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'''Spirit'''s were an [[alcohol]] produced through distillation, and were usually quite potent. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]'') They could be produced using methods involving a still or through brewing in even the simplest of containers, such as a bathtub, which the [[Seventh Doctor]] did with [[whiskey]] when he was in [[Chicago]] in [[1929]], while he did so in the TARDIS, and could have used more traditional methods he claimed it preserved the period "flavour".  ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Harvest]]'')
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[[File:Pubwall.jpg|thumb|[[Gwen Cooper]] and [[Jack Harkness]] in a [[pub]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Everything Changes (TV story)}}]]
'''Alcohol''' was ethanol diluted into a drink with an [[intoxication|inebriating]] effect. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Emporium at the End (audio story)}}) It was consumed, used, seen and even occasionally manufactured by [[the Doctor]], their [[companion]]s and various other individuals.


Spirits were consumed on their own, with a simple mixer (such as soda water, or [[tonic water]]) or were consumed as part of a [[cocktail]].  
[[Addiction]] to alcohol was known as [[alcoholism]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Conspiracy (audio story)}}, et al.)


Spirits were particularly flammable, [[Bernice Summerfield]] was able to use a bottle of particuarly cheap [[vodka]] and a lighter against a [[ice Warrior|Martian]] on [[Earth]] in [[1997]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')
== Effect ==
Different species had different reactions to alcohol. [[Human]]s and [[Threllip]]s were known to get [[drunk]] after drinking too much alcohol. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Living Legend (audio story)}}) This affect was also utilised as a numbing agent for medical procedures, such as [[dentist]]ry. When the [[First Doctor]] was offered some alcohol by the dentist [[Doc Holliday]] in [[October]] [[1881]] before a tooth extraction, he said that he never touched the stuff. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Gunfighters (TV story)}}) He repeated his assertion whilst in [[17th century]] [[Cornwall]] to [[Joseph Longfoot]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Smugglers (TV story)}}) He noted that, despite making one feel warmer, alcohol actually reduced [[body temperature]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Great White Hurricane (audio story)}})


Drinking establishments generally stocked a range of alcoholic beverages, including spirits. On [[Blinni-Gar]] the bar served various beverages including [[Draconian sake]] and [[Foamasi brandy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prime Time]]'') Whilst on [[Earth]] in the television series ''[[Eastenders]]'', a storyline in [[2007]] had [[Peggy Mitchell]] being confronted by a [[ghost]] of [[Den Watts]], where she told him to get out of her pub, saying that the only spirits she served were gin, whisky and vodka. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'')
Alcohol could be an [[addictive]] substance; [[John Hart]] went to [[rehabilitation|rehab]] for [[drug]]s, alcohol, [[sex]] and [[murder]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)}}) According to Dr [[Kurdi (The Rise of the New Humans)|Kurdi]], it also had little to no [[health]] benefits, acting almost as a slow-acting [[poison]] on the [[human]] body. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Rise of the New Humans (audio story)}}) [[Tommy Pierce]] was a recovering alcoholic, getting drunk for the first time in years due to [[Rachel Allan]] serving him spiked [[coffee]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|New Girl (audio story)}})


==Cultural institutions==
The various species of [[Sentarion]] had a stronger resistance to alcohol than humans. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Shakedown (novelisation)}}) [[Gallifreyan]]s were more resistant yet. They were better at [[metabolism|metabolising]] alcohol, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Rise of the New Humans (audio story)}}) and could easily shrug off the effects of alcohol when they needed to. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}, {{cs|The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)}}) As with humans, however, excessive consumption could produce a [[hangover]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Slipback (audio story)}}) [[Ginger beer]] would reduce their ability to tolerate alcohol. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Kingmaker (audio story)}})
* The [[Ninth Doctor]] threatened to triplicate the flammability of some brandy, but the [[Slitheen]] declared that he was "making that up". [[Harriet Jones]] also informed him that one passes to one's left. Later, he, Harriet and Rose imbibed a measure of that brandy after successfully rescuing [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]] and [[Jackie Tyler|Jackie]] by phone. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three]]'')


