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}}'''Tea''' was a drink made from the dried leaves of the tea plant, created by brewing the leaves in hot [[water]]. Tea leaves were sometimes encased in [[tea bag|porous bags]], making it easier to dispose the leaves after steeping. ([[ | '''Tea''' was a drink made from the dried leaves of the tea plant, ''Camellia'', created by brewing the leaves in hot [[water]].{{Fact}} Tea leaves were sometimes encased in [[tea bag|porous bags]], making it easier to dispose the leaves after steeping. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'', ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'') The [[Fifth Doctor]] once described tea to [[Will Chandler]] as "a noxious infusion of oriental [[leaf|leaves]] containing a high percentage of toxic acid". Will thought it sounded vile, to which the Doctor replied, "Personally, I rather like it". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]'') According to [[Samuel Johnson]], the proper use of tea was to relax the studious, a claim the [[Fourth Doctor]] quoted while in the [[Morovanian Museum]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Renaissance Man (audio story)|The Renaissance Man]]'') | ||
[[Milk]] and [[sugar]] were often used to flavour tea. According to [[George Litefoot|Professor Litefoot]], ladies should add only one lump of sugar to their tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') [[Lemon]] was also often used to flavour tea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fallen Gods (novel)|Fallen Gods]]'') | |||
According to the [[Eighth Doctor]], one should "never turn down tea if it's offered. It's impolite, and that's how wars start." Although at first claiming this to have incited at least fourteen different wars, he admitted that he may have been exaggerating when pressed. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Memory Lane (audio story)|Memory Lane]]'') | |||
[[ | When tea was not served with a meal, it was often served with [[biscuit]]s and [[jam]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll (TV story)|The Power of Kroll]]'') The [[Second Doctor]] once requested a [[patty cake]] with his tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] was particularly fond of [[Jammie Dodger]]s with his tea. He once fooled the [[Dalek]]s into believing that the biscuit was the [[TARDIS self-destruct]] control. He claimed that he brought the biscuit since he was promised tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') Tea could also be served with [[Jaffa Cake|Jaffa Cakes]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mrs Acres (short story)|Mrs Acres]]'') | ||
[[File:Tea.jpg|thumb|Tea with [[milk]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')]] | |||
Although unknown in [[England]] until [[1420]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (audio story)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') tea later became prominent in [[Britain|British]] culture and was often drunk for comfort. When offered a cup of tea by her mother, [[Jackie Tyler|Jackie]] in the middle of an [[alien invasion]], [[Rose Tyler]] sarcastically referred to tea as "the solution to everything". Shortly afterwards, [[Mickey Smith]] dryly said to Rose that Jackie's offer of tea was the equivalent of "having a picnic while the world comes to an end" and "very British." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') Rose said to a [[Pete's World|parallel universe]] version of [[Jackie Tyler (Pete's World)|Jackie]] that her Jackie would not go to bed until she had a cup of tea, with two sugars. The parallel Jackie did the same as the one from [[N-Space|Rose's universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'') | |||
"Rosy Lee" was [[Cockney rhyming slang]] for "tea". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Men's Tales (audio story)|Dead Men's Tales]]'') | |||
== Preparation == | |||
In [[1946]], [[George Orwell]] supposedly laid down the eleven golden rules for preparing the perfect cup of [[tea]]: | |||
"[[India|Indian]] tea only. Use a china or earthenware [[teapot]]. Warm the pot first. Make the tea strong. Never imprison the tea leaves in a bag. Take the teapot to the [[kettle]] and not the other way round, so that the [[water]] is still boiling at the moment of use. Shake the pot after preparing the tea. Be sure to use a cylindrical cup. Remove the [[cream]] from the [[milk]] before adding it. Put the tea in the cup first, and the milk second. And finally, of course, no [[sugar]]." | |||
These words were uttered by a [[hologram]] on Separation Day station, who took them for fact. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Separation Day (short story)|Separation Day]]'') | |||
== Serving tea == | == Serving tea == | ||
[[Tea room]]s were businesses that primarily served tea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Splintered Gate (short story)|The Splintered Gate]]'') | [[Tea room]]s were businesses that primarily served tea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Splintered Gate (short story)|The Splintered Gate]]'') | ||
Whilst in [[Northumbria]] in [[1066]], the [[First Monk]] offered his prisoner, the [[First Doctor]] some [[toast]], [[bacon]], [[Egg|eggs]], and tea for [[breakfast]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'') | |||
The Doctor considered the ability to make tea important. The [[Fourth Doctor]] once asked [[Romana I]] if she knew how to make tea. As she didn't know what it was, he claimed that the [[Time Lord]]s no longer taught anything useful. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]'') When [[George Litefoot|Professor Litefoot]] attempted to educate [[Leela]] on the etiquette of tea, the Fourth Doctor told her that the only thing she really needed to know was how to heat a [[teapot]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') | |||
[[ | During his time with [[UNIT]], the [[Third Doctor]] drank a lot of tea. Tea was so important to him that the tea lady was allowed in his lab, which was off limits to anyone except [[the Brigadier]] and his staff. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'') The Doctor also profited scientifically from his fondness of tea. When [[Sergeant]] [[Benton]] offered him a cup of tea, it helped jog his memory that the leaves inside the beverage were the linchpin necessary to finish construction of a functional [[time flow analog]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'') | ||
