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'''Eggs''' were a method of reproduction in which the foetus developed outside the mother's body.{{fact}}
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{{first pic|Fourth Doctor and egg.jpg|The [[Fourth Doctor]] examining a [[dinosaur]] egg. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book (novel)}})}}
'''Eggs''' were organic vessels that allowed infant creatures to develop inside them. They were also eaten as [[food]], commonly on [[Earth]].


The air of [[Belepheron]] reportedly smelled like bad eggs.{{says who?}} ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Dodo]]'')
They were an ingredient in [[lasagna]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Stop, Thief! (short story)}})


[[Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Brian Williams]] suggested, among other theories, that the millions of [[cube]]s that suddenly appeared on [[Earth]] were [[alien]] eggs. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three]]'')
According to [[Martha Jones]], the air of [[Belepheron]] smelled like bad eggs. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Last Dodo (novel)}})
 
[[Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Brian Williams]] suggested, among other theories, that the millions of [[Shakri cube]]s that suddenly appeared on [[Earth]] were [[alien]] eggs. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of Three (TV story)}})
 
The eggs on [[Metebelis III]] were blue. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Man Who Wasn't There (audio story)}})
 
Three [[bird]]s' egg were part of the symbolic price for the [[loom]] used to make the first [[babel]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}})
 
Some eggs could be made from [[chocolate egg|chocolate]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|I'm Dreaming of a Cheshire Easter (short story)}})


== Egg-laying species ==
== Egg-laying species ==
A wide variety of creatures laid eggs, including [[fish]], amphibians, [[:Category:Reptiles|reptiles]], [[bird]]s, [[monotreme]]s, [[:Category:Arachnids|arachnids]] and [[insect]]s. Some specific species included:
[[File:Rigellan Hyper-Kraken's eggs (Space Invaders!).jpg|thumb|[[Rigellan Hyper-Kraken]] eggs. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Space Invaders! (comic story)}})]]
* [[Aubertide]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'')
A wide variety of creatures laid eggs. Some specific species included [[Arcturian]]s, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Only a Matter of Time (short story)}}) [[Aubertide]]s, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Human Nature (novel)}}) [[Bane (Invasion of the Bane)|Bane]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Lost Boy (TV story)}}) [[Centuripede]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Last Oak Tree (TV story)}}) [[Chelonian]]s, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Highest Science (novel)}}) [[chicken]]s, ([[TV]]: {{cs|City of Death (TV story)}}) [[Chimeron]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)}}) [[Draconian]]s, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Paper Cuts (audio story)}}) [[Gappa]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Snowglobe 7 (novel)}}) [[Gastropod]]s, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Twin Dilemma (TV story)}}) [[Ice Warrior]]s, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lucifer Rising (novel)}}) [[Krill]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Storm Harvest (novel)}}) [[Kiseibya]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Enemy of the Daleks (audio story)}}) [[Mayfly|Mayflies]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Reset (TV story)}}) [[Nostrovite]]s, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Something Borrowed (TV story)}}) [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]]s, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Boom Town (TV story)}}) the [[Process]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)}}) [[Saraani]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dry Pilgrimage (novel)}}) [[Saurian (Lords of the Galaxy)|Saurians]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lords of the Galaxy (short story)}}) [[Sea Devil]]s, ([[WC]]: {{cs|Defenders of Earth (webcast)}}) [[Silurian]]s, ([[TV]]: {{cs|SJAF 6}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters (novelisation)}}) [[Viperox]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dreamland (TV story)}}) [[Astro-raptor]]s, ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Egg Hunt (comic story)}}) [[Wirrn]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ark in Space (TV story)}}) and [[Xenomorph]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}})
* [[Bane (Invasion of the Bane)|Bane]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lost Boy]]'')
* [[Centuripede]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Last Oak Tree]]'')
* [[Chelonian]]s ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Highest Science]]'')
* [[Chimeron]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'')
* [[Earth Reptile]]s
* [[Gappa]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Snowglobe 7 (novel)|Snowglobe 7]]'')
* [[Gastropod]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma]]'')
* [[Ice Warrior]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising]]'')
* [[Krill]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Storm Harvest]]'')
* [[Mayfly|Mayflies]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'')
* [[Nostrovite]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed]]'')
* [[Racnoss]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'')
* [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town]]'')
* [[Process]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')
* [[Saraani]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'')
* [[Silurian]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Sarah Jane's Alien Files episode 6]]'')
* [[Viperox]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'')
* [[Wirrn]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space]]'')


