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'''Alcohol''' results from the action of yeast on sugar. The yeast convert sugar into ethanol; which, as it is inhospitable to bacteria, will retard spoilage.  It has been drunk, used, seen, and even occasionally manufactured by the Doctor, companions, and others.
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[[File:Pubwall.jpg|thumb|[[Gwen Cooper]] and [[Jack Harkness]] in a [[pub]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Everything Changes (TV story)}}]]
'''Alcohol''' was ethanol diluted into a drink with an [[intoxication|inebriating]] effect. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Emporium at the End (audio story)}}) It was consumed, used, seen and even occasionally manufactured by [[the Doctor]], their [[companion]]s and various other individuals.


Adventurer archaeologist and [[Seventh Doctor]] [[companion]] [[Bernice Summerfield]] greatly appreciated alcoholic beverages.
[[Addiction]] to alcohol was known as [[alcoholism]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Conspiracy (audio story)}}, et al.)


==Wine==
== Effect ==
'''Wine''' was a drink made from pressed fruit, usually some form of [[grape]]. It was commonly found on [[Earth]].
Different species had different reactions to alcohol. [[Human]]s and [[Threllip]]s were known to get [[drunk]] after drinking too much alcohol. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Living Legend (audio story)}}) This affect was also utilised as a numbing agent for medical procedures, such as [[dentist]]ry. When the [[First Doctor]] was offered some alcohol by the dentist [[Doc Holliday]] in [[October]] [[1881]] before a tooth extraction, he said that he never touched the stuff. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Gunfighters (TV story)}}) He repeated his assertion whilst in [[17th century]] [[Cornwall]] to [[Joseph Longfoot]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Smugglers (TV story)}}) He noted that, despite making one feel warmer, alcohol actually reduced [[body temperature]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Great White Hurricane (audio story)}})


===References===
Alcohol could be an [[addictive]] substance; [[John Hart]] went to [[rehabilitation|rehab]] for [[drug]]s, alcohol, [[sex]] and [[murder]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)}}) According to Dr [[Kurdi (The Rise of the New Humans)|Kurdi]], it also had little to no [[health]] benefits, acting almost as a slow-acting [[poison]] on the [[human]] body. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Rise of the New Humans (audio story)}}) [[Tommy Pierce]] was a recovering alcoholic, getting drunk for the first time in years due to [[Rachel Allan]] serving him spiked [[coffee]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|New Girl (audio story)}})
====[[The Doctor]]====
*[[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] in particular enjoyed a glass or two of wine whilst guarding [[Auderly House]]: ''"That's a most good-humoured wine. A touch sardonic, perhaps, but not cynical. A most civilised wine, one after my own heart."'' ([[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'')
*The Third Doctor was also offered wine whilst at the [[Wholeweal]] community. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'')
*Sour wine was on offer in [[Irongron]]'s castle. The Third Doctor also drinks several goblets whilst with [[Edward of Wessex|Lord Wesex]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]'')
*[[Mehendri Solon]] gave [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] some red wine when they were in his house on [[Karn]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'')
*[[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] described [[1979]] as more of a "table wine" of a year, whilst in [[Paris]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]'')
* Whilst in the past of [[The Gateway]], [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] ate and drank wine with [[Biroc]] and other [[Tharil]]s. He also used the idea of overfilling one of the Tharils' goblets with wine to illustrate a point. ([[DW]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'')
*In the cellar of [[Smithwood Manor|his house]] [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] has wines from every conceivable century on [[Earth]],  also wines from [[Ribos]] and champagnes from [[Manussa]]. ([[VD]]: ''[[Decalog 2: Lost Property]]'')
*[[Ninth Doctor|The Doctor]] could identify the year and place of origin of wine by its taste. ([[NDA]]: ''[[The Clockwise Man]]'')


