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|origin = [[Gallifrey]] | |origin = [[Gallifrey]] | ||
|used by = [[Time Lord]]s, [[Venusian]]s | |used by = [[Time Lord]]s, [[Venusian]]s | ||
|first mention = The Green Death (TV story) | |first mention cs= The Green Death (TV story) | ||
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|appearances = | |appearances = [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Briefly Noted (short story)}} | ||
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A '''perigosto stick''' was an object which looked like a thin, silver probe with a tiny sphere on top. ([[PROSE]]: | A '''perigosto stick''' was an object which looked like a thin, silver probe with a tiny sphere on top. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Love and War (novel)}}) Students at the [[Time Lord Academy]] used them to play games of four-dimensional [[juggling]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Seeing I (novel)}}) [[The Doctor]] also claimed that it was a musical instrument. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Deadly Reunion (novel)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Voyage to Venus (audio story)}}) | ||
== Gallifrey == | == Gallifrey == | ||
[[The Doctor]] was in his early nineties before he could bring himself to admit that he still liked to play with his perigosto stick. The other students teased him mercilessly about that for about fifty years. ([[PROSE]]: | [[The Doctor]] was in his early nineties before he could bring himself to admit that he still liked to play with his perigosto stick. The other students teased him mercilessly about that for about fifty years. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Beltempest (novel)}}) | ||
While in the academy, the [[First Doctor]] conducted an experiment involving a perigosto stick and a [[temporal feedback loop]] which resulted in [[High Tutor]] [[Albrecht]]'s [[regeneration]]. For his actions, the Doctor | While in the academy, the [[First Doctor]] conducted an experiment involving a perigosto stick and a [[temporal feedback loop]] which resulted in [[High Tutor]] [[Albrecht]]'s [[regeneration]]. For his actions, the Doctor appeared before the [[Academy Board]] and was reprimanded by [[Borusa]], the head of [[Prydon Academy]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Lord Letters (novel)|namedpart=Academic Progress}}) | ||
The First Doctor and his friend [[Ruath]] once [[electricity|electrified]] Cardinal [[Borusa]]'s perigosto stick. ([[PROSE]]: | The First Doctor and his friend [[Ruath]] once [[electricity|electrified]] Cardinal [[Borusa]]'s perigosto stick. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Goth Opera (novel)}}) | ||
The Doctor played lead perigosto stick in [[Gallifrey Academy Hot Five]], while the Master was on [[drums]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Deadly Reunion (novel)}}) | |||
On an occasion when {{Delgado}} believed he had killed the [[Third Doctor]], he ruefully thought back to a youthful prank when he and the Doctor had put glue on the [[Lord President]]'s perigosto stick. ([[PROSE]]: | On an occasion when {{Delgado}} believed he had killed the [[Third Doctor]], he ruefully thought back to a youthful prank when he and the Doctor had put glue on the [[Lord President]]'s perigosto stick. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Dæmons (novelisation)}}) | ||
The Third Doctor once asked Sergeant Benton to pass him a perigosto stick from his [[lab]] bench. ([[PROSE]]: | The Third Doctor once asked Sergeant Benton to pass him a perigosto stick from his [[lab]] bench. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)}}) | ||
== Venus == | == Venus == | ||
The [[Third Doctor]] once told a humorous story in which the punchline was, "Never trust a [[Venus]]ian [[shanghorn]] with your perigosto stick." ([[TV]]: | The [[Third Doctor]] once told a humorous story in which the punchline was, "Never trust a [[Venus]]ian [[shanghorn]] with your perigosto stick." ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Green Death (TV story)}}) The [[Thraskin]]s used the perigosto stick to put the Shanghorns to sleep. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Voyage to Venus (audio story)}}) | ||
== Elsewhere == | |||
A perigosto stick was present in [[Zeer Beeson]]'s music shop on [[Amber Station]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Briefly Noted (short story)}}) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
Latest revision as of 19:10, 29 October 2024
A perigosto stick was an object which looked like a thin, silver probe with a tiny sphere on top. (PROSE: Love and War [+]Loading...["Love and War (novel)"]) Students at the Time Lord Academy used them to play games of four-dimensional juggling. (PROSE: Seeing I [+]Loading...["Seeing I (novel)"]) The Doctor also claimed that it was a musical instrument. (PROSE: Deadly Reunion [+]Loading...["Deadly Reunion (novel)"], AUDIO: Voyage to Venus [+]Loading...["Voyage to Venus (audio story)"])
Gallifrey[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor was in his early nineties before he could bring himself to admit that he still liked to play with his perigosto stick. The other students teased him mercilessly about that for about fifty years. (PROSE: Beltempest [+]Loading...["Beltempest (novel)"])
While in the academy, the First Doctor conducted an experiment involving a perigosto stick and a temporal feedback loop which resulted in High Tutor Albrecht's regeneration. For his actions, the Doctor appeared before the Academy Board and was reprimanded by Borusa, the head of Prydon Academy. (PROSE: "Academic Progress" [+]Part of The Time Lord Letters, Loading...{"namedpart":"Academic Progress","1":"The Time Lord Letters (novel)"})
The First Doctor and his friend Ruath once electrified Cardinal Borusa's perigosto stick. (PROSE: Goth Opera [+]Loading...["Goth Opera (novel)"])
The Doctor played lead perigosto stick in Gallifrey Academy Hot Five, while the Master was on drums. (PROSE: Deadly Reunion [+]Loading...["Deadly Reunion (novel)"])
On an occasion when the Master believed he had killed the Third Doctor, he ruefully thought back to a youthful prank when he and the Doctor had put glue on the Lord President's perigosto stick. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Dæmons [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Dæmons (novelisation)"])
The Third Doctor once asked Sergeant Benton to pass him a perigosto stick from his lab bench. (PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune [+]Loading...["The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)"])
Venus[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Third Doctor once told a humorous story in which the punchline was, "Never trust a Venusian shanghorn with your perigosto stick." (TV: The Green Death [+]Loading...["The Green Death (TV story)"]) The Thraskins used the perigosto stick to put the Shanghorns to sleep. (AUDIO: Voyage to Venus [+]Loading...["Voyage to Venus (audio story)"])
Elsewhere[[edit] | [edit source]]
A perigosto stick was present in Zeer Beeson's music shop on Amber Station. (PROSE: Briefly Noted [+]Loading...["Briefly Noted (short story)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The perigosto stick was the basis of a minor running joke by Doctor Who novelists. Building upon the minor mentions in The Green Death and Doctor Who and the Dæmons, novelists would make elaborate mention of perigosto sticks without explaining all that much about what they actually were or might have been used for.[source needed]