==Commercial brands==
Alcohol was toxic to [[Naxian]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Sound of Fear (audio story)}})
* [[RedStar]] was a brand of [[Martian]] vodka. It was used in several cocktails such as 'A Red Under The Bed', [[Bernice Summerfield]] drank much RedStar whilst on [[Mars]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beige Planet Mars]]'')
* The [[Third Doctor]] and [[Iris Wildthyme]] drank ''[[Bombay Sapphire Gin]]'', in which the Doctor preferred [[Lime (fruit)|lime]] to [[lemon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris (novel)|Verdigris]]'')


== Specific spirits==
A [[Dalek]], sent to capture [[Kurt Schalk|Schalk]], caught fire when [[Elizabeth Klein]] poured alcohol on its gunstick when it tried to exterminate the [[Seventh Doctor]], causing the tavern to catch fire with it. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Daleks Among Us (audio story)}})
===Brandy===
* The [[Sixth Doctor]], [[The Brigadier]] and [[Claire Aldwych]] drank (gulped mainly) a lot of brandy while discussing the deaths of Hitler and Eva Braun. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass]]'')
* Bernice Summerfield brewed vodka to clean wounds (and to drink). She also found a flask of the Doctor's Napoleon Brandy. According to the Doctor, it was really ''Napoleon's'' brandy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sanctuary]]'')
* Benny drank drugged brandy whilst on the [[Braxiatel Collection]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Squire's Crystal (novel)|The Squire's Crystal]]'')
* During his final days in a nursing home, the Brigadier would make the staff pour an extra brandy for the Doctor, in the hope he would visit one last time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]'')
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] asked [[Harry Sullivan]] to go get a bottle of brandy from [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to help revive [[Sarah Jane Smith]] after she had fallen unconscious from lack of oxygen on [[The Ark]]. Sarah responded to the offer by making a disgusted noise and stating she hated brandy. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space]]'')


=== Vodka ===
== In culture ==
* The [[Third Doctor]] drank what appeared to be a whiskey and soda whilst in Hart's office. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'')
[[Sarah Jane Smith]] hated them. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ark in Space (TV story)}}) [[Clara Oswald]] called [[whiskey]] the "11th most disgusting drink ever invented". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hide (TV story)}}) Others, however, particularly men, such as [[the Doctor]] and [[the Brigadier]],{{facts}} found spirits a vital part of life, and shared them as a way of either connecting and communicating or celebrating. For example, the Ninth Doctor drank some [[brandy]] after rescuing [[Mickey Smith]] and [[Jackie Tyler]] from the [[Slitheen]] by [[telephone|phone]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}})
* The [[Third Doctor]] toasted [[Dent|Captain Dent]]'s health with an unknown spirit after a civilised, but confrontational, introduction. ([[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]'')
* Bernice Summerfield drank cheap, watered down vodka in a dirty London bar in [[1908]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'')
* [[Jack Harkness]] when sentenced to death ordered three [[hypervodka]]s as a last meal. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'')


===Whiskey===
[[Harriet Jones]] later informed the Ninth Doctor that one passed alcoholic spirits to one's left. ([[TV]]: {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}})
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] once drank whiskey. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sometime Never...]]'')
* Bernice spent time in the [[Witch and Whirlwind]] bar while [[Jason Kane|Jason]] and [[Emile Mars-Smith|Emile]] were off having adventures (on what wasn't [[Ardethe]]) drinking Jack Daniels and scotch. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadfall]]'')


=== Other spirits===
The [[Seventh Doctor]] used a bathtub in [[the TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to brew [[whiskey]] when he was in [[Chicago]] in [[1929]]. He could have used more traditional methods, but he claimed it preserved the period "flavour" by brewing in a bathtub. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood Harvest (novel)}})
* The [[Scarlioni|Countess]] drank a green liquid when she spoke to the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Romana II|Romana]] and [[Duggan]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death]]'')
 
