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A '''rabbit''' was a small [[Earth]] [[mammal]].  
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|origin          = [[Earth]], [[Gallifrey]]
|individuals    = [[Bugs Bunny]], [[Admin Bunny]]
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|first cs        = The Visitation (TV story)
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A '''rabbit''', colloquially a '''bunny''', was a small [[Earth]] [[mammal]].


== Rabbits on Earth ==
== Rabbits on Earth ==
On [[Earth]], rabbits were so prized for their meat that they could inspire [[poaching]]. This certainly happened in [[England]] around the time of the [[Great Fire of London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'') Centuries later, [[Ernie Clements]], the poacher who worked the grounds of [[Marcus Scarman]]'s house, caught a rabbit shortly before spotting a [[robot mummy]] removing itself from one of his traps. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'')
On [[Earth]], rabbits were so prized for their meat that they could inspire [[poacher|poaching]]. This certainly happened in [[England]] around the time of the [[Great Fire of London]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Visitation (TV story)}}) Centuries later, [[Ernie Clements]], the poacher who worked the grounds of [[Marcus Scarman]]'s house, caught a rabbit shortly before spotting a [[robot mummy]] removing itself from one of his traps. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Pyramids of Mars (TV story)}})
[[File:Rabbit.jpg|left|thumb|A [[poacher]] catches a rabbit in [[1666]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'')]]
 
Rabbits were also kept as pets. The [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]] once met a boy named [[Rithros]] who had lost his pet rabbit. The Doctor used his [[celery]] stick to lure the animal back to his master. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goths and Robbers]]'')
Rabbits were also kept as pets. The [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]] once met a boy named [[Flavius Theodoric|Rithros]] who had lost his pet rabbit. The Doctor used his [[celery]] stick to lure the animal back to his master. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Goths and Robbers (short story)}}) As a child [[Yasmin Khan]] begged her parents for a pet rabbit but was given a [[Mister Hoppy|stuffed rabbit]] instead as her father [[Hakim Khan|Hakim]] was [[Allergy|allergic]] to animal [[fur]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Secret in Vault 13 (novel)}}) [[Charlotte Pollard]] also had a pet rabbit named Mopsy. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Zagreus (audio story)}})
 
[[Susan Foreman]] cooked rabbit while heading to the [[Dalek]] mine in [[Bedfordshire]]. [[Carl Tyler]] ate some. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)}})
 
[[File:Rabbit.jpg|left|thumb|A [[poacher]] catches a rabbit in [[1666]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Visitation (TV story)}})]]
 
[[Magician]]s used to pull rabbits out of [[hat]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Hat Trick (comic story)}}) In [[1923]], the magician [[Miraclo]] attempted this feat, believing it would make him famous. He was unaware that he had been manipulated by the rabbit-like [[Lepus Warrior]]s, who had turned the hat into a [[warp gate]] which would allow them to cross into his dimension in an attempted invasion. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Hat Trick (comic story)}})
 
[[Boa constrictor]]s preyed on rabbits and ate them whole. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Monster (TV story)}})
 
In medieval times the term "cony" was also used. In [[1400]], after the bird failed to catch anything while [[hawking]], [[Robert de Wensley|Sir Robert de Wensley]] told his [[hawk]] there would be "no cony for your supper". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Tale (audio story)}})


[[Charley Pollard]] had a pet rabbit named Mopsy. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'')
In [[1562]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] came across a rabbit in [[England]] and, believing it to be a [[Zygon]] in disguise, gave it an intimidating speech, only to realise that it was just an ordinary rabbit, amending it to a "general warning". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}})


[[Magician]]s used to pull rabbits out of [[hat]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Hat Trick (comic story)|The Hat Trick]]'')
[[Constance Clarke]]'s great-uncle [[Jasper (Shield of the Jötunn)|Jasper]] spent much of his time at his expensive manor house in the country taking potshots at rabbits. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Shield of the Jötunn (audio story)}})


[[Boa constrictor]]s preyed on rabbits and ate them whole. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]'')
[[file:Bugs Bunny.jpg|thumb|[[Bugs Bunny]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|TV Terrors Autograph Hunt (game)}})]]
[[Bugs Bunny]] was a rabbit who was once [[chase]]d by [[Yosemite Sam]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|TV Terrors Autograph Hunt (game)}}) By one account, he was a [[cartoon]] [[character]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)|ed=2011 edition|page=40}})
 
[[Admin Bunny]] was a rabbit with [[white]] [[fur]] and [[black]]-rimmed [[glasses]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Wonder Chase (video game)|ed=Super Happy Magic Forest [160]}})


=== As slang ===
=== As slang ===
The [[Fourth Doctor]] once asked [[K9 Mark II|K9]] if he wanted to chase some rabbits. [[Adric]] had to explain to him that this meant they were going somewhere. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Inter-Galactic Cat (short story)|Inter-Galactic Cat]]'')
The [[Fourth Doctor]] once asked [[K9 Mark II|K9]] if he wanted to chase some rabbits. [[Adric]] had to explain to him that this meant they were going somewhere. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Inter-Galactic Cat (short story)}})


