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''"Just once I'd like to meet an alien menace which wasn't immune to bullets!"''
A '''firearm''', commonly known as a "'''gun'''", was a term encompassing a variety of weapons which used a projectile fired from the weapon relying on chemical explosives to propel the projectile at high velocities from the firearm. In the words of [[Silurian]] scientist [[Bokka K'to]], "It project[ed] a small piece of [[metal]] at high speed." ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'') They were typically used to penetrate surfaces to maim or kill and were a favoured weapon of [[human]]s.
: - [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
 
== Limitations ==
[[File:Daleks vs gunmen.jpg|thumb|Gunmen engaging [[Dalek]]s in battle. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Dalek Project (comic story)|The Dalek Project]]'')]]
Most firearms were ineffective against [[armour]]ed races such as [[Dalek]]s and [[Cybermen]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'' / ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') though specifically designed [[bullet]]s were produced to take advantage of alien races' weaknesses ([[Gold]] in the Cybermen's case). ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') They were, however, able to penetrate [[Sontaran space armour]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') Standard bullets were effective against unarmoured [[humanoid]]s, such as [[Weevil]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'') the [[Ood]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'') [[Zygon|Zygons]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'') [[Silent]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'') Although bullets would not work on armoured races such as the Cybermen and [[Stingray]] swarm, rockets and missiles were used to defeat these species. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
 
Firearms, as a relatively primitive technology, could be neutralised by more advanced technology. For example, [[Sontaran]] soldiers employed a [[cordolaine]] field that affected metals such as [[copper]], causing weapons using copper casings on their projectiles not to fire. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'' / ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'')
 
Technological improvements such as the [[Bastic bullet]] made firearms more effective, a viable weapon even against a Dalek. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')
 
UNIT and other military personnel usually used assault rifles and pistols. Officers usually carried pistols or revolvers. In future centuries future soldiers like the Anglican soldiers and soldiers in the [[Human-Hath War]] seem to carry a type of assault rifle.
 
Individuals such as [[the Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] often refused to use them on moral grounds ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'', ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'', ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'') — although there were exceptions. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'', ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'', ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'')
 
Despite their limitations, humans were known to use firearms well into the [[200,100|2001st century]] and [[100000000000000|beyond]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
 
An appreciation of the usefulness of firearms was not limited to humanity. Upon landing on the planet [[Exxilon]] a Dalek taskforce's weapons were rendered inoperable, forcing them to replace their energy weapons with semi-automatic ballistic weapons. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'')
 
[[Romana II]] believed guns to have no defensive value. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Paradox Planet (audio story)|The Paradox Planet]]'')
 
Guns were not allowed to be stored at [[ELF Storage]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Eve of the Daleks (TV story)|Eve of the Daleks]]'')
 
== Availability ==
Guns were easily obtained in the [[United States]]. In [[Arizona]], [[2029]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] joked that they were given away with [[breakfast]] [[cereal]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shield of the Jötunn (audio story)|Shield of the Jötunn]]'')
 
On [[Earth]], companies existed that manufactured arms. [[Artemis (Uncanny Valley)|Artemis]] was an example in the mid-[[2000s]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Uncanny Valley (audio story)|Uncanny Valley]]'')
 
== Bolt-action rifle use ==
[[File:John Andrews with rifle.jpg|left|thumb|[[John Andrews (Carnival of Monsters)|John Andrews]] with a rifle. ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'')]]
[[John Andrews (Carnival of Monsters)|John Andrews]] used a {{w|Lee-Enfield}} when he chased the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant|Jo]] around the deck; [[Vorg (Carnival of Monsters)|Vorg]] had made the specimens' personalities violent. ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'')
 
[[Redvers Fenn-Cooper]], a [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[Hunting|hunter]] and member of the [[Royal Geographical Society]], wielded an elephant rifle; most notably when he once shot stampeding [[Buffalo|buffaloes]] in [[Africa]], and when he almost shot the [[Seventh Doctor]] with it on [[1883]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'')
 
In [[1911]], [[Laurence Scarman]] had a hunting rifle which proved ineffective against [[Sutekh]]'s [[Servitor robots|servitors]]. [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] soon put the rifle to better use by firing to detonate a box of [[Gelignite]] that destroyed an [[Osiran war missile]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'')
 
Lee-Enfield rifles were seen in the hands of the [[Kaled]]s and the [[Thal]]s on the planet [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'')
 
Bolt-action rifles were seen in the hands of [[Hooverville]] residents on [[1930]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]|[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'')
 
Armed forces used bolt-action rifles against [[Sea Devil|Sea Devils]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'')
 
[[Caratessi Thochoser]] found a primitive hunting rifle with a steel barrel, wood stock, and a simple iron sight in the [[Death Zone]]. She used it to hunt a [[clone]] of herself. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tempered (short story)|Tempered]]'')
 
== Assault rifle use ==
The [[The Master (Terror of the Autons)|UNIT Master]] was surrounded by UNIT soldiers from all sides with rifles pointed at him when only one handgun was not sufficient to guard him. This was after he tried to escape capture by stealing [[Bessie]] and the Doctor remotely controlled her to drive back to him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'')
 
