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|appearances = [[Psychic paper - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']]
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== History ==
== History ==
=== Second Doctor ===
The [[Second Doctor]] was given psychic paper while employed as an agent by the [[Time Lord]]s' covert organisation, the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]], which had developed the technology. He and the Time Lady [[Serena]] used it to attend the [[Duchess of Richmond's ball]] to keep an eye on the [[Duke of Wellington]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'')
The [[Second Doctor]] was given psychic paper while employed as an agent by the [[Time Lord]]s' covert organisation, the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]], which had developed the technology. He and the Time Lady [[Serena]] used it to attend the [[Duchess of Richmond's ball]] to keep an eye on the [[Duke of Wellington]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'')


Just prior to [[Earth Death]] in the [[year]] [[5,000,000,000]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] used his psychic paper to pass himself off as a [[guest]], under the name "[[the Doctor]]", with [[Rose Tyler]] as his "[[plus one]]" to the [[Steward (The End of the World)|steward]] of [[Platform One]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
=== Seventh Doctor ===
The [[Seventh Doctor]] used psychic paper at [[Bryck Place]], making [[Elin Barr|Lady Elin Barr]] think that he was an [[ambassador]] of the King. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Haunting of Bryck Place (audio story)|The Haunting of Bryck Place]]'')


Aboard [[Satellite Five]] in the year [[200,000]], the Ninth Doctor used psychic paper to pass himself off as being from [[management]] to [[Suki Macrae Cantrell]] and [[Cathica Santini Khadeni]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'')
=== Eighth Doctor ===
The [[Eighth Doctor]] used his psychic paper in the [[2010s]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Turn of the Screw (audio story)|The Turn of the Screw]]'')


Searching for a [[Chula ambulance]] which crashed to [[London]] in [[1941]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] used his psychic paper to pose as a [[The Doctor's aliases|Doctor John Smith]] from the [[Ministry of Asteroids]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'')
The Doctor found his psychic paper when looking through some old jackets. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Time (audio story)|Dead Time]]'')


On the ''[[Theseus (ship)|Theseus]]'', the Doctor used his psychic paper to convince [[George Lunney]] that he and [[Sheena (The Starship of Theseus)|Sheena]] had a [[ticket]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Starship of Theseus (audio story)|The Starship of Theseus]]'')
=== War Doctor ===
After being revived on [[Aldriss]], the [[War Doctor]] used the psychic paper to convince [[Gallifreyan]] [[Captain]] [[Solex]] and [[Coordinator]] [[Jarad]] that he was visiting on official business from the [[High Council]] after being owed a favour by the [[War Ollistra]]. The [[Technomancer]] [[Shadovar]] later revealed that the paper appeared as blank to him. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Legion of the Lost (audio story)|Legion of the Lost]]'')
=== Ninth Doctor ===
The [[Ninth Doctor]] used the psychic paper to display himself as a member of the [[War Office]] to [[British Army]] members in [[1959]], then to allow himself and [[Nova (Sphere of Freedom)|Nova]] to enter the [[Sphere of Freedom]]'s central arc as systems spot-checkers. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sphere of Freedom (audio story)|Sphere of Freedom]]'') While captured on [[Tarlishia]], a prison guard read the psychic paper and saw a romantic message from the Doctor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cataclysm (audio story)|Cataclysm]]'')
While investigating the migration of the [[Serapheem]] in [[2004]] [[Dundee]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to display himself as [[Detective Superintendent|DS]] John Smith to [[Detective Constable|DC]] [[Jana Lee]] who was searching for missing teenager [[Marnie McDonald]] in the same house. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Girl, Deconstructed (audio story)|Girl, Deconstructed]]'')
Landing in [[Paris]] in [[December]] [[1946]] on the case of a [[Sound creature (Fright Motif)|sound creature]], the Doctor entered the [[Hôtel Le Prestige]] and used the psychic paper to call himself a [[hotel inspector]] of the tourist board of the [[French Fourth Republic]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fright Motif (audio story)|Fright Motif]]'')
Just prior to [[Earth Death]] in the [[year]] [[5,000,000,000]], the Doctor used his psychic paper as a fake [[invitation]] to pass himself off as a [[guest]], under the name "[[the Doctor]]", with [[Rose Tyler]] as his "[[plus one]]" to the [[Steward (The End of the World)|steward]] of [[Platform One]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
Aboard [[Satellite Five]] in the year [[200,000]], the Doctor used psychic paper to pass himself off as being from [[management]] to [[Suki Macrae Cantrell]] and [[Cathica Santini Khadeni]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'')
Searching for a [[Chula ambulance]] which crashed to [[London]] in [[1941]], the Doctor used his psychic paper to pose as a [[Aliases of the Doctor|Doctor John Smith]] from the [[Ministry of Asteroids]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'')
Landing on a [[shadow planetoid]] near a [[Gallifreyan]] [[thorocite]] mine, the Doctor used his psychic paper to claim to a young [[Rassilon]], before he realised who she was, that he and Rose were mining inspectors. However, it did not work on her. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Monstrous Beauty (comic story)|Monstrous Beauty]]'')
=== Tenth Doctor ===
[[File:Psychicpaper.jpg|thumb|The Face of Boe's message. ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'')]]
In [[5,000,000,023]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] received a message on the psychic paper instructing him to come to [[Ward 26]] of the [[New New York Hospital]]. As he discovered, the message was sent by the [[Face of Boe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'')
In [[5,000,000,023]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] received a message on the psychic paper instructing him to come to [[Ward 26]] of the [[New New York Hospital]]. As he discovered, the message was sent by the [[Face of Boe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'')


