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'''Fire extinguishers''' were devices used to put out [[fire]]s, typically found next to [[fire exit]]s. In some situations they could also be used as makeshift weapons. | '''Fire extinguishers''' were devices used to put out [[fire]]s, typically found next to [[fire exit]]s. In some situations they could also be used as makeshift weapons. | ||
[[Gallifrey]]an and [[Earth]] fire extinguishers looked exactly the same. ([[AUDIO]]: | [[Gallifrey]]an and [[Earth]] fire extinguishers looked exactly the same. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Ship in a Bottle (audio story)}}) | ||
== Common usage == | == Common usage == | ||
[[The Doctor]] and [[companion|their friends]] often used fire extinguishers to put out fires — not a few times on board [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] herself. | [[The Doctor]] and [[companion|their friends]] often used fire extinguishers to put out fires — not a few times on board [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] herself. | ||
Early evidence of fire extinguishers on board the TARDIS was seen when [[Nyssa]] had to contain the fire caused by her [[sonic device|sonic]] destruction of the [[Terileptil android]]. A small model usable by a single hand was kept in a wicker basket just outside her bedroom. ([[TV]]: | Early evidence of fire extinguishers on board the TARDIS was seen when [[Nyssa]] had to contain the fire caused by her [[sonic device|sonic]] destruction of the [[Terileptil android]]. A small model usable by a single hand was kept in a wicker basket just outside her bedroom. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Visitation (TV story)}}) | ||
The [[Eighth Doctor]] later used a fire extinguisher in the [[TARDIS library]] when a page from his copy of ''[[The Strand (magazine)|The Strand]]'' caught on fire, ([[PROSE]]: | The [[Eighth Doctor]] later used a fire extinguisher in the [[TARDIS library]] when a page from his copy of ''[[The Strand (magazine)|The Strand]]'' caught on fire, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Bodysnatchers (novel)}}) and the [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}) and [[Eleventh Doctor]]s ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}}) sprayed an extinguisher into the [[console room]] after particularly rough landings. | ||
The [[Third Doctor]]'s [[UNIT]] laboratory was also equipped with fire extinguishers. Upon her first meeting with the Doctor, [[Jo Grant]] used one when she saw smoke emanating from the [[Lamadine]] [[steady state micro welding]] the Doctor was performing on the TARDIS [[dematerialisation circuit]]. The Doctor berated her for this as she had ruined his work. ([[TV]]: | The [[Third Doctor]]'s [[UNIT]] laboratory was also equipped with fire extinguishers. Upon her first meeting with the Doctor, [[Jo Grant]] used one when she saw smoke emanating from the [[Lamadine]] [[steady state micro welding]] the Doctor was performing on the TARDIS [[dematerialisation circuit]]. The Doctor berated her for this as she had ruined his work. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Terror of the Autons (TV story)|ep=one}}) | ||
In the [[41st century]], [[Peri Brown|Peri]] used a fire extinguisher on [[Zixlyr]]'s ship. ([[AUDIO]]: | In the [[41st century]], [[Peri Brown|Peri]] used a fire extinguisher on [[Zixlyr]]'s ship. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Bride of Peladon (audio story)}}) | ||
A [[Dalek]] on [[Survey Ship Sigma]] replaced its arm with a fire extinguisher to put out a fire. ([[COMIC]]: | A [[Dalek]] on [[Survey Ship Sigma]] replaced its arm with a fire extinguisher to put out a fire. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Dalek Project (comic story)}}) | ||
The Doctor invented a fire extinguisher which produced eighty times more foam than normal extinguishers. He used it to put out a fire from a [[Bunsen burner]] on the TARDIS console. ([[COMIC]]: | The Doctor invented a fire extinguisher which produced eighty times more foam than normal extinguishers. He used it to put out a fire from a [[Bunsen burner]] on the TARDIS console. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Bad Vibrations (comic story)}}) | ||
== As weapon == | == As weapon == | ||
Fire extinguishers could be used more offensively, however. | Fire extinguishers could be used more offensively, however. | ||
The [[First Doctor]], for instance, used a fire extinguisher against a [[dragon]] which lived in the forest outside the [[Pied Piper]]'s [[castle]]. ([[COMIC]]: | The [[First Doctor]], for instance, used a fire extinguisher against a [[dragon]] which lived in the forest outside the [[Pied Piper]]'s [[castle]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Challenge of the Piper (comic story)}}) | ||