== Food source ==
== Food source ==
Eggs were prepared and eaten as food. On [[Earth]], [[chicken]] eggs were eaten commonly.
[[file:Eggs (Closing Time).png|thumb|left|A [[box]] of eggs in the [[refrigerator]] of [[Craig Owens and Sophie's house]] in [[2011]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Closing Time (TV story)}})]]
Eggs were prepared and eaten as food. On [[Earth]], [[chicken]] eggs were eaten commonly, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Death of Me (short story)}}, {{cs|The Man from DOCTO(R) (short story)}}) which contained [[yolk]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Death of Me (short story)}}) Eggs could be prepared a number of ways: [[boiled egg|boiled]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Death of Me (short story)}}, {{cs|Bide-a-Wee (short story)}}) [[poached egg|poached]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Policy to Invade (short story)}}, {{cs|Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast (short story)}}) as an [[omelette]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Lodger (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dead of Winter (novel)}}) [[pickled egg|pickled]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cutty Wren (short story)}}) [[fried egg|fried]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Tragedy Day (novel)}}, {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)}}, {{cs|Dear Great Uncle Peter (short story)}}) [[scrambled egg|scrambled]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Nightmare Man (TV story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus}}) and "eggy [[bread]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Hospitality (short story)}})
 
[[Eggs Atlantic]] included two [[muffin]]s, two [[poached egg]]s, and [[Atlantic salmon]], topped with a [[cream]]y [[hollandaise sauce]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Policy to Invade (short story)}}) Another such dish was [[eggs benedict]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dead Men Diaries (short story)}})
 
[[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] ate some food blocks that had been processed by the [[First Doctor]]'s [[food machine]] to taste like [[bacon]] and eggs. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}})


[[Barbara Wright]] ate some food that had been processed by the [[First Doctor]]'s [[food machine]] to taste like [[bacon]] and eggs with [[brown sauce]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963 (audio story)|1963]]'')
Barbara ate some food blocks processed to taste like bacon and eggs, this time with [[brown sauce]] added. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|1963 (audio story)}})


The [[Seventh Doctor]] cooked fried eggs, [[bacon]], [[sausage]]s and fried [[potato]] slices for breakfast at [[Smithwood Manor]] for [[Justine Wheaton|Justine]] and [[Vincent Wheaton]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'')
Whilst in [[Northumbria]] in [[1066]], the [[First Monk]] offered his prisoner, the First Doctor some [[toast]], bacon, eggs, and [[tea]] for [[breakfast]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Meddler (TV story)}})


Upon taking [[Rose Tyler]] to see the [[Earth]]'s destruction in the year [[5000000000|five billion]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] jokingly mentioned eggs as one of the things [[human]]ity thought would cause their [[extinction]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
Upon taking [[Rose Tyler]] to see the [[Earth]]'s destruction in the year [[5000000000|five billion]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] jokingly mentioned eggs as one of the things [[human]]ity thought would cause their [[extinction]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of the World (TV story)}})


[[Sarah Jane Smith]] tried and failed to make [[scrambled eggs]] on several occasions. When she tried to make some before [[Luke Smith]] went to [[University of Oxford|university]], she accidentally set her kitchen on fire. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Nightmare Man]]'')
There was a [[box]] of [[chicken]] eggs in the [[refrigerator]] in [[Craig Owens and Sophie's house]] in [[2011]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Closing Time (TV story)}})


The [[Eleventh Doctor]] made himself and [[Craig Owens]] an omelette with [[cheese]], [[ham]], [[mayonnaise]] and other ingredients. Craig remarked that it was the most enjoyable thing he had ever tasted. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'')
[[Walker (The Sea Devils)|Walker]] ordered a breakfast of eggs, [[bacon]], [[toast]], [[coffee]], and rough-cut [[marmalade]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Sea Devils (TV story)}})


