loading...["Marco Polo (TV story)"])
Professor Edward Travers helped the Second Doctor defeat the Great Intelligence. (TV: The Abominable Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)"])
Ernest Shackleton met the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones on an expedition in Antarctica, where they encountered the Skith. (COMIC: The First [+]Loading...["The First (comic story)"])
The Eleventh Doctor recruited Edwardian explorer John Riddell from 1902 to answer a 24th century distress call. (TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship [+]Loading...["Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)"])
Shalabar Scone was a legendary explorer on Lahn. (COMIC: The Spice Route [+]Loading...["The Spice Route (comic story)"])
An explorer once became trapped in a time loop after entering the Time Fracture. (PROSE: Hello And Congratulations! [+]Loading...["Hello And Congratulations! (short story)"])
Prior to the Last Great Time War, the Unon were a race of explorers. (PROSE: Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe [+]Loading...["Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)"])
In the Eleventh Doctor's How to be a Time Lord, the title of Explorer was assigned as the "main Time Lord name" to those whose surnames began with the letter D, as presented in a chart provided for Time Lords who had not received a name at the Time Lord Academy. Following these charts, a Time Lord's "title or introduction" preceding this name depended on the first letter of their first name, the options being Professor, The, Lord or Grand. (PROSE: How to be a Time Lord [+]Loading...["How to be a Time Lord (novel)"])
An intergalactic explorer was a potential person of interest in one or more mysteries which a holistic detective and police detective each tried to solve, with one or more assistants considering which story was more "true", or at least which was better. (GAME: Everything is Connected [+]Loading...["Everything is Connected (game)"])