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|image = Ginger beer.jpg | |||
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|type = [[Earth]] beverage | |||
|origin = [[Earth]] | |||
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|used by = [[The Doctor]] | |||
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|It's Raining Gin (short story)|page=137}}){{facts}} also known as '''ginger pop''',{{fact}} was a favourite drink of the [[Fourth Doctor|fourth]], [[Fifth Doctor|fifth]] and [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnations]] of [[the Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Android Invasion (TV story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eternal Summer (audio story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rip Tide (novel)}}) | |||
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On [[8 December]] [[1926]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] used ginger beer as an ingredient of an antidote for [[cyanide]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)}}) | |||
In the latter half of the [[20th century]], there was a controversial episode of ''[[The Sooty Show]]'' wherein [[Sooty]] and [[Sweep]] drank ginger beer. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|It's Raining Gin (short story)|page=137}}) | |||
The [[Seventh Doctor]] drank ginger beer while at [[The Shepherd's Cross]] in [[1968]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nightshade (novel)}}) | |||
In the [[1980s]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] drank ginger pop after arriving on a facsimile of [[Earth]]. He offered some to [[Sarah Jane Smith]], but she disliked it. Later, he offered the beverage to [[Sarah Jane Smith (android)|Sarah's android double]], who drank it without question. This was one of the ways in which the Doctor was able to discern that this was a fake Sarah, and indeed a fake Earth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Android Invasion (TV story)}}) | |||
The Fourth Doctor would later state that [[1997]] was a "bad [[year]]" for ginger beer. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|System Shock (novel)}}) | |||
Despite ginger pop having an adverse effect on [[Time Lord]] [[metabolism]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Kingmaker (audio story)}}) the [[Fifth Doctor]] still consciously ordered ginger beer at the [[Green Dragon]] in [[2009]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eternal Summer (audio story)}}) | |||
When the Fifth Doctor again ordered ginger pop in the Green Dragon, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Plague of the Daleks (audio story)}}) as he had previously done so in 2009, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eternal Summer (audio story)}}) in the [[45th century]], he stated that his drink had been long flat. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Plague of the Daleks (audio story)}}) | |||
By the [[26th century]], ginger beer had become expensive, due to its rarity. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)}}) | |||
=== Undated events === | |||
[[William Shakespeare]] got the [[Fifth Doctor]] drunk on ginger beer-spiked drink and effectively stole [[the TARDIS]] as a consequence. The Doctor later explained that "ginger pop [had] a profoundly deleterious effect on [[Time Lord]] metabolism". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Kingmaker (audio story)}}) | |||
[[Charlotte Pollard]] once spilled ginger pop on the [[TARDIS console]], making the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]'s [[destination monitor]] "stick" on occasion. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Mummy Speaks! (audio story)}}) | |||
[[Category:Beers from the real world]] | |||
[[Category:Foods and beverages from the real world]] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:00, 23 May 2024
Ginger beer, (PROSE: It's Raining Gin [+]Loading...{"page":"137","1":"It's Raining Gin (short story)"})[additional sources needed] also known as ginger pop,[source needed] was a favourite drink of the fourth, fifth and eighth incarnations of the Doctor. (TV: The Android Invasion [+]Loading...["The Android Invasion (TV story)"], AUDIO: The Eternal Summer [+]Loading...["The Eternal Summer (audio story)"], PROSE: Rip Tide [+]Loading...["Rip Tide (novel)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
On 8 December 1926, the Tenth Doctor used ginger beer as an ingredient of an antidote for cyanide. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"])
In the latter half of the 20th century, there was a controversial episode of The Sooty Show wherein Sooty and Sweep drank ginger beer. (PROSE: It's Raining Gin [+]Loading...{"page":"137","1":"It's Raining Gin (short story)"})
The Seventh Doctor drank ginger beer while at The Shepherd's Cross in 1968. (PROSE: Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"])
In the 1980s, the Fourth Doctor drank ginger pop after arriving on a facsimile of Earth. He offered some to Sarah Jane Smith, but she disliked it. Later, he offered the beverage to Sarah's android double, who drank it without question. This was one of the ways in which the Doctor was able to discern that this was a fake Sarah, and indeed a fake Earth. (TV: The Android Invasion [+]Loading...["The Android Invasion (TV story)"])
The Fourth Doctor would later state that 1997 was a "bad year" for ginger beer. (PROSE: System Shock [+]Loading...["System Shock (novel)"])
Despite ginger pop having an adverse effect on Time Lord metabolism, (AUDIO: The Kingmaker [+]Loading...["The Kingmaker (audio story)"]) the Fifth Doctor still consciously ordered ginger beer at the Green Dragon in 2009. (AUDIO: The Eternal Summer [+]Loading...["The Eternal Summer (audio story)"])
When the Fifth Doctor again ordered ginger pop in the Green Dragon, (AUDIO: Plague of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Plague of the Daleks (audio story)"]) as he had previously done so in 2009, (AUDIO: The Eternal Summer [+]Loading...["The Eternal Summer (audio story)"]) in the 45th century, he stated that his drink had been long flat. (AUDIO: Plague of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Plague of the Daleks (audio story)"])
By the 26th century, ginger beer had become expensive, due to its rarity. (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)"])
Undated events[[edit] | [edit source]]
William Shakespeare got the Fifth Doctor drunk on ginger beer-spiked drink and effectively stole the TARDIS as a consequence. The Doctor later explained that "ginger pop [had] a profoundly deleterious effect on Time Lord metabolism". (AUDIO: The Kingmaker [+]Loading...["The Kingmaker (audio story)"])
Charlotte Pollard once spilled ginger pop on the TARDIS console, making the Eighth Doctor's TARDIS's destination monitor "stick" on occasion. (AUDIO: The Mummy Speaks! [+]Loading...["The Mummy Speaks! (audio story)"])
