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The Doctor had a '''blackboard''' in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. The [[Fourth Doctor]] used a blackboard to teach [[Leela]] how to write. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'') In his new [[TARDIS control room|control room]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] wrote undecipherable calculations over his blackboard. ([[TV]]: ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]'' onwards) While talking alone in the TARDIS about the possibility of never truly being alone, the [[Twelfth Doctor]] wrote various points on his blackboard. After placing a piece of chalk on a book, he returned seconds later to find it missing and that someone or something had used it to write the word "LISTEN" in what looked like the Doctor's handwriting onto another board. When the Doctor told [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] he couldn't have just written it and forgotten, Clara asked him, "Have you met you?". ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'')
[[File:Liz Louise and Patsy.JPG|thumb|right|[[Liz Shaw|Liz]], [[Louise Bayliss|Louise]] and [[Patricia Haggard|Patsy]] with Liz's chalkboard. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Zero Imperative (home video)|The Zero Imperative]]'')]]
A '''blackboard''', also sometimes referred to as a '''chalkboard''', was a hard black surface used for writing on with [[chalk]].
 
== History ==
The Doctor had a blackboard in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]].
 
The [[Fourth Doctor]] used a blackboard to teach [[Leela]] how to write. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'')
 
In his new [[TARDIS control room|control room]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] wrote undecipherable calculations over his blackboard. ([[TV]]: ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]'' onwards)
 
While talking alone in the TARDIS about the possibility of never truly being alone, the [[Twelfth Doctor]] wrote various points on his blackboard. After placing a piece of chalk on a book, he returned seconds later to find it missing and that someone or something had used it to write the word "LISTEN" in what looked like the Doctor's handwriting onto another board. When the Doctor told [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] he couldn't have just written it and forgotten, Clara asked him "Have you met you?" ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'')
 
[[Liz Shaw]] had a blackboard in her office at [[Ashley House]], which she used to explain to [[Louise Bayliss]] and [[Patricia Haggard]] the unusual situation regarding the closure of [[asylum (hospital)|psychiatric care facilities]] with the sudden exception of [[Hawthorne (The Zero Imperative)|Hawthorne]] in [[1994]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Zero Imperative (home video)|The Zero Imperative]]'')
 
[[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]] had a blackboard in [[Class B3|her classroom]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'') The [[Twelfth Doctor]] later borrowed it for use at [[St Luke's University]], where he worked as a lecturer. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'', ''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]]'')


== Other references ==
== Other references ==
When [[Rubeish]] wrote equations on the TARDIS with a piece of [[chalk]], the [[Third Doctor]] reproached him because the TARDIS was not a blackboard. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'')
When [[Joseph Rubeish|Rubeish]] wrote [[equation]]s on [[the TARDIS]] with a piece of chalk, the [[Third Doctor]] reproached him because the TARDIS was not a blackboard. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'')


On [[April Fools' Day]] [[1963]], [[Ian Chesterton]] sent one of his [[Coal Hill School]] students, [[Little Titch Critchley]], to the supplies cupboard for "a left-handed blackboard [[rubber]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'')
On [[April Fools' Day]] [[1963]], [[Ian Chesterton]] sent one of his [[Coal Hill School]] students, [[Little Titch Critchley]], to the supplies cupboard for "a left-handed blackboard [[rubber]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'')
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[[Category:Writing materials]]
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[[Category:Communications technology from the real world]]
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Latest revision as of 08:14, 18 March 2023

Blackboard
Liz, Louise and Patsy with Liz's chalkboard. (HOMEVID: The Zero Imperative)

A blackboard, also sometimes referred to as a chalkboard, was a hard black surface used for writing on with chalk.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor had a blackboard in his TARDIS.

The Fourth Doctor used a blackboard to teach Leela how to write. (TV: The Invisible Enemy)

In his new control room, the Twelfth Doctor wrote undecipherable calculations over his blackboard. (TV: Into the Dalek onwards)

While talking alone in the TARDIS about the possibility of never truly being alone, the Twelfth Doctor wrote various points on his blackboard. After placing a piece of chalk on a book, he returned seconds later to find it missing and that someone or something had used it to write the word "LISTEN" in what looked like the Doctor's handwriting onto another board. When the Doctor told Clara he couldn't have just written it and forgotten, Clara asked him "Have you met you?" (TV: Listen)

Liz Shaw had a blackboard in her office at Ashley House, which she used to explain to Louise Bayliss and Patricia Haggard the unusual situation regarding the closure of psychiatric care facilities with the sudden exception of Hawthorne in 1994. (HOMEVID: The Zero Imperative)

Miss Quill had a blackboard in her classroom. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die) The Twelfth Doctor later borrowed it for use at St Luke's University, where he worked as a lecturer. (TV: The Pilot, Oxygen)

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

When Rubeish wrote equations on the TARDIS with a piece of chalk, the Third Doctor reproached him because the TARDIS was not a blackboard. (TV: The Time Warrior)

On April Fools' Day 1963, Ian Chesterton sent one of his Coal Hill School students, Little Titch Critchley, to the supplies cupboard for "a left-handed blackboard rubber". (PROSE: Time and Relative)