Rifles were used to shoot and subdue the Ood on the [[Ood Sphere]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'')
 
The military forces including [[UNIT]] used assault rifles against the [[Sontaran]]s, [[Dalek]]s and the [[Cybermen]]. They were completely ineffective against the last two. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'' / ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' / ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]], [[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]])''
 
[[Henry van Statten|Henry Van Statten]]'s personal armed forces used assault rifles on the [[Metaltron]] [[Bronze Dalek|Dalek]], only to prove ineffective, on [[2012]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')
 
[[Gwen Cooper]] and [[Ianto Jones]] used assault rifles to combat a [[Dalek drone|Drone]] from the [[New Dalek Empire]] in the [[Torchwood 3|Torchwood Hub]] on [[2009]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'')
 
{{Simm|c}}'s private armed teams fired on the [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Martha Jones]] and [[Jack Harkness]] with assault rifles. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')
 
Captain Jack led a rebellion with assault rifles against [[Dalek of human origin|human-forged Daleks]] serving the [[Dalek Prime|Dalek Emperor]]; only to fail. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') He also led a squad of men to shoot the [[Toclafane]] with assault rifles, destroying the [[Paradox machine|Paradox Machine]] by shooting it with one. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'')
 
[[The Preachers]] used a number of automatic weapons to fight [[Cybusman|Cybus Cybermen]], notably the [[Mikhail Kalashnikov|Kalashnikov]] assault rifle. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'')
 
[[Cofelia|Miss Foster]]'s guards were armed with assault rifles. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'')


'''Firearm''' is a term encompassing a variety of weapons, generally which utilise a projectile fired from the weapon relying on chemical explosives to propel the projectile at high velocities away from the firearm.
The security guards in the International Gallery and the police units waiting to arrest [[Christina de Souza]] at the end of the tunnel were armed with assault rifles. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]])''


==General Description==
UNIT successfully battled three of [[The Swarm (Planet of the Dead)|the Swarm]] with assault rifles, although anti-aircraft batteries served a key role in finishing the creatures off. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]])''
Weapons that fall into the 'firearm' category are:
*Handguns, small Weapons designed for one-handed use. usualy with a short cased and often high-calibre cartridge
*Rifles, refers to rifling inside the barrel of the gun causing the projectile to rotate in flight. differ from pistols in size and cartridge. generaly using a long-cased cartidge for superior velocity and range to simelar callibre handgun cartridges. Combat rifles (subdevided into Assualt and battle rifles depending on how powerfull it is) are capable of selective fire. Assault rilfes are the most common standard weapons in modern milataries.
*Shotguns, usualy smoothbore (some specialized for slugs are rifled) which mainly use shells filled with numerous small projectiles instead of a single bullet.
*Machine guns, Using the same cartidges as Rifles but capable of sustined automatic fire
*Sub-machine guns, Pistol-cartridge weapons capable of automatic fire.
''This list is incomplete, as the simplicity of the basic design allows for a wide range of variations.''


Firearms are also sometimes classified by their loading mechanism. A single shot weapon such as a shotgun or musket must be reloaded after each firing, while a semi-automatic weapon reloads mechanically after each shot, but only discharges once with each trigger pull. An automatic weapon reloads and fires continuously as long as the trigger is held down and it has ready ammunition.
[[Joshua Naismith]]'s private guards were armed with assault rifles, which they employed to put suppressing fire on the Tenth Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')


:''Often, these two systems of classification are used in tandem, e.g. semi-automatic pistol or automatic rifle. In this way, both the loading mechanism and the configuration of the firearm are described.''
British Army soldiers were seen armed with assault rifles at the Albion Hospital and in Downing Street during [[2006]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'' / ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'')


A common military weapon, used by armed forces such as [[UNIT]], is the assault rifle. It it is a magazine-fed automatic firearm with a rifled barrel of varying length, and can be fired in single shots, in intermittent bursts, or continuously. As the name implies, it is designed for offensive combat, due to its versatility, amount of ammunition, and power with which it launches projectiles.
US Air Force personnel guarding the [[Eleventh Doctor]] at Area 51 were armed with assault rifles. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'')


Carbines are a variety of weapons that either use a short barrel and rifle cartridges or a rifle-like construction (long barell and stock) with pistol cartridges
On [[Malcassairo]], the human guards at [[Silo 16]] repelled the [[Futurekind]] with assault rifles. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')


Pistols typically are used as a more defensive weapon, to counter or discourage a personal attack, or as a back-up to a larger weapon. While primitive pistols are single-shot weapons, most carried by Humans following the [[19th century]] are semi-automatic weapons of either a revolver or magazine-fed design. Fully automatic pistols exist, but are not as common due to cost of production, failure rate, and ammunition consumption. The advantages of a pistol come from its small size; it is easily portable and concealable, making them suited for use by organizations such as [[Torchwood]], whose agents may not wish to advertise that they are armed, or may need to have a weapon with them at all times. Its disadvantages are its relatively low ammunition capacity, and lack of accuracy or range compared to larger weapons.
The crew of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] submarine [[Firebird (submarine)|Firebird]] were equipped with AK-47 assault rifles; some of which fired on [[Grand Marshall]] [[Skaldak]] of the [[Ice Warrior|Ice Warriors]] without success on [[1983]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'')


