Chicken

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Jo Grant finds some chickens (TV: Carnival of Monsters)

Chickens were a species of bird. Chicken was also often used as an insult against an individual's bravery.

History

The Master attempted to sacrifice a chicken to Azal, but was stopped by Jo Grant. (TV: The Dæmons)

The Third Doctor and Jo found a number of chickens in the cargo hold of the SS Bernice. The chickens were destined for Singapore. (TV: Carnival of Monsters)

In 1626, Sir Francis Bacon died of pneumonia, contracted after trying to stuff snow up a chicken. The Doctor claimed to have been present during the former event. (PROSE: Heart of TARDIS)

Professor Fyodor Nikolai Kerensky experimented with chickens. He accelerated time, ageing the chicken from an egg, to death. The Fourth Doctor reversed the polarity, regressing the chicken back into egg form. (TV: City of Death)

While attending a party at Cranleigh Hall, Adric dined upon chicken. (TV: Black Orchid)

A truck carrying chickens was involved in a crash in San Francisco. This caused chickens to be freed onto the road. (TV: Doctor Who)

A chicken regresses back into an egg. (TV: City of Death)

Chiggocks were genetically engineered food animals created by splicing the genes of chickens and pigs. They resembled large headless turkeys. (PROSE: To the Slaughter)

The Dong tao chicken was worth four points in the I-Spyder Book of Earth Creatures. (PROSE: The Last Dodo)

As the Tenth Doctor and Quintus Caecilius Iucundus run from Pompeii's augur, Lucius Petrus Dextrus, there are chickens both audible and visible in the street. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)

Owen Harper ran through a yard with a flock of chickens near Cardiff while chasing Bernie. (TV: Ghost Machine)

After being retconned, Harries & Harries went back to serving chickens, amongst other animals. (TV: Meat)

The Chicken of the Apocalypse was the key deity of one of the many religions of the Jaftee. The religion began after one of the Jaftee heard a chicken state that the end of the world was coming. (PROSE: Shining Darkness)

Chicken eggs were frequently eaten on Earth. Sarah Jane Smith failed to make scrambled eggs on several occasions. (TV: The Nightmare Man)

On her expedition to the Library, River Song had a packed lunch of chicken salad, containing several roast chicken legs. Two of these legs were used by the Tenth Doctor to identify Vashta Nerada - once a leg was thrown into a swarm it was reduced to a bone in less than a second. (TV: Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead)

Gwen Cooper bought chicken and chips for the team at her parents' home in Cardiff, mentioning that the Miracle Day recession had made fish too expensive. (TV: The Gathering)

There were live chickens in one of the streets in Shanghai when Gwen Cooper, Jack Harkness, and Oswald Danes were searching for the Blessing. (TV: The Blood Line)

References

The Kaarks resembled humanoid chickens. (PROSE: The Playthings of Fo)

The Second Doctor compared the taste of Sneg stew to that of chicken curry. (PROSE: Island of Death)

Machine Head played a game of "chicken" with the Raider Leader, tempting the Leader to fly straight into the local sun. (COMIC: The Free-Fall Warriors)

In 1941, the Ninth Doctor told Jamie that there was "nobody here but us chickens". (TV: The Empty Child)

Starkey accused Darius Pike of being "chicken". (TV: Liberation)