[[ | [[Tilda]] and [[Tabby (Paradise Towers)|Tabby]] attempted to trap [[Melanie Bush]] by serving her tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'') | ||
After [[Owen Harper]] was relieved of his duties with [[Torchwood Three]], he | [[Kingpin|Deadbeat]] performed odd jobs for [[Cook (The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)|Captain Cook]], including making Cook's special blend of tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'') | ||
[[Bronze Dalek|Daleks]], posing as man-made machines called [[Ironside Project|Ironsides]], had a variety of duties including serving tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') | |||
A secretary served tea to Victor Kennedy, prior to Kennedy revealing himself and absorbing her. ([[WC]]: ''[[Tardisode 10]]'') | |||
After [[Owen Harper]] was relieved of his duties with [[Torchwood Three]], he was tasked with providing tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Day in the Death (TV story)|A Day in the Death]]'') | |||
== Types of tea == | == Types of tea == | ||
According to the [[Seventh Doctor]], tea made in a [[hotel]] room tasted worse than any other kind of tea. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow of the Scourge]]'') | [[English breakfast]] was a commonly drunk type of tea. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Man's Switch (BFTW audio story)|Dead Man's Switch]]'') | ||
According to the [[Seventh Doctor]], tea made in a [[hotel]] room tasted worse than any other kind of tea. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow of the Scourge (audio story)|The Shadow of the Scourge]]'') | |||
The [[Second Doctor]] once memorised a detailed map of [[London]] in a desperate attempt to not think about the "execrable tea" [[the Brigadier]] served him and [[Jamie McCrimmon]]. This was [[AAFI]] tea, atrociously strong and thick with sugar, but the Brigadier and Jamie enjoyed their cups quite happily. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Invasion (novelisation)|The Invasion]]'') He expressed a desire for Assam for its "particularly agreeable flavour" and [[Lapsang souchong]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Downtime (novelisation)|Downtime]]'') | |||
[[Tibet]]ans drank hot [[yak]] [[butter]] tea to fortify themselves against the cold of their native land. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Yonder... The Yeti (comic story)|Yonder... The Yeti]]'') The [[Second Doctor]] and [[Edward Travers|Professor Travers]] enjoyed it as the [[Det-Sen Monastery|monks]] served it: Unsweetened, milkless, and with yak butter. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen]]'') | |||
The [[Seventh Doctor]] was particularly fond of [[Lapsang souchong]], [[Earl Grey]], and [[Arcturan]] tea. He disliked [[peppermint tea]], but drank some because it was a gift from a friend. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'', ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'', ''[[Notre Dame du Temps (short story)|Notre Dame du Temps]]'') | |||
[[Cook (The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)|Captain Cook]] created a special blend of tea made from tea [[leaf|leaves]] located in the [[Groz valley]] on [[Melogophon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'') | |||
The [[Eighth Doctor]] enjoyed [[darjeeling tea]] with [[lemon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fallen Gods (novel)|Fallen Gods]]'') He also once acquired [[oolong]] tea from [[Peking]], which he offered to his companion, [[Mary Shelley]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Army of Death (audio story)|Army of Death]]'') | |||
The [[ | The [[War Doctor]] views Earl Grey tea as one of the finer things in life. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'') | ||
[[ | Settlers on the planet [[Sunday (planet)|Sunday]] would make a tea using [[tree]] sap. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wetworld (novel)|Wetworld]]'') | ||
The [[ | The [[Thirteenth Doctor]]'s favourite tea was [[Yorkshire Tea]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Good Doctor (novel)|The Good Doctor]]'') | ||
[[ | [[Jeremiah O'Kane|Dr Jeremiah O'Kane]] left [[Colin Dove|Dr Colin Dove]] a sizeable amount of tea, including [[red China]], [[India (tea)|India]], [[Earl Grey]], [[lapsang souchong]], [[green gunpowder]] and [[black Russian]]. When offered, [[Peter Russell]] asked for red China. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Zero Imperative (home video)|The Zero Imperative]]'') | ||
[[Iced tea]] was a form of tea that included [[ice]]. [[Liz Shaw]] poured some for herself and [[Ed Crowborough]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sentinels of the New Dawn (audio story)|The Sentinels of the New Dawn]]'') | |||
== Healing properties == | == Healing properties == | ||
Tea was considered healing. According to the [[Tenth Doctor]], the free radicals and tannin in tea made it ideal for "healing the synapses". At the time, the vapour from a spilled [[flask]] of tea had helped the Doctor recover from his recent [[regeneration]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') | Tea was considered a healing substance. According to the [[Tenth Doctor]], the free radicals and tannin in tea made it ideal for "healing the synapses". At the time, the vapour from a spilled [[flask]] of tea had helped the Doctor recover from his recent [[regeneration]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') | ||
The [[Sixth Doctor]] drank tea to recover from [[Sancreda]]'s psychic attack. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Spectre of Lanyon Moor]]'') | The [[Sixth Doctor]] drank tea to recover from [[Sancreda]]'s psychic attack. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Spectre of Lanyon Moor (audio story)|The Spectre of Lanyon Moor]]'') | ||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] used a large amount of very strong tea to save the life of [[Craig Owens]], who had been adversely affected by a ceiling that had been altered by a time ship's attempts to find a pilot; the Doctor claimed that it "reversed the enzyme decay". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'') | The [[Eleventh Doctor]] used a large amount of very strong tea to save the life of [[Craig Owens]], who had been adversely affected by a ceiling that had been altered by a time ship's attempts to find a pilot; the Doctor claimed that it "reversed the enzyme decay". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'') | ||