Shotguns and more primitive forms of rifle are often seen used by hunters, and can be pressed into service as combat weapons, but are generally less effective than weapons intended for military or self-defense weapons.
[[The Church]] wield assault rifles which many fire on [[Weeping Angel|Weeping Angels]] without success.  ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'' / ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'')


Generally, most types of firearm have been ineffective against armored alien races such as [[Dalek]]s and [[Cybermen]], though specifically designed bullets have been produced to utilise alien race's weaknesses ([[Gold]] in the Cybermen's case). ([[DW]]: ''[[Battlefield]]'') Standard bullets are effective though against biological species that are similar to Humans, such as the [[Ood]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood]]'')  
== Handgun use ==
[[File:RouvrayGun.jpg|left|thumb|[[Rouvray]] pulls a gun on [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] and [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]. ([[TV]]: "[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|A Land of Fear]]")]]
In [[June]] [[1810]], [[George Gordon Byron|Lord Byron]] challenged [[Ryan Sinclair]] to a [[duel]] with pistols and chose his [[valet]] [[Fletcher (The Haunting of Villa Diodati)|Fletcher]] as his [[Second (duel)|second]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'')


Firearms, as a relatively primitive technology, can be neutralized by more advanced technology. For example, [[Sontaran]] soldiers have employed a [[cordolaine]] field that affects certain metals such as [[copper]], causing weapons using copper casings on their projectiles not to fire. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky]]''). but humans, being as inventive as they are, can often find ways to counter these such as the Steel cased ammunition
Two fake policemen were in possession of handguns equipped with silencers. [[Gustave Lytton]] gave a handgun to [[Payne (Attack of the Cybermen)|Payne]]. The [[Sixth Doctor]] took it after his death and [[Vincent Russell|Russell]] took it when he arrested the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'')


Technological improvements such as the [[Bastic bullet]] can make firearms more effective, to the point of being a viable weapon even against a Dalek. ([[DW]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]], [[The Parting of the Ways]]'')
[[Brigadier]] [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Lethbridge-Stewart]] and members of [[UNIT]] threatened the UNIT Master with handguns. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'') Lethbridge-Stewart also used his handgun to shoot [[Morka]], a renegade [[Early Silurian|Silurian]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'')


One practical limit on the use of firearms is that they are primarily lethal weapons, and while it is possible to use a firearm to incapacitate rather than kill, this can often only be achieved by inflicting serious injury and pain. For this reason, individuals such as [[the Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] refuse to use them on moral grounds. A large variety of non-lethal or less-lethal ammunitions are available specificaly for incapacitation.
The [[Lorduke of Zazz]] threatened [[Frobisher]] with a handgun. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Gift (comic story)|The Gift]]'')


Despite their limitations, Humans are known to use firearms well into the [[200,100|2001st century]] and [[Utopia (TV story)|beyond]]. Likely reasons for this are the fact that firearms are simple and cheap to produce and maintain, as well as being easy to use. Their continued use may also be an example of sentimentality on the part of Humanity, as they have been seen to fetishize firearms to an unusual degree. They may simply have continued to improve them as time went on and they remained a usable and viable weapon.
[[Henry van Statten|Van Statten]]'s security guards used pistols against the [[Metaltron]] [[Bronze Dalek|Dalek]], to no effect, during [[2012]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')


However, an appreciation of the usefulness of firearms is not limited to Humanity. On one occasion, a [[Dalek]] taskforce was seen to replace their standard armament with some sort of semi-automatic weapon in an environment where their energy weapons were ineffective. ([[DW]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks]]'')
[[Colonel]] [[Alan Mace|Mace]] shot [[Sontaran]] [[Commander]] [[Skorr]] with a handgun on [[2009]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'')


==Instances of Assault or Automatic Rifle use==
[[Lieutenant General]] [[Sanchez]] attempted to repel the invading forces of the [[New Dalek Empire]] with a handgun on 2009. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'')
*Weapons resembling M4's with Beta C drum magazines were used to shoot and subdue the Ood both on [[Sanctuary Base 6]] and on the [[Ood Sphere]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Satan Pit]], [[Planet of the Ood]]'')
*The army and [[UNIT]] used them to repel the [[Sontarans]](they appeared to be G36s), [[Daleks]] and the [[Cybermen]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]], [[The Parting of the Ways]], [[Army of Ghosts]], [[Doomsday]], [[The Poison Sky]], [[The Stolen Earth]], [[Journey's End]]'')
*[[Gwen Cooper]] and [[Ianto Jones]] used assault rifles to combat a Dalek in the [[Torchwood 3|Torchwood Hub]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'')
*The [[Hath]] and Humans on [[Messaline]] carried rifles which were used to fight the war over who took control of the planet. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'')
*[[The Master]]'s private armed teams fired on [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Martha Jones]] and [[Jack Harkness]] with assault rifles. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'')
*Captain Jack led a squad of men to shoot the [[Toclafane]] with assault rifles.  He also destroyed the Paradox Machine by shooting it with one. ([[DW]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'')
*[[The Preachers]] used a number of automatic weapons to fight the Cybermen. ([[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'')
*[[Cofelia|Miss Foster]]'s guards were armed with assault rifles. ([[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'')
* The security guards in the International Gallery and the police units waiting to arrest Christina De Souza at the end of the tunnel were armed with [[wikipedia:G36|Heckler & Koch G36]] assault rifles.
* UNIT successfully battled the "[[Alien Stingray]]" beings with [[wikipedia:G36|Heckler & Koch G36]] assault rifles and [[wikipedia:M4 carbine|M4 carbines]].