* Chris' father, when Chris, the Doctor, Roz and Bernice returned to Earth following a variety of confrontations, opened a bottle of [[Gallavax Prime]], fermented drink brewed by mutant space bees which tasted vaguely of honey. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin]]'')
== Cultural tolerance ==
* Bernice Summerfield drank [[rekkar]] with Professor [[Lazlo Zemar]] whilst researching on the planet [[Sentarion]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'')
Some cultures were opposed to the drinking of alcohol. In the early [[20th century]], there was a [[prohibition]] of alcohol in [[United States of America|America]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Immortal Sins (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood Harvest (novel)}}) The [[Saraani]] religion forbade the drinking of alcohol. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dry Pilgrimage (novel)}}) The various species of [[Sentarion]] were opposed to the drinking of alcohol, though they had no problems with [[alien]]s doing so and even made [[Rekkar]] themselves. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Shakedown (novelisation)}}) [[Alpha Centauran]]s never drank alcohol and didn't see the appeal of it. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dark Path (novel)}})
* Roz and Bernice drank homemade hooch on the planet [[Yemaya 4]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sleepy]]'')
 
* On what was supposed to be an alcohol free cruise, [[Bernice Summerfield]] drank some (particularly lethal) [[Brettellian]] Potato spirit so strong it made her eyes water. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'')
[[MP]] [[David Lloyd George]] was an aggressive campaigner against alcohol, famously declaring that [[United Kingdom|Britain]] had three [[enemy|enemies]]: "[[Germany]], [[Austria]] and Drink; as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly [[foe]]s is Drink." His attempt, as [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], to ban alcohol entirely led to the introduction of [[licensing law]]s to increase [[tax]]es on alcohol and to restrict its [[sale]] and the [[opening hour]]s of [[public house]]s. In [[privacy|private]], however, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)}}) he drank the [[Ninth Doctor]] under the [[table]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}})
 
In [[2006]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] claimed that [[David Lloyd George]], a former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], drank him under the [[table]] in [[10 Downing Street]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}) [[Liz 10]] would later recall that the Doctor was an "old drinking buddy" of [[Henry XII]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Beast Below (TV story)}})
 
Some individuals such as [[Creeby]] compared non-alcoholic drinks to poison. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Where Nobody Knows Your Name (comic story)}})
 
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] hid alcohol in one of the [[roundel]]s in [[the TARDIS|his TARDIS]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Husbands of River Song (TV story)}}) as did the [[First Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Twice Upon a Time (TV story)}})
 
== Alcohol drinking establishments ==
Drinking establishments such as [[pub]]s generally stocked a range of alcoholic beverages. On [[Blinni-Gaar]] the bar served various beverages including [[Draconian sake]] and [[Foamasi brandy]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Prime Time (novel)}}) In the television series ''[[EastEnders]]'', a storyline in [[2007]] had [[Peggy Mitchell]] being confronted by a [[ghost]] of [[Den Watts]], where she told him to get out of her pub, saying that the only spirits she served were [[gin]], [[whiskey]] and [[vodka]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}})
 
== Flammability ==
Some alcohols were flammable, and could be used to destructive or theatrical effect. [[Bernice Summerfield]] was able to use a bottle of particularly cheap [[vodka]] and a lighter against a [[ice Warrior|Martian]] on [[Earth]] in [[1997]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}}) The [[Ninth Doctor]] later threatened the [[Slitheen]], saying that he would triplicate the flammability of some [[brandy]], and kill them all. ([[TV]]: {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}})
 