====[[Bernice Summerfield]]====
The various species of [[Sentarion]] had a stronger resistance to alcohol than humans. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Shakedown (novelisation)}}) [[Gallifreyan]]s were more resistant yet. They were better at [[metabolism|metabolising]] alcohol, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Rise of the New Humans (audio story)}}) and could easily shrug off the effects of alcohol when they needed to. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}, {{cs|The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)}}) As with humans, however, excessive consumption could produce a [[hangover]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Slipback (audio story)}}) [[Ginger beer]] would reduce their ability to tolerate alcohol. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Kingmaker (audio story)}})
*Whilst at the [[Braxiatel Collection]], [[Bernice Summerfield]] drinks [[Craxiatanian Chardonay]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Theatre of War]]'')
*Bernice enjoyed a good [[German]] wine on a hot summer's day. ([[NA]]: ''[[Strange England]]'')
*Bernice and [[Irving Braxiatel]] share enjoy some glasses of fine champagne following the Gamaliel situation. ([[BNA]]: ''[[Dragons' Wrath]]'')


====Other [[companions]]====
Alcohol was toxic to [[Naxian]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Sound of Fear (audio story)}})
* [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Ian Chesterton]] drank some whilst in a Roman villa. [[Vicki]] and her poisoner friend attempted to kill Nero by putting poison in his wine goblet. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Romans]]'')
* [[Duggan]] and [[Romana II|Romana]] drunk wine following their failed attempt at stopping the theft of the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' whilst in Paris. ([[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]'')
*[[Chris Cwej]] got drunk on Melon Wine and had his right ear pierced prior to their arrival in the 1980s. ([[NA]]: ''[[Damaged Goods]]'')
*[[Evelyn Smythe]] drinks red wine during a meal with [[Charles Darwin]] in an attempt to avoid the various turtle-based dishes. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Bloodtide]]'')
*Susan drinks wine whilst on the planet [[Avalon]] explaining to [[Ian Chesterton]] that she can't get drunk unless she wants to. ([[MA]]: ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'')


====[[Torchwood]]====
A [[Dalek]], sent to capture [[Kurt Schalk|Schalk]], caught fire when [[Elizabeth Klein]] poured alcohol on its gunstick when it tried to exterminate the [[Seventh Doctor]], causing the tavern to catch fire with it. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Daleks Among Us (audio story)}})
*Champagne taken with level 6 [[retcon]] led everyone at [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] and [[Rhys Williams]]' wedding to fall asleep and forget the day's strange events. ([[TW]]: ''[[Something Borrowed]]'')


==Beer==
== In culture ==
Beer is created by the fermentation of hops in water. The farming of hops for this purpose may have been have been what caused humanity to first switch from a hunter-gatherer society to an agricultural one. ([[BNA]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon]]'')
[[Sarah Jane Smith]] hated them. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ark in Space (TV story)}}) [[Clara Oswald]] called [[whiskey]] the "11th most disgusting drink ever invented". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hide (TV story)}}) Others, however, particularly men, such as [[the Doctor]] and [[the Brigadier]],{{facts}} found spirits a vital part of life, and shared them as a way of either connecting and communicating or celebrating. For example, the Ninth Doctor drank some [[brandy]] after rescuing [[Mickey Smith]] and [[Jackie Tyler]] from the [[Slitheen]] by [[telephone|phone]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}})


===References===
[[Harriet Jones]] later informed the Ninth Doctor that one passed alcoholic spirits to one's left. ([[TV]]: {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}})


====[[The Doctor]]====
The [[Seventh Doctor]] used a bathtub in [[the TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to brew [[whiskey]] when he was in [[Chicago]] in [[1929]]. He could have used more traditional methods, but he claimed it preserved the period "flavour" by brewing in a bathtub. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood Harvest (novel)}})
* The [[First Doctor]] was offered some alcohol by the dentist [[Doc Holliday]] in [[The Gunfighters]] before a tooth extraction, but he said that he never touched the stuff.
* The [[Fifth Doctor]] got drunk on ale that had been spiked with [[ginger beer]], which seriously reduced his resistance to alcohol.  This also affected the TARDIS. (([[BFA]]: ''[[The Kingmaker]]'')
* [[Seventh Doctor | The Doctor]] and Dr. [[John Watson]] drink beer in London where it is laced with [[strychnine]] to give it body. ([[NA]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire]]'')
* In the cellar of [[Smithwood Manor|his house]] [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] has a shelf stacked high with [[Ogron]] ale. ([[VD]]: ''[[Decalog 2: Lost Property]]'')