==Instances of Handgun use==
An [[American sergeant (The Tenth Planet)|American sergeant]] tried to shoot three [[CyberMondan|Mondasian Cybermen]] with a pistol without success on [[1986]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'')
*When the lone [[Dalek]] escaped [[The Vault]], the security guards used pistols against it. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')


*When [[Suki Macrae Cantrell]] got promoted to Floor 500, she pulled a futuristic pistol on [[The Editor]]. She fired the pistol at the [[Jagrafess]], but that didn't help. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'')
[[Kaftan]] tried to kill a [[CyberTelosian|Telosian]] [[Cyber-Controller (The Tomb of the Cybermen)|Cyber Controller]] for lying to her and [[Eric Klieg|Klieg]], only to do no effect and end up being killed by its [[Cyber-gun|cybergun]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')


*[[Jack Harkness]] used a [[21st century]] era pistol against the [[Dalek]]s invading the [[Game Station]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'')
[[Jo Grant]] brandished a revolver when tracing the UNIT Master to [[Devil's End]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'')


*[[Queen Victoria]] carried a small pistol in her bag for her protection. ([[DW]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw]]'')
When [[Eva Saint Julienne]] was promoted to Floor 500, she pulled a pistol on [[the Editor]]. She fired the pistol at the [[Jagrafess]], to no effect. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'')


*[[Jake Simmonds]] and [[Mrs. Moore]] pulled pistols to [[Mickey Smith]] when they found out he wasn't [[Ricky Smith]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'')
[[Jack Harkness]] used a [[21st century]] era pistol against the [[Dalek Prime|Dalek Emperor]]'s [[Dalek of human origin|forces]] invading the [[Satellite Five|Game Station]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') He also used it to blackmail [[Ianto Jones]] into murdering [[Lisa Hallett]] just for being partially [[Cyber-conversion|converted]] by [[Cybusman|Cybus Cybermen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'')


*[[Tallulah]] had a prop pistol to scare [[The Doctor]], [[Martha Jones]] and [[Solomon]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'')
[[Queen]] [[Victoria]] carried a small revolver in her bag for her protection. She shot Father [[Angelo (Tooth and Claw)|Angelo]] with it on [[1879]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'')
*[[The Master]]'s henchmen pulled out pistols to everyone witnessing when the [[Toclafane]] killed [[President Winters]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'')
*[[Thomas Milligan]] used a pistol to lure a [[Toclafane]] to the trap set up by [[Alison Docherty]]. [[Lucy Saxon]] used a pistol to kill [[The Master]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'')


*[[Jack Harkness]] carried a [[wikipedia:Webley & Scott|Webley Mark VI]] revolver while in service with [[Torchwood]], despite the rest of his team carrying more modern pistols. The Webley Mark VI was the British Army standard sidearm during [[World War I]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'')
[[Maximillian Stael]] committed suicide with a handgun given to him by the [[Fourth Doctor]] at his behest. He did this to avert the [[Fendahl]] from using him as a power source. ([[TV]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'')


*General [[Cobb]] intended to shoot the Doctor with a pistol but [[Jenny]] got in the way. The Doctor later almost shot Cobb as revenge for killing his daughter. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'')
[[Jake Simmonds]] and [[Angela Price|Mrs. Moore]] pulled pistols on [[Mickey Smith]] when they found out he wasn't [[Ricky Smith]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'')


*Colonel [[Mace]] shot Commander [[Skorr]] with a pistol. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Poison Sky]]'')
[[Tallulah]] had a prop handgun to scare the [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Martha Jones]] and [[Solomon (Daleks in Manhattan)|Solomon]] when she thinks they kidnapped [[Laszlo]] on [[1930]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'')
*General [[Sanchez]] attempted to repel the invading Dalek with a pistol. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'')
*[[John Jefferson]] shot an [[Ood]] with a pistol. He only fired one shot until either the weapon had limited ammunition, or the gun jammed. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Satan Pit]]'')


* Captain [[Erisa Magambo]] threatened Malcolm Taylor with a [[wikipedia:Walther P99|Walther P99]] pistol, and later used it to defend against the alien stingrays ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]])''.
{{Simm|c}}'s henchmen pulled out pistols to everyone witnessing when the [[Toclafane]] killed [[President Winters]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')


==Instances of Machine Gun use==
[[Thomas Milligan]] used a handgun to lure a [[Toclafane]] to the trap set up by [[Alison Docherty]]. [[Francine Jones]] stole a hangun and tried to kill the [[Saxon Master]] but was stopped by the Tenth Doctor to save her from being tainted by revenge. [[Lucy Saxon]] used a handgun to kill the Saxon Master for abusing her. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'')