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In [[Pete's World]] in [[2007]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself and Rose off as [[staff]] for [[Jackie Tyler (Pete's World)|Jackie Tyler]]'s 40th [[birthday party]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'')
In [[Pete's World]] in [[2007]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself and Rose off as [[staff]] for [[Jackie Tyler (Pete's World)|Jackie Tyler]]'s 40th [[birthday party]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'')


In [[1953]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to enter [[Eddie Connolly]]'s [[household]], claiming to represent "[[Elizabeth II|Queen]] and Country". Later, he used the paper to get past a [[security guard (The Idiot's Lantern)|security guard]], finding that was identified as the [[King of Belgium]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'')
In [[1953]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to enter [[Eddie Connolly]]'s [[household]], claiming to represent "[[Elizabeth II|Queen]] and Country". Later, he used the paper to get past a [[security guard (The Idiot's Lantern)|security guard]], finding that was identified as the [[Baudouin I|King of Belgium]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'')


In [[2012]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself and Rose off as [[police officer]]s to [[Tom's dad]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'')
In [[2012]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself and Rose off as [[police officer]]s to [[Tom's dad]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'')
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By handing the psychic paper to [[Constantine Ethelred Gurney]], who saw it as blank, and promptly taking it back, the Doctor was able to tell that that Gurney was not the [[governor]] of [[prison planet]] [[Volag-Noc]] as he claimed but a released [[prisoner]] convicted of [[larceny]], [[blackmail]] and [[fraud]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'')
By handing the psychic paper to [[Constantine Ethelred Gurney]], who saw it as blank, and promptly taking it back, the Doctor was able to tell that that Gurney was not the [[governor]] of [[prison planet]] [[Volag-Noc]] as he claimed but a released [[prisoner]] convicted of [[larceny]], [[blackmail]] and [[fraud]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'')


Aboard the [[spaceship]] ''[[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]]'', the Doctor to used the psychic paper to enter the [[Red 67]] [[shore leave]] tour led by [[Mr]] [[Copper (Voyage of the Damned)|Copper]], with [[Astrid Peth]] as his "plus one". ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'')
Aboard the [[spaceship]] ''[[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]]'', the Doctor used the psychic paper to enter the [[Red 67]] [[shore leave]] tour led by [[Mr]] [[Copper (Voyage of the Damned)|Copper]], with [[Astrid Peth]] as his "plus one". ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'')


Within [[Adipose Industries]], the Doctor used his psychic paper to get past a guard, passing himself off as [[Health and Safety]] officer John Smith. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'')
Within [[Adipose Industries]], the Doctor used his psychic paper to get past a guard, passing himself off as [[Health and Safety]] officer John Smith. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'')
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The Doctor was summoned to [[the Library]] in the [[51st century]] through a message sent to the psychic paper by [[River Song]], though he did not know her at this point. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'')
The Doctor was summoned to [[the Library]] in the [[51st century]] through a message sent to the psychic paper by [[River Song]], though he did not know her at this point. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'')