====[[Bernice Summerfield]]====
== Cultural tolerance ==
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] drinks real ale in Oxford, [[1993]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dimension Riders]]'')
Some cultures were opposed to the drinking of alcohol. In the early [[20th century]], there was a [[prohibition]] of alcohol in [[United States of America|America]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Immortal Sins (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood Harvest (novel)}}) The [[Saraani]] religion forbade the drinking of alcohol. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dry Pilgrimage (novel)}}) The various species of [[Sentarion]] were opposed to the drinking of alcohol, though they had no problems with [[alien]]s doing so and even made [[Rekkar]] themselves. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Shakedown (novelisation)}}) [[Alpha Centauran]]s never drank alcohol and didn't see the appeal of it. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dark Path (novel)}})
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] drinks six pints at a beer tent on the planet [[Crex]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel) | Human Nature]]'')
* Much beer is consumed at the [[Cheldon Bonniface]] pub leading up to Bernice Summerfield and [[Jason Kane]]'s wedding. ([[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'')
*[[St. Oscar's University]] holds at the end of each term the 'Kinky Gerlinky Memorial Staturluna, Beer Race and Pyjama Jump'. ([[BNA]]: ''[[Ghost Devices]]'')
*The [[Witch and Whirlwind]] bar on [[Dellah]] sells ''Admiral's Old Antisocial'' beer, which Benny loves. ([[BNA]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'')


====Other [[companions]]====
[[MP]] [[David Lloyd George]] was an aggressive campaigner against alcohol, famously declaring that [[United Kingdom|Britain]] had three [[enemy|enemies]]: "[[Germany]], [[Austria]] and Drink; as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly [[foe]]s is Drink." His attempt, as [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], to ban alcohol entirely led to the introduction of [[licensing law]]s to increase [[tax]]es on alcohol and to restrict its [[sale]] and the [[opening hour]]s of [[public house]]s. In [[privacy|private]], however, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)}}) he drank the [[Ninth Doctor]] under the [[table]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}})
* [[The Brigadier]] states ''"I'd rather have a pint"'' at the end of events in [[Devil's End]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'')
* Ace drank beer in bowl in Mesopotamia, [[Early_human_history|2700 BC]]. She thought it tasted not unlike pig vomit. ([[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys]]'')
* Martian Ale is mentioned by Roz in relation to sex. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Also People]]'')
*At the conclusion of events [[Fitz Kriener]] drinks beer and eats crisps on [[Vega Station]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Demontage]]'')
*[[Evelyn Smythe]] used to compete in the Yard of Ale race against the students at the History Social. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Marian Conspiracy]]'')


====[[Torchwood]]====
In [[2006]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] claimed that [[David Lloyd George]], a former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], drank him under the [[table]] in [[10 Downing Street]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}) [[Liz 10]] would later recall that the Doctor was an "old drinking buddy" of [[Henry XII]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Beast Below (TV story)}})
*[[Gwen Cooper]] downs a large beer as [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] explains some details of [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'')


====Other====
Some individuals such as [[Creeby]] compared non-alcoholic drinks to poison. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Where Nobody Knows Your Name (comic story)}})
*A bar on [[Blinni-Gar]] serves [[Ogron]] ale. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Prime Time]]'')


==Spirits==
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] hid alcohol in one of the [[roundel]]s in [[the TARDIS|his TARDIS]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Husbands of River Song (TV story)}}) as did the [[First Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Twice Upon a Time (TV story)}})
Spirits are made by distillation, and are usually quite potent.


===References===
== Alcohol drinking establishments ==
====[[The Doctor]]====
Drinking establishments such as [[pub]]s generally stocked a range of alcoholic beverages. On [[Blinni-Gaar]] the bar served various beverages including [[Draconian sake]] and [[Foamasi brandy]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Prime Time (novel)}}) In the television series ''[[EastEnders]]'', a storyline in [[2007]] had [[Peggy Mitchell]] being confronted by a [[ghost]] of [[Den Watts]], where she told him to get out of her pub, saying that the only spirits she served were [[gin]], [[whiskey]] and [[vodka]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}})
* [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] drinks what appears to be a whiskey and soda in Hart's office. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'')
* [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] toasts [[Captain Dent]]'s health with an unknown spirit after a civilized, but confrontational, introduction. ([[DW]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]'')
* [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Iris Wildthyme]] drink ''Bombay Sapphire Gin'', in which the Doctor prefers [[lime]] to [[lemon]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Verdigris]]'')
*[[Third Doctor|The Doctor]], [[The Brigadier]] and [[Claire Aldwych]] drink (gulp mainly) a lot of brandy while discussing the deaths of Hitler and Eva Braun. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass]]'')
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] brews whiskey in the TARDIS bathtub whilst in Chicago in [[1929]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Blood Harvest]]'')
* [[Ninth Doctor | The Doctor]] threatens to triplicate the flammability of some brandy, however the [[Slitheen]] declare that he is "making that up". [[Harriet Jones]] also informs him that one passes to ones left. Later, he, Harriet and Rose imbibe a measure of that brandy after successfully rescuing [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]] and [[Jackie Tyler|Jackie]] by phone.  The Doctor, however, appears to have an adverse reaction to the drink. ([[DW]]: ''[[World War Three]]'')