*Mounted machine guns were used to shoot the [[Scarecrow]] Drones when they attacked the [[Farringham School for Boys]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Family of Blood]]'')
[[General]] [[Cobb (The Doctor's Daughter)|Cobb]] intended to shoot the Tenth Doctor with a handgun but [[Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter)|Jenny]] got in the way. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'')
*On [[Malcassairo]], the guards repelled the [[Futurekind]] with machine guns. ([[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')


==Behind the scenes==
A German woman threatened Martha Jones with a Luger in an attempt to prevent her from using the [[Osterhagen Key]], but lowered the pistol when she proved unable to kill her. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
*Most assault rifles used in the 2005 series, are [[wikipedia:G36|Heckler & Koch G36s]]. These also appear in some episodes of [[Torchwood]].
*The guns carried by [[Sanctuary Base 6]] security in ''[[The Impossible Planet]]'' and ''[[The Satan Pit]]'' are [[wikipedia:FN_P90|P90 Personal Defense Weapons]] fitted with supressors (the same model of weapon commonly associated with the TV series ''[[wikipedia:Stargate_SG-1|Stargate SG-1]]'' and its spinoffs). 
*Classic series UNIT troops are often seen using [[wikipedia:Sterling_submachine_gun|Sterling sub-machine guns]] or [[wikipedia:FN-FAL|SLRs]].


==See also==
[[John Jefferson]] shot an [[Ood]] with a handgun. He only fired one shot. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'')
*[[Dalek enhanced Tommy Gun]]
*[[Energy weapon]]


The [[Fourth Doctor]] took [[Scorby]]'s handgun and used it to retreat in safety. He told Sarah he'd never use it but they didn't know that. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'')
[[File:Armed and dangerous.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Fourth Doctor]] retreats, covering himself with a handgun. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'')]]


[[Captain]] [[Erisa Magambo]] threatened Malcolm Taylor with a pistol, and later used it to defend against three of the [[Stingray|Swarm]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]])''
[[Wilfred Mott]] took his old service revolver with him when he sought out the Tenth Doctor. He later gave it to the Doctor, who took it to use against the Master. The Doctor had to choose between shooting the Master or [[Rassilon]], but finally chose to shoot the White-Point Star, destroying it and breaking the link that anchored the Time Lords in the present time, sending them back into the Time War and saving the universe. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
The [[Fifth Doctor]] used a handgun against a [[Dalek mutant]] that had escaped from its damaged [[casing]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'')
[[Orcini|Oricini]] used an automatic pistol with [[Bastic bullet|bastic ammunition]] to destroy a [[Necros Dalek]]. The [[Sixth Doctor]] also used it against a [[Grey Dalek|Mark IV Dalek]]'s eye stalk. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'')
Both the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] used a handgun to protect themselves from [[Josiah Samuel Smith]] on [[1883]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'')
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] fired a handgun to destroy a [[gravity globe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'' / ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'')
[[Amy Pond]] used [[Canton Everett Delaware III]]'s handgun on a little girl in an astronaut suit, not knowing she was her daughter [[Melody Pond|Melody]], in an attempt to save the Eleventh Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]|[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]],'' ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'')
The [[War Master]] shot [[Liv Chenka]] multiple times with a handgun. She later shot him in the arm. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Master (audio story)|Day of the Master]]'')
[[Sergeant]] [[Mike Smith]] wielded a handgun and tried to blackmail Ace to join his cause, but to no avail, on [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
== Machine gun, submachine gun and PDW use ==
[[File:With machine guns.jpg|thumb|left|[[Thawn]] and [[Fenner]] with machine guns. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll (TV story)|The Power of Kroll]]'')]]
Machine guns were carried by the [[Roboman|Robomen]] during [[Dalek Earthforce]]'s [[Project Degravitate]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
Inside the [[Miniscope]], the crew of the [[SS Bernice]] used submachine guns against [[Wetland Drashig|Wetland Drashigs]] to no avail. ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'')
Gustave Lytton had a silenced submachine gun. ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'')
Mounted machine guns were used to shoot the [[Scarecrow]] Drones when they attacked the [[Farringham School for Boys]]. They trained with these in the school grounds. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'')
[[Group Captain]] [[Ian Gilmore]] used machine guns against [[Renegade Dalek|Renegade Daleks]], but to no avail, on [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
[[Neo-Nazi|Neo-Nazis]] including [[Hans de Flores|De Flores]] used machine guns against [[CyberIsomorph|Isomorph Cybermen]], but to no avail, on [[1988]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'')
[[Harrison Chase]]'s guards all carried submachine guns. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'')
The crew of a [[Delta III]] refinery had two machine guns. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll (TV story)|The Power of Kroll]]'')
== The use of other firearms ==
The [[Fourth Doctor]] used an Oriental fowling piece belonging to [[George Litefoot]] to kill a [[giant rat]] when it attacked [[Leela]]. The gun hadn't been fired for 50 years and Litefoot warned the Doctor that it would probably explode in his face. The Doctor scoffed at this, saying that the gun had been built in [[Birmingham]].([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
When one of the [[Fendahleen]] was feeding on the [[psychic energy]] of [[Leela]] and the Tylers, the Fourth Doctor tried to distract it by shooting it with [[Jack Tyler]]'s [[double-barreled shotgun]] filled with rock salt. Leela later used the shotgun to kill another of the Fendahleen. ([[TV]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'')
[[UNIT HQ, City of London|UNIT HQ]] had a "[[galvanic beam|great big gun]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Busiest Day (short story)|page=9}})
== Behind the scenes ==
* Most firearms used in the 2005 series are of {{w|G36|Heckler &amp; Koch}} manufacture, specifically G36 assault rifles and USP sidearms. Glocks and Webleys have also been used.
* The guns carried by [[Sanctuary Base 6]] security in ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'' / ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'' are {{w|FN P90|P90 Personal Defense Weapons}} fitted with suppressors (the same model of weapon commonly associated with {{wi|Stargate SG-1}} universe).
* In the various UNIT episodes during the [[Jon Pertwee]] era, {{w|Sterling submachine gun|Sterling sub-machine guns}} or {{w|FN-FAL|SLRs}} were used.
== External links ==
* [http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Doctor_Who_%28New_Series%29 IMFDB article on the 2005 Series]


