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{{first pic|Amelia stirring beans.jpg|[[Amelia Pond]] stirring [[bean]]s with a [[wood]]en spoon ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'')}}
{{first pic|Twelfth Doctor Licks Spoon.jpg|[[The Doctor]] licks [[ice cream]] off of a spoon. ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robot of Sherwood]]'')}}
A '''spoon''' was a device used both as a [[cooking]] or eating utensil, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' et al) and as a musical instrument. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'')
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A '''spoon''' was a device used both as a [[cooking]] or eating utensil, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' et al) and as a musical instrument. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') They were often made out of [[wood]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'') or [[steel]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'')


== As a utensil ==
== As a utensil ==
On [[Earth]], as well as other planets, spoons were used for cooking, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'') and eating food, especially [[soup]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]], [[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')
On [[Earth]], as well as other planets, spoons were used for cooking, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'') and eating food, especially [[soup]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]], [[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')


The [[Androgum]]s used a type of spoon called a [[boomerang spoon]] for their cooking. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Storm Harvest (novel)|Storm Harvest]]'')
The [[Androgum]]s used a type of spoon called a [[boomerang spoon]] for their cooking. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Storm Harvest (novel)|Storm Harvest]]'')
While [[Work|working]] as an [[usher]] at [[Queen Victoria Theatre|the Queen Victoria Theatre]], ([[AUDIO]]: [[Lost (audio story)|Lost]]) [[Cleo Proctor]] had to tell [[people]] that "the spoon is in the [[lid]]". She later brought this up in an [[Episode (SOS)|episode]] of ''[[The Blue Box Files]]'' with her [[Friendship|friends]], [[Abby McPhail]] and [[Shawna Thompson]]. ([[AUDIO]]: [[SOS (audio story)|SOS]])


== As a musical instrument ==
== As a musical instrument ==
[[File:Time and the Rani spoons.jpg|thumb|right|The Seventh Doctor picking up a [[Lakertya]]n spoon to play it ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'')]]
[[File:Time and the Rani spoons.jpg|thumb|right|The Seventh Doctor picking up a [[Lakertya]]n spoon to play it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'')]]
The [[Seventh Doctor]], early on in his incarnation, showed a knack for playing the spoons as a musical instrument, though this was seen less as he matured. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'', ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Strange England (novel)|Strange England]]'')
The [[Seventh Doctor]], early on in his incarnation, showed a knack for playing the spoons as a musical instrument, though this was seen less as he matured. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'', ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Strange England (novel)|Strange England]]'')


Representing [[Earth]] in lieu of [[Nicky Newman]], he won the 309th [[Intergalactic Song Contest]] by playing the spoons. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Bang-Bang-a-Boom! (audio story)|Bang-Bang-a-Boom!]]'')
Representing [[Earth]] in lieu of [[Nicky Newman]], he won the 309th [[Intergalactic Song Contest]] by playing the spoons. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Bang-Bang-a-Boom! (audio story)|Bang-Bang-a-Boom!]]'')
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The Doctor played the spoons again while a prisoner in [[Colditz Castle]] in [[October]] [[1944]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]'') He asked for spoons to play when he held prisoner by the [[Russian]]s during the [[Siege of Sevastopol]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Angel of Scutari (audio story)|The Angel of Scutari]]'')
The Doctor played the spoons again while a prisoner in [[Colditz Castle]] in [[October]] [[1944]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]'') He asked for spoons to play when he held prisoner by the [[Russian]]s during the [[Siege of Sevastopol]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Angel of Scutari (audio story)|The Angel of Scutari]]'')


The Doctor played the spoons during a visit to the [[Worldsphere]]. He claimed that he broke the galactic record for continuous spoon-playing (sixty-seven hours). He would have broken the universal record but a [[Garthanian]] telekinetic kept bending his instruments. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People]]'')
[[Ace]] disliked the Doctor's habit of playing the spoons and therefore hid them in the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fiesta of the Damned (audio story)|Fiesta of the Damned]]'')
 
The Doctor played the spoons during a visit to the [[Worldsphere]]. He claimed that he broke the galactic record for continuous spoon-playing (sixty-seven hours). He would have broken the universal record but a [[Garthanian]] telekinetic kept bending his instruments. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]'')
 