====[[Bernice Summerfield]]====
== Flammability ==
* Bernice Summerfield drinks cheap watered down vodka in a dirty London bar in [[1908]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Birthright]]'')
Some alcohols were flammable, and could be used to destructive or theatrical effect. [[Bernice Summerfield]] was able to use a bottle of particularly cheap [[vodka]] and a lighter against a [[ice Warrior|Martian]] on [[Earth]] in [[1997]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}}) The [[Ninth Doctor]] later threatened the [[Slitheen]], saying that he would triplicate the flammability of some [[brandy]], and kill them all. ([[TV]]: {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}})
* Bernice Summerfield gets drunk on rekkar. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'')
* Bernice Summerfield brews vodka to clean wounds (and to drink) she also finds a flask of the Doctor's: Napoleon's Brandy.  According to the Doctor, it was really ''Napoleon's'' brandy. ([[NA]]: ''[[Sanctuary]]'')
* Roz and Bernice drink homemade hooch. ([[NA]]: ''[[Sleepy]]'')
* Bernice fights a Martian with a bottle of vodka and a lighter. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')
*Bernice spends time in the [[Witch and Whirlwind]] bar while [[Jason Kane|Jason]] and [[Emile Mars-Smith|Emile]] are off having adventures (on what isn't [[Ardethe]]) drinking both Jack Daniels and scotch. ([[BNA]]: ''[[Deadfall]]'')
* On what was supposed to be an alcohol free cruise [[Bernice Summerfield]] drinks some (particularly lethal) [[Brettellian]] Potato spirit, so strong it makes her eyes water. ([[BNA]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'')
*[[RedStar]] is a brand of [[Martian]] vodka, it is also used in several cocktails such as 'A Red Under The Bed', [[Bernice Summerfield]] drank much of RedStar whilst on [[Mars]]. ([[BNA]]: ''[[Beige Planet Mars]]'')
*Benny drinks drugged brandy. ([[BFBS]]: ''[[The Squire's Crystal]]'')


====Other [[companions]]====
== Alcoholic beverages ==
* The Countess drinks something green when she speaks to [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Romana II|Romana]] and [[Duggan]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]'')
* [[Absinthe]]
* Chris' father at the end of the adventure opens a bottle of [[Gallavax Prime]] fermented drink brewed by mutant space bees which tastes vaguely of honey. ([[NA]]: ''[[Original Sin]]'')
* [[Alcopop]]
*On one occasion [[Jack Harkness]] when sentenced to death ordered three [[hypervodka]]s as a last meal. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'')
* [[Babycham]]
*A bar on [[Blinni-Gar]] serves; [[Draconian]] sake and [[Foamasi]] brandy. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Prime Time]]'')
* [[Beer]] / [[Ale]] (by extension [[IPA]])
* [[Cider]]
* [[Cocktail]]s
* [[Gin]] (by extension [[Gin and tonic]])
* [[Malibu]]
* [[Margarita (alcoholic beverage)|Margaritas]]
* [[Mead]]
* [[Vodka]]
* [[Wine]]
* [[Whisky]]


==Cocktails and other alcoholic drinks==
== Other alcohols ==
===References===
The [[Third Doctor]] toasted [[Captain]] [[Dent (Colony in Space)|Dent]]'s health with an unknown alcohol after a civilised, but confrontational, introduction. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Colony in Space (TV story)}})
====[[The Doctor]]====
*[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] claimed (while attempting to distract the clockwork androids) that he accidently created the banana dacquiri. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'')