Aboard the [[Crusader 50]] on [[Midnight (planet)|Midnight]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself off as an "[[engine]] expert" to the [[Hostess (Midnight)|hostess]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'')
Aboard the [[Crusader 50]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself off as an "[[engine]] expert" to the [[Hostess (Midnight)|hostess]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'')
 
When stranded in the [[41st century]] without his TARDIS, the Doctor showed off his psychic paper to [[Anya Kingdom]] and [[Mark Seven]] at a [[spaceport]], being flummoxed as to what they saw on it, before he used it to pass as an [[Earth Examiner]] to the spaceport personnel. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The House of Kingdom (audio story)|The House of Kingdom]]'')
 
Disembarking from [[the 200]] [[bus]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to avoid a [[debriefing]] from [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
 
=== Eleventh Doctor ===
In [[Leadworth]], the newly [[regenerated]] [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s psychic paper displayed a message from the [[Atraxi]], alerting him to the [[escape]] of [[Prisoner Zero]]. Later, he used the paper to identify himself in a [[video]] conference with [[NASA]], [[Jodrell Bank]], [[Tokyo Space Centre]], [[Patrick Moore]], [[ESA]] and [[CSIRO]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'')
 
In [[Venice]] in [[1580]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself, [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] to an [[Inspector (The Vampires of Venice)|inspector]] as His [[Holiness]], a [[Viscountess]] and her [[eunuch]] respectively. Later, Amy and Rory used psychic paper with references from His [[Majesty]] the [[King of Sweden]] to enter [[Rosanna Calvierri]]'s [[school]]. Rosanna, actually a [[Saturnynian]], was not influenced by the psychic paper. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampires of Venice]]'')
 
Aboard [[Station 7]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself and Amy off as [[inspector]]s to the crew. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Only Good Dalek (comic story)|The Only Good Dalek]]'')
 
Entering [[79A Aickman Road]] as the [[lodger]] of [[Craig Owens]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to show Craig what appeared to be his [[National Insurance]] number, [[NHS]] number as well as references, including one from the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'')
 
Claiming to be [[babysitter]] to the young [[Kazran Sardick]], the Doctor provided the psychic paper as proof that he was "universally recognised as a mature and responsible [[adult]]". However, Kazran saw the paper as "a lot of wavy lines", which the Doctor took as the paper shorting out as result of a "[[lie]] too big". ([[TV]]: ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'')
 
At [[St John's Monastery]] in the [[22nd century]], the Doctor used psychic paper to identify himself to [[Miranda Cleaves]] as being sent from the [[Meteorological Department]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rebel Flesh (TV story)|The Rebel Flesh]]'')
 
The Doctor was summoned to [[Rowbarton Estate|the home]] of [[George thompson|George]] by a message to the psychic paper which read "please save me from the [[monster]]s". Ostensibly a [[human]] [[child]], George was found by the Doctor to be a [[Tenza]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Night Terrors (TV story)|Night Terrors]]'')
 
Investigating a [[World Tree]] that had landed in [[Nora Wicker]]'s garden, the Doctor used his psychic paper to pass himself off as an actual "assistant, associate, [or] junior doctor" from her surgery, with the paper displaying his entire medical degree. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The World Tree (audio story)|The World Tree]]'')
 
During [[the Year of the Slow Invasion]], [[Kate Stewart]] of [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] had the Doctor summoned to the [[Tower of London]] by sending a message to his psychic paper, a feat which impressed him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'')
 
In [[BC|221 BC]], the Doctor visited [[China]] to leave a message for [[River Song]] on a [[vase]], using his psychic paper to convince ancient Chinese potters that it was a special commission from the [[Emperor (The Angels Take Manhattan)|emperor]]. The message was the expression, "[[Yowzah]]", written in [[Chinese language|period Chinese script]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'')
 
When facing [[Captain]] [[Zhukov (Cold War)|Zhukov]] aboard the [[Russian]] [[submarine]] ''[[Firebird (submarine)|Firebird]]'' in [[1983]], the Doctor announced that he would "just this once" forgo the use of psychic paper and admitted that he and [[Clara Oswald]] were [[time travel]]lers. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'')
 
The Doctor used his psychic paper to identify himself to [[Alec Palmer]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]'')
 
On [[Hedgewick's World of Wonders]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself off as the [[Ludens Nimrod Kendrick Cord Longstaff XLI|Emperor]]'s [[Proconsul]] to [[punishment platoon]] [[Captain]] [[Alice Ferrin]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'')
 