In some instances, they were simply used as heavy blunt objects. ([[AUDIO]]: | In some instances, they were simply used as heavy blunt objects. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Scream of Ghosts (audio story)}}) | ||
[[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly Wright|Polly]] used adapted fire extinguishers to spray [[Cybermen]] with a [[Polly Cocktail|chemical cocktail]] designed to kill them. ([[TV]]: | [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly Wright|Polly]] used adapted fire extinguishers to spray [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] with a [[Polly Cocktail|chemical cocktail]] designed to kill them. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Moonbase (TV story)}}) | ||
[[Inferno Earth|On a parallel Earth]], the [[Third Doctor]], [[Greg Sutton (Inferno Earth)|Greg Sutton]] and the [[Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart]] used fire extinguishers against the [[Primord]]s. When the Doctor returned to his own universe, he used a fire extinguisher against the Primord [[John Bromley]], killing him. He and [[Greg Sutton]] later used fire extinguishers against the mutated [[Professor]] [[Eric Stahlman]], killing him. ([[TV]]: | [[Inferno Earth|On a parallel Earth]], the [[Third Doctor]], [[Greg Sutton (Inferno Earth)|Greg Sutton]] and the [[Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart]] used fire extinguishers against the [[Primord]]s. When the Doctor returned to his own universe, he used a fire extinguisher against the Primord [[John Bromley]], killing him. He and [[Greg Sutton]] later used fire extinguishers against the mutated [[Professor]] [[Eric Stahlman]], killing him. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Inferno (TV story)}}) | ||
In [[1968]], [[Edmund Trevithick]] used a fire extinguisher to spray an [[insectoid]] creature and to beat it with it. He later shot the fire extinguisher, causing it to explode and kill the creature. ([[PROSE]]: | In [[1968]], [[Edmund Trevithick]] used a fire extinguisher to spray an [[insectoid]] creature and to beat it with it. He later shot the fire extinguisher, causing it to explode and kill the creature. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nightshade (novel)}}) | ||
In [[San Francisco]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] sprayed {{Roberts}} with a fire extinguisher, blinding him long enough for him and [[Grace Holloway]] to escape. ([[TV]]: | In [[San Francisco]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] sprayed {{Roberts}} with a fire extinguisher, blinding him long enough for him and [[Grace Holloway]] to escape. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}}) | ||
The [[Ninth Doctor]] once found that members of the [[Slitheen]] | The [[Ninth Doctor]] once found that members of the [[Slitheen family]] were briefly stunned by the chemicals in an ordinary [[British]] fire extinguisher. ([[TV]]: {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}}) | ||
[[Clyde Langer]] and [[Rani Chandra]] used fire extinguishers to temporarily disable [[nanoform]]s. ([[TV]]: | [[Clyde Langer]] and [[Rani Chandra]] used fire extinguishers to temporarily disable [[nanoform]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Prisoner of the Judoon (TV story)}}) | ||
On [[Világ]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Justice Rossiter]] used fire extinguishers against hospital patients who had been given transfusions of [[Killoran]] [[DNA]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | On [[Világ]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Justice Rossiter]] used fire extinguishers against hospital patients who had been given transfusions of [[Killoran]] [[DNA]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Thicker Than Water (audio story)}}) The Sixth Doctor used a fire extinguisher to break the window of a steam room to rescue [[Peri Brown|Peri]], who then used it to cool herself off. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Year of the Pig (audio story)}}) | ||
[[Alice Obiefune]] sprayed [[ARC]] with a fire extinguisher, blinding him long enough for her and [[John Jones]] to escape. ([[COMIC]]: | [[Alice Obiefune]] sprayed [[ARC]] with a fire extinguisher, blinding him long enough for her and [[John Jones]] to escape. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Sound of Our Voices (comic story)}}) | ||
When one of the [[Umbra (The Eye of Torment)|Umbra]]'s [[tendril]]s caught [[Clara Oswald]] on board the ''[[Pollyanna]]'', [[Sandy Tanaka]] used a fire extinguisher against it to make it release Clara. ([[COMIC]]: | When one of the [[Umbra (The Eye of Torment)|Umbra]]'s [[tendril]]s caught [[Clara Oswald]] on board the ''[[Pollyanna]]'', [[Sandy Tanaka]] used a fire extinguisher against it to make it release Clara. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Eye of Torment (comic story)}}) | ||
