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'''Salt''', also known as '''sodium chloride''', ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'') was a [[mineral]] that was used on [[Earth]] as a preservative and flavour enhancer.
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{{first pic|Salt (WBY).jpg|The Fourteenth Doctor holds a shaker of salt. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}})}}
'''Salt''', also known as '''[[sodium]] [[chlorine|chloride]]''', ([[TV]]: {{cs|Four to Doomsday (TV story)}}) was a [[mineral]] that was used on [[Earth]] as a [[preservative]] and [[flavour]] enhancer.{{Fact}}
 
The [[human]] body contained about 40 [[teaspoon]]s of salt. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Gulf (audio story)}})
 
The [[First Doctor]] asked the [[Sensorite]]s for salt when [[Ian Chesterton]] collapsed from ''[[Atropa belladonna]]'' [[poison]]ing. He was able to use salt and [[water]] as a remedy for Ian. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Sensorites (TV story)|namedep=A Race Against Death (4)}})


The [[First Doctor]] asked the [[Sensorite]]s for sodium chloride when [[Ian Chesterton]] collapsed from [[Belladonna]] [[Poison|poisoning]]. He was able to use it to induce vomiting to purge much of the poison. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites]]'')
Due to its unique chemical properties, disrupting the osmotic balance and electrical conductivity of their cells, table salt could act as a defence against the [[Fendahl]]. The [[Fourth Doctor]] could kill Fendahleen by firing table salt out of a shotgun. The power of salt to ward off evil, then, entered into human folklore in the form of throwing salt over one's shoulder for good luck. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Image of the Fendahl (TV story)}}) The [[Hervoken]] were also similarly vulnerable to salt. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Forever Autumn (novel)}})


Due to its unique chemical properties, disrupting the osmotic balance and electrical conductivity of their cells, table salt could act as a defence against the [[Fendahl]]. The [[Fourth Doctor]] could kill Fendahleen by firing table salt out of a shotgun. The power of salt to ward off evil, then, entered into human folklore in the form of throwing salt over one's shoulder for good luck. ([[TV]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]'') The [[Hervoken]] were also similarly vulnerable to salt. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Forever Autumn]]'')
Around [[BC#Prehistory|6100 BC]] [[Osiran]]s utilised salt-based [[spacecraft]]. At this time, [[Sekhmet]] was entombed in a spaceship made from [[trisilicate]], which was "the hardest form of salt in [[Mutter's Spiral|the galaxy]]". In Earth "old wives' tales", salt was used to ward off "evil". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Bride of Peladon (audio story)}})


Around [[BC#Prehistory|6100 BC]] [[Osirian]]s utilised salt-based [[spacecraft]]. At this time, [[Sekhmet]] was entombed in a spaceship made from [[trisilicate]], which was "the hardest form of salt in [[Mutter's Spiral|the galaxy]]". In Earth "old wives' tales", salt was used to ward off "evil". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bride of Peladon (audio story)|The Bride of Peladon]]'')
After spilling salt at dinner, [[Winifred Gillyflower]] fed some to [[Mister Sweet]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Crimson Horror (TV story)}})


After spilling salt at dinner, [[Winifred Gillyflower]] fed some to [[Mister Sweet]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Crimson Horror]]'')
After rejecting pure salt for being "too salty", the [[Tenth Doctor]] ate [[anchovy|anchovies]] containing salt as part of a treatment to eject [[cyanide]] from his body. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)}})
[[File:Salt container.jpg|thumb|A container of salt. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Empty Child (TV story)}})]]
A container of salt was present on a [[shelf]] in a [[house]] raided by [[Nancy (The Empty Child)|Nancy]] to feed [[homeless]] [[children]] in [[London]] during [[the Blitz]] by at least [[20 January]] [[1941]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Empty Child (TV story)}})