== Alcoholic beverages ==
* [[Absinthe]]
* [[Alcopop]]
* [[Babycham]]
* [[Beer]] / [[Ale]] (by extension [[IPA]])
* [[Cider]]
* [[Cocktail]]s
* [[Gin]] (by extension [[Gin and tonic]])
* [[Malibu]]
* [[Margarita (alcoholic beverage)|Margaritas]]
* [[Mead]]
* [[Vodka]]
* [[Wine]]
* [[Whisky]]
 
== Other alcohols ==
The [[Third Doctor]] toasted [[Captain]] [[Dent (Colony in Space)|Dent]]'s health with an unknown alcohol after a civilised, but confrontational, introduction. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Colony in Space (TV story)}})
 
When [[Chris Cwej]], the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] returned to [[Earth]] following a variety of confrontations, Chris' father opened a bottle of [[Drink (Original Sin)|fermented drink]] brewed by mutant space [[bee]]s. Roz thought that it tasted vaguely of [[honey]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Original Sin (novel)}})
 
Roz and Bernice drank home-made [[hooch]] on the [[planet]] [[Yemaya 4]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|SLEEPY (novel)}})
 
On what was supposed to be an alcohol-free [[cruise]], Bernice Summerfield drank some (particularly lethal) [[Brettellian]] [[potato]] spirit so strong it made her eyes water. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dry Pilgrimage (novel)}})
 
In [[Paris]], [[Heidi Scarlioni|the Countess]] drank a green liquid filled from a bottle on her drinks tray when she spoke to the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Romana II]] and [[Duggan]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|City of Death (TV story)}})
 
Bernice Summerfield drank [[rekkar]] with Professor [[Lazlo Zemar]] whilst researching on the planet [[Sentarion]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Shakedown (novelisation)}})
 
== Commercial branding of alcohols ==
[[RedStar]] was a brand of [[Martian]] [[vodka]]. It was used in several cocktails such as 'A Red Under The Bed', [[Bernice Summerfield]] drank much RedStar whilst on [[Mars]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Beige Planet Mars (novel)}})
 
The [[Third Doctor]] and [[Iris Wildthyme]] drank [[Bombay Sapphire]], in which the Doctor preferred [[lime (fruit)|lime]] to [[lemon]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Verdigris (novel)}})
 
== Behind the scenes ==
Peggy Mitchell's reference to serving spirits is a play on the meaning of both "serve" and "spirit". Though not explained in detail in {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}}, "spirit" refers to incorporeal supernatural beings, sometimes including ghosts, but also the alcoholic beverage. A bartender can serve a person, but the food and drink itself can be what's served ''to'' the patron.


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Latest revision as of 03:53, 22 October 2024

Alcohol
Gwen Cooper and Jack Harkness in a pub in TV: Everything Changes [+]Loading...["Everything Changes (TV story)"]

Alcohol was ethanol diluted into a drink with an inebriating effect. (AUDIO: The Emporium at the End [+]Loading...["The Emporium at the End (audio story)"]) It was consumed, used, seen and even occasionally manufactured by the Doctor, their companions and various other individuals.

Addiction to alcohol was known as alcoholism. (AUDIO: The Conspiracy [+]Loading...["The Conspiracy (audio story)"], et al.)

Effect[[edit] | [edit source]]

Different species had different reactions to alcohol. Humans and Threllips were known to get drunk after drinking too much alcohol. (AUDIO: Living Legend [+]Loading...["Living Legend (audio story)"]) This affect was also utilised as a numbing agent for medical procedures, such as dentistry. When the First Doctor was offered some alcohol by the dentist Doc Holliday in October 1881 before a tooth extraction, he said that he never touched the stuff. (TV: The Gunfighters [+]Loading...["The Gunfighters (TV story)"]) He repeated his assertion whilst in 17th century Cornwall to Joseph Longfoot. (TV: The Smugglers [+]Loading...["The Smugglers (TV story)"]) He noted that, despite making one feel warmer, alcohol actually reduced body temperature. (AUDIO: The Great White Hurricane [+]Loading...["The Great White Hurricane (audio story)"])

