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| {{Infobox Object
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| |image = Tea.jpg
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| |aka =
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| |type = [[Beverage]]
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| |origin = [[Earth]]
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| |made by = [[Human]]s
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| |first = 1963 (audio story)
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| }}'''Tea''' was a drink made from the dried leaves of the tea plant, created by brewing the leaves in hot [[water]]. Tea leaves were sometimes encased in [[tea bag|porous bags]], making it easier to dispose the leaves after steeping.<ref name="dying days">[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]''</ref><ref name="lodger">[[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]''</ref> The [[Fifth Doctor]] once described tea to [[Will Chandler]] as "a noxious infusion of oriental [[leaf|leaves]] containing a high percentage of toxic acid". Will thought it sounded vile, to which the Doctor replied, "Personally, I rather like it".<ref name="awakening">[[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening]]''</ref>
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| [[Milk]] and [[sugar]] were often used to flavour tea. According to [[George Litefoot|Professor Litefoot]], ladies should add only one lump of sugar to their tea.<ref name="talons">[[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''</ref> [[Lemon]] was also often used to flavour tea.<ref name="fallen gods">[[PROSE]]: ''[[Fallen Gods]]''</ref>
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| When tea was not served with a meal, it was often served with [[biscuit]]s and [[jam]].<ref name="kroll">[[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll (TV story)|The Power of Kroll]]''</ref> The [[Second Doctor]] once requested a [[patty cake]] with his tea.<ref name="invasion">[[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion]]''</ref> The [[Eleventh Doctor]] was particularly fond of [[Jammie Dodger]]s, both with and without his tea. He once fooled the [[Dalek]]s into believing that the biscuit was the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] self-destruct control. He claimed that he brought the biscuit since he was promised tea.<ref name="victory daleks">[[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]''</ref>
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| Tea was prominent in [[Britain|British]] culture and often drank for comfort.<ref name="christmas">[[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]''</ref><ref name="time warrior">[[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]''</ref><ref name="invasion" /> [[Rose Tyler]] considered tea "the solution to everything"<ref name="christmas" /> and said that [[Jackie Tyler|her mum]] would not go to bed until she had a cup of tea, with two sugars.<ref name="rise of the cybermen">[[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]''</ref> According to [[Mickey Smith]], drinking tea while the world was coming to an end was "very British".<ref name="christmas" />
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| ==Serving tea==
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| [[Tea room]]s were businesses that primarily served tea.<ref name="splintered">[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Splintered Gate (short story)|The Splintered Gate]]''</ref>
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| The Doctor considered the ablity to make tea important. The [[Fourth Doctor]] once asked [[Romana I|Romana]] if she knew how to make tea. As she didn't know what it was, he claimed that the [[Time Lord]]s no longer taught anything useful.<ref name="ribos">[[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'')</ref> When [[George Litefoot|Professor Litefoot]] attempted to educate [[Leela]] on the etiquette of tea, the Fourth Doctor told her that the only thing she really needed to know was how to heat a [[teapot]].<ref name="talons" />
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| During his time with [[UNIT]], the [[Third Doctor]] drank a lot of tea. Tea was so important to him that the tea lady was allowed in his lab, which was off limits to anyone except [[the Brigadier]] and his staff.<ref name="terror of the autons">[[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]''</ref>
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| [[Kingpin|Deadbeat]] performed odd jobs for [[Cook (The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)|Captain Cook]] including making Cook's speical blend of tea.<ref name="greatest show">[[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]''</ref>
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| [[Dalek]]s posing as man-made machines called [[Ironside Project|Ironsides]], had a variety of duties including serving tea.<ref name="victory daleks" />
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| After [[Owen Harper]] was relieved of his duties with [[Torchwood Three]], he continued as their tea boy.<ref name="day in the death">[[TV]]: ''[[A Day in the Death]]''</ref>
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| ==Types of tea==
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| *According to the [[Seventh Doctor]] tea made in a [[hotel]] room tasted worse than any other kind of tea.<ref name="scourge">[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow of the Scourge]]''</ref>
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| *[[Tibet]]ans drank hot [[yak]] [[butter]] tea to fortify themselves against the cold of their native land.<ref name="yeti">([[COMIC]]: ''[[Yonder... The Yeti (comic story)|Yonder... The Yeti]]''</ref>
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| *The [[Seventh Doctor]] was particularly fond of [[Lapsang souchong]], [[Earl Grey]], and [[Arcturan]] tea.<ref name="original sin">[[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin]]''</ref><ref name="lucifer">[[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising]]''</ref> He disliked [[peppermint tea]], but drank some because it was a gift from a friend.<ref name="notre dame">[[PROSE]]: ''[[Notre Dame du Temps]]''</ref>
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| *[[Cook (The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)|Captain Cook]] created a special blend of tea made from tea [[leaf|leaves]] located in the [[Groz valley]] on [[Melogophon]].<ref name="greatest show" />
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| *The [[Eighth Doctor]] enjoyed [[darjeeling tea]] with [[lemon]].<ref name="fallen gods">[[PROSE]]: ''[[Fallen Gods]]''</ref>
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| ==Healing properties==
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| Tea was considered healing. According to the [[Tenth Doctor]] the free radicals and tannin in tea made it ideal for "healing the synapses".<ref name="christmas" />
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| The [[Sixth Doctor]] drank tea to recover from [[Sancreda]]'s psychic attack.<ref name="lanyon">[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Spectre of Lanyon Moor]]''</ref>
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| The vapour from a spilled [[flask]] of tea helped the Tenth Doctor recover from his ninth [[regeneration]].<ref name="christmas" />
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| The [[Eleventh Doctor]] used a large amount of very strong tea to save the life of [[Craig Owens]], who had been adversely affected by a ceiling that had been altered by a time ship's attempts to find a pilot; the Doctor claimed that it "reversed the enzyme decay".<ref name="lodger" />
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| ==Aliens==
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| While tea was a [[human]] creation, it was enