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'''Gelignite''' was an explosive material invented by [[Alfred Nobel]] in [[1875]]. More [[stability|stable]] than his earlier creation [[dynamite]], gelignite was easily mouldable and safer to handle.
'''Gelignite''' was an explosive material which contained in it [[nitroglycerin]]. It could be detonated by [[gun]]shot or [[grenade]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'', ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'')


[[Ernie Clements]] kept a store of gelignite which he used for [[fishing]]. It had started to "sweat", or exude nitroglycerine, making it extremely unstable. The [[Fourth Doctor]] used a box of this explosive to destroy the [[Osiran war missile]] being created by [[Sutekh]]'s [[Osiran service robot|servitors]]. [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] was able to detonate the box by shooting it with a rifle. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'')
[[Ernie Clements]] kept a store of gelignite which he used for [[fishing]]. It had started to "sweat", or exude nitroglycerin, making it extremely unstable. The [[Fourth Doctor]] used a box of this explosive to destroy the [[Osiran war missile]] being created by [[Sutekh]]'s [[Osiran service robot|servitors]]. [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] was able to detonate the box by shooting it with a rifle. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'')


[[Ace]] was attempting to extract nitroglycerin from gelignite when she was transported to [[Iceworld]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'')
As a teenager, [[Ace]] had homemade gelignite, which she told her art teacher, Mrs [[Parkinson (Battlefield)|Parkinson]], was a lump of school [[plasticine]]. Mrs Parkinson brought it back to the [[art room]], Ace threw an armed [[grenade]] into the room, which landed and exploded "right in the middle of [[Class 1C]]'s prize-winning [[pottery]] [[pig]] collection". ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') She was ultimately expelled for blowing up the art room, in her words as a "creative act". ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'')
 
Ace was attempting to extract [[nitroglycerin]] from gelignite when she was transported to [[Iceworld]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
In the real world, gelignite, unlike dynamite, doesn't sweat and can't be exploded without a detonator.
In the real world, gelignite, unlike dynamite, doesn't sweat and can't be exploded without a detonator.
[[Category:Explosives]]
[[Category:Explosives]]
[[Category:Weapons from the real world]]
[[Category:Weapons from the real world]]

Revision as of 10:52, 31 December 2015

Gelignite

Gelignite was an explosive material which contained in it nitroglycerin. It could be detonated by gunshot or grenade. (TV: Pyramids of Mars, Battlefield)

Ernie Clements kept a store of gelignite which he used for fishing. It had started to "sweat", or exude nitroglycerin, making it extremely unstable. The Fourth Doctor used a box of this explosive to destroy the Osiran war missile being created by Sutekh's servitors. Sarah was able to detonate the box by shooting it with a rifle. (TV: Pyramids of Mars)

As a teenager, Ace had homemade gelignite, which she told her art teacher, Mrs Parkinson, was a lump of school plasticine. Mrs Parkinson brought it back to the art room, Ace threw an armed grenade into the room, which landed and exploded "right in the middle of Class 1C's prize-winning pottery pig collection". (TV: Battlefield) She was ultimately expelled for blowing up the art room, in her words as a "creative act". (TV: Dragonfire)

Ace was attempting to extract nitroglycerin from gelignite when she was transported to Iceworld. (TV: Dragonfire)

Behind the scenes

In the real world, gelignite, unlike dynamite, doesn't sweat and can't be exploded without a detonator.