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[[File:Milk bottles.jpg|thumb|Milk Bottles being transported on [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'')]]
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'''Milk''' is a substance secreted by [[mammal]]s to feed their young.
{{first pic|Milk bottles.jpg|Bottled milk ready for delivery. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'')}}
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'''Milk''' was a [[liquid]] secreted by [[mammal]]s to feed their young. Different species could usually consume the milk of other species, as [[human]]s and [[Time Lord]]s commonly did with the milk of [[cattle|cows]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]'') It was often used as an accompaniment to [[tea]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fungus (short story)|Fungus]]'') The [[Ninth Doctor]] once implied that there was something unique in the universe about the milk that came from cattle, and that he regularly had to return to [[Earth]] just to get milk. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] later told [[Martha Jones|Martha]] that he normally went to a farm in [[9th century]] [[France]] for his milk. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Wrath of the Warrior (comic story)|Wrath of the Warrior]]'')


== Milk-producing species ==
== Milk-producing species ==
Whether the female of a species exuded milk from its nipples or from simple ducts to nurture its young was one of the defining traits of mammals. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Year of Intelligent Tigers]]'') Similar nourishing substances were produced by non-mammalian species. [[Malmooth]] could drink their own internal milk, ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') while the green milk produced by [[Skarasen]]s was fed on by the [[Zygon]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sting of the Zygons]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Bodysnatchers]]'')
Whether the female of a species exuded milk from its nipples or from simple ducts to nurture its young was one of the defining traits of mammals. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Year of Intelligent Tigers (novel)|The Year of Intelligent Tigers]]'') Similar nourishing substances were produced by non-mammalian species. [[Malmooth]] could drink their own internal milk, ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') while the green milk produced by [[Skarasen]]s was fed on by the [[Zygon]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sting of the Zygons (novel)|Sting of the Zygons]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Bodysnatchers (novel)|The Bodysnatchers]]'')


The only known cure for [[spectrox toxaemia]] was the milk from a [[queen bat]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani]]'')
The only known cure for [[spectrox toxaemia]] was the milk from a [[queen bat]], a species native to Androzani Minor. The cure was discovered by Professor Jackij.
([[TV]]:''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'')


The seemingly male [[Sontaran]]s could be genespliced to produce milk. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
The seemingly male [[Sontaran]]s could be genespliced to produce milk. [[Strax]] was very proud that he could produce "magnificent quantities" of lactic fluid and offered to nurse [[Melody Pond]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')


== Milk as a beverage ==
== Milk as a beverage ==
Milk was also used by other species as a drink. The [[human]]s of [[Earth]] harvested and drank the milk of [[cow]]s.
Milk was also used by other species as a drink. The [[human]]s of [[Earth]] harvested and drank the milk of [[cow]]s. Milk was sold in cartons or glass bottles, and delivered by milkmen. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'', ''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]'') In some locations, such as the planet [[Sto]], milk was sold in a [[milk market]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'')


Milk was often used in [[tea]] and [[coffee]] to add taste. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Theatre of War]]'') Milk was sold in cartons or glass bottles, and delivered by milkmen. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'') It was sometimes drunk warm as a sleep aid. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')
Milk was often used in [[tea]] and [[coffee]] to add taste. It was sometimes drunk warm as a sleep aid. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Theatre of War]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')


In some locations, such as the planet [[Sto]], milk was sold in a [[Milk Market]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'')
Like humans, [[cat]]s often drank milk. One one occasion, this made the cats of the [[United Kingdom]] vulnerable to alien attack. When a [[fungus (Fungus)|fungus]] from space found its way into [[Britain]]'s milk supply, cats all over the country turned on their owners in a series of savage attacks. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fungus (short story)|Fungus]]'')


== Minor references ==
[[Milkshake]]s were served in [[Iceworld's ice cream parlour]]. The owner [[Anderson (Dragonfire)|Anderson]] reassured a customer they didn't stain after Ace poured some over the head of the customer. She then poured another over Anderson's head too. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'')
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] bought some milk. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Wrath of the Warrior]]'')
 
* The Doctor later tried to get some more milk, but instead ended up at the [[Whispering Gallery]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Whispering Gallery (comic story)|The Whispering Gallery]]'')
The last thing that [[Ross Lee (in-universe)|Ross Lee]] had told [[Ross Lee's mum|his mum]] before he became trapped in the [[BBC rubbish tip]] was, apparently, that he was going out for a pint of milk. ([[TV]]: ''[[Chute! Episode 9 (TV story)|Chute! Episode 9]]'')
* [[Larry Nightingale]] went out to buy milk. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink]]'')
 