"Rabbits!" was a favourite interjection of [[Tegan Jovanka]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]],'' [[PROSE]]: ''[[Graham Dilley Saves the World (short story)|Graham Dilley Saves the World]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] once used the word in a similar way. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'')
"[[Rabbits!]]" was a favourite interjection of [[Tegan Jovanka]], usually used when she was frustrated or disappointed. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Logopolis (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Graham Dilley Saves the World (short story)}}) The [[Eleventh Doctor]] once used the word in a similar way. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)}})
 
He also used it to describe how humans kept multiplying and spreading through the universe, in reference to the animal's well known high birthrate. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time of Angels (TV story)}})
 
Claiming that she could save the universe from the [[final Flux event]], the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] told [[the Division]]'s [[Ood (Survivors of the Flux)|Ood]] that she was "very good at pulling rabbits out of [[hat]]s." When the Ood stated that he had neither rabbits nor hats, the Doctor explained that it was a [[metaphor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Survivors of the Flux (TV story)}})


== Extra-terrestrial rabbits ==
== Extra-terrestrial rabbits ==
[[C'rizz]] and the [[Eighth Doctor]] once encountered some rather large rabbits on [[Caerdroia]]. At the time, the Doctor told C'rizz that there were rabbits on [[Gallifrey]], as well, but they were "rounder and cuddlier" than [[Earth]] rabbits. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Caerdroia (audio story)|Caerdroia]]'')
Rabbit-like creatures lived on the meteorite [[M5]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Destroyers (audio story)}})
 
According to the [[Third Doctor]], a giant rabbit was a delegate at the [[Third Intergalactic Peace Conference]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Frontier in Space (TV story)}})


According to the [[Third Doctor]], a giant rabbit was a delegate at the [[Third Intergalactic Peace Conference]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'')
The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[C'rizz]] once encountered some rather large rabbits on [[Caerdroia]]. At the time, the Doctor told C'rizz that there were rabbits on [[Gallifrey]], as well, but they were "rounder and cuddlier" than [[Earth]] rabbits. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Caerdroia (audio story)}}) Toy rabbits were held by Time Lord children during the [[Fall of Arcadia]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}})


On [[Dagomere]], giant rabbits were known to dig large tunnels. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tree of Life (novel)|The Tree of Life]]'')
On [[Dagomere]], giant rabbits were known to dig large tunnels. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Tree of Life (novel)}})


While trapped in an ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''-inspired reality, one of the characters encountered by [[Peri Brown]] was a version of the story's White Rabbit who strongly resembled the [[Sixth Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Salad Daze (comic story)|Salad Daze]]'')
A young Gallifreyan [[child]] held a stuffed rabbit toy during the [[Fall of Arcadia]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}})


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The [[Eleventh Doctor]] recalls a saying, "Let the [[Time Lord]] see the rabbit." ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Eternal Dogfight (comic story)}})
 
== Other references ==
On [[Mechanistria]], the [[First Doctor]] watched an approaching [[Grukker]] "like a hypnotised rabbit watches the approach of the [[cobra]]." ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Peril in Mechanistria (short story)}})
 
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] once compared [[Santa Claus]] to the "[[Easter Bunny]]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Last Christmas (TV story)}})
 
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Latest revision as of 05:29, 18 November 2024

Rabbit

You may be looking for the slang term favoured by Tegan.

A rabbit, colloquially a bunny, was a small Earth mammal.

Rabbits on Earth[[edit] | [edit source]]

On Earth, rabbits were so prized for their meat that they could inspire poaching. This certainly happened in England around the time of the Great Fire of London. (TV: The Visitation [+]Loading...["The Visitation (TV story)"]) Centuries later, Ernie Clements, the poacher who worked the grounds of Marcus Scarman's house, caught a rabbit shortly before spotting a robot mummy removing itself from one of his traps. (TV: Pyramids of Mars [+]Loading...["Pyramids of Mars (TV story)"])

Rabbits were also kept as pets. The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan Jovanka once met a boy named Rithros who had lost his pet rabbit. The Doctor used his celery stick to lure the animal back to his master. (PROSE: Goths and Robbers [+]Loading...["Goths and Robbers (short story)"]) As a child Yasmin Khan begged her parents for a pet rabbit but was given a stuffed rabbit instead as her father Hakim was allergic to animal fur. (PROSE: The Secret in Vault 13 [+]Loading...["The Secret in Vault 13 (novel)"]) Charlotte Pollard also had a pet rabbit named Mopsy. (AUDIO: Zagreus [+]Loading...["Zagreus (audio story)"])

Susan Foreman cooked rabbit while heading to the Dalek mine in Bedfordshire. Carl Tyler ate some. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth [+]Loading...["The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)"])