=== Twelfth Doctor ===
At the [[West Country Children's Home]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] used the psychic paper to pose as an inspector to [[Reg (Listen)|Reg]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'')
 
As Clara revealed to the Doctor, [[Courtney Woods]] took his psychic paper and used it as [[fake ID]] to buy "[[White Lightning]] or [[alcopop]]s". ([[TV]]: ''[[Kill the Moon (TV story)|Kill the Moon]]'')
 
Aboard the [[Orient Express (spacecraft)|Orient Express]] [[spacecraft]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself off to [[Quell]] as a [[mystery shopper]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'')
 
Trapped within the TARDIS as its exterior dimensions shrank, the Doctor handed Clara his psychic paper, which she took as an [[honour]], asking if that "made [her] [the Doctor]", to which he insisted it did not. Clara used the psychic paper to pass herself off to [[PC]] [[Forrest (Flatline)|Forrest]] as being from [[MI5]]. Later, she failed to convince [[Fenton (Flatline)|Fenton]] that she was a Health and Safety inspector using the paper, which the Doctor attributed to Fenton's exceptional lack of [[imagination]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'')
 
At [[3W]], the Doctor used his psychic paper to pass himself off as a [[government]] inspector to Doctor [[Chang (Dark Water)|Chang]], who found much [[swearing]] on the paper, which the Doctor attributed to his own "internalised [[anger]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'')
 
At [[the Drum]] in [[2119]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself off as a UNIT member to [[Richard Pritchard]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Under the Lake (TV story)|Under the Lake]]'')
 
In [[1651]], the Doctor used the psychic paper when he claimed to [[pikeman]] [[Lloyd Llewelyn]] that he was an undercover [[constable]] from [[Scotland Yard]], decorated for [[valour]] in [[battle]] with the [[Dunbar victory]] [[medal]]. Llewelyn, however, was not influenced. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Lived (TV story)|The Woman Who Lived]]'')
 
The Doctor used the psychic paper to identify himself as "Doctor John Disco" to [[policemen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Zygon Inversion (TV story)|The Zygon Inversion]]'')
 
Aboard the ''[[Le Verrier]]'' [[space station]] in the [[38th century]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself and Clara off to [[Jagganth Daiki-Nagata]] as [[engineering stress assessor]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Sleep No More (TV story)|Sleep No More]]'')
 
While leaving [[the Vault (The Pilot)|the Vault]], the Doctor assured [[Nardole]] that he would get a message on his psychic paper if there was any trouble. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'')
 
During the [[London]] [[frost fair]] of [[1814]], the Doctor used his psychic paper, which claimed that he worked "for the [[palace]]", to convince an [[Overseer (Thin Ice)|overseer]] to allow him to inspect the [[dredger]]s. Later, he used the psychic paper, identifying himself as Doctor Disco from the [[Fairford Club]], to enter [[Sutcliffe Manor]], presenting it to a [[Sutcliffe's servant|manservant]] who passed it to [[Lord]] [[Sutcliffe (Thin Ice)|Sutcliffe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Thin Ice (TV story)|Thin Ice]]'')
 
At [[Chasm Forge]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to identify himself to surviving crew members. ([[TV]]: ''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]]'')
 
At [[NASA]] [[Mission Control]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to identify himself to [[Coolidge (Empress of Mars)|Coolidge]]. In [[1881]], the Doctor used the paper to convince [[British Army]] soldiers that he had boarded [[Friday (Empress of Mars)|Friday]]'s [[spaceship]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)|Empress of Mars]]'')
 
=== Thirteenth Doctor ===
The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] used the psychic paper to pass herself and [[Team TARDIS]] off to [[Jack Robertson]] as "[[crisis investigator]]s". ([[TV]]: ''[[Arachnids in the UK (TV story)|Arachnids in the UK]]'')
 
At [[Kerb!am]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass herself and Team TARDIS off to [[Judy Maddox]] as relatives of the [[First Lady (Kerblam!)|First Lady]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kerblam! (TV story)|Kerblam!]]'')
 