====[[Bernice Summerfield]]====
When [[Chris Cwej]], the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] returned to [[Earth]] following a variety of confrontations, Chris' father opened a bottle of [[Drink (Original Sin)|fermented drink]] brewed by mutant space [[bee]]s. Roz thought that it tasted vaguely of [[honey]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Original Sin (novel)}})
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] drinks 3 glasses of [[Kronka]]: a cocktail of [[cherry brandy]], [[creme de bananas]] and pure M3 variant at a space port. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Highest Science]]'')


====Other [[companions]]====
Roz and Bernice drank home-made [[hooch]] on the [[planet]] [[Yemaya 4]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|SLEEPY (novel)}})
* [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] drinks a screwdriver (orange juice and vodka) whilst at [[Lord Cranleigh]]'s garden party in [[1925]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story) | Black Orchid]]'')
* [[Ace]] drinks a gin and tonic (among other things) and goes drinking with Vincent. ([[NA]]: ''[[Warlock (novel) | Warlock]]'')
*[[Fitz Kriener]] (pretending to be James Bond) drinks martinis "shaken not stirred" on [[Vega Station]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Demontage]]'')
*[[Polly]] drinks several cocktails including a Flaming Her, before switching to rum and coke while at the [[Regent Hotel]] bar. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Dying in the Sun]]'')
*[[Barbara Wright]] was introduced to gin and tonics in her as a student by Herbert Effemy. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Byzantium!]]'')


====Others====
On what was supposed to be an alcohol-free [[cruise]], Bernice Summerfield drank some (particularly lethal) [[Brettellian]] [[potato]] spirit so strong it made her eyes water. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dry Pilgrimage (novel)}})
* There are many sundowners consumed by the people within the [[Miniscope]] on the ''[[S.S. Bernice]]''. ([[DW]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]'')
* [[Shou Yuing]] has a vodka and coke while she talks to [[Ace]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Battlefield]]'')
*[[Vragg]] was a Sontaran beverage. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'')
*[[Irving Braxiatel]] offers martinis all round in his office in the [[Proximia Chain]] ([[BNA]]: ''[[Return to the Fractured Planet]]'')
*[[Bev Tarrant]] drinks a dry vodka martini whilst on [[Duchamp 331]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Dust Breeding]]'')


In [[Paris]], [[Heidi Scarlioni|the Countess]] drank a green liquid filled from a bottle on her drinks tray when she spoke to the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Romana II]] and [[Duggan]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|City of Death (TV story)}})


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Bernice Summerfield drank [[rekkar]] with Professor [[Lazlo Zemar]] whilst researching on the planet [[Sentarion]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Shakedown (novelisation)}})
 
== Commercial branding of alcohols ==
[[RedStar]] was a brand of [[Martian]] [[vodka]]. It was used in several cocktails such as 'A Red Under The Bed', [[Bernice Summerfield]] drank much RedStar whilst on [[Mars]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Beige Planet Mars (novel)}})
 
The [[Third Doctor]] and [[Iris Wildthyme]] drank [[Bombay Sapphire]], in which the Doctor preferred [[lime (fruit)|lime]] to [[lemon]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Verdigris (novel)}})
 
== Behind the scenes ==
Peggy Mitchell's reference to serving spirits is a play on the meaning of both "serve" and "spirit". Though not explained in detail in {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}}, "spirit" refers to incorporeal supernatural beings, sometimes including ghosts, but also the alcoholic beverage. A bartender can serve a person, but the food and drink itself can be what's served ''to'' the patron.


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Alcohol
Gwen Cooper and Jack Harkness in a pub in TV: Everything Changes [+]Loading...["Everything Changes (TV story)"]

Alcohol was ethanol diluted into a drink with an inebriating effect. (AUDIO: The Emporium at the End [+]Loading...["The Emporium at the End (audio story)"]) It was consumed, used, seen and even occasionally manufactured by the Doctor, their companions and various other individuals.

Addiction to alcohol was known as alcoholism. (AUDIO: The Conspiracy [+]Loading...["The Conspiracy (audio story)"], et al.)