== Aliens == | == Aliens == | ||
While tea was | While tea was an [[Earth]] creation, it was enjoyed by [[alien]]s as well, and existed on some other planets. | ||
[[Davros]] enjoyed sweet tea. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Guilt (audio story)|Guilt]]'') | [[Davros]] enjoyed sweet tea. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Guilt (audio story)|Guilt]]'') | ||
[[Turlough]] expressed a fondness for tea, or as he called it, "that brown liquid" | [[Turlough]] expressed a fondness for tea, or as he called it, "that brown liquid." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]'') | ||
[[Vilgreth]] was fond of tea and took some with him when he left [[Earth]] in his [[planet eater|spaceship]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Last of the Titans (audio story)|Last of the Titans]]'') | |||
[[Skagra]], when attempting to read the mind of [[Professor Chronotis]], experienced the taste of tea and found it "faintly unpleasant". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shada (novelisation)|Shada]]'') | |||
After hypnotising [[Pete Lomax]], [[The Master (Terror of the Autons)|the Master]] stole Pete's shortbread biscuit and dipped it in his tea before leaving. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Harvest of Time (novel)|Harvest of Time]]'') | |||
[[ | Tea existed on [[Mondas]] at the time of the [[Genesis of the Cybermen|creation of the Cybermen]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spare Parts (audio story)|Spare Parts]]'') | ||
Despite their differences, both [[Charlie Smith]] and [[Andrea Quill]] enjoyed tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'') | |||
The alien natives of [[Askenflatt Minor]] enjoyed tea, and the planet's [[Warp Hotel]] claimed to serve the "best tea in the known universe". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hero Factor (short story)|The Hero Factor]]'') | |||
There was no tea on [[Skaro]], though the extract of a [[Varga plant]] could serve as a "surprisingly passable" substitute. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Palindrome (audio story)|Palindrome]]'') | |||
== The Doctor == | == The Doctor == | ||
When [[Sheena Flynn]] offered the [[Second Doctor]] tea, he asked for [[milk]] and one [[sugar]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wrath of the Ice Warriors (audio story)|Wrath of the Ice Warriors]]'') | |||
The [[Third Doctor]] took his tea with milk and four sugars. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'') He had a habit of stirring his tea with whatever was available, such as a [[silicon rod]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') [[The Brigadier]] was once confused when the Third Doctor did not put milk or sugar in his tea. In fact, he was not having tea with the Doctor, but with [[the Master]], who had temporarily stolen the Doctor's body. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Switching (short story)|The Switching]]'') | |||
The [[Emperor]] of [[China]] once gave the Doctor a gift of tea. During her travels with the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nyssa]] gave the tea away, unaware of its origins. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spare Parts (audio story)|Spare Parts]]'') | |||
The Fifth Doctor took his tea with two sugars, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eternal Summer (audio story)|The Eternal Summer]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Comet's Tail (short story)|The Comet's Tail]]'') but asked for milk and no sugar on [[Florana]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Elite (audio story)|The Elite]]'') He told [[Bates (The Helliax Rift)|Private Bates]] that he wanted it "stirred, not shaken". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Helliax Rift (audio story)|The Helliax Rift]]'') The [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]] also took two sugars. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'') | |||
The [[Sixth Doctor]] took his with six ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'', ''[[The Mindless Ones (audio story)|The Mindless Ones]]'') whilst the [[Fourth Doctor]] once asked for tea with "just eight" sugars ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Star Beast]]'') and the [[Twelfth Doctor]] shovelled seven into his cup. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') | |||
An attempt on the Sixth Doctor's life was made by poisoning his tea with soluble [[aspirin]]. The Doctor counteracted the aspirin by eating [[chocolate]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Condemned (audio story)|The Condemned]]'') [[Constance Clarke]] offered him one last cup of tea at her house when she returned home. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Quicksilver (audio story)|Quicksilver]]'') | |||
The [[Seventh Doctor]] once met a [[Fred|potential future version of himself]] who had a particularly great interest in tea. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Party Animals (comic story)|Party Animals]]'') | |||
In a [[coffee]] shop in [[London]] in [[1963]], [[John (Remembrance of the Daleks)|John]]''', '''a [[Jamaica]]n employee served the Seventh Doctor a mug of tea. The pair chatted about adding [[sugar]] to tea, and whether it would "make a difference", leading the Doctor to muse about the larger ripple effects that occur through [[time]] even from small decisions. John's father had worked in the sugar fields in Jamaica, hence, the Doctor concluded, if he controlled people's taste buds so no one would take sugar with their tea, John's father wouldn't have had the job. John replied that if sugar hadn't been put in tea, his Great-grandfather wouldn't have been kidnapped, chained up and sold in Kingston in the first place, and that he'd be an African. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') | |||