* [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] commented that they returned to Earth whenever they needed milk. The [[Ninth Doctor]] asked why, out of all the species in all the universe, it had to come out of a cow. ([[TV]] ''[[The Empty Child]]'')
The TARDIS food machine had a button labelled 'MILK'. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge Of Destruction]]'')
* [[Rory Williams]] was buying milk when he came across an [[Alien (Rory's Story)|alien]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Rory's Story]]'')
 
* [[Baby (language)|Speaking]] to baby [[Melody Pond]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] told her she should call [[Amy Pond|Amy]] 'Mummy', not 'Big milk thing'. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
There was milk in [[Jo Jones' home]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[Return of the Autons (webcast)|Return of the Autons]]'')
 
=== The Doctor ===
The [[Fifth Doctor]], with the use of a half empty tank of oxygen, had to climb into the caves on [[Androzani Minor]] to obtain some [[bat's milk]] to cure himself and Peri. The milk was a cure for [[spectrox toxaemia]]. Sadly, the Doctor only managed to milk enough for Peri. As Peri came round the Doctor was in the late stages of the disease and he [[Regeneration|regenerated]] into his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]] to cure himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'')
 
The [[Seventh Doctor]], in [[1963]] brought freshly delivered milk to [[Martin (Remembrance of the Daleks)|Martin]] when he visited the [[Hand of Omega]] at the Funeral Directors. (''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
 
The [[Ninth Doctor]] travelled to Earth at least every five days, which [[Rose Tyler]] attributed to him having to get milk. He seemed annoyed that, of all the [[universe]], it had to come from a cow. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'')
 
The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] fought and then helped a [[Thaur|viking warrior]] they ran into when they stopped to buy milk. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Wrath of the Warrior (comic story)|Wrath of the Warrior]]'') Another time they tried to get milk they ended up in the [[Whispering Gallery]] instead of a grocers as intended. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Whispering Gallery (comic story)|The Whispering Gallery]]'')
 
[[Larry Nightingale]] met the Tenth Doctor when he returned from a milk run. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')
 
[[Rory Williams]] ran into trouble when he went to the market to get milk and a [[whisk]] for the [[Eleventh Doctor]] who was making proper [[ice cream]] in [[the TARDIS]]. He ended up pretending to be the Doctor in order to get an [[Alien (Rory's Story)|alien]] to leave. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Rory's Story (comic story)|Rory's Story]]'')
 
The Eleventh Doctor admonished [[Melody Pond]], telling her that she should call [[Amy Pond|Amy]] "Mummy", not "Big milk thing". ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
 
After fighting several groups of monsters, the Eleventh Doctor met River Song and she asked him if he remembered to pick up milk. He dejectedly left again to get River's milk. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Take a Bow Tie (comic story)|Take a Bow (Tie)]]'')
 
The Eleventh Doctor once drank milk from a bottle. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]'')
 
== Milk as an ingredient ==
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Milk was also the base ingredient for many foods, known as dairy foods. The [[Tenth Doctor]] showed a great fondness for most foodstuffs made from milk, keeping track of which galaxies had the best [[milkshake]]s and most expensive [[ice cream]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Agent Provocateur]]'', ''[[Escape to Penhaxico (comic story)|Escape to Penhaxico]]'')
 
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] claimed to have a doctorate in [[cheese]] making. ([[TV]]: ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]'')
 
Shortly after regeneration, the Eleventh Doctor tried several foods, among them [[butter]]ed [[bread]], bacon, baked beans, and [[yoghurt]] before settling on fish fingers and [[custard]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'')


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Latest revision as of 17:21, 11 May 2023

Milk
Bottled milk ready for delivery. (TV: The Stolen Earth)
You may be looking for the visual effects company.