[[Walker (The Sea Devils)|Walker]] ordered a breakfast of eggs, [[bacon]], [[toast]], [[coffee]], and rough-cut [[marmalade]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'')
While trapped in a room in the [[Dalek Asylum]] for almost a whole year, [[Oswin Oswald]] claimed she was making [[soufflé]]s. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] wondered where she got the eggs needed for baking on multiple occasions. It turned out that Oswin was a [[Dalek]] who had created a reality in her mind in which she was still [[human]] and cooked soufflés. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)}})
[[File:Exploded eggs.jpg|thumb|A carton of eggs after exploding. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|A Little Help from My Friends (comic story)}})]]
The people in the [[Gallifrey]]an village of [[Slothe]] raided [[trunkike]] nests for their eggs. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blind Fury (short story)}})


While trapped in a room in the [[Dalek Asylum]] for almost a whole year, [[Oswin Oswald]] claimed she was making [[soufflé]]s. The Eleventh Doctor asked where she got the eggs from on multiple occasions. However, in reality she was a [[Dalek]] and had created her own reality in her mind in which she was still human and making soufflés. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]])
The [[Tenth Doctor]]'s [[Timey-wimey detector]] caused a carton of eggs to explode. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|A Little Help from My Friends (comic story)}})


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Latest revision as of 23:07, 28 October 2024

Egg
The Fourth Doctor examining a dinosaur egg. (PROSE: The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book [+]Loading...["The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book (novel)"])

Eggs were organic vessels that allowed infant creatures to develop inside them. They were also eaten as food, commonly on Earth.

They were an ingredient in lasagna. (PROSE: Stop, Thief! [+]Loading...["Stop, Thief! (short story)"])

According to Martha Jones, the air of Belepheron smelled like bad eggs. (PROSE: The Last Dodo [+]Loading...["The Last Dodo (novel)"])

Brian Williams suggested, among other theories, that the millions of Shakri cubes that suddenly appeared on Earth were alien eggs. (TV: The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"])

The eggs on Metebelis III were blue. (AUDIO: The Man Who Wasn't There [+]Loading...["The Man Who Wasn't There (audio story)"])

Three birds' egg were part of the symbolic price for the loom used to make the first babels. (PROSE: The Book of the War [+]Loading...["The Book of the War (novel)"])

Some eggs could be made from chocolate. (PROSE: I'm Dreaming of a Cheshire Easter [+]Loading...["I'm Dreaming of a Cheshire Easter (short story)"])

Egg-laying species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Rigellan Hyper-Kraken eggs. (COMIC: Space Invaders! [+]Loading...["Space Invaders! (comic story)"])

A wide variety of creatures laid eggs. Some specific species included Arcturians, (PROSE: Only a Matter of Time [+]Loading...["Only a Matter of Time (short story)"]) Aubertides, (PROSE: Human Nature [+]Loading...["Human Nature (novel)"]) Bane, (TV: The Lost Boy [+]Loading...["The Lost Boy (TV story)"]) Centuripede, (TV: The Last Oak Tree [+]Loading...["The Last Oak Tree (TV story)"]) Chelonians, (PROSE: The Highest Science [+]Loading...["The Highest Science (novel)"]) chickens, (TV: City of Death [+]Loading...["City of Death (TV story)"]) Chimeron, (TV: Delta and the Bannermen [+]Loading...["Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)"]) Draconians, (AUDIO: Paper Cuts [+]Loading...["Paper Cuts (audio story)"]) Gappa, (PROSE: Snowglobe 7 [+]Loading...["Snowglobe 7 (novel)"]) Gastropods, (TV: The Twin Dilemma [+]Loading...["The Twin Dilemma (TV story)"]) Ice Warriors, (PROSE: Lucifer Rising [+]Loading...["Lucifer Rising (novel)"]) Krill, (PROSE: Storm Harvest [+]Loading...["Storm Harvest (novel)"]) Kiseibya, (AUDIO: Enemy of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Enemy of the Daleks (audio story)"]) Mayflies, (TV: Reset [+]Loading...["Reset (TV story)"]) Nostrovites, (TV: Something Borrowed [+]Loading...["Something Borrowed (TV story)"]) Raxacoricofallapatorians, (TV: Boom Town [+]Loading...["Boom Town (TV story)"]) the Process, (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)"]) Saraani, (PROSE: Dry Pilgrimage [+]Loading...["Dry Pilgrimage (novel)"]) Saurians, (PROSE: Lords of the Galaxy [+]Loading...["Lords of the Galaxy (short story)"]) Sea Devils, (WC: Defenders of Earth [+]Loading...["Defenders of Earth (webcast)"]) Silurians, (TV: SJAF 6 [+]Loading...["SJAF 6"], PROSE: Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters (novelisation)"]) Viperox, (TV: Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"]) Astro-raptors, (COMIC: The Egg Hunt [+]Loading...["The Egg Hunt (comic story)"]) Wirrn, (TV: The Ark in Space [+]Loading...["The Ark in Space (TV story)"]) and Xenomorphs. (TV: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"])