After rejecting pure salt for being "too salty", the [[Tenth Doctor]] ate [[anchovy|anchovies]] containing salt as part of a treatment to eject [[cyanide]] from his body. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'')
[[Adric]] annoyed [[Tegan]] by requesting that she pass him "the sodium chloride". At first, she did not know what he meant. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Four to Doomsday (TV story)}}) The [[Fourth Doctor]] also expressed annoyance at this, believing Adric to be showing off his intelligence. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|A Full Life (audio story)}})


[[Adric]] annoyed [[Tegan]] by requesting that she pass him "the sodium chloride". At first, she did not know what he meant. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'')
Eating a portion of [[fries]] that had passed through the [[Arc of Infinity]], [[Omega]] was disappointed to find that they had no salt on them. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Anti-Matter with Fries (short story)}})


[[Clyde Langer]] suggested that the [[Slitheen]] were allergic to the salt in his cold [[chips|chip]] [[sandwich]]. [[Luke Smith]] noted that if the Slitheen were made mostly of [[water]] it would dehydrate them like [[slug]]s. However, that theory was debunked as salt was contained in the [[bread]] and [[water]] of the sandwich [[Florm Rox Fey Fenerill-Slam Slitheen|another Slitheen]] ate. It was soon realised that the Slitheen were [[calcium]]-based and allergic to [[vinegar]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen]]'')
[[Clyde Langer]] suggested that the [[Slitheen]] were allergic to the salt in his cold [[chips|chip]] [[sandwich]]. [[Luke Smith]] noted that if the Slitheen were made mostly of water it would dehydrate them like [[slug]]s. However, that theory was debunked as salt was contained in the [[bread]] and water of the sandwich [[Florm Rox Fey Fenerill-Slam Slitheen|another Slitheen]] ate. It was soon realised that the Slitheen were [[calcium]]-based and allergic to [[vinegar]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)}})


Salt was the currency of the [[Sontila]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Doctor's Coat (audio story)|The Doctor's Coat]]'')
[[Salt 'n' vinegar]] was a [[flavour]] of [[crisp]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Citation Needed (short story)}})


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Salt was the currency of the [[Sontila]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Coat (audio story)}})
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In [[Saltwater incidents' universe|the fifth]] [[parallel universe]] that [[Rose Tyler]] visited in her attempts to return to [[N-Space]], an automated mining ship was teleporting the salt out of Earth's oceans, unknowingly causing mass ecological damage. It ceased its operations when the people of Earth managed to communicate to it that sentient life existed on the planet. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Saltwater (audio story)}})
 
The [[Fourteenth Doctor]] used an old superstition regarding [[Vampire]]s, [[Demon]]s and [[Ghost]]s needing to count every grain of salt before they crossed it to hold back the [[not-thing]]s at the [[edge of the universe]], until they realised they could just blow the salt line away. Once he was back in the safety of his TARDIS, the Doctor worried if there would be consequences for invoking a superstition at the edge of the universe, "where the walls [were] thin and all things [were] possible". However, he quickly dismissed his unease about it, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}}) until he learnt his trick had allowed [[the Toymaker]] to "cross the line" out of his realm and have free reign in [[the Doctor's universe]]. Following the defeat of the Toymaker, [[Kate Lethbridge-Stewart]] ordered UNIT to put the box holding him in their deepest vault and to bind it in salt. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}})
 
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Latest revision as of 13:00, 17 October 2024

Salt
The Fourteenth Doctor holds a shaker of salt. (TV: Wild Blue Yonder [+]Loading...["Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)"])

Salt, also known as sodium chloride, (TV: Four to Doomsday [+]Loading...["Four to Doomsday (TV story)"]) was a mineral that was used on Earth as a preservative and flavour enhancer.[source needed]

The human body contained about 40 teaspoons of salt. (AUDIO: The Gulf [+]Loading...["The Gulf (audio story)"])

The First Doctor asked the Sensorites for salt when Ian Chesterton collapsed from Atropa belladonna poisoning. He was able to use salt and water as a remedy for Ian. (TV: "A Race Against Death" [+]Part of The Sensorites, Loading...{"namedep":"A Race Against Death (4)","1":"The Sensorites (TV story)"})