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Latest revision as of 14:19, 22 October 2024

Firearm

A firearm, commonly known as a "gun", was a term encompassing a variety of weapons which used a projectile fired from the weapon relying on chemical explosives to propel the projectile at high velocities from the firearm. In the words of Silurian scientist Bokka K'to, "It project[ed] a small piece of metal at high speed." (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians) They were typically used to penetrate surfaces to maim or kill and were a favoured weapon of humans.

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Gunmen engaging Daleks in battle. (COMIC: The Dalek Project)

Most firearms were ineffective against armoured races such as Daleks and Cybermen, (TV: Army of Ghosts / Doomsday) though specifically designed bullets were produced to take advantage of alien races' weaknesses (Gold in the Cybermen's case). (TV: Battlefield) They were, however, able to penetrate Sontaran space armour. (TV: The Poison Sky) Standard bullets were effective against unarmoured humanoids, such as Weevils, (TV: Exit Wounds) the Ood, (TV: Planet of the Ood) Zygons, (TV: Terror of the Zygons) Silents. (TV: Day of the Moon, The Wedding of River Song) Although bullets would not work on armoured races such as the Cybermen and Stingray swarm, rockets and missiles were used to defeat these species. (TV: The Invasion, Doomsday, Planet of the Dead)

Firearms, as a relatively primitive technology, could be neutralised by more advanced technology. For example, Sontaran soldiers employed a cordolaine field that affected metals such as copper, causing weapons using copper casings on their projectiles not to fire. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky)

Technological improvements such as the Bastic bullet made firearms more effective, a viable weapon even against a Dalek. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks, The Parting of the Ways)

UNIT and other military personnel usually used assault rifles and pistols. Officers usually carried pistols or revolvers. In future centuries future soldiers like the Anglican soldiers and soldiers in the Human-Hath War seem to carry a type of assault rifle.

Individuals such as the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith often refused to use them on moral grounds (TV: Doctor Who, The Stolen Earth, Journey's End, The End of Time, The Doctor's Daughter, Invasion of the Bane) — although there were exceptions. (TV: Pyramids of Mars, The Seeds of Doom, The Time of Angels)

Despite their limitations, humans were known to use firearms well into the 2001st century and beyond. (TV: The Parting of the Ways, Utopia)

An appreciation of the usefulness of firearms was not limited to humanity. Upon landing on the planet Exxilon a Dalek taskforce's weapons were rendered inoperable, forcing them to replace their energy weapons with semi-automatic ballistic weapons. (TV: Death to the Daleks)

Romana II believed guns to have no defensive value. (AUDIO: The Paradox Planet)

Guns were not allowed to be stored at ELF Storage. (TV: Eve of the Daleks)

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Guns were easily obtained in the United States. In Arizona, 2029, the Sixth Doctor joked that they were given away with breakfast cereal. (AUDIO: Shield of the Jötunn)

On Earth, companies existed that manufactured arms. Artemis was an example in the mid-2000s. (AUDIO: Uncanny Valley)

Bolt-action rifle use[[edit] | [edit source]]

John Andrews with a rifle. (TV: Carnival of Monsters)

John Andrews used a Lee-Enfield when he chased the Third Doctor and Jo around the deck; Vorg had made the specimens' personalities violent. (TV: Carnival of Monsters)

Redvers Fenn-Cooper, a Victorian hunter and member of the Royal Geographical Society, wielded an elephant rifle; most notably when he once shot stampeding buffaloes in Africa, and when he almost shot the Seventh Doctor with it on 1883. (TV: Ghost Light)

In 1911, Laurence Scarman had a hunting rifle which proved ineffective against Sutekh's servitors. Sarah soon put the rifle to better use by firing to detonate a box of Gelignite that destroyed an Osiran war missile. (TV: Pyramids of Mars)