Effect[[edit] | [edit source]]

Different species had different reactions to alcohol. Humans and Threllips were known to get drunk after drinking too much alcohol. (AUDIO: Living Legend [+]Loading...["Living Legend (audio story)"]) This affect was also utilised as a numbing agent for medical procedures, such as dentistry. When the First Doctor was offered some alcohol by the dentist Doc Holliday in October 1881 before a tooth extraction, he said that he never touched the stuff. (TV: The Gunfighters [+]Loading...["The Gunfighters (TV story)"]) He repeated his assertion whilst in 17th century Cornwall to Joseph Longfoot. (TV: The Smugglers [+]Loading...["The Smugglers (TV story)"]) He noted that, despite making one feel warmer, alcohol actually reduced body temperature. (AUDIO: The Great White Hurricane [+]Loading...["The Great White Hurricane (audio story)"])

Alcohol could be an addictive substance; John Hart went to rehab for drugs, alcohol, sex and murder. (TV: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang [+]Loading...["Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)"]) According to Dr Kurdi, it also had little to no health benefits, acting almost as a slow-acting poison on the human body. (AUDIO: The Rise of the New Humans [+]Loading...["The Rise of the New Humans (audio story)"]) Tommy Pierce was a recovering alcoholic, getting drunk for the first time in years due to Rachel Allan serving him spiked coffee. (AUDIO: New Girl [+]Loading...["New Girl (audio story)"])

The various species of Sentarion had a stronger resistance to alcohol than humans. (PROSE: Shakedown [+]Loading...["Shakedown (novelisation)"]) Gallifreyans were more resistant yet. They were better at metabolising alcohol, (AUDIO: The Rise of the New Humans [+]Loading...["The Rise of the New Humans (audio story)"]) and could easily shrug off the effects of alcohol when they needed to. (PROSE: The Quantum Archangel [+]Loading...["The Quantum Archangel (novel)"], The Sorcerer's Apprentice [+]Loading...["The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)"], TV: The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"]) As with humans, however, excessive consumption could produce a hangover. (AUDIO: Slipback [+]Loading...["Slipback (audio story)"]) Ginger beer would reduce their ability to tolerate alcohol. (AUDIO: The Kingmaker [+]Loading...["The Kingmaker (audio story)"])

Alcohol was toxic to Naxians. (AUDIO: The Sound of Fear [+]Loading...["The Sound of Fear (audio story)"])

A Dalek, sent to capture Schalk, caught fire when Elizabeth Klein poured alcohol on its gunstick when it tried to exterminate the Seventh Doctor, causing the tavern to catch fire with it. (AUDIO: Daleks Among Us [+]Loading...["Daleks Among Us (audio story)"])

In culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sarah Jane Smith hated them. (TV: The Ark in Space [+]Loading...["The Ark in Space (TV story)"]) Clara Oswald called whiskey the "11th most disgusting drink ever invented". (TV: Hide [+]Loading...["Hide (TV story)"]) Others, however, particularly men, such as the Doctor and the Brigadier,[additional sources needed] found spirits a vital part of life, and shared them as a way of either connecting and communicating or celebrating. For example, the Ninth Doctor drank some brandy after rescuing Mickey Smith and Jackie Tyler from the Slitheen by phone. (TV: World War Three [+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"])

Harriet Jones later informed the Ninth Doctor that one passed alcoholic spirits to one's left. (TV: World War Three [+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"])

The Seventh Doctor used a bathtub in his TARDIS to brew whiskey when he was in Chicago in 1929. He could have used more traditional methods, but he claimed it preserved the period "flavour" by brewing in a bathtub. (PROSE: Blood Harvest [+]Loading...["Blood Harvest (novel)"])

Cultural tolerance[[edit] | [edit source]]

Some cultures were opposed to the drinking of alcohol. In the early 20th century, there was a prohibition of alcohol in America. (TV: Immortal Sins [+]Loading...["Immortal Sins (TV story)"], PROSE: Blood Harvest [+]Loading...["Blood Harvest (novel)"]) The Saraani religion forbade the drinking of alcohol. (PROSE: Dry Pilgrimage [+]Loading...["Dry Pilgrimage (novel)"]) The various species of Sentarion were opposed to the drinking of alcohol, though they had no problems with aliens doing so and even made Rekkar themselves. (PROSE: Shakedown [+]Loading...["Shakedown (novelisation)"]) Alpha Centaurans never drank alcohol and didn't see the appeal of it. (PROSE: The Dark Path [+]Loading...["The Dark Path (novel)"])