The [[War Doctor]] enjoyed a good cup of tea. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Legion of the Lost (audio story)|Legion of the Lost]]'') Tea was the last thing he consumed before his [[War Doctor's regeneration|death]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | |||
Sometime before his [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]], [[the Doctor]] pushed boxes of tea at the [[Boston Tea Party]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'') | |||
In the [[summer]] of [[2004]], the Ninth Doctor tried to buy a cup of tea from [[Café (Have You Seen This Man?)|a café]] in [[Cambridge]] with the bigger [[10p]] pieces that had ceased to be [[legal tender]], so [[Riccy Unwin]] gave him [[50p]] so he could pay. Also in [[2004]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] once had tea made in a [[fine bone china]] cup by a [[drinks machine]] in [[Hospital (Have You Seen This Man?)|a hospital]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'') | |||
The [[Tenth Doctor]] drank tea at the [[Warp Hotel]] on [[Askenflatt Minor]], which he found to be "the best cuppa in the known universe — and at least half of the unknown universe". He thought the [[coffee]] on [[Askenflatt Major]] was better, but not the tea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hero Factor (short story)|The Hero Factor]]'') | |||
After shunting [[Gallifrey]] into a [[Gallifrey's pocket universe|pocket universe]], the Doctor's first [[regeneration cycle]] celebrated with tea at the [[National Gallery]] with [[Clara Oswald]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | |||
Whilst in possession of [[Davros's chair]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] enjoyed a cup of tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') | |||
While serving as assistant to the Doctor at [[St Luke's University]], [[Nardole]] brought tea to [[The Doctor's office (The Pilot)|his office]], adding "a bit of [[coffee]]" to "give it some flavour". ([[TV]]: ''[[Thin Ice (TV story)|Thin Ice]]'') | |||
The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] promised [[Ryan Sinclair]] and [[Yasmin Khan]] that they would all have "a cuppa" and some [[fried egg]] [[sandwich]]es once they were done saving [[Karl Wright]] from [[Tzim-Sha]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'') She later claimed she would have offered "a cuppa" to [[Police officer|Police Officer]] [[Mason (Rosa)|Mason]] while he was searching her room at the [[Sahara Springs Motel]], if not for the bad service. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rosa (TV story)|Rosa]]'') | |||
The Thirteenth Doctor believed that "a shock [was] no reason to waste good tea". She told [[Graham O'Brien]] this after his shock at discovering [[Bethany Brunwine]] was a [[Stilean flesh eater]] caused him to almost drop the tray of tea and biscuits he was holding. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hidden Human History (comic story)|Hidden Human History]]'') | |||
When the Thirteenth Doctor met with [[Martha Jones]] in [[1969]], she explained [[regeneration]] over tea and [[custard cream]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Little Help from My Friends (comic story)|A Little Help from My Friends]]'') | |||
== The Doctor's companions == | |||
[[File:Lou with tea.JPG|thumb|right|[[Louise Bayliss|Louise]] bringing herself and [[Liz Shaw|Liz]] tea. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Zero Imperative (home video)|The Zero Imperative]]'')]] | |||
[[Ben Jackson]] did not much care for tea, but took his with [[milk]] and no [[sugar]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Murder Game (novel)|The Murder Game]]'') | |||
[[Polly Wright]] took her tea with four sugars. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Dead Star (audio story)}}) | |||
Whilst at [[UNIT]], [[Liz Shaw]] took her tea without sugar. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Unzal Incursion (audio story)}}) Whilst at [[P.R.O.B.E.]], [[Louise Bayliss]] made Liz's tea black with two sugars. She was happy to drink it with milk, however. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|The Zero Imperative (home video)}}) | |||
[[Tegan Jovanka]] was not much of a tea drinker. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (novelisation)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'') | |||
[[Velar]] drank tea. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gobbledegook (audio story)|Gobbledegook]]'') | |||
In [[1984]] [[York]], [[Vislor Turlough]] drank his tea with milk and sugar. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Power Game (audio story)|Power Game]]'') | |||
[[Abby]] liked her tea with [[milk substitute]] and four sugars. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The People Made of Smoke (audio story)|The People Made of Smoke]]'') | |||
[[Melanie Bush]] claimed that she did not drink tea, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Devil's Footprints (audio story)|The Devil's Footprints]]'') but she drank tea with [[Tabby (Paradise Towers)|Tabby]] and [[Tilda]] in [[Paradise Towers]] and told them that there was "nothing quite like tea and [[crumpet]]s". ([[TV]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'') | |||
[[Raine Creevy]] drank [[English breakfast]] and had never tasted [[mint tea]] until she met [[Sayf Udeen]]. She liked the smell of mint tea and thought that it would be a nice change. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Crime of the Century (audio story)|Crime of the Century]]'') When she and the Doctor were going to drink tea in the TARDIS, she insisted on drinking hers with "gorgeously decadent luxury [[biscuit]]s". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dominion (audio story)|Dominion]]'') | |||
[[Bernice Summerfield]] drank tea with a small amount of milk and no sugar. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Wake (audio story)}}, {{cs|Beyond the Sea (audio story)}}) She poured the milk first. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The True Saviour of the Universe (audio story)}}) When she was [[pregnancy|pregnant]] with [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], she drank tea instead of [[alcohol]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Skymines of Karthos (audio story)}}) | |||