In [[Bilehurst Cragg]] in the [[1600s]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to identify herself as a [[Witchfinder General]] to [[Becka Savage]]. However, when she attempted to convince [[King]] [[James I]] the same, he read the paper as identifying [[Graham O'Brien]] as the Witchfinder General and the Doctor as the [[Witchfinder's Assistant]] as he ridiculed the notion that a woman could by the Witchfinder General. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witchfinders (TV story)|The Witchfinders]]'')
 
At [[Tranquility Spa]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass herself off as a [[Pan-Galactic Standards and Practices Officer]], [[Health and Safety]], [[Security and Hygiene]] and [[Resort Inspector]] to [[Hyph3n]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Orphan 55 (TV story)|Orphan 55]]'')
 
The Doctor used the psychic paper to pass herself off as an [[Imperial Regulator]] to [[Judoon]] [[Captain]] [[Pol-Kon-Don]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)|Fugitive of the Judoon]]'')
 
When seeking refuge from the [[rain]] in [[Villa Diodati]], the Doctor attempted to use the psychic paper on [[Mary Shelley]], [[Claire Clairmont]], [[John Polidori]] and [[Lord Byron]], but found that it showed them nothing due to it being soaking wet, prompting her to say it might need a [[Blow drying|blow dry]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'')
 
In [[1967]] [[Medderton]] and on the trail of a [[Weeping Angel]], the Doctor used the psychic paper to display herself to [[Eustacius Jericho]] as being from the 'Institute of Psychic Investigation', which she remarked as being an "interesting" choice. ([[TV]]: ''[[Village of the Angels (TV story)|Village of the Angels]]'')
 
When transported to an alien landscape inspired by the [[Roman Empire]], the Doctor used her psychic paper to get two Roman guards to open up about the whereabouts of Yaz by describing her as a market inspector and personal friend of [[Emperor]] [[Nero]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hydra's Gate (comic story)|Hydra's Gate]]'')
 
The Doctor used the psychic paper to prove the existence of psychic connections to [[Cleo Proctor]]. All it displayed was the words "this paper is psychic", to which the Doctor admitted she was uncertain how that was supposed to help. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Salvation (audio story)|Salvation]]'')
 
=== Fourteenth Doctor ===
Shortly after regenerating and landing at the [[1966 World Cup Final]], the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] used the psychic paper to convince a security guard to allow him into [[Wembley Stadium]] by claiming he was [[Nobby Stiles]]' cousin. It supposedly displayed a picture that proved how "anyone can see the resemblance". ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)|namedpart=Liberation}})
 
Attempting to head north from [[Camden Town]] to find [[the Meep]]'s [[Beep the Meep's neutron drive star cruiser|crashed ship]], the Doctor attempted to convince [[Shaun Temple]] to take him in [[Shaun Temple's taxi cab|his taxi]] by pretending to be the [[Grand Master of the Knowledge]]. However, it instead displayed "Grand Mistress" due to the Doctor recently having been a woman, causing him to scold it to "catch up". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}})
 
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The Doctor, throughout their lives, carried a card of psychic paper.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Second Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Second Doctor was given psychic paper while employed as an agent by the Time Lords' covert organisation, the Celestial Intervention Agency, which had developed the technology. He and the Time Lady Serena used it to attend the Duchess of Richmond's ball to keep an eye on the Duke of Wellington. (PROSE: World Game)

Seventh Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Seventh Doctor used psychic paper at Bryck Place, making Lady Elin Barr think that he was an ambassador of the King. (AUDIO: The Haunting of Bryck Place)

Eighth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eighth Doctor used his psychic paper in the 2010s. (AUDIO: The Turn of the Screw)

The Doctor found his psychic paper when looking through some old jackets. (AUDIO: Dead Time)

On the Theseus, the Doctor used his psychic paper to convince George Lunney that he and Sheena had a ticket. (AUDIO: The Starship of Theseus)

War Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

After being revived on Aldriss, the War Doctor used the psychic paper to convince Gallifreyan Captain Solex and Coordinator Jarad that he was visiting on official business from the High Council after being owed a favour by the War Ollistra. The Technomancer Shadovar later revealed that the paper appeared as blank to him. (AUDIO: Legion of the Lost)

Ninth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Ninth Doctor used the psychic paper to display himself as a member of the War Office to British Army members in 1959, then to allow himself and Nova to enter the Sphere of Freedom's central arc as systems spot-checkers. (AUDIO: Sphere of Freedom) While captured on Tarlishia, a prison guard read the psychic paper and saw a romantic message from the Doctor. (AUDIO: Cataclysm)

