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[[File:Ball bearings you can eat, genius.jpg|thumb|[[Rose Tyler]] offers the [[Tenth Doctor]] a cake adorned with edible ball bearings. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her]]'')]]
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'''Ball bearings''' were a type of {{w|rolling-element bearing}} which used {{w|Ball (bearing)|balls}} to maintain the separation between the moving parts of the [[wikipedia:Bearing (mechanical)|bearing]].
'''Ball bearings''' were hard and [[silver]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|64 Carlysle Street (short story)}}) [[Fitz Kreiner]] once used ball bearings in his [[music]]al improvisation, running them up and down his [[Telecaster]] [[electric guitar]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Slow Empire (novel)}}) Heavy [[rain]] could be compared to the "clattering down" of ball bearings. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|How You Get There (short story)}})


The [[Fourth Doctor]] "mocked" [[K9 Mark I|K9]] by handing him a bag of sweets and asking if he would like a ball bearing. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'')
At [[Hellcombe Factory]] the [[Eleventh Doctor]] used ball-bearings to locate where the [[magnetic field]] came from. They stuck to the [[Dalek duplicate|duplicate]] of [[Ralph Hellcombe]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Dalek Project (comic story)}})


The Fourth Doctor also ate edible ball bearings on [[Dronid]], mentioning that he'd gotten a craving for them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shada (novelisation)|Shada]])
There existed a type of [[sweet]] known as [[Dragée|edible ball bearings]], typically used for [[cake]] decoration, which looked like small silver [[ball]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Fear Her (TV story)}})


The [[Tenth Doctor]] thought the commonly seen Earth cupcakes with {{w|Dragée#Metallic decorative balls|edible ball bearings}} were "genius". He said "No other species in the galaxy has ever bothered to make them". [[Rose Tyler]] later handed him a cake adorned with ball bearings. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
In the short 1978 sketch ''[[Merry Christmas Doctor Who (TV story)|Merry Christmas Doctor Who]]'', [[K9 Mark II]] tells the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Romana I]] that he wants "enough ball bearing to last out the series" for [[Christmas]].


When a police force were trying to uncover [[Mamps Fel-Fotch Hangle-Wang Slitheen|Mamps]], [[Costmato Fel-Fotch Hangle-Wang Slitheen|Cosmo]] and [[Leeb Fel-Fotch Hangle-Wang Slitheen|Leeb Slitheen]] from their stone prisons with a [[want conduit]], the Doctor stopped them and arranged that the conduit could only be turned on by thinking about [[sunflower]]s and ball bearings. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Slitheen Excursion]]'')
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== Behind the scenes ==
* In the short [[1978]] sketch ''[[Merry Christmas Doctor Who]]'', [[K9 Mark II]] told [[The Doctor]] and [[Romana I]] that he wanted "enough ball bearing to last out the series" for [[Christmas]].
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Ball bearing

Ball bearings were hard and silver. (PROSE: 64 Carlysle Street [+]Loading...["64 Carlysle Street (short story)"]) Fitz Kreiner once used ball bearings in his musical improvisation, running them up and down his Telecaster electric guitar. (PROSE: The Slow Empire [+]Loading...["The Slow Empire (novel)"]) Heavy rain could be compared to the "clattering down" of ball bearings. (PROSE: How You Get There [+]Loading...["How You Get There (short story)"])

At Hellcombe Factory the Eleventh Doctor used ball-bearings to locate where the magnetic field came from. They stuck to the duplicate of Ralph Hellcombe. (COMIC: The Dalek Project [+]Loading...["The Dalek Project (comic story)"])

There existed a type of sweet known as edible ball bearings, typically used for cake decoration, which looked like small silver balls. (TV: Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"])

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

In the short 1978 sketch Merry Christmas Doctor Who, K9 Mark II tells the Fourth Doctor and Romana I that he wants "enough ball bearing to last out the series" for Christmas.

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