Alcohol could be an addictive substance; John Hart went to rehab for drugs, alcohol, sex and murder. (TV: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang [+]Loading...["Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)"]) According to Dr Kurdi, it also had little to no health benefits, acting almost as a slow-acting poison on the human body. (AUDIO: The Rise of the New Humans [+]Loading...["The Rise of the New Humans (audio story)"]) Tommy Pierce was a recovering alcoholic, getting drunk for the first time in years due to Rachel Allan serving him spiked coffee. (AUDIO: New Girl [+]Loading...["New Girl (audio story)"])

The various species of Sentarion had a stronger resistance to alcohol than humans. (PROSE: Shakedown [+]Loading...["Shakedown (novelisation)"]) Gallifreyans were more resistant yet. They were better at metabolising alcohol, (AUDIO: The Rise of the New Humans [+]Loading...["The Rise of the New Humans (audio story)"]) and could easily shrug off the effects of alcohol when they needed to. (PROSE: The Quantum Archangel [+]Loading...["The Quantum Archangel (novel)"], The Sorcerer's Apprentice [+]Loading...["The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)"], TV: The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"]) As with humans, however, excessive consumption could produce a hangover. (AUDIO: Slipback [+]Loading...["Slipback (audio story)"]) Ginger beer would reduce their ability to tolerate alcohol. (AUDIO: The Kingmaker [+]Loading...["The Kingmaker (audio story)"])

Alcohol was toxic to Naxians. (AUDIO: The Sound of Fear [+]Loading...["The Sound of Fear (audio story)"])

A Dalek, sent to capture Schalk, caught fire when Elizabeth Klein poured alcohol on its gunstick when it tried to exterminate the Seventh Doctor, causing the tavern to catch fire with it. (AUDIO: Daleks Among Us [+]Loading...["Daleks Among Us (audio story)"])

In culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sarah Jane Smith hated them. (TV: The Ark in Space [+]Loading...["The Ark in Space (TV story)"]) Clara Oswald called whiskey the "11th most disgusting drink ever invented". (TV: Hide [+]Loading...["Hide (TV story)"]) Others, however, particularly men, such as the Doctor and the Brigadier,[additional sources needed] found spirits a vital part of life, and shared them as a way of either connecting and communicating or celebrating. For example, the Ninth Doctor drank some brandy after rescuing Mickey Smith and Jackie Tyler from the Slitheen by phone. (TV: World War Three [+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"])

Harriet Jones later informed the Ninth Doctor that one passed alcoholic spirits to one's left. (TV: World War Three [+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"])

The Seventh Doctor used a bathtub in his TARDIS to brew whiskey when he was in Chicago in 1929. He could have used more traditional methods, but he claimed it preserved the period "flavour" by brewing in a bathtub. (PROSE: Blood Harvest [+]Loading...["Blood Harvest (novel)"])

Cultural tolerance[[edit] | [edit source]]

Some cultures were opposed to the drinking of alcohol. In the early 20th century, there was a prohibition of alcohol in America. (TV: Immortal Sins [+]Loading...["Immortal Sins (TV story)"], PROSE: Blood Harvest [+]Loading...["Blood Harvest (novel)"]) The Saraani religion forbade the drinking of alcohol. (PROSE: Dry Pilgrimage [+]Loading...["Dry Pilgrimage (novel)"]) The various species of Sentarion were opposed to the drinking of alcohol, though they had no problems with aliens doing so and even made Rekkar themselves. (PROSE: Shakedown [+]Loading...["Shakedown (novelisation)"]) Alpha Centaurans never drank alcohol and didn't see the appeal of it. (PROSE: The Dark Path [+]Loading...["The Dark Path (novel)"])

MP David Lloyd George was an aggressive campaigner against alcohol, famously declaring that Britain had three enemies: "Germany, Austria and Drink; as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is Drink." His attempt, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, to ban alcohol entirely led to the introduction of licensing laws to increase taxes on alcohol and to restrict its sale and the opening hours of public houses. In private, however, (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"]) he drank the Ninth Doctor under the table. (TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"])

