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[Doctor who] why isnt the doctor seen as a religious figure in human culture and why does the numerous alien intrusions invasions and accidents not have a bigger impact on human culture and technology?
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Aliens didn’t start (regularly, publicly) invading earth until a few years ago. As Captain Jack says, the 21st century is when everything changes. This is true in most era of the show, despite the fact that previous eras featured many alien invasions in past decades; the show doesn’t have a strict, consistent canon.

This is hardly surprising in a show about time travel. You can attribute any inconsistencies between old and new who to the time war, and lots of events were wiped from history by the crack in time in Matt Smith’s era.

Aliens have a large impact on Earth’s technology; for instance, series 1 episode 6 “Dalek” tells us that Henry Van Statten “owns the internet” because he scavenged a crashed spacecraft with the technology.

According to series 6, the Silents shaped every aspect of human history as part of an elaborate plan to kill the Doctor.