[[Fitz Kreiner]] enjoyed tea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Fall of Yquatine (novel)|The Fall of Yquatine]]'') | |||
== Torchwood == | |||
[[Lizbeth Hayhoe]] drank her tea with milk and two sugars. She hoped to one day own a [[tea shop]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ashenden (audio story)|Ashenden]]'') | |||
[[Norton Folgate]] had his tea with as many sugars as he could get a hold of whilst [[rationing]] was in place. Once it was over, he realised that he did not enjoy it with too much sugar. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Parasite (audio story)|Parasite]]'') | |||
[[Andy Davidson]] took his tea with milk and one sugar. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cadoc Point (audio story)|Cadoc Point]]'') | |||
[[Tyler Steele]] preferred [[coffee]] to tea. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Changes Everything (audio story)|Changes Everything]]'') | |||
[[Ng]] developed a sweet tooth and started to take three sugars with her tea. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Another Man's Shoes (audio story)|Another Man's Shoes]]'') She took milk. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Aliens Next Door (audio story)|Aliens Next Door]]'') | |||
== UNIT == | |||
[[File:Daemons-1 Coffee Tea machine UNIT HQ.jpeg|thumb|A [[UNIT corporal (The Dæmons)|UNIT corporal]] stands beside a coffee and tea machine. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'')]] | |||
At [[Cape Wrath]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] drank his tea with milk and no sugar. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wrath of the Ice Warriors (audio story)|Wrath of the Ice Warriors]]'') He would later say that he liked his tea "hot, dark and sweet". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Kaleidoscope (audio story)|Kaleidoscope]]'') In the [[Unbound Universe]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Unbound Universe)|the Brigadier]] enjoyed tea with milk, only to be given [[jasmine]] tea when at a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] temple. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)|Sympathy for the Devil]]'') | |||
In the [[1970s]] UNIT HQ had a [[coffee]] and tea machine. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') | |||
[[Winifred Bambera]] and [[Louise Rix]] preferred [[coffee]] to tea, whilst [[Jean-Paul Savarin]] said that he preferred [[champagne]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Frequency (audio story)|The Frequency]]'') | |||
[[Shana Siddiqui]] drank her tea white with no sugar. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hosts of the Wirrn (audio story)|Hosts of the Wirrn]]'') | |||
[[Category:Coffees and teas from the real world]] | [[Category:Coffees and teas from the real world]] | ||
[[Category:Drugs and medicines from the real world]] | [[Category:Drugs and medicines from the real world]] | ||
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Tea was a drink made from the dried leaves of the tea plant, Camellia, created by brewing the leaves in hot water.[source needed] Tea leaves were sometimes encased in porous bags, making it easier to dispose the leaves after steeping. (TV: The Invasion of Time, The Lodger, PROSE: The Dying Days) The Fifth Doctor once described tea to Will Chandler as "a noxious infusion of oriental leaves containing a high percentage of toxic acid". Will thought it sounded vile, to which the Doctor replied, "Personally, I rather like it". (TV: The Awakening) According to Samuel Johnson, the proper use of tea was to relax the studious, a claim the Fourth Doctor quoted while in the Morovanian Museum. (AUDIO: The Renaissance Man)
Milk and sugar were often used to flavour tea. According to Professor Litefoot, ladies should add only one lump of sugar to their tea. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang) Lemon was also often used to flavour tea. (PROSE: Fallen Gods)
According to the Eighth Doctor, one should "never turn down tea if it's offered. It's impolite, and that's how wars start." Although at first claiming this to have incited at least fourteen different wars, he admitted that he may have been exaggerating when pressed. (AUDIO: Memory Lane)
When tea was not served with a meal, it was often served with biscuits and jam. (TV: The Power of Kroll) The Second Doctor once requested a patty cake with his tea. (TV: The Invasion) The Eleventh Doctor was particularly fond of Jammie Dodgers with his tea. He once fooled the Daleks into believing that the biscuit was the TARDIS self-destruct control. He claimed that he brought the biscuit since he was promised tea. (TV: Victory of the Daleks) Tea could also be served with Jaffa Cakes. (PROSE: Mrs Acres)
Although unknown in England until 1420, (AUDIO: Oh No It Isn't!) tea later became prominent in British culture and was often drunk for comfort. When offered a cup of tea by her mother, Jackie in the middle of an alien invasion, Rose Tyler sarcastically referred to tea as "the solution to everything". Shortly afterwards, Mickey Smith dryly said to Rose that Jackie's offer of tea was the equivalent of "having a picnic while the world comes to an end" and "very British." (TV: The Christmas Invasion) Rose said to a parallel universe version of Jackie that her Jackie would not go to bed until she had a cup of tea, with two sugars. The parallel Jackie did the same as the one from Rose's universe. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen)
"Rosy Lee" was Cockney rhyming slang for "tea". (AUDIO: Dead Men's Tales)
Preparation[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1946, George Orwell supposedly laid down the eleven golden rules for preparing the perfect cup of tea:
"Indian tea only. Use a china or earthenware teapot. Warm the pot first. Make the tea strong. Never imprison the tea leaves in a bag. Take the teapot to the kettle and not the other way round, so that the water is still boiling at the moment of use. Shake the pot after preparing the tea. Be sure to use a cylindrical cup. Remove the cream from the milk before adding it. Put the tea in the cup first, and the milk second. And finally, of course, no sugar."