Lee-Enfield rifles were seen in the hands of the Kaleds and the Thals on the planet Skaro. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)

Bolt-action rifles were seen in the hands of Hooverville residents on 1930. (TV: Daleks in Manhattan|Evolution of the Daleks)

Armed forces used bolt-action rifles against Sea Devils. (TV: The Sea Devils)

Caratessi Thochoser found a primitive hunting rifle with a steel barrel, wood stock, and a simple iron sight in the Death Zone. She used it to hunt a clone of herself. (PROSE: Tempered)

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The UNIT Master was surrounded by UNIT soldiers from all sides with rifles pointed at him when only one handgun was not sufficient to guard him. This was after he tried to escape capture by stealing Bessie and the Doctor remotely controlled her to drive back to him. (TV: The Dæmons)

Rifles were used to shoot and subdue the Ood on the Ood Sphere. (TV: Planet of the Ood)

The military forces including UNIT used assault rifles against the Sontarans, Daleks and the Cybermen. They were completely ineffective against the last two. (TV: The Invasion, Army of Ghosts / Doomsday, The Poison Sky, The Stolen Earth / Journey's End, Resolution)

Henry Van Statten's personal armed forces used assault rifles on the Metaltron Dalek, only to prove ineffective, on 2012. (TV: Dalek)

Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones used assault rifles to combat a Drone from the New Dalek Empire in the Torchwood Hub on 2009. (TV: The Stolen Earth)

The Saxon Master's private armed teams fired on the Tenth Doctor, Martha Jones and Jack Harkness with assault rifles. (TV: The Sound of Drums)

Captain Jack led a rebellion with assault rifles against human-forged Daleks serving the Dalek Emperor; only to fail. (TV: The Parting of the Ways) He also led a squad of men to shoot the Toclafane with assault rifles, destroying the Paradox Machine by shooting it with one. (TV: Last of the Time Lords)

The Preachers used a number of automatic weapons to fight Cybus Cybermen, notably the Kalashnikov assault rifle. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen)

Miss Foster's guards were armed with assault rifles. (TV: Partners in Crime)

The security guards in the International Gallery and the police units waiting to arrest Christina de Souza at the end of the tunnel were armed with assault rifles. (TV: Planet of the Dead)

UNIT successfully battled three of the Swarm with assault rifles, although anti-aircraft batteries served a key role in finishing the creatures off. (TV: Planet of the Dead)

Joshua Naismith's private guards were armed with assault rifles, which they employed to put suppressing fire on the Tenth Doctor. (TV: The End of Time)

British Army soldiers were seen armed with assault rifles at the Albion Hospital and in Downing Street during 2006. (TV: Aliens of London / World War Three)

US Air Force personnel guarding the Eleventh Doctor at Area 51 were armed with assault rifles. (TV: Day of the Moon)

On Malcassairo, the human guards at Silo 16 repelled the Futurekind with assault rifles. (TV: Utopia)

The crew of the Soviet submarine Firebird were equipped with AK-47 assault rifles; some of which fired on Grand Marshall Skaldak of the Ice Warriors without success on 1983. (TV: Cold War)

The Church wield assault rifles which many fire on Weeping Angels without success. (TV: The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone)

Handgun use[[edit] | [edit source]]

Rouvray pulls a gun on Ian, Barbara and Susan. (TV: "A Land of Fear")

In June 1810, Lord Byron challenged Ryan Sinclair to a duel with pistols and chose his valet Fletcher as his second. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati)

Two fake policemen were in possession of handguns equipped with silencers. Gustave Lytton gave a handgun to Payne. The Sixth Doctor took it after his death and Russell took it when he arrested the Doctor. (TV: Attack of the Cybermen)

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and members of UNIT threatened the UNIT Master with handguns. (TV: The Claws of Axos) Lethbridge-Stewart also used his handgun to shoot Morka, a renegade Silurian. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians)

The Lorduke of Zazz threatened Frobisher with a handgun. (COMIC: The Gift)

Van Statten's security guards used pistols against the Metaltron Dalek, to no effect, during 2012. (TV: Dalek)

Colonel Mace shot Sontaran Commander Skorr with a handgun on 2009. (TV: The Poison Sky)

Lieutenant General Sanchez attempted to repel the invading forces of the New Dalek Empire with a handgun on 2009. (TV: The Stolen Earth)

An American sergeant tried to shoot three Mondasian Cybermen with a pistol without success on 1986. (TV: The Tenth Planet)

Kaftan tried to kill a Telosian Cyber Controller for lying to her and Klieg, only to do no effect and end up being killed by its cybergun. (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen)

Jo Grant brandished a revolver when tracing the UNIT Master to Devil's End. (TV: The Dæmons)

When Eva Saint Julienne was promoted to Floor 500, she pulled a pistol on the Editor. She fired the pistol at the Jagrafess, to no effect. (TV: The Long Game)

Jack Harkness used a 21st century era pistol against the Dalek Emperor's forces invading the Game Station. (TV: The Parting of the Ways) He also used it to blackmail Ianto Jones into murdering Lisa Hallett just for being partially converted by Cybus Cybermen. (TV: Cyberwoman)