A poacher catches a rabbit in 1666. (TV: The Visitation [+]Loading...["The Visitation (TV story)"])

Magicians used to pull rabbits out of hats. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem [+]Loading...["The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)"], COMIC: The Hat Trick [+]Loading...["The Hat Trick (comic story)"]) In 1923, the magician Miraclo attempted this feat, believing it would make him famous. He was unaware that he had been manipulated by the rabbit-like Lepus Warriors, who had turned the hat into a warp gate which would allow them to cross into his dimension in an attempted invasion. (COMIC: The Hat Trick [+]Loading...["The Hat Trick (comic story)"])

Boa constrictors preyed on rabbits and ate them whole. (TV: The Time Monster [+]Loading...["The Time Monster (TV story)"])

In medieval times the term "cony" was also used. In 1400, after the bird failed to catch anything while hawking, Sir Robert de Wensley told his hawk there would be "no cony for your supper". (AUDIO: The Doctor's Tale [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Tale (audio story)"])

In 1562, the Tenth Doctor came across a rabbit in England and, believing it to be a Zygon in disguise, gave it an intimidating speech, only to realise that it was just an ordinary rabbit, amending it to a "general warning". (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])

Constance Clarke's great-uncle Jasper spent much of his time at his expensive manor house in the country taking potshots at rabbits. (AUDIO: Shield of the Jötunn [+]Loading...["Shield of the Jötunn (audio story)"])

Bugs Bunny. (GAME: TV Terrors Autograph Hunt [+]Loading...["TV Terrors Autograph Hunt (game)"])

Bugs Bunny was a rabbit who was once chased by Yosemite Sam. (GAME: TV Terrors Autograph Hunt [+]Loading...["TV Terrors Autograph Hunt (game)"]) By one account, he was a cartoon character. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...{"page":"40","ed":"2011 edition","1":"Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"})

Admin Bunny was a rabbit with white fur and black-rimmed glasses. (GAME: Wonder Chase [+]Loading...{"ed":"Super Happy Magic Forest [160]","1":"Wonder Chase (video game)"})

As slang[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fourth Doctor once asked K9 if he wanted to chase some rabbits. Adric had to explain to him that this meant they were going somewhere. (PROSE: Inter-Galactic Cat [+]Loading...["Inter-Galactic Cat (short story)"])

"Rabbits!" was a favourite interjection of Tegan Jovanka, usually used when she was frustrated or disappointed. (TV: Logopolis [+]Loading...["Logopolis (TV story)"], PROSE: Graham Dilley Saves the World [+]Loading...["Graham Dilley Saves the World (short story)"]) The Eleventh Doctor once used the word in a similar way. (COMIC: Hunters of the Burning Stone [+]Loading...["Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)"])

He also used it to describe how humans kept multiplying and spreading through the universe, in reference to the animal's well known high birthrate. (TV: The Time of Angels [+]Loading...["The Time of Angels (TV story)"])

Claiming that she could save the universe from the final Flux event, the Thirteenth Doctor told the Division's Ood that she was "very good at pulling rabbits out of hats." When the Ood stated that he had neither rabbits nor hats, the Doctor explained that it was a metaphor. (TV: Survivors of the Flux [+]Loading...["Survivors of the Flux (TV story)"])

Extra-terrestrial rabbits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Rabbit-like creatures lived on the meteorite M5. (AUDIO: The Destroyers [+]Loading...["The Destroyers (audio story)"])

According to the Third Doctor, a giant rabbit was a delegate at the Third Intergalactic Peace Conference. (TV: Frontier in Space [+]Loading...["Frontier in Space (TV story)"])

The Eighth Doctor and C'rizz once encountered some rather large rabbits on Caerdroia. At the time, the Doctor told C'rizz that there were rabbits on Gallifrey, as well, but they were "rounder and cuddlier" than Earth rabbits. (AUDIO: Caerdroia [+]Loading...["Caerdroia (audio story)"]) Toy rabbits were held by Time Lord children during the Fall of Arcadia. (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])

On Dagomere, giant rabbits were known to dig large tunnels. (PROSE: The Tree of Life [+]Loading...["The Tree of Life (novel)"])

A young Gallifreyan child held a stuffed rabbit toy during the Fall of Arcadia. (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])

The Eleventh Doctor recalls a saying, "Let the Time Lord see the rabbit." (COMIC: The Eternal Dogfight [+]Loading...["The Eternal Dogfight (comic story)"])

Other references[[edit] | [edit source]]

On Mechanistria, the First Doctor watched an approaching Grukker "like a hypnotised rabbit watches the approach of the cobra." (PROSE: Peril in Mechanistria [+]Loading...["Peril in Mechanistria (short story)"])

The Twelfth Doctor once compared Santa Claus to the "Easter Bunny". (TV: Last Christmas [+]Loading...["Last Christmas (TV story)"])