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[[Carthok|Sir Nikolas Valentine]]'s homing beacons were disguised as playing cards. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Phantasmagoria]]'')
[[Carthok|Sir Nikolas Valentine]]'s homing beacons were disguised as playing cards. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Phantasmagoria]]'')


[[File:Magic bullet.jpg|left|thumb|The [[Fourth Doctor]] displays the ace of diamonds as part of a trick performed by [[Li H'sen Chang]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')]]
Upon arriving in [[Rose Tyler]]'s estate, the [[Ninth Doctor]] attempted a card trick and dropped them on the floor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
Upon arriving in [[Rose Tyler]]'s estate, the [[Ninth Doctor]] attempted a card trick and dropped them on the floor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')



Revision as of 23:58, 12 November 2014

The Ninth Doctor jests with a deck of cards. (TV: Rose)

Playing cards were used in many games and tricks.

They were frequently used in gambling games. Seth Harper and the Clantons played cards in the Last Chance Saloon.

Doc Holliday and Kate Fisher regularly played chance, with the former typically triumphing. (TV: The Gunfighters)

The Fourth Doctor performed a card trick at a meeting of the Scientific Reform Society. (TV: Robot)

In 1889, Li H'sen Chang performed a trick involving playing cards. He threw a deck to the Fourth Doctor, who chose a card - the ace of diamonds - and shuffled them. Chang then aimed a firearm at him and told the audience he would fire a "magic bullet" that would only hit the chosen card. The Doctor brought the deck closer to his face and Chang fired. Taking his card out from the deck, the Doctor found the bullet had put a hole through the single diamond pictured on the ace. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)

Sir Nikolas Valentine's homing beacons were disguised as playing cards. (AUDIO: Phantasmagoria)

The Fourth Doctor displays the ace of diamonds as part of a trick performed by Li H'sen Chang. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)

Upon arriving in Rose Tyler's estate, the Ninth Doctor attempted a card trick and dropped them on the floor. (TV: Rose)

While searching through the pockets of the Tenth Doctor's coat, Rose found a pack a playing cards. (PROSE: The Price of Paradise)

While in Abigail Pettigrew's house, the Eleventh Doctor attempted a trick in which he would guess another's card; he failed many times. The Doctor managed to place one within a Christmas cracker, though this was still not the correct card. (TV: A Christmas Carol)

Buzzer was adept at creating a house of cards, as his grandfather had taught him how. His Ganger had his memories and also had this talent. (TV: The Rebel Flesh)

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