Queen Victoria carried a small revolver in her bag for her protection. She shot Father Angelo with it on 1879. (TV: Tooth and Claw)

Maximillian Stael committed suicide with a handgun given to him by the Fourth Doctor at his behest. He did this to avert the Fendahl from using him as a power source. (TV: Image of the Fendahl)

Jake Simmonds and Mrs. Moore pulled pistols on Mickey Smith when they found out he wasn't Ricky Smith. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen)

Tallulah had a prop handgun to scare the Tenth Doctor, Martha Jones and Solomon when she thinks they kidnapped Laszlo on 1930. (TV: Daleks in Manhattan)

The Saxon Master's henchmen pulled out pistols to everyone witnessing when the Toclafane killed President Winters. (TV: The Sound of Drums)

Thomas Milligan used a handgun to lure a Toclafane to the trap set up by Alison Docherty. Francine Jones stole a hangun and tried to kill the Saxon Master but was stopped by the Tenth Doctor to save her from being tainted by revenge. Lucy Saxon used a handgun to kill the Saxon Master for abusing her. (TV: Last of the Time Lords)

General Cobb intended to shoot the Tenth Doctor with a handgun but Jenny got in the way. (TV: The Doctor's Daughter)

A German woman threatened Martha Jones with a Luger in an attempt to prevent her from using the Osterhagen Key, but lowered the pistol when she proved unable to kill her. (TV: Journey's End)

John Jefferson shot an Ood with a handgun. He only fired one shot. (TV: The Satan Pit)

The Fourth Doctor took Scorby's handgun and used it to retreat in safety. He told Sarah he'd never use it but they didn't know that. (TV: The Seeds of Doom)

The Fourth Doctor retreats, covering himself with a handgun. (TV: The Seeds of Doom)

Captain Erisa Magambo threatened Malcolm Taylor with a pistol, and later used it to defend against three of the Swarm. (TV: Planet of the Dead)

Wilfred Mott took his old service revolver with him when he sought out the Tenth Doctor. He later gave it to the Doctor, who took it to use against the Master. The Doctor had to choose between shooting the Master or Rassilon, but finally chose to shoot the White-Point Star, destroying it and breaking the link that anchored the Time Lords in the present time, sending them back into the Time War and saving the universe. (TV: The End of Time)

The Fifth Doctor used a handgun against a Dalek mutant that had escaped from its damaged casing. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)

Oricini used an automatic pistol with bastic ammunition to destroy a Necros Dalek. The Sixth Doctor also used it against a Mark IV Dalek's eye stalk. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks)

Both the Seventh Doctor and Ace used a handgun to protect themselves from Josiah Samuel Smith on 1883. (TV: Ghost Light)

The Eleventh Doctor fired a handgun to destroy a gravity globe. (TV: The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone)

Amy Pond used Canton Everett Delaware III's handgun on a little girl in an astronaut suit, not knowing she was her daughter Melody, in an attempt to save the Eleventh Doctor. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut|Day of the Moon, Let's Kill Hitler)

The War Master shot Liv Chenka multiple times with a handgun. She later shot him in the arm. (AUDIO: Day of the Master)

Sergeant Mike Smith wielded a handgun and tried to blackmail Ace to join his cause, but to no avail, on 1963. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)

Machine gun, submachine gun and PDW use[[edit] | [edit source]]

Thawn and Fenner with machine guns. (TV: The Power of Kroll)

Machine guns were carried by the Robomen during Dalek Earthforce's Project Degravitate. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)

Inside the Miniscope, the crew of the SS Bernice used submachine guns against Wetland Drashigs to no avail. (TV: Carnival of Monsters)

Gustave Lytton had a silenced submachine gun. (TV: Attack of the Cybermen)

Mounted machine guns were used to shoot the Scarecrow Drones when they attacked the Farringham School for Boys. They trained with these in the school grounds. (TV: The Family of Blood)

Group Captain Ian Gilmore used machine guns against Renegade Daleks, but to no avail, on 1963. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)

Neo-Nazis including De Flores used machine guns against Isomorph Cybermen, but to no avail, on 1988. (TV: Silver Nemesis)

Harrison Chase's guards all carried submachine guns. (TV: The Seeds of Doom)

The crew of a Delta III refinery had two machine guns. (TV: The Power of Kroll)

The use of other firearms[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fourth Doctor used an Oriental fowling piece belonging to George Litefoot to kill a giant rat when it attacked Leela. The gun hadn't been fired for 50 years and Litefoot warned the Doctor that it would probably explode in his face. The Doctor scoffed at this, saying that the gun had been built in Birmingham.(TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)

When one of the Fendahleen was feeding on the psychic energy of Leela and the Tylers, the Fourth Doctor tried to distract it by shooting it with Jack Tyler's double-barreled shotgun filled with rock salt. Leela later used the shotgun to kill another of the Fendahleen. (TV: Image of the Fendahl)

UNIT HQ had a "great big gun". (PROSE: The Doctor's Busiest Day [+]Loading...{"page":"9","1":"The Doctor's Busiest Day (short story)"})

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

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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