Other species were perhaps more susceptible to the effects of fire extinguishers. [[Clockwork Droid]]s, ([[TV]]: | Other species were perhaps more susceptible to the effects of fire extinguishers. [[Clockwork Droid]]s, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)}}) [[Silurian]]s, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Hungry Earth (TV story)}}) and people like [[Harvey (Asylum of the Daleks)|Harvey]] who had been converted into a [[Dalek puppet]] by the [[nanocloud]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)}}) could all be rendered inactive for several hours by the use of an ordinary fire extinguisher. | ||
Sometimes, however, fire extinguishers proved ineffective weapons. [[Sarah Jane Smith]] first sprayed [[Odd Bob the Clown]] with a fire extinguisher, then hit him with it, but neither action had any effect. ([[TV]]: | Sometimes, however, fire extinguishers proved ineffective weapons. [[Sarah Jane Smith]] first sprayed [[Odd Bob the Clown]] with a fire extinguisher, then hit him with it, but neither action had any effect. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Clown (TV story)}}) | ||
In some situations, extinguishers were used more as projectiles – objects to be simply lobbed at a problem. When [[Brian Hughes]] locked the doors of the [[Pinehill Crest Hotel]], for instance, [[Ace]] tried throwing a fire extinguisher to break them, only to find that they were made of safety glass. ([[AUDIO]]: | In some situations, extinguishers were used more as projectiles – objects to be simply lobbed at a problem. When [[Brian Hughes]] locked the doors of the [[Pinehill Crest Hotel]], for instance, [[Ace]] tried throwing a fire extinguisher to break them, only to find that they were made of safety glass. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Shadow of the Scourge (audio story)}}) | ||
[[Category:Technology from the real world]] | [[Category:Technology from the real world]] | ||
[[Category:Weapons from the real world]] | [[Category:Weapons from the real world]] | ||
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[[Category:Handheld weapons]] | [[Category:Handheld weapons]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:24, 8 March 2024
Fire extinguishers were devices used to put out fires, typically found next to fire exits. In some situations they could also be used as makeshift weapons.
Gallifreyan and Earth fire extinguishers looked exactly the same. (AUDIO: Ship in a Bottle [+]Loading...["Ship in a Bottle (audio story)"])
Common usage[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor and their friends often used fire extinguishers to put out fires — not a few times on board the TARDIS herself.
Early evidence of fire extinguishers on board the TARDIS was seen when Nyssa had to contain the fire caused by her sonic destruction of the Terileptil android. A small model usable by a single hand was kept in a wicker basket just outside her bedroom. (TV: The Visitation [+]Loading...["The Visitation (TV story)"])
The Eighth Doctor later used a fire extinguisher in the TARDIS library when a page from his copy of The Strand caught on fire, (PROSE: The Bodysnatchers [+]Loading...["The Bodysnatchers (novel)"]) and the Tenth (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"]) and Eleventh Doctors (TV: The Angels Take Manhattan [+]Loading...["The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)"]) sprayed an extinguisher into the console room after particularly rough landings.
The Third Doctor's UNIT laboratory was also equipped with fire extinguishers. Upon her first meeting with the Doctor, Jo Grant used one when she saw smoke emanating from the Lamadine steady state micro welding the Doctor was performing on the TARDIS dematerialisation circuit. The Doctor berated her for this as she had ruined his work. (TV: Terror of the Autons (episode one) [+]Loading...{"ep":"one","1":"Terror of the Autons (TV story)"})
In the 41st century, Peri used a fire extinguisher on Zixlyr's ship. (AUDIO: The Bride of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Bride of Peladon (audio story)"])
A Dalek on Survey Ship Sigma replaced its arm with a fire extinguisher to put out a fire. (COMIC: The Dalek Project [+]Loading...["The Dalek Project (comic story)"])
The Doctor invented a fire extinguisher which produced eighty times more foam than normal extinguishers. He used it to put out a fire from a Bunsen burner on the TARDIS console. (COMIC: Bad Vibrations [+]Loading...["Bad Vibrations (comic story)"])
As weapon[[edit] | [edit source]]
Fire extinguishers could be used more offensively, however.
