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[[File:Wine Drinker.jpg|thumb|The [[Third Doctor]] enjoys some wine. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'')]]
'''Alcohol''' was ethanol diluted into a drink with an inebriating effect. It was consumed, used, seen and even occasionally manufactured by [[the Doctor]], his [[companion]]s and various other individuals.
'''Alcohol''' was ethanol diluted into a drink with an inebriating effect. It was consumed, used, seen and even occasionally manufactured by [[the Doctor]], his [[companion]]s and various other individuals.


== Alcohol in general ==
== Affect ==
Different species had different reactions to alcohol. [[human|Humans]] and [[Threllip]]s were known to get [[:wikipedia:drunk|drunk]] after drinking too much alcohol. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Living Legend]]'') The various species of [[Sentarion]] had a stronger resistance to alchol than humans. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'') [[Gallifreyan]]s were more resistant yet. They could easily shrug off the effects of alcohol when they needed to. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'') As with humans, however, excessive consumption could produce a hangover. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Slipback]]'') [[Ginger beer]] would reduce their ability to tolerate alcohol. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'')
Different species had different reactions to alcohol. [[Human]]s and [[Threllip]]s were known to get [[:wikipedia:drunk|drunk]] after drinking too much alcohol. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Living Legend]]'') This affect was also utilised as a numbing agent for medical procedures, such as [[dentist|dentistry]], when the [[First Doctor]] was offered some alcohol by the dentist [[Doc Holliday]] before a tooth extraction, he said that he never touched the stuff. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters]]'')


Some cultures were opposed to the drinking of alcohol. In the early [[20th century]], there was a [[prohibition]] of alcohol in [[United States of America|America]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Harvest]]'') In a [[Pete's World|parallel universe]], alcohol was banned in [[21st century]] [[Great Britain]], though the law was so poorly enforced that bootleg liquor was served at a party attended by the [[President of Great Britain]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'') The [[Saraani]] religion forbade the drinking of alcohol. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'') The various species of [[Sentarion]] were opposed to the drinking of alcohol, though they had no problems with [[alien]]s doing so and even made [[Rekkar]] themselves. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'') [[Alpha Centauran]]s never drank alcohol and didn't see the appeal of it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path]]'')
The various species of [[Sentarion]] had a stronger resistance to alcohol than humans. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'') [[Gallifreyan]]s were more resistant yet. They could easily shrug off the effects of alcohol when they needed to. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'') As with humans, however, excessive consumption could produce a hangover. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Slipback]]'') [[Ginger beer]] would reduce their ability to tolerate alcohol. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'')


== Wine ==
==Cultural tolerance==
'''Wine''' was a drink made from pressed fruit, usually some form of [[grape]]. It was commonly found on [[Earth]].
Some cultures were opposed to the drinking of alcohol. In the early [[20th century]], there was a [[prohibition]] of alcohol in [[United States of America|America]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Harvest]]'') Whilst in a [[Pete's World|parallel universe]], alcohol was banned in [[21st century]] [[Great Britain]], though the law was so poorly enforced that bootleg liquor was served at a party attended by the [[President of Great Britain]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'') The [[Saraani]] religion forbade the drinking of alcohol. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'') The various species of [[Sentarion]] were opposed to the drinking of alcohol, though they had no problems with [[alien]]s doing so and even made [[Rekkar]] themselves. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'') [[Alpha Centauran]]s never drank alcohol and didn't see the appeal of it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path]]'')