While investigating the migration of the Serapheem in 2004 Dundee, the Doctor used the psychic paper to display himself as DS John Smith to DC Jana Lee who was searching for missing teenager Marnie McDonald in the same house. (AUDIO: Girl, Deconstructed)

Landing in Paris in December 1946 on the case of a sound creature, the Doctor entered the Hôtel Le Prestige and used the psychic paper to call himself a hotel inspector of the tourist board of the French Fourth Republic. (AUDIO: Fright Motif)

Just prior to Earth Death in the year 5,000,000,000, the Doctor used his psychic paper as a fake invitation to pass himself off as a guest, under the name "the Doctor", with Rose Tyler as his "plus one" to the steward of Platform One. (TV: The End of the World)

Aboard Satellite Five in the year 200,000, the Doctor used psychic paper to pass himself off as being from management to Suki Macrae Cantrell and Cathica Santini Khadeni. (TV: The Long Game)

Searching for a Chula ambulance which crashed to London in 1941, the Doctor used his psychic paper to pose as a Doctor John Smith from the Ministry of Asteroids. (TV: The Empty Child)

Landing on a shadow planetoid near a Gallifreyan thorocite mine, the Doctor used his psychic paper to claim to a young Rassilon, before he realised who she was, that he and Rose were mining inspectors. However, it did not work on her. (COMIC: Monstrous Beauty)

Tenth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Face of Boe's message. (TV: New Earth)

In 5,000,000,023, the Tenth Doctor received a message on the psychic paper instructing him to come to Ward 26 of the New New York Hospital. As he discovered, the message was sent by the Face of Boe. (TV: New Earth)

In 1879, the Doctor used the psychic paper to identify himself to Queen Victoria as Doctor James McCrimmon from the township of Balamory, with a doctorate from the University of Edinburgh, trained by Doctor Joseph Bell. To his surprise, the Doctor found that the paper stated that he had been appointed by the Lord Provost as the Queen's Protector. (TV: Tooth and Claw)

In Pete's World in 2007, the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself and Rose off as staff for Jackie Tyler's 40th birthday party. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen)

In 1953, the Doctor used the psychic paper to enter Eddie Connolly's household, claiming to represent "Queen and Country". Later, he used the paper to get past a security guard, finding that was identified as the King of Belgium. (TV: The Idiot's Lantern)

In 2012, the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself and Rose off as police officers to Tom's dad. (TV: Fear Her)

Within Torchwood Tower, Rose Tyler took the Doctor's psychic paper from his coat pocket within the TARDIS. Though she successfully used the paper to bypass the door leading to the sphere chamber, she failed to pass it off as Torchwood Institute authorisation to Doctor Rajesh Singh, who saw the paper as blank due to his basic psychic training. (TV: Army of Ghosts)

In 1599, the Doctor attempted to use the psychic paper to pass himself and Martha Jones off as "Sir Doctor of TARDIS" and "Miss Martha Jones" to William Shakespeare, only for Shakespeare to see it as blank, proving his genius to the Doctor. (TV: The Shakespeare Code)

Having been given the psychic paper by the Doctor, Martha used it to pass herself Frank and Tallulah off as "two engineers and an architect" as they navigated through the Empire State Building. (TV: Evolution of the Daleks)

By handing the psychic paper to Constantine Ethelred Gurney, who saw it as blank, and promptly taking it back, the Doctor was able to tell that that Gurney was not the governor of prison planet Volag-Noc as he claimed but a released prisoner convicted of larceny, blackmail and fraud. (TV: The Infinite Quest)

Aboard the spaceship Titanic, the Doctor used the psychic paper to enter the Red 67 shore leave tour led by Mr Copper, with Astrid Peth as his "plus one". (TV: Voyage of the Damned)

Within Adipose Industries, the Doctor used his psychic paper to get past a guard, passing himself off as Health and Safety officer John Smith. (TV: Partners in Crime)

In Pompeii in 79 AD, the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself off as an inspector for the Caecilius household. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)

The Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself off as an acquaintance to Lady Clemency Eddison, allowing him and Donna Noble to join her party. While investigating a murder at Eddison Manor, he used the paper to identify himself as "Chief Inspector Smith from Scotland Yard, accompanied by "Miss Noble". (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp)

The Doctor was summoned to the Library in the 51st century through a message sent to the psychic paper by River Song, though he did not know her at this point. (TV: Silence in the Library)

