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==[[Fourth Doctor]]==
==[[Fourth Doctor]]==
*The Doctor offered round a bag of jelly babies while aboard space station Nerva, shortly before a comparison of the Wirrn eating up humanity like jelly babies was made. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ark in Space]]'')
*He offered one to [[Leela]] of the [[Sevateem]] tribe upon their first meeting, leading her to think he ate babies. He would also effectively bluff the Sevateem by threatening one of the tribe with a "deadly jelly baby". ([[DW]]: ''[[The Face of Evil]]'')
*He offered one to [[Leela]] of the [[Sevateem]] tribe upon their first meeting, leading her to think he ate babies. He would also effectively bluff the Sevateem by threatening one of the tribe with a "deadly jelly baby". ([[DW]]: ''[[The Face of Evil]]'')
*The Doctor offered round a bag of jelly babies whilst on the [[sandminer]] (they were slapped out of his hand while he attempted to do so). ([[DW]]: ''[[The Robots of Death]]'')
*The Doctor offered round a bag of jelly babies whilst on the [[sandminer]] (they were slapped out of his hand while he attempted to do so). ([[DW]]: ''[[The Robots of Death]]'')

Revision as of 03:18, 5 July 2008

Jelly babies were a form of Earth sweet favoured by the Doctor during several of his incarnations.

Second Doctor

Fourth Doctor

Seventh Doctor

Eighth Doctor

The Master

Behind the Scenes

In the United States, jelly babies had a low as a confectionery product. When Pinnacle Books published Doctor Who novelisations in new packaging, the editorial changes made by them included changing jelly babies to jelly beans, for fear of confusing American readers. Later, when the series had a great deal more popularity, many Americans simply associated jelly babies with Doctor Who and with the Doctor as played by Tom Baker. Under license from the BBC, one company sold jelly babies in packaging resembling the Doctor's TARDIS, advertising them as "the Cosmic Candy of the Time Lords".

The "Inside the TARDIS" featurette on the UK DVD of Doctor Who: The TV Movie includes a closeup view of the tray of jelly babies enjoyed by the Seventh Doctor at the start of the film.

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