These words were uttered by a hologram on Separation Day station, who took them for fact. (PROSE: Separation Day)
Serving tea[[edit] | [edit source]]
Tea rooms were businesses that primarily served tea. (PROSE: The Splintered Gate)
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)
The Doctor considered the ability to make tea important. The Fourth Doctor once asked Romana I if she knew how to make tea. As she didn't know what it was, he claimed that the Time Lords no longer taught anything useful. (TV: The Ribos Operation) When Professor Litefoot attempted to educate Leela on the etiquette of tea, the Fourth Doctor told her that the only thing she really needed to know was how to heat a teapot. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
During his time with UNIT, the Third Doctor drank a lot of tea. Tea was so important to him that the tea lady was allowed in his lab, which was off limits to anyone except the Brigadier and his staff. (TV: Terror of the Autons) The Doctor also profited scientifically from his fondness of tea. When Sergeant Benton offered him a cup of tea, it helped jog his memory that the leaves inside the beverage were the linchpin necessary to finish construction of a functional time flow analog. (TV: The Time Monster)
Tilda and Tabby attempted to trap Melanie Bush by serving her tea. (TV: Paradise Towers)
Deadbeat performed odd jobs for Captain Cook, including making Cook's special blend of tea. (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)
Daleks, posing as man-made machines called Ironsides, had a variety of duties including serving tea. (TV: Victory of the Daleks)
A secretary served tea to Victor Kennedy, prior to Kennedy revealing himself and absorbing her. (WC: Tardisode 10)
After Owen Harper was relieved of his duties with Torchwood Three, he was tasked with providing tea. (TV: A Day in the Death)
Types of tea[[edit] | [edit source]]
English breakfast was a commonly drunk type of tea. (AUDIO: Dead Man's Switch)
According to the Seventh Doctor, tea made in a hotel room tasted worse than any other kind of tea. (AUDIO: The Shadow of the Scourge)
The Second Doctor once memorised a detailed map of London in a desperate attempt to not think about the "execrable tea" the Brigadier served him and Jamie McCrimmon. This was AAFI tea, atrociously strong and thick with sugar, but the Brigadier and Jamie enjoyed their cups quite happily. (PROSE: The Invasion) He expressed a desire for Assam for its "particularly agreeable flavour" and Lapsang souchong. (PROSE: Downtime)
Tibetans drank hot yak butter tea to fortify themselves against the cold of their native land. (COMIC: Yonder... The Yeti) The Second Doctor and Professor Travers enjoyed it as the monks served it: Unsweetened, milkless, and with yak butter. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen)
The Seventh Doctor was particularly fond of Lapsang souchong, Earl Grey, and Arcturan tea. He disliked peppermint tea, but drank some because it was a gift from a friend. (PROSE: Original Sin, Lucifer Rising, Notre Dame du Temps)
Captain Cook created a special blend of tea made from tea leaves located in the Groz valley on Melogophon. (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)
The Eighth Doctor enjoyed darjeeling tea with lemon. (PROSE: Fallen Gods) He also once acquired oolong tea from Peking, which he offered to his companion, Mary Shelley. (AUDIO: Army of Death)
The War Doctor views Earl Grey tea as one of the finer things in life. (PROSE: Engines of War)
Settlers on the planet Sunday would make a tea using tree sap. (PROSE: Wetworld)
The Thirteenth Doctor's favourite tea was Yorkshire Tea. (PROSE: The Good Doctor)
Dr Jeremiah O'Kane left Dr Colin Dove a sizeable amount of tea, including red China, India, Earl Grey, lapsang souchong, green gunpowder and black Russian. When offered, Peter Russell asked for red China. (HOMEVID: The Zero Imperative)
Iced tea was a form of tea that included ice. Liz Shaw poured some for herself and Ed Crowborough. (AUDIO: The Sentinels of the New Dawn)
Healing properties[[edit] | [edit source]]
Tea was considered a healing substance. According to the Tenth Doctor, the free radicals and tannin in tea made it ideal for "healing the synapses". At the time, the vapour from a spilled flask of tea had helped the Doctor recover from his recent regeneration. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)
The Sixth Doctor drank tea to recover from Sancreda's psychic attack. (AUDIO: The Spectre of Lanyon Moor)
The Eleventh Doctor used a large amount of very strong tea to save the life of Craig Owens, who had been adversely affected by a ceiling that had been altered by a time ship's attempts to find a pilot; the Doctor claimed that it "reversed the enzyme decay". (TV: The Lodger)
Aliens[[edit] | [edit source]]
While tea was an Earth creation, it was enjoyed by aliens as well, and existed on some other planets.