Aboard the Crusader 50, the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself off as an "engine expert" to the hostess. (TV: Midnight)

When stranded in the 41st century without his TARDIS, the Doctor showed off his psychic paper to Anya Kingdom and Mark Seven at a spaceport, being flummoxed as to what they saw on it, before he used it to pass as an Earth Examiner to the spaceport personnel. (AUDIO: The House of Kingdom)

Disembarking from the 200 bus, the Doctor used the psychic paper to avoid a debriefing from UNIT. (TV: Planet of the Dead)

Eleventh Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

In Leadworth, the newly regenerated Eleventh Doctor's psychic paper displayed a message from the Atraxi, alerting him to the escape of Prisoner Zero. Later, he used the paper to identify himself in a video conference with NASA, Jodrell Bank, Tokyo Space Centre, Patrick Moore, ESA and CSIRO. (TV: The Eleventh Hour)

In Venice in 1580, the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself, Amy Pond and Rory Williams to an inspector as His Holiness, a Viscountess and her eunuch respectively. Later, Amy and Rory used psychic paper with references from His Majesty the King of Sweden to enter Rosanna Calvierri's school. Rosanna, actually a Saturnynian, was not influenced by the psychic paper. (TV: The Vampires of Venice)

Aboard Station 7, the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself and Amy off as inspectors to the crew. (COMIC: The Only Good Dalek)

Entering 79A Aickman Road as the lodger of Craig Owens, the Doctor used the psychic paper to show Craig what appeared to be his National Insurance number, NHS number as well as references, including one from the Archbishop of Canterbury. (TV: The Lodger)

Claiming to be babysitter to the young Kazran Sardick, the Doctor provided the psychic paper as proof that he was "universally recognised as a mature and responsible adult". However, Kazran saw the paper as "a lot of wavy lines", which the Doctor took as the paper shorting out as result of a "lie too big". (TV: A Christmas Carol)

At St John's Monastery in the 22nd century, the Doctor used psychic paper to identify himself to Miranda Cleaves as being sent from the Meteorological Department. (TV: The Rebel Flesh)

The Doctor was summoned to the home of George by a message to the psychic paper which read "please save me from the monsters". Ostensibly a human child, George was found by the Doctor to be a Tenza. (TV: Night Terrors)

Investigating a World Tree that had landed in Nora Wicker's garden, the Doctor used his psychic paper to pass himself off as an actual "assistant, associate, [or] junior doctor" from her surgery, with the paper displaying his entire medical degree. (AUDIO: The World Tree)

During the Year of the Slow Invasion, Kate Stewart of UNIT had the Doctor summoned to the Tower of London by sending a message to his psychic paper, a feat which impressed him. (TV: The Power of Three)

In 221 BC, the Doctor visited China to leave a message for River Song on a vase, using his psychic paper to convince ancient Chinese potters that it was a special commission from the emperor. The message was the expression, "Yowzah", written in period Chinese script. (TV: The Angels Take Manhattan)

When facing Captain Zhukov aboard the Russian submarine Firebird in 1983, the Doctor announced that he would "just this once" forgo the use of psychic paper and admitted that he and Clara Oswald were time travellers. (TV: Cold War)

The Doctor used his psychic paper to identify himself to Alec Palmer. (TV: Hide)

On Hedgewick's World of Wonders, the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself off as the Emperor's Proconsul to punishment platoon Captain Alice Ferrin. (TV: Nightmare in Silver)

Twelfth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

At the West Country Children's Home, the Twelfth Doctor used the psychic paper to pose as an inspector to Reg. (TV: Listen)

As Clara revealed to the Doctor, Courtney Woods took his psychic paper and used it as fake ID to buy "White Lightning or alcopops". (TV: Kill the Moon)

Aboard the Orient Express spacecraft, the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself off to Quell as a mystery shopper. (TV: Mummy on the Orient Express)

Trapped within the TARDIS as its exterior dimensions shrank, the Doctor handed Clara his psychic paper, which she took as an honour, asking if that "made [her] [the Doctor]", to which he insisted it did not. Clara used the psychic paper to pass herself off to PC Forrest as being from MI5. Later, she failed to convince Fenton that she was a Health and Safety inspector using the paper, which the Doctor attributed to Fenton's exceptional lack of imagination. (TV: Flatline)

At 3W, the Doctor used his psychic paper to pass himself off as a government inspector to Doctor Chang, who found much swearing on the paper, which the Doctor attributed to his own "internalised anger". (TV: Dark Water)