During their encounter on [[Perfugium]] in the [[far future]], [[Death (mythology)|Death]] noted that the Doctor stopped playing the spoons and mangling his proverbs after his personality began to darken. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'')
 
The [[Ninth Doctor]] sometimes played the spoons with a [[skiffle band]] in the [[1960s|sixties]] which [[Marcus Butler]]'s [[Marcus Butler's father|dad]] was a member of. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'')


During their encounter on [[Perfugium]] in the [[far future]], [[Death (Timewyrm: Revelation)|Death]] noted that the Doctor stopped playing the spoons and mangling his proverbs after his personality began to darken. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'')
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] identified the Seventh Doctor as his "spoon-playing self" and suggested to [[guitar]]ist [[Hattie Munroe]] that she could collaborate with him. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Beneath the Waves (comic story)|Beneath the Waves]]'')


== As a weapon ==
== As a weapon ==
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The [[Twelfth Doctor]] used a spoon in his fight with [[Robin Hood]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robot of Sherwood]]'') and later clutched a spoon he had been using to eat soup when threatened by [[Rassilon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] used a spoon in his fight with [[Robin Hood]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robot of Sherwood]]'') and later clutched a spoon he had been using to eat soup when threatened by [[Rassilon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')
[[Dibbsworth]] used a [[teaspoon]] to knock out two [[Sontaran]]s with a blow to their [[probic vent]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Peepshow (audio story)|Peepshow]]'')


== Other uses ==
== Other uses ==
The Tenth Doctor again used a spoon to send an [[Morse code]] [[SOS]] message when he got trapped in a [[data core]] room on the [[planet]] [[Hurala]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'')
The Tenth Doctor again used a spoon to send an [[Morse code]] [[SOS]] message when he got trapped in a [[data core]] room on the [[planet]] [[Hurala]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'')


The [[Third Doctor]] once made a [[time flow analogue]] from a [[wine|Moroccan burgundy bottle]], spoons, [[fork]]s, [[cork]]s, [[key ring]]s, [[Tea|tea leaves]] and a [[mug]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'')
The [[Third Doctor]] once made a [[time flow analogue]] from a [[wine|Moroccan burgundy bottle]], spoons, [[fork]]s, [[cork]]s, [[key ring]]s, [[Tea|tea leaves]] and a [[mug]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'')


Captain [[Jack Harkness]] knew of a planet where the main form of sentient life were spoons. He invited [[Rose Tyler]] and the [[Ninth Doctor]] on a trip to the location. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hot Springs Eternal]]'')
Captain [[Jack Harkness]] knew of a planet where the main form of sentient life were spoons. He invited [[Rose Tyler]] and the [[Ninth Doctor]] on a trip to the location. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hot Springs Eternal (comic story)|Hot Springs Eternal]]'')


The Twelfth Doctor once created a [[sonic spoon]] while imprisoned. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Blood Cell (novel)|The Blood Cell]]'')
The Twelfth Doctor once created a [[sonic spoon]] while imprisoned. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Blood Cell (novel)|The Blood Cell]]'')


== References ==
The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] melted spoons with a [[flamethrower]] before using the "[[Sheffield]] steel" to build her [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'')
In [[2012]], [[Henry van Statten]] told [[Adam Mitchell]] to go to [[Rose Tyler]], and "canoodle or spoon or whatever it is you [[British]] do." Spoon had [[sex]]ual implications in this context. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')


== Spoon-like objects ==
== Spoon-like objects ==
Among objects that resembled a spoon were an [[anti-Droon audio paddle]], a [[pest control]] device and the head of a [[Spoonhead]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Border Princes (novel)|Border Princes]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Bells of Saint John (TV story)|The Bells of Saint John]]'')
Among objects that resembled a spoon were the [[anti-Droon audio paddle]], a [[pest control]] device used by [[Torchwood Three]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Border Princes (novel)}}) and the head of a [[Spoonhead]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Bells of Saint John (TV story)}})
 
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Latest revision as of 15:21, 21 November 2024