MP David Lloyd George was an aggressive campaigner against alcohol, famously declaring that Britain had three enemies: "Germany, Austria and Drink; as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is Drink." His attempt, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, to ban alcohol entirely led to the introduction of licensing laws to increase taxes on alcohol and to restrict its sale and the opening hours of public houses. In private, however, (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"]) he drank the Ninth Doctor under the table. (TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"])

In 2006, the Ninth Doctor claimed that David Lloyd George, a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, drank him under the table in 10 Downing Street. (TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"]) Liz 10 would later recall that the Doctor was an "old drinking buddy" of Henry XII. (TV: The Beast Below [+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"])

Some individuals such as Creeby compared non-alcoholic drinks to poison. (COMIC: Where Nobody Knows Your Name [+]Loading...["Where Nobody Knows Your Name (comic story)"])

The Twelfth Doctor hid alcohol in one of the roundels in his TARDIS, (TV: The Husbands of River Song [+]Loading...["The Husbands of River Song (TV story)"]) as did the First Doctor. (TV: Twice Upon a Time [+]Loading...["Twice Upon a Time (TV story)"])

Alcohol drinking establishments[[edit] | [edit source]]

Drinking establishments such as pubs generally stocked a range of alcoholic beverages. On Blinni-Gaar the bar served various beverages including Draconian sake and Foamasi brandy. (PROSE: Prime Time [+]Loading...["Prime Time (novel)"]) In the television series EastEnders, a storyline in 2007 had Peggy Mitchell being confronted by a ghost of Den Watts, where she told him to get out of her pub, saying that the only spirits she served were gin, whiskey and vodka. (TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"])

Flammability[[edit] | [edit source]]

Some alcohols were flammable, and could be used to destructive or theatrical effect. Bernice Summerfield was able to use a bottle of particularly cheap vodka and a lighter against a Martian on Earth in 1997. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"]) The Ninth Doctor later threatened the Slitheen, saying that he would triplicate the flammability of some brandy, and kill them all. (TV: World War Three [+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"])

Alcoholic beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other alcohols[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Third Doctor toasted Captain Dent's health with an unknown alcohol after a civilised, but confrontational, introduction. (TV: Colony in Space [+]Loading...["Colony in Space (TV story)"])

When Chris Cwej, the Seventh Doctor, Roz Forrester and Bernice Summerfield returned to Earth following a variety of confrontations, Chris' father opened a bottle of fermented drink brewed by mutant space bees. Roz thought that it tasted vaguely of honey. (PROSE: Original Sin [+]Loading...["Original Sin (novel)"])

Roz and Bernice drank home-made hooch on the planet Yemaya 4. (PROSE: SLEEPY [+]Loading...["SLEEPY (novel)"])

On what was supposed to be an alcohol-free cruise, Bernice Summerfield drank some (particularly lethal) Brettellian potato spirit so strong it made her eyes water. (PROSE: Dry Pilgrimage [+]Loading...["Dry Pilgrimage (novel)"])

In Paris, the Countess drank a green liquid filled from a bottle on her drinks tray when she spoke to the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and Duggan. (TV: City of Death [+]Loading...["City of Death (TV story)"])

Bernice Summerfield drank rekkar with Professor Lazlo Zemar whilst researching on the planet Sentarion. (PROSE: Shakedown [+]Loading...["Shakedown (novelisation)"])

Commercial branding of alcohols[[edit] | [edit source]]

RedStar was a brand of Martian vodka. It was used in several cocktails such as 'A Red Under The Bed', Bernice Summerfield drank much RedStar whilst on Mars. (PROSE: Beige Planet Mars [+]Loading...["Beige Planet Mars (novel)"])

The Third Doctor and Iris Wildthyme drank Bombay Sapphire, in which the Doctor preferred lime to lemon. (PROSE: Verdigris [+]Loading...["Verdigris (novel)"])

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

Peggy Mitchell's reference to serving spirits is a play on the meaning of both "serve" and "spirit". Though not explained in detail in Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], "spirit" refers to incorporeal supernatural beings, sometimes including ghosts, but also the alcoholic beverage. A bartender can serve a person, but the food and drink itself can be what's served to the patron.

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