=== References ===
The [[Ninth Doctor]] claimed a former [[British Prime Minister]] drank him under the table. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'')
==== [[The Doctor]] ====
* [[First Doctor|The First Doctor]] was given a refill on his wine during his feast with [[Nero]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans]]'')
* [[First Doctor|The First Doctor]] provided a bottle of wine, perhaps champagne, to [[Steven Taylor]] and [[Sara Kingdom]] on [[Christmas]] Day. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')
* [[Second Doctor|The Second Doctor]] drank wine in [[Theodore Maxtible]]'s house and offered some to [[Arthur Terrall]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'')
* The [[Second Doctor]] drank wine while on an unnamed planet. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Twin Piques]]'')
* The [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]] of the Doctor in particular enjoyed a glass or two of wine while guarding [[Auderly House]], saying to Jo; ''"That's a most good-humoured wine. A touch sardonic, perhaps, but not cynical. A most civilised wine, one after my own heart."'' ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'')
* The third incarnation of the Doctor was also offered wine while at the [[Wholeweal]] community. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'')
* Sour wine was on offer in [[Irongron]]'s castle. The third incarnation of the Doctor also drank several goblets while with [[Edward of Wessex|Lord Wesex]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]'')
* [[Mehendri Solon]] gave the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] some red wine when they were in his house on [[Karn]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'')
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] described [[1979]] as more of a "table wine" of a year, while in [[Paris]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death]]'')
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Romana II|Romana]] drank red wine while celebrating a victory over the [[King Vampire]]. They later drank a wine of lower quality in the [[House of Zarn]]. The [[Eighth Doctor]] also drank after saving the Fourth's life. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'')
* While in the past of [[the Gateway]], The [[Fourth Doctor]] ate and drank wine with [[Biroc]] and other [[Tharil]]s. He also used the idea of overfilling one of the Tharils' goblets with wine to illustrate a point. ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'')
* According to the reminiscence of the [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Azmael]] and the [[Fourth Doctor]] drank extensively one night near a fountain. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma]]'')
* The [[Seventh Doctor]] ordered champagne and wine while posing as a Reichsinspektor General in an [[alternate timeline]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'')
* In the cellar of [[Smithwood Manor|his house]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] had wines from every conceivable century on [[Earth]], wines from [[Ribos]] and champagnes from [[Manussa]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Decalog 2: Lost Property]]'')
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] drank eight glasses of champagne at a wedding on the planet [[Albert (planet)|Albert]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Grimm Reality]]'')
* The [[Ninth Doctor]] could identify the year and place of origin of wine by its taste. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Clockwise Man]]'')
* While preparing to have the [[Ninth Doctor]] over for dinner, [[Jackie Tyler]] asked if he drank, to which [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] replied that he did. ([[TV]]:''[[World War Three]]'')
* The [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]] had wine at a restaurant in [[Cardiff]] while waiting for the [[TARDIS]] to refuel. ([[TV]]:''[[Boom Town]]'')
* The [[Tenth Doctor]], while acting drunker than he was, used the wine he had brought back from a party in France to disable the Clockwork Robots and rescue Rose and [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]]. He also claimed to have just invented at that same party the [[banana]] daiquiri years ahead of its time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'')
* The [[Eleventh Doctor]] appeared to dislike wine, spitting it back into the glass after taking a sip when given some at the house of [[Craig Owens]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'')
* The Eleventh Doctor tried wine and spat it out at a picnic with Amy, Rory, and River Song, and revealed his age to be eleven hundred three years, saying he must have tried wine at some time in his life. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'') He said the bottle was thrown at him by [[Napoleon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]'')


==== [[Bernice Summerfield]] ====
Whilst some individuals such as [[Creeby]] compared non-alcoholic drinks to poison. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Where Nobody Knows Your Name (comic story)|Where Nobody Knows Your Name]]'')
* Bernice Summerfield consumed a lot of wine during a meal with King [[Tarrol]] on [[Peladon]], seemingly to trick a pair of accompanying [[Ice Warrior]]s into thinking she was drunk (she wasn't). ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy]]'')
* Whilst at the [[Braxiatel Collection]], [[Bernice Summerfield]] drank [[Craxiatanian Chardonay]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Theatre of War]]'')
* Bernice enjoyed a good [[German]] wine on a hot summer's day. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Strange England]]'')
* Bernice and [[Irving Braxiatel]] shared some glasses of fine champagne following the [[Gamalian Dragon|Gamaliel situation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]'')
* Bernice once got drunk on wine with [[Evelyn Smythe]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The 100 Days of the Doctor]]'')


