Milk

Milk Bottles (DW: The Stolen Earth)

Milk was a substance secreted by mammals to feed their young.

Milk-producing species

Whether the female of a species exudes milk from its nipples or from simple ducts to nurture its young was one of the defining traits of mammals. (EDA: The Year of Intelligent Tigers) Similar nourishing substances are, however, produced by non-mammalian species. Malmooth could drink their own internal milk, (DW: Utopia) while the green milk produced by Skarasens was fed on by the Zygons. (NSA: Sting of the Zygons, EDA: The Bodysnatchers)

The only known cure for spectrox toxaemia was the milk from a Queen Spectrox Bat. (DW: The Caves of Androzani)

Milk as a beverage

Milk was also used by other species as a drink. The humans of Earth harvested and drank the milk of cows.

Milk was often used in tea and coffee to add taste. (NA: Theatre of War) Milk can be sold in cartons or glass bottles, and can be delivered by milkmen. (DW: The Stolen Earth) Milk was sometimes consumed while warm as a sleep aid. (DW: Invasion of the Dinosaurs)

In some locations, such as the planet Sto, milk was sold in a Milk Market. (DW: Voyage of the Damned)

Minor references

• The Tenth Doctor bought some milk. (DWBIT: Wrath of the Warrior)
• The Doctor later tried to get some more milk, but instead ended up at the Whispering Gallery. (IDW: The Whispering Gallery)
• Larry Nightingale went out to buy milk. (DW: Blink)
• Rose commented that they returned to Earth whenever they needed milk. The Ninth Doctor questioned why, out of all the species in all the universe, it had to come out of a cow. (DW The Empty Child)
• Rory Williams was buying milk when he came across an alien. (DWAM: Rory's Story)