The First Doctor, for instance, used a fire extinguisher against a dragon which lived in the forest outside the Pied Piper's castle. (COMIC: Challenge of the Piper [+]Loading...["Challenge of the Piper (comic story)"])
In some instances, they were simply used as heavy blunt objects. (AUDIO: The Scream of Ghosts [+]Loading...["The Scream of Ghosts (audio story)"])
Ben and Polly used adapted fire extinguishers to spray Cybermen with a chemical cocktail designed to kill them. (TV: The Moonbase [+]Loading...["The Moonbase (TV story)"])
On a parallel Earth, the Third Doctor, Greg Sutton and the Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart used fire extinguishers against the Primords. When the Doctor returned to his own universe, he used a fire extinguisher against the Primord John Bromley, killing him. He and Greg Sutton later used fire extinguishers against the mutated Professor Eric Stahlman, killing him. (TV: Inferno [+]Loading...["Inferno (TV story)"])
In 1968, Edmund Trevithick used a fire extinguisher to spray an insectoid creature and to beat it with it. He later shot the fire extinguisher, causing it to explode and kill the creature. (PROSE: Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"])
In San Francisco, the Eighth Doctor sprayed the Bruce Master with a fire extinguisher, blinding him long enough for him and Grace Holloway to escape. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"])
The Ninth Doctor once found that members of the Slitheen family were briefly stunned by the chemicals in an ordinary British fire extinguisher. (TV: World War Three [+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"])
Clyde Langer and Rani Chandra used fire extinguishers to temporarily disable nanoforms. (TV: Prisoner of the Judoon [+]Loading...["Prisoner of the Judoon (TV story)"])
On Világ, the Sixth Doctor and Justice Rossiter used fire extinguishers against hospital patients who had been given transfusions of Killoran DNA. (AUDIO: Thicker Than Water [+]Loading...["Thicker Than Water (audio story)"]) The Sixth Doctor used a fire extinguisher to break the window of a steam room to rescue Peri, who then used it to cool herself off. (AUDIO: Year of the Pig [+]Loading...["Year of the Pig (audio story)"])
Alice Obiefune sprayed ARC with a fire extinguisher, blinding him long enough for her and John Jones to escape. (COMIC: The Sound of Our Voices [+]Loading...["The Sound of Our Voices (comic story)"])
When one of the Umbra's tendrils caught Clara Oswald on board the Pollyanna, Sandy Tanaka used a fire extinguisher against it to make it release Clara. (COMIC: The Eye of Torment [+]Loading...["The Eye of Torment (comic story)"])
Other species were perhaps more susceptible to the effects of fire extinguishers. Clockwork Droids, (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"]) Silurians, (TV: The Hungry Earth [+]Loading...["The Hungry Earth (TV story)"]) and people like Harvey who had been converted into a Dalek puppet by the nanocloud (TV: Asylum of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)"]) could all be rendered inactive for several hours by the use of an ordinary fire extinguisher.
Sometimes, however, fire extinguishers proved ineffective weapons. Sarah Jane Smith first sprayed Odd Bob the Clown with a fire extinguisher, then hit him with it, but neither action had any effect. (TV: The Day of the Clown [+]Loading...["The Day of the Clown (TV story)"])
In some situations, extinguishers were used more as projectiles – objects to be simply lobbed at a problem. When Brian Hughes locked the doors of the Pinehill Crest Hotel, for instance, Ace tried throwing a fire extinguisher to break them, only to find that they were made of safety glass. (AUDIO: The Shadow of the Scourge [+]Loading...["The Shadow of the Scourge (audio story)"])