==== Other [[companion]]s ====
* Susan drank wine whilst on the planet [[Avalon (planet)|Avalon]], explaining to [[Ian Chesterton]] that she couldn't get drunk unless she wanted to. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'')
* [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Ian Chesterton]] drank some wine whilst in a Roman villa. [[Vicki]] and her poisoner friend attempted to kill Nero by putting poison in his wine goblet. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans]]'')
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]] drank wine while on an unnamed planet. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Twin Piques]]'')
* [[Duggan]] and [[Romana II|Romana]] drank wine following their failed attempt at stopping the theft of the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' whilst in Paris. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death]]'')
* [[Evelyn Smythe]] drank red wine during a meal with [[Charles Darwin]] in an attempt to avoid the various [[turtle]]-based dishes. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Bloodtide (audio story)|Bloodtide]]'')
* [[Ace]] drank wine and sherry with the [[Time Scaphe]] crew. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')
* [[Chris Cwej]] got drunk on melon wine and had his right ear pierced prior to their arrival in the 1980s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Damaged Goods]]'')
* [[Amy Pond]] bought a bottle of wine to share with [[Vincent van Gogh]] in [[France]], [[1890]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]'')
==== [[Torchwood Three]] ====
* Champagne taken with level 6 [[retcon]] made everyone at [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] and [[Rhys Williams]]' wedding fall asleep and forget the day's strange events. ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed]]'')
==== Other ====
* The [[Wine Lord]]s were famed throughout [[Mutter's Spiral|the Galaxy]] for their wines. Their society collapsed when they were convicted of mislabelling wine. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'')
* [[The Squire]] drank wine for medicinal reasons. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'')
* [[Richard Mace]] declared to [[Adric]] that wine tasted like nectar after looting some from the cellar of a manor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'')
* Lord [[Percy]] liked to drink champagne when hunting. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Doctor Trap]]'')
== Beer ==
Beer was created by the fermentation of barley and hops in water. The farming of hops for this purpose may have been have been what caused humanity to first switch from a hunter-gatherer society to an agricultural one. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]'')
=== References ===
==== [[The Doctor]] ====
* The [[First Doctor]] was served mead by [[Edith (The Time Meddler)|Edith]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler]]'')
* The First Doctor was offered some alcohol by the dentist [[Doc Holliday]] before a tooth extraction, but he said that he never touched the stuff. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters]]'')
* The [[Fifth Doctor]] got drunk on ale spiked with [[ginger beer]], which seriously reduced his resistance to alcohol. This also affected the TARDIS. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'')
* The [[Sixth Doctor]] drank Fisherman's Ruin, the local beer in [[Sheldon's Folly]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Grave Matter]]'')
* The [[Seventh Doctor]] and Dr. [[John Watson]] drank beer in London. It was laced with [[strychnine]] to give it body. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'')
* In the cellar of [[Smithwood Manor|his house]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] had a shelf stacked high with [[Ogron]] ale. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Decalog 2: Lost Property]]'')
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] once drank cider with his companion [[Charley Pollard|Charley]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Good Life]]'')
* The Eighth Doctor drank beer in [[Las Vegas]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'')
* The [[Ninth Doctor]] claimed a former [[British Prime Minister]] drank him under the table. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'')
==== [[Bernice Summerfield]] ====
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] drank real ale in Oxford, [[1993]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dimension Riders]]'')
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] drank six pints at a beer tent on the planet [[Crex]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'')
* Much beer was consumed at the [[Cheldon Bonniface]] pub leading up to Bernice Summerfield and [[Jason Kane]]'s wedding. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'')
* [[St. Oscar's University]] held at the end of each term the 'Kinky Gerlinky Memorial Staturluna, Beer Race and Pyjama Jump'. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost Devices]]'')
* The [[Witch and Whirlwind]] bar on [[Dellah]] sold ''Admiral's Old Antisocial'' beer, which Benny loved. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'')
==== Other [[companion]]s ====
* [[The Brigadier]] stated ''"I'd rather have a pint"'' at the end of events in [[Devil's End]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'')
* Ben Jackson had some beer in [[17th century]] [[Cornwall]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Smugglers]]'')
* Ace drank beer in bowl in Mesopotamia, [[BC|2700 BC]]. She thought it tasted not unlike [[pig]] vomit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys]]'')
* Martian Ale was mentioned by Roz in relation to sex. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People]]'')
* At the conclusion of events [[Fitz Kreiner]] drank beer and ate crisps on [[Vega Station]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Demontage (novel)|Demontage]]'')
* [[Evelyn Smythe]] used to compete in the Yard of Ale race against the students at the History Social. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Marian Conspiracy]]'')
==== [[Torchwood Three]] ====
* [[Gwen Cooper]] drank a large beer as [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] explained some details about [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'')
==== Other ====
* A bar on [[Blinni-Gar]] served [[Ogron]] ale. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prime Time]]'')
* [[Creeby]] compared non-alcoholic drinks to poison. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Where Nobody Knows Your Name (comic story)|Where Nobody Knows Your Name]]'')
== Spirits ==
Spirits were made by distillation, and were usually quite potent.
=== References ===
==== [[The Doctor]] ====
* The [[Third Doctor]] drank what appeared to be a whiskey and soda in Hart's office. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'')
* The [[Third Doctor]] toasted [[Dent|Captain Dent]]'s health with an unknown spirit after a civilised, but confrontational, introduction. ([[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]'')
* The [[Third Doctor]] and [[Iris Wildthyme]] drank ''Bombay Sapphire Gin'', in which the Doctor preferred [[Lime (fruit)|lime]] to [[lemon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris (novel)|Verdigris]]'')
* The [[Sixth Doctor]], [[The Brigadier]] and [[Claire Aldwych]] drank (gulped mainly) a lot of brandy while discussing the deaths of Hitler and Eva Braun. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass]]'')