Due to its unique chemical properties, disrupting the osmotic balance and electrical conductivity of their cells, table salt could act as a defence against the Fendahl. The Fourth Doctor could kill Fendahleen by firing table salt out of a shotgun. The power of salt to ward off evil, then, entered into human folklore in the form of throwing salt over one's shoulder for good luck. (TV: Image of the Fendahl [+]Loading...["Image of the Fendahl (TV story)"]) The Hervoken were also similarly vulnerable to salt. (PROSE: Forever Autumn [+]Loading...["Forever Autumn (novel)"])

Around 6100 BC Osirans utilised salt-based spacecraft. At this time, Sekhmet was entombed in a spaceship made from trisilicate, which was "the hardest form of salt in the galaxy". In Earth "old wives' tales", salt was used to ward off "evil". (AUDIO: The Bride of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Bride of Peladon (audio story)"])

After spilling salt at dinner, Winifred Gillyflower fed some to Mister Sweet. (TV: The Crimson Horror [+]Loading...["The Crimson Horror (TV story)"])

After rejecting pure salt for being "too salty", the Tenth Doctor ate anchovies containing salt as part of a treatment to eject cyanide from his body. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"])

A container of salt. (TV: The Empty Child [+]Loading...["The Empty Child (TV story)"])

A container of salt was present on a shelf in a house raided by Nancy to feed homeless children in London during the Blitz by at least 20 January 1941. (TV: The Empty Child [+]Loading...["The Empty Child (TV story)"])

Adric annoyed Tegan by requesting that she pass him "the sodium chloride". At first, she did not know what he meant. (TV: Four to Doomsday [+]Loading...["Four to Doomsday (TV story)"]) The Fourth Doctor also expressed annoyance at this, believing Adric to be showing off his intelligence. (AUDIO: A Full Life [+]Loading...["A Full Life (audio story)"])

Eating a portion of fries that had passed through the Arc of Infinity, Omega was disappointed to find that they had no salt on them. (PROSE: Anti-Matter with Fries [+]Loading...["Anti-Matter with Fries (short story)"])

Clyde Langer suggested that the Slitheen were allergic to the salt in his cold chip sandwich. Luke Smith noted that if the Slitheen were made mostly of water it would dehydrate them like slugs. However, that theory was debunked as salt was contained in the bread and water of the sandwich another Slitheen ate. It was soon realised that the Slitheen were calcium-based and allergic to vinegar. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen [+]Loading...["Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)"])

Salt 'n' vinegar was a flavour of crisps. (PROSE: Citation Needed [+]Loading...["Citation Needed (short story)"])

Salt was the currency of the Sontila. (AUDIO: The Doctor's Coat [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Coat (audio story)"])

In the fifth parallel universe that Rose Tyler visited in her attempts to return to N-Space, an automated mining ship was teleporting the salt out of Earth's oceans, unknowingly causing mass ecological damage. It ceased its operations when the people of Earth managed to communicate to it that sentient life existed on the planet. (AUDIO: Saltwater [+]Loading...["Saltwater (audio story)"])

The Fourteenth Doctor used an old superstition regarding Vampires, Demons and Ghosts needing to count every grain of salt before they crossed it to hold back the not-things at the edge of the universe, until they realised they could just blow the salt line away. Once he was back in the safety of his TARDIS, the Doctor worried if there would be consequences for invoking a superstition at the edge of the universe, "where the walls [were] thin and all things [were] possible". However, he quickly dismissed his unease about it, (TV: Wild Blue Yonder [+]Loading...["Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)"]) until he learnt his trick had allowed the Toymaker to "cross the line" out of his realm and have free reign in the Doctor's universe. Following the defeat of the Toymaker, Kate Lethbridge-Stewart ordered UNIT to put the box holding him in their deepest vault and to bind it in salt. (TV: The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"])