Dance

A dance was a type of body movement done to music. An individual who did this professionally was called a dancer. (PROSE: Whiskey and Water ^[+]Loading...["Whiskey and Water (short story)"]) Watching dancing was considered to be a form of entertainment. (TV: Four to Doomsday ^[+]Loading...["Four to Doomsday (TV story)"])

Earth celebrated International Dance Day on 29 April. Popular dances in the twelve galaxies included the waltz, the bolero, the six-legged two-step, the eight-dimensional tango and the drunk giraffe. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary ^[+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

Jamie McCrimmon performed the Highland Fling for a group of dancers on a human colony. Later, he, the Second Doctor, Ben Jackson and Polly Wright performed the dance as a way to escape the grateful colonists. (TV: The Macra Terror ^[+]Loading...["The Macra Terror (TV story)"])

While visiting 1925 Oxfordshire, Tegan Jovanka danced the Charleston at Cranleigh Hall. (TV: Black Orchid ^[+]Loading...["Black Orchid (TV story)"])

Becky taught the Sixth Doctor the waltz and the foxtrot. (PROSE: Teach Yourself Ballroom Dancing ^[+]Loading...["Teach Yourself Ballroom Dancing (short story)"])

The Sixth Doctor mentioned having once danced a cotillion with Jane Austen. (AUDIO: The Behemoth ^[+]Loading...["The Behemoth (audio story)"])

Neo-Latin dance lessons were available aboard the Thrasymachus. (PROSE: Honeymoon Horrors ^[+]Loading...["Honeymoon Horrors (short story)"])

The Eleventh Doctor invented the drunk giraffe. He performed it first at the wedding of Amy Pond and Rory Williams. (TV: The Big Bang ^[+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"]) The Doctor proceeded to dance with all the guests at the wedding, though the men were a bit shy to do so. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler ^[+]Loading...["Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)"]) The Doctor later taught the drunk giraffe to the children of the town of Christmas during the centuries he spent protecting the settlement on Trenzalore. (TV: The Time of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"])

In June 1816, Mary Shelley and her friends taught the Thirteenth Doctor and her companions quadrille when they visited Villa Diodati. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati ^[+]Loading...["The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)"])

"Dancing" was a euphemism for sex used by the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler. The Doctor said he had "danced" before and raised the question of who Jack would like to "dance" with: himself or Rose. (TV: The Doctor Dances ^[+]Loading...["The Doctor Dances (TV story)"])

The Fifteenth Doctor once danced in a club. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road ^[+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"], PROSE: Who's the Doctor? ^[+]Loading...{"page":"6","1":"Who's the Doctor? (short story)"}) Ruby Sunday once recalled celebrating at Christmas at the club, not being able to take her eyes off of the Fifteenth Doctor in the middle of the packed dancefloor, who she claimed danced like he knew everybody was watching, as opposed to dancing like nobody was watching. (PROSE: Who's the Doctor? ^[+]Loading...{"page":"6","1":"Who's the Doctor? (short story)"})