At the Drum in 2119, the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself off as a UNIT member to Richard Pritchard. (TV: Under the Lake)

In 1651, the Doctor used the psychic paper when he claimed to pikeman Lloyd Llewelyn that he was an undercover constable from Scotland Yard, decorated for valour in battle with the Dunbar victory medal. Llewelyn, however, was not influenced. (TV: The Woman Who Lived)

The Doctor used the psychic paper to identify himself as "Doctor John Disco" to policemen. (TV: The Zygon Inversion)

Aboard the Le Verrier space station in the 38th century, the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass himself and Clara off to Jagganth Daiki-Nagata as engineering stress assessors. (TV: Sleep No More)

While leaving the Vault, the Doctor assured Nardole that he would get a message on his psychic paper if there was any trouble. (TV: The Pilot)

During the London frost fair of 1814, the Doctor used his psychic paper, which claimed that he worked "for the palace", to convince an overseer to allow him to inspect the dredgers. Later, he used the psychic paper, identifying himself as Doctor Disco from the Fairford Club, to enter Sutcliffe Manor, presenting it to a manservant who passed it to Lord Sutcliffe. (TV: Thin Ice)

At Chasm Forge, the Doctor used the psychic paper to identify himself to surviving crew members. (TV: Oxygen)

At NASA Mission Control, the Doctor used the psychic paper to identify himself to Coolidge. In 1881, the Doctor used the paper to convince British Army soldiers that he had boarded Friday's spaceship. (TV: Empress of Mars)

Thirteenth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Thirteenth Doctor used the psychic paper to pass herself and Team TARDIS off to Jack Robertson as "crisis investigators". (TV: Arachnids in the UK)

At Kerb!am, the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass herself and Team TARDIS off to Judy Maddox as relatives of the First Lady. (TV: Kerblam!)

In Bilehurst Cragg in the 1600s, the Doctor used the psychic paper to identify herself as a Witchfinder General to Becka Savage. However, when she attempted to convince King James I the same, he read the paper as identifying Graham O'Brien as the Witchfinder General and the Doctor as the Witchfinder's Assistant as he ridiculed the notion that a woman could by the Witchfinder General. (TV: The Witchfinders)

At Tranquility Spa, the Doctor used the psychic paper to pass herself off as a Pan-Galactic Standards and Practices Officer, Health and Safety, Security and Hygiene and Resort Inspector to Hyph3n. (TV: Orphan 55)

The Doctor used the psychic paper to pass herself off as an Imperial Regulator to Judoon Captain Pol-Kon-Don. (TV: Fugitive of the Judoon)

When seeking refuge from the rain in Villa Diodati, the Doctor attempted to use the psychic paper on Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont, John Polidori and Lord Byron, but found that it showed them nothing due to it being soaking wet, prompting her to say it might need a blow dry. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati)

In 1967 Medderton and on the trail of a Weeping Angel, the Doctor used the psychic paper to display herself to Eustacius Jericho as being from the 'Institute of Psychic Investigation', which she remarked as being an "interesting" choice. (TV: Village of the Angels)

When transported to an alien landscape inspired by the Roman Empire, the Doctor used her psychic paper to get two Roman guards to open up about the whereabouts of Yaz by describing her as a market inspector and personal friend of Emperor Nero. (COMIC: Hydra's Gate)

The Doctor used the psychic paper to prove the existence of psychic connections to Cleo Proctor. All it displayed was the words "this paper is psychic", to which the Doctor admitted she was uncertain how that was supposed to help. (AUDIO: Salvation)

Fourteenth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Shortly after regenerating and landing at the 1966 World Cup Final, the Fourteenth Doctor used the psychic paper to convince a security guard to allow him into Wembley Stadium by claiming he was Nobby Stiles' cousin. It supposedly displayed a picture that proved how "anyone can see the resemblance". (COMIC: "Liberation" [+]Part of Liberation of the Daleks, Loading...{"namedpart":"Liberation","1":"Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)"})

Attempting to head north from Camden Town to find the Meep's crashed ship, the Doctor attempted to convince Shaun Temple to take him in his taxi by pretending to be the Grand Master of the Knowledge. However, it instead displayed "Grand Mistress" due to the Doctor recently having been a woman, causing him to scold it to "catch up". (TV: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"])

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