Food source[[edit] | [edit source]]

A box of eggs in the refrigerator of Craig Owens and Sophie's house in 2011. (TV: Closing Time [+]Loading...["Closing Time (TV story)"])

Eggs were prepared and eaten as food. On Earth, chicken eggs were eaten commonly, (PROSE: The Death of Me [+]Loading...["The Death of Me (short story)"], The Man from DOCTO [+]Loading...["The Man from DOCTO(R) (short story)"]) which contained yolks. (PROSE: The Death of Me [+]Loading...["The Death of Me (short story)"]) Eggs could be prepared a number of ways: boiled, (PROSE: The Death of Me [+]Loading...["The Death of Me (short story)"], Bide-a-Wee [+]Loading...["Bide-a-Wee (short story)"]) poached, (PROSE: Policy to Invade [+]Loading...["Policy to Invade (short story)"], Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast [+]Loading...["Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast (short story)"]) as an omelette, (TV: The Lodger [+]Loading...["The Lodger (TV story)"], PROSE: Dead of Winter [+]Loading...["Dead of Winter (novel)"]) pickled, (PROSE: The Cutty Wren [+]Loading...["The Cutty Wren (short story)"]) fried, (PROSE: Tragedy Day [+]Loading...["Tragedy Day (novel)"], Cat's Cradle: Warhead [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)"], Dear Great Uncle Peter [+]Loading...["Dear Great Uncle Peter (short story)"]) scrambled, (TV: The Nightmare Man [+]Loading...["The Nightmare Man (TV story)"], AUDIO: Project: Lazarus [+]Loading...["Project Lazarus (audio story)","Project: Lazarus"]) and "eggy bread". (PROSE: Hospitality [+]Loading...["Hospitality (short story)"])

Eggs Atlantic included two muffins, two poached eggs, and Atlantic salmon, topped with a creamy hollandaise sauce. (PROSE: Policy to Invade [+]Loading...["Policy to Invade (short story)"]) Another such dish was eggs benedict. (PROSE: The Dead Men Diaries [+]Loading...["The Dead Men Diaries (short story)"])

Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright ate some food blocks that had been processed by the First Doctor's food machine to taste like bacon and eggs. (TV: The Daleks [+]Loading...["The Daleks (TV story)"])

Barbara ate some food blocks processed to taste like bacon and eggs, this time with brown sauce added. (AUDIO: 1963 [+]Loading...["1963 (audio story)"])

Whilst in Northumbria in 1066, the First Monk offered his prisoner, the First Doctor some toast, bacon, eggs, and tea for breakfast. (TV: The Time Meddler [+]Loading...["The Time Meddler (TV story)"])

Upon taking Rose Tyler to see the Earth's destruction in the year five billion, the Ninth Doctor jokingly mentioned eggs as one of the things humanity thought would cause their extinction. (TV: The End of the World [+]Loading...["The End of the World (TV story)"])

There was a box of chicken eggs in the refrigerator in Craig Owens and Sophie's house in 2011. (TV: Closing Time [+]Loading...["Closing Time (TV story)"])

Walker ordered a breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast, coffee, and rough-cut marmalade. (TV: The Sea Devils [+]Loading...["The Sea Devils (TV story)"])

While trapped in a room in the Dalek Asylum for almost a whole year, Oswin Oswald claimed she was making soufflés. The Eleventh Doctor wondered where she got the eggs needed for baking on multiple occasions. It turned out that Oswin was a Dalek who had created a reality in her mind in which she was still human and cooked soufflés. (TV: Asylum of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)"])

A carton of eggs after exploding. (COMIC: A Little Help from My Friends [+]Loading...["A Little Help from My Friends (comic story)"])

The people in the Gallifreyan village of Slothe raided trunkike nests for their eggs. (PROSE: Blind Fury [+]Loading...["Blind Fury (short story)"])

The Tenth Doctor's Timey-wimey detector caused a carton of eggs to explode. (COMIC: A Little Help from My Friends [+]Loading...["A Little Help from My Friends (comic story)"])