* The [[Seventh Doctor]] brewed whiskey in the TARDIS bathtub whilst in Chicago in [[1929]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Harvest]]'')
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] once drank whiskey. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sometime Never...]]'')
* The [[Ninth Doctor]] threatened to triplicate the flammability of some brandy, but the [[Slitheen]] declared that he was "making that up". [[Harriet Jones]] also informed him that one passes to one's left. Later, he, Harriet and Rose imbibed a measure of that brandy after successfully rescuing [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]] and [[Jackie Tyler|Jackie]] by phone. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three]]'')
==== [[Bernice Summerfield]] ====
* Bernice Summerfield drank cheap, watered down vodka in a dirty London bar in [[1908]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'')
* Bernice Summerfield drank [[rekkar]] with Professor [[Lazlo Zemar]] whilst researching on the planet [[Sentarion]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'')
* Bernice Summerfield brewed vodka to clean wounds (and to drink). She also found a flask of the Doctor's Napoleon Brandy. According to the Doctor, it was really ''Napoleon's'' brandy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sanctuary]]'')
* Roz and Bernice drank homemade hooch on the planet [[Yemaya 4]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sleepy]]'')
* Bernice fought a Martian on [[Earth]] in [[1997]] with a bottle of (cheap) vodka and a lighter. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')
* Bernice spent time in the [[Witch and Whirlwind]] bar while [[Jason Kane|Jason]] and [[Emile Mars-Smith|Emile]] were off having adventures (on what wasn't [[Ardethe]]) drinking Jack Daniels and scotch. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadfall]]'')
* On what was supposed to be an alcohol free cruise, [[Bernice Summerfield]] drank some (particularly lethal) [[Brettellian]] Potato spirit so strong it made her eyes water. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'')
* [[RedStar]] was a brand of [[Martian]] vodka. It was used in several cocktails such as 'A Red Under The Bed', [[Bernice Summerfield]] drank much RedStar whilst on [[Mars]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beige Planet Mars]]'')
* Benny drank drugged brandy whilst on the [[Braxiatel Collection]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Squire's Crystal (novel)|The Squire's Crystal]]'')
==== Other [[companion]]s ====
* The [[Scarlioni|Countess]] drank a green liquid when she spoke to the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Romana II|Romana]] and [[Duggan]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death]]'')
* Chris' father, when Chris, the Doctor, Roz and Bernice returned to Earth following a variety of confrontations, opened a bottle of [[Gallavax Prime]], fermented drink brewed by mutant space bees which tastes vaguely of honey. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin]]'')
* [[Jack Harkness]] when sentenced to death ordered three [[hypervodka]]s as a last meal. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'')
* A bar on [[Blinni-Gar]] served; [[Draconian sake]] and [[Foamasi brandy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prime Time]]'')
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] asked [[Harry Sullivan]] to go get a bottle of brandy from [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to help revive [[Sarah Jane Smith]] after she had fallen unconscious from lack of oxygen on [[The Ark]]. Sarah responded to the offer by making a disgusted noise and stating she hated brandy. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space]]'')
* During his final days in a nursing home, the Brigadier would make the staff pour an extra brandy for the Doctor, in the hope he would visit one last time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]'')
==== Other ====
* On ''[[Eastenders]]'', where a storyline in [[2007]] had [[Peggy Mitchell]] being confronted by a [[ghost]] of [[Den Watts]], she told him to get out of her pub, saying that the only spirits she served were gin, whisky and vodka. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'')
== Cocktails and other alcoholic drinks ==
=== References ===
==== [[The Doctor]] ====
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] claimed (while attempting to distract the clockwork androids) that he accidentally created the banana daiquiri. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'')
==== [[Bernice Summerfield]] ====
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] drank three glasses of [[Kronka]], a cocktail of [[cherry brandy]], [[creme de bananas]] and pure M3 variant at a space port. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Highest Science]]'')
==== Other [[companion]]s ====
* [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] drank a screwdriver (orange juice and vodka) whilst at Lord [[Charles Cranleigh]]'s garden party in [[1925]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'')
* [[Donna Noble|Donna]] drank a sidecar (cognac, orange liqueur and lemon juice) whilst at [[Clemency Eddison|Lady Eddison's]] garden party in [[1926]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'')
* [[Ace]] drank a gin and tonic (among other things) and went drinking with Vincent. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]'')
* [[Fitz Kreiner]] (pretending to be James Bond) drank martinis "shaken not stirred" on [[Vega Station]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Demontage (novel)|Demontage]]'')
* [[Fitz Kreiner]] also drank Bactrian cocktails from his hip flask, despite the Doctor's advice to just put a drop on a sugar cube. The same cocktail knocked [[Anji Kapoor|Anji]] unconscious for at least forty-eight hours. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Company of Friends]]'')
* [[Polly Wright|Polly]] drank several cocktails including a Flaming Her before switching to rum and coke while at the [[Regent Hotel]] bar. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dying in the Sun]]'')
* [[Barbara Wright]] was introduced to gin and tonics when a student by [[Herbert Effemy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium!]]'')
==== Others ====
* There were many sundowners consumed by the people within the [[Miniscope]] on the ''[[SS Bernice]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]'')
* [[Shou Yuing]] had a vodka and coke while she talked to [[Ace]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield]]'')
* [[Vragg]] was a Sontaran beverage. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'')
* [[Irving Braxiatel]] offers martinis all round in his office in the [[Proximia Chain]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Return to the Fractured Planet]]'')
* [[Scorby]] constructed a [[Molotov cocktail]] to attack a [[Krynoid]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'')
* [[Bev Tarrant]] drank a dry vodka martini whilst on [[Duchamp 331]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dust Breeding]]'')
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Alcohol was ethanol diluted into a drink with an inebriating effect. It was consumed, used, seen and even occasionally manufactured by the Doctor, his companions and various other individuals.

