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An '''Oyster card''' was what [[Christina de Souza]] referred to as "that card paying device thing" — an electronic card used to pay for [[bus]] trips in [[London]]. Whereas Christina was forced to give the [[Bus driver (Planet of the Dead)|bus driver]] her [[diamond]] [[earring]]s for her trip when she didn't have an oyster card or a "[[lobster card]]", the [[Tenth Doctor]] simply used his [[psychic paper]] in its place. Christina desperately claimed that she "only use[d] [her] Oyster when there [was] an 'R' in the month"; it was [[April]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
An '''Oyster card''' was an electronic card used to pay for [[bus]] trips in [[London]]. Whereas Christina was forced to give the [[Bus driver (Planet of the Dead)|bus driver]] her [[diamond]] [[earring]]s for her trip when she didn't have an oyster card or a "lobster card", the [[Tenth Doctor]] simply used his [[psychic paper]] in its place. Christina desperately claimed that she "only use[d] [her] Oyster when there [was] an 'R' in the month"; it was [[April]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')


When [[Lieutenant]] [[Doyle (The Reaping)|Doyle]] asked him for identification, the [[Sixth Doctor]] rummaged through his pockets and found many things, including an Oyster card. He exclaimed, "What on [[Earth]]'s an Oyster card?!" ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Reaping (audio story)|The Reaping]]'')
When [[Lieutenant]] [[Doyle (The Reaping)|Doyle]] asked him for identification, the [[Sixth Doctor]] rummaged through his pockets and found many things, including an Oyster card. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Reaping (audio story)|The Reaping]]'')


[[Evelyn Smythe]] did not have an Oyster card. ([[AUDIO]]: [[The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Crimes of Thomas Brewster]])
[[Evelyn Smythe]] did not have an Oyster card. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Crimes of Thomas Brewster]]'')


Once, talking about her class on school trip, [[Clara Oswald]] said to the [[Twelfth Doctor]] that they had got just Oyster cards, opposed to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]], to move. ([[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'')
Once, talking about her class on school trip, [[Clara Oswald]] said to the [[Twelfth Doctor]] that they had got just Oyster cards, opposed to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]], to move. ([[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'')


The [[London Transport]] machine wouldn't accept [[Miss Quill]]'s Oyster card. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Joyride (novel)|Joyride]]'')
The [[London Transport]] machine wouldn't accept [[Andrea Quill]]'s Oyster card. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Joyride (novel)|Joyride]]'')


[[Aisha Akhtar]] lent [[Helen Sinclair]] [[Zakia Akhtar|her sister]]'s Oyster card in [[2020]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Property (audio story)|Lost Property]]'')
[[Aisha Akhtar]] lent [[Helen Sinclair]] [[Zakia Akhtar|her sister]]'s Oyster card in [[2020]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Property (audio story)|Lost Property]]'')

Latest revision as of 18:08, 12 November 2023

Oyster card

An Oyster card was an electronic card used to pay for bus trips in London. Whereas Christina was forced to give the bus driver her diamond earrings for her trip when she didn't have an oyster card or a "lobster card", the Tenth Doctor simply used his psychic paper in its place. Christina desperately claimed that she "only use[d] [her] Oyster when there [was] an 'R' in the month"; it was April. (TV: Planet of the Dead)

When Lieutenant Doyle asked him for identification, the Sixth Doctor rummaged through his pockets and found many things, including an Oyster card. (AUDIO: The Reaping)

Evelyn Smythe did not have an Oyster card. (AUDIO: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster)

Once, talking about her class on school trip, Clara Oswald said to the Twelfth Doctor that they had got just Oyster cards, opposed to his TARDIS, to move. (TV: In the Forest of the Night)

The London Transport machine wouldn't accept Andrea Quill's Oyster card. (PROSE: Joyride)

Aisha Akhtar lent Helen Sinclair her sister's Oyster card in 2020. (AUDIO: Lost Property)