In 2006, the Ninth Doctor claimed that David Lloyd George, a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, drank him under the table in 10 Downing Street. (TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"]) Liz 10 would later recall that the Doctor was an "old drinking buddy" of Henry XII. (TV: The Beast Below [+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"])

Some individuals such as Creeby compared non-alcoholic drinks to poison. (COMIC: Where Nobody Knows Your Name [+]Loading...["Where Nobody Knows Your Name (comic story)"])

The Twelfth Doctor hid alcohol in one of the roundels in his TARDIS, (TV: The Husbands of River Song [+]Loading...["The Husbands of River Song (TV story)"]) as did the First Doctor. (TV: Twice Upon a Time [+]Loading...["Twice Upon a Time (TV story)"])

Alcohol drinking establishments[[edit] | [edit source]]

Drinking establishments such as pubs generally stocked a range of alcoholic beverages. On Blinni-Gaar the bar served various beverages including Draconian sake and Foamasi brandy. (PROSE: Prime Time [+]Loading...["Prime Time (novel)"]) In the television series EastEnders, a storyline in 2007 had Peggy Mitchell being confronted by a ghost of Den Watts, where she told him to get out of her pub, saying that the only spirits she served were gin, whiskey and vodka. (TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"])

Flammability[[edit] | [edit source]]

Some alcohols were flammable, and could be used to destructive or theatrical effect. Bernice Summerfield was able to use a bottle of particularly cheap vodka and a lighter against a Martian on Earth in 1997. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"]) The Ninth Doctor later threatened the Slitheen, saying that he would triplicate the flammability of some brandy, and kill them all. (TV: World War Three [+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"])

Alcoholic beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other alcohols[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Third Doctor toasted Captain Dent's health with an unknown alcohol after a civilised, but confrontational, introduction. (TV: Colony in Space [+]Loading...["Colony in Space (TV story)"])

When Chris Cwej, the Seventh Doctor, Roz Forrester and Bernice Summerfield returned to Earth following a variety of confrontations, Chris' father opened a bottle of fermented drink brewed by mutant space bees. Roz thought that it tasted vaguely of honey. (PROSE: Original Sin [+]Loading...["Original Sin (novel)"])

Roz and Bernice drank home-made hooch on the planet Yemaya 4. (PROSE: SLEEPY [+]Loading...["SLEEPY (novel)"])

On what was supposed to be an alcohol-free cruise, Bernice Summerfield drank some (particularly lethal) Brettellian potato spirit so strong it made her eyes water. (PROSE: Dry Pilgrimage [+]Loading...["Dry Pilgrimage (novel)"])

In Paris, the Countess drank a green liquid filled from a bottle on her drinks tray when she spoke to the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and Duggan. (TV: City of Death [+]Loading...["City of Death (TV story)"])

Bernice Summerfield drank rekkar with Professor Lazlo Zemar whilst researching on the planet Sentarion. (PROSE: Shakedown [+]Loading...["Shakedown (novelisation)"])

Commercial branding of alcohols[[edit] | [edit source]]

RedStar was a brand of Martian vodka. It was used in several cocktails such as 'A Red Under The Bed', Bernice Summerfield drank much RedStar whilst on Mars. (PROSE: Beige Planet Mars [+]Loading...["Beige Planet Mars (novel)"])

The Third Doctor and Iris Wildthyme drank Bombay Sapphire, in which the Doctor preferred lime to lemon. (PROSE: Verdigris [+]Loading...["Verdigris (novel)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Peggy Mitchell's reference to serving spirits is a play on the meaning of both "serve" and "spirit". Though not explained in detail in Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], "spirit" refers to incorporeal supernatural beings, sometimes including ghosts, but also the alcoholic beverage. A bartender can serve a person, but the food and drink itself can be what's served to the patron.

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