Milk was a liquid secreted by mammals to feed their young. Different species could usually consume the milk of other species, as humans and Time Lords commonly did with the milk of cows. (TV: Hide) It was often used as an accompaniment to tea. (PROSE: Fungus) The Ninth Doctor once implied that there was something unique in the universe about the milk that came from cattle, and that he regularly had to return to Earth just to get milk. (TV: The Empty Child) The Tenth Doctor later told Martha that he normally went to a farm in 9th century France for his milk. (COMIC: Wrath of the Warrior)

Milk-producing species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Whether the female of a species exuded milk from its nipples or from simple ducts to nurture its young was one of the defining traits of mammals. (PROSE: The Year of Intelligent Tigers) Similar nourishing substances were produced by non-mammalian species. Malmooth could drink their own internal milk, (TV: Utopia) while the green milk produced by Skarasens was fed on by the Zygons. (PROSE: Sting of the Zygons, PROSE: The Bodysnatchers)

The only known cure for spectrox toxaemia was the milk from a queen bat, a species native to Androzani Minor. The cure was discovered by Professor Jackij. (TV:The Caves of Androzani)

The seemingly male Sontarans could be genespliced to produce milk. Strax was very proud that he could produce "magnificent quantities" of lactic fluid and offered to nurse Melody Pond. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War)

Milk as a beverage[[edit] | [edit source]]

Milk was also used by other species as a drink. The humans of Earth harvested and drank the milk of cows. Milk was sold in cartons or glass bottles, and delivered by milkmen. (TV: The Stolen Earth, Hide) In some locations, such as the planet Sto, milk was sold in a milk market. (TV: Voyage of the Damned)

Milk was often used in tea and coffee to add taste. It was sometimes drunk warm as a sleep aid. (PROSE: Theatre of War, TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs)

Like humans, cats often drank milk. One one occasion, this made the cats of the United Kingdom vulnerable to alien attack. When a fungus from space found its way into Britain's milk supply, cats all over the country turned on their owners in a series of savage attacks. (PROSE: Fungus)

Milkshakes were served in Iceworld's ice cream parlour. The owner Anderson reassured a customer they didn't stain after Ace poured some over the head of the customer. She then poured another over Anderson's head too. (TV: Dragonfire)

The last thing that Ross Lee had told his mum before he became trapped in the BBC rubbish tip was, apparently, that he was going out for a pint of milk. (TV: Chute! Episode 9)

The TARDIS food machine had a button labelled 'MILK'. (TV: The Edge Of Destruction)

There was milk in Jo Jones' home. (WC: Return of the Autons)

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fifth Doctor, with the use of a half empty tank of oxygen, had to climb into the caves on Androzani Minor to obtain some bat's milk to cure himself and Peri. The milk was a cure for spectrox toxaemia. Sadly, the Doctor only managed to milk enough for Peri. As Peri came round the Doctor was in the late stages of the disease and he regenerated into his sixth incarnation to cure himself. (TV: The Caves of Androzani)

The Seventh Doctor, in 1963 brought freshly delivered milk to Martin when he visited the Hand of Omega at the Funeral Directors. (Remembrance of the Daleks)

The Ninth Doctor travelled to Earth at least every five days, which Rose Tyler attributed to him having to get milk. He seemed annoyed that, of all the universe, it had to come from a cow. (TV: The Empty Child)

The Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones fought and then helped a viking warrior they ran into when they stopped to buy milk. (COMIC: Wrath of the Warrior) Another time they tried to get milk they ended up in the Whispering Gallery instead of a grocers as intended. (COMIC: The Whispering Gallery)

Larry Nightingale met the Tenth Doctor when he returned from a milk run. (TV: Blink)

Rory Williams ran into trouble when he went to the market to get milk and a whisk for the Eleventh Doctor who was making proper ice cream in the TARDIS. He ended up pretending to be the Doctor in order to get an alien to leave. (COMIC: Rory's Story)

The Eleventh Doctor admonished Melody Pond, telling her that she should call Amy "Mummy", not "Big milk thing". (TV: A Good Man Goes to War)

After fighting several groups of monsters, the Eleventh Doctor met River Song and she asked him if he remembered to pick up milk. He dejectedly left again to get River's milk. (COMIC: Take a Bow (Tie))

The Eleventh Doctor once drank milk from a bottle. (TV: Hide)

Milk as an ingredient[[edit] | [edit source]]

This section needs a cleanup.

Do any of these stories SAY for instance that cheese and custard are derived from milk?

Milk was also the base ingredient for many foods, known as dairy foods. The Tenth Doctor showed a great fondness for most foodstuffs made from milk, keeping track of which galaxies had the best milkshakes and most expensive ice cream. (COMIC: Agent Provocateur, Escape to Penhaxico)

The Eleventh Doctor claimed to have a doctorate in cheese making. (TV: The God Complex)

Shortly after regeneration, the Eleventh Doctor tried several foods, among them buttered bread, bacon, baked beans, and yoghurt before settling on fish fingers and custard. (TV: The Eleventh Hour)