Affect

Different species had different reactions to alcohol. Humans and Threllips were known to get drunk after drinking too much alcohol. (AUDIO: Living Legend) This affect was also utilised as a numbing agent for medical procedures, such as dentistry, when the First Doctor was offered some alcohol by the dentist Doc Holliday before a tooth extraction, he said that he never touched the stuff. (TV: The Gunfighters)

The various species of Sentarion had a stronger resistance to alcohol than humans. (PROSE: Shakedown) Gallifreyans were more resistant yet. They could easily shrug off the effects of alcohol when they needed to. (PROSE: The Quantum Archangel, PROSE: The Sorcerer's Apprentice, TV: The Girl in the Fireplace) As with humans, however, excessive consumption could produce a hangover. (AUDIO: Slipback) Ginger beer would reduce their ability to tolerate alcohol. (AUDIO: The Kingmaker)

Cultural tolerance

Some cultures were opposed to the drinking of alcohol. In the early 20th century, there was a prohibition of alcohol in America. (TV: Immortal Sins, PROSE: Blood Harvest) Whilst in a parallel universe, alcohol was banned in 21st century Great Britain, though the law was so poorly enforced that bootleg liquor was served at a party attended by the President of Great Britain. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen) The Saraani religion forbade the drinking of alcohol. (PROSE: Dry Pilgrimage) The various species of Sentarion were opposed to the drinking of alcohol, though they had no problems with aliens doing so and even made Rekkar themselves. (PROSE: Shakedown) Alpha Centaurans never drank alcohol and didn't see the appeal of it. (PROSE: The Dark Path)

The Ninth Doctor claimed a former British Prime Minister drank him under the table. (TV: Aliens of London)

Whilst some individuals such as Creeby compared non-alcoholic drinks to poison. (COMIC: Where Nobody Knows Your Name)

Alcohol