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Sign language was a type of non-verbal communication. British Sign Language was a type of sign language. It was often used by deaf individuals.
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Aboard the Ark, Monoids communicated with human Guardians by a form of signing. (TV: The Ark [+]Loading...["The Ark (TV story)"])
The inhabitants of Inscruta communicated with Galactic Federation Sign Language A 17 Section 14 due to being sensitive to sound. The Fourth Doctor, despite having friends on Inscruta, did not remember how to speak this sign language. (PROSE: The Sinister Sponge [+]Loading...["The Sinister Sponge (short story)"])
The Seventh Doctor knew sign language. (PROSE: SLEEPY [+]Loading...["SLEEPY (novel)"])
Viyrans communicated through a form of sign language. When a Viyran communicated with the Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler asked why she could not understand. The Doctor explained that the TARDIS's translation circuit was incapable of translating sign language. (PROSE: No One Died [+]Loading...["No One Died (short story)"]) A Viyran was performing sign language to the real Charley, but she couldn't understand it, so it copied her voice to communicate. (AUDIO: Patient Zero [+]Loading...["Patient Zero (audio story)"])
The Twelfth Doctor discovered he had "deleted" sign language from his brain and replaced it with semaphore during his 2119 encounter with deaf military officer Cass, requiring them to communicate through her interpreter, Tim Lunn. (TV: Under the Lake [+]Loading...["Under the Lake (TV story)"]) Later in the Doctor's life, the Fifteenth Doctor once again knew sign language, using it to communicate with Aliss Fenly. (TV: The Well [+]Loading...["The Well (TV story)"])
Around 500,000, in the federation which Lombardo was part of, nurses were required by law to know how to sign. For that reason, Aliss Fenly was surprised that Belinda Chandra, a nurse who, unbeknownst to Aliss, was from 21st century Earth, did not know how to sign. When she was told about the law, Belinda agreed that it was a good idea. (TV: The Well [+]Loading...["The Well (TV story)"])