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The Doctor licks ice cream off of a spoon. (TV: Robot of Sherwood)
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A spoon was a device used both as a cooking or eating utensil, (TV: The Eleventh Hour et al) and as a musical instrument. (TV: Time and the Rani) They were often made out of wood (TV: The Lodger) or steel. (TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth)

As a utensil[[edit] | [edit source]]

On Earth, as well as other planets, spoons were used for cooking, (TV: The Lodger) and eating food, especially soup. (TV: The Eleventh Hour, The Unicorn and the Wasp, Hell Bent)

The Androgums used a type of spoon called a boomerang spoon for their cooking. (PROSE: Storm Harvest)

While working as an usher at the Queen Victoria Theatre, (AUDIO: Lost) Cleo Proctor had to tell people that "the spoon is in the lid". She later brought this up in an episode of The Blue Box Files with her friends, Abby McPhail and Shawna Thompson. (AUDIO: SOS)

As a musical instrument[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Seventh Doctor picking up a Lakertyan spoon to play it. (TV: Time and the Rani)

The Seventh Doctor, early on in his incarnation, showed a knack for playing the spoons as a musical instrument, though this was seen less as he matured. (TV: Time and the Rani, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, PROSE: Strange England)

Representing Earth in lieu of Nicky Newman, he won the 309th Intergalactic Song Contest by playing the spoons. (AUDIO: Bang-Bang-a-Boom!)

The Doctor played the spoons again while a prisoner in Colditz Castle in October 1944. (AUDIO: Colditz) He asked for spoons to play when he held prisoner by the Russians during the Siege of Sevastopol. (AUDIO: The Angel of Scutari)

Ace disliked the Doctor's habit of playing the spoons and therefore hid them in the TARDIS. (AUDIO: Fiesta of the Damned)

The Doctor played the spoons during a visit to the Worldsphere. He claimed that he broke the galactic record for continuous spoon-playing (sixty-seven hours). He would have broken the universal record but a Garthanian telekinetic kept bending his instruments. (PROSE: The Also People)

During their encounter on Perfugium in the far future, Death noted that the Doctor stopped playing the spoons and mangling his proverbs after his personality began to darken. (AUDIO: Master)

The Ninth Doctor sometimes played the spoons with a skiffle band in the sixties which Marcus Butler's dad was a member of. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?)

The Twelfth Doctor identified the Seventh Doctor as his "spoon-playing self" and suggested to guitarist Hattie Munroe that she could collaborate with him. (COMIC: Beneath the Waves)

As a weapon[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 1471, One-Armed Clarrie supposedly fought off twenty Lancastrians with only a spoon in the Battle of Tewkesbury. (AUDIO: The Kingmaker) A spoon was used once again as a weapon when the Tenth Doctor destroyed Baltazar's ship with a metal-eating fungus on a spoon. (TV: The Infinite Quest)

The Twelfth Doctor used a spoon in his fight with Robin Hood, (TV: Robot of Sherwood) and later clutched a spoon he had been using to eat soup when threatened by Rassilon. (TV: Hell Bent)

Dibbsworth used a teaspoon to knock out two Sontarans with a blow to their probic vents. (AUDIO: Peepshow)

Other uses[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Tenth Doctor again used a spoon to send an Morse code SOS message when he got trapped in a data core room on the planet Hurala. (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks)

The Third Doctor once made a time flow analogue from a Moroccan burgundy bottle, spoons, forks, corks, key rings, tea leaves and a mug. (TV: The Time Monster)

Captain Jack Harkness knew of a planet where the main form of sentient life were spoons. He invited Rose Tyler and the Ninth Doctor on a trip to the location. (COMIC: Hot Springs Eternal)

The Twelfth Doctor once created a sonic spoon while imprisoned. (PROSE: The Blood Cell)

The Thirteenth Doctor melted spoons with a flamethrower before using the "Sheffield steel" to build her sonic screwdriver. (TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth)

Spoon-like objects[[edit] | [edit source]]

Among objects that resembled a spoon were the anti-Droon audio paddle, a pest control device used by Torchwood Three, (PROSE: Border Princes [+]Loading...["Border Princes (novel)"]) and the head of a Spoonhead. (TV: The Bells of Saint John [+]Loading...["The Bells of Saint John (TV story)"])