Davros enjoyed sweet tea. (AUDIO: Guilt)
Turlough expressed a fondness for tea, or as he called it, "that brown liquid." (TV: The Awakening)
Vilgreth was fond of tea and took some with him when he left Earth in his spaceship. (AUDIO: Last of the Titans)
Skagra, when attempting to read the mind of Professor Chronotis, experienced the taste of tea and found it "faintly unpleasant". (PROSE: Shada)
After hypnotising Pete Lomax, the Master stole Pete's shortbread biscuit and dipped it in his tea before leaving. (PROSE: Harvest of Time)
Tea existed on Mondas at the time of the creation of the Cybermen. (AUDIO: Spare Parts)
Despite their differences, both Charlie Smith and Andrea Quill enjoyed tea. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
The alien natives of Askenflatt Minor enjoyed tea, and the planet's Warp Hotel claimed to serve the "best tea in the known universe". (PROSE: The Hero Factor)
There was no tea on Skaro, though the extract of a Varga plant could serve as a "surprisingly passable" substitute. (AUDIO: Palindrome)
The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
When Sheena Flynn offered the Second Doctor tea, he asked for milk and one sugar. (AUDIO: Wrath of the Ice Warriors)
The Third Doctor took his tea with milk and four sugars. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs) He had a habit of stirring his tea with whatever was available, such as a silicon rod. (TV: The Three Doctors) The Brigadier was once confused when the Third Doctor did not put milk or sugar in his tea. In fact, he was not having tea with the Doctor, but with the Master, who had temporarily stolen the Doctor's body. (PROSE: The Switching)
The Emperor of China once gave the Doctor a gift of tea. During her travels with the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa gave the tea away, unaware of its origins. (AUDIO: Spare Parts)
The Fifth Doctor took his tea with two sugars, (AUDIO: The Eternal Summer, PROSE: The Comet's Tail) but asked for milk and no sugar on Florana. (AUDIO: The Elite) He told Private Bates that he wanted it "stirred, not shaken". (AUDIO: The Helliax Rift) The Ninth also took two sugars. (TV: The Unquiet Dead)
The Sixth Doctor took his with six (AUDIO: Project: Lazarus, The Mindless Ones) whilst the Fourth Doctor once asked for tea with "just eight" sugars (COMIC: Doctor Who and the Star Beast) and the Twelfth Doctor shovelled seven into his cup. (TV: Death in Heaven)
An attempt on the Sixth Doctor's life was made by poisoning his tea with soluble aspirin. The Doctor counteracted the aspirin by eating chocolate. (AUDIO: The Condemned) Constance Clarke offered him one last cup of tea at her house when she returned home. (AUDIO: Quicksilver)
The Seventh Doctor once met a potential future version of himself who had a particularly great interest in tea. (COMIC: Party Animals)
In a coffee shop in London in 1963, John, a Jamaican employee served the Seventh Doctor a mug of tea. The pair chatted about adding sugar to tea, and whether it would "make a difference", leading the Doctor to muse about the larger ripple effects that occur through time even from small decisions. John's father had worked in the sugar fields in Jamaica, hence, the Doctor concluded, if he controlled people's taste buds so no one would take sugar with their tea, John's father wouldn't have had the job. John replied that if sugar hadn't been put in tea, his Great-grandfather wouldn't have been kidnapped, chained up and sold in Kingston in the first place, and that he'd be an African. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
The War Doctor enjoyed a good cup of tea. (AUDIO: Legion of the Lost) Tea was the last thing he consumed before his death. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
Sometime before his ninth incarnation, the Doctor pushed boxes of tea at the Boston Tea Party. (TV: The Unquiet Dead)
In the summer of 2004, the Ninth Doctor tried to buy a cup of tea from a café in Cambridge with the bigger 10p pieces that had ceased to be legal tender, so Riccy Unwin gave him 50p so he could pay. Also in 2004, the Ninth Doctor once had tea made in a fine bone china cup by a drinks machine in a hospital. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?)
The Tenth Doctor drank tea at the Warp Hotel on Askenflatt Minor, which he found to be "the best cuppa in the known universe — and at least half of the unknown universe". He thought the coffee on Askenflatt Major was better, but not the tea. (PROSE: The Hero Factor)
After shunting Gallifrey into a pocket universe, the Doctor's first regeneration cycle celebrated with tea at the National Gallery with Clara Oswald. (PROSE: The Day of the Doctor)
Whilst in possession of Davros's chair, the Twelfth Doctor enjoyed a cup of tea. (TV: The Witch's Familiar)
While serving as assistant to the Doctor at St Luke's University, Nardole brought tea to his office, adding "a bit of coffee" to "give it some flavour". (TV: Thin Ice)
The Thirteenth Doctor promised Ryan Sinclair and Yasmin Khan that they would all have "a cuppa" and some fried egg sandwiches once they were done saving Karl Wright from Tzim-Sha. (TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth) She later claimed she would have offered "a cuppa" to Police Officer Mason while he was searching her room at the Sahara Springs Motel, if not for the bad service. (TV: Rosa)
The Thirteenth Doctor believed that "a shock [was] no reason to waste good tea". She told Graham O'Brien this after his shock at discovering Bethany Brunwine was a Stilean flesh eater caused him to almost drop the tray of tea and biscuits he was holding. (COMIC: Hidden Human History)
When the Thirteenth Doctor met with Martha Jones in 1969, she explained regeneration over tea and custard cream. (COMIC: A Little Help from My Friends)
The Doctor's companions[[edit] | [edit source]]
Ben Jackson did not much care for tea, but took his with milk and no sugar. (PROSE: The Murder Game)
Polly Wright took her tea with four sugars. (AUDIO: The Dead Star [+]Loading...["The Dead Star (audio story)"])
Whilst at UNIT, Liz Shaw took her tea without sugar. (AUDIO: The Unzal Incursion [+]Loading...["The Unzal Incursion (audio story)"]) Whilst at P.R.O.B.E., Louise Bayliss made Liz's tea black with two sugars. She was happy to drink it with milk, however. (HOMEVID: The Zero Imperative [+]Loading...["The Zero Imperative (home video)"])
Tegan Jovanka was not much of a tea drinker. (PROSE: Resurrection of the Daleks)
Velar drank tea. (AUDIO: Gobbledegook)
In 1984 York, Vislor Turlough drank his tea with milk and sugar. (AUDIO: Power Game)
Abby liked her tea with milk substitute and four sugars. (AUDIO: The People Made of Smoke)
Melanie Bush claimed that she did not drink tea, (AUDIO: The Devil's Footprints) but she drank tea with Tabby and Tilda in Paradise Towers and told them that there was "nothing quite like tea and crumpets". (TV: Paradise Towers)
Raine Creevy drank English breakfast and had never tasted mint tea until she met Sayf Udeen. She liked the smell of mint tea and thought that it would be a nice change. (AUDIO: Crime of the Century) When she and the Doctor were going to drink tea in the TARDIS, she insisted on drinking hers with "gorgeously decadent luxury biscuits". (AUDIO: Dominion)
Bernice Summerfield drank tea with a small amount of milk and no sugar. (AUDIO: The Wake [+]Loading...["The Wake (audio story)"], Beyond the Sea [+]Loading...["Beyond the Sea (audio story)"]) She poured the milk first. (AUDIO: The True Saviour of the Universe [+]Loading...["The True Saviour of the Universe (audio story)"]) When she was pregnant with Peter, she drank tea instead of alcohol. (AUDIO: Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Skymines of Karthos [+]Loading...["Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Skymines of Karthos (audio story)"])
Fitz Kreiner enjoyed tea. (PROSE: The Fall of Yquatine)
Torchwood[[edit] | [edit source]]
Lizbeth Hayhoe drank her tea with milk and two sugars. She hoped to one day own a tea shop. (AUDIO: Ashenden)
Norton Folgate had his tea with as many sugars as he could get a hold of whilst rationing was in place. Once it was over, he realised that he did not enjoy it with too much sugar. (AUDIO: Parasite)
Andy Davidson took his tea with milk and one sugar. (AUDIO: Cadoc Point)
Tyler Steele preferred coffee to tea. (AUDIO: Changes Everything)
Ng developed a sweet tooth and started to take three sugars with her tea. (AUDIO: Another Man's Shoes) She took milk. (AUDIO: Aliens Next Door)
UNIT[[edit] | [edit source]]
At Cape Wrath, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart drank his tea with milk and no sugar. (AUDIO: Wrath of the Ice Warriors) He would later say that he liked his tea "hot, dark and sweet". (AUDIO: Kaleidoscope) In the Unbound Universe, the Brigadier enjoyed tea with milk, only to be given jasmine tea when at a Buddhist temple. (AUDIO: Sympathy for the Devil)
In the 1970s UNIT HQ had a coffee and tea machine. (TV: The Dæmons)
Winifred Bambera and Louise Rix preferred coffee to tea, whilst Jean-Paul Savarin said that he preferred champagne. (AUDIO: The Frequency)
Shana Siddiqui drank her tea white with no sugar. (AUDIO: Hosts of the Wirrn)
