Doctor
Doctor verb - To put into good shape or working order again.
Usage example: spends his spare time doctoring old clocks
Flaw
Flaw verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Notably, one episode had as a plot point that having this kind of personality is actually a fairly important flaw for a doctor — the Doctor was the only Mk.
Source: Dr. Jerk aka: Doctor Jerk -
The fact Clara's own major flaw (her drive to emulate the Doctor) causes complications is an unintended application of the trope.
- The Tenth Doctor has shown tendencies towards this too; subverted in that the show treats it as a character flaw, and a very serious one at that.
Source: Omniscient Morality License
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Flaw and Doctor. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/doctor/flaw
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Flaw or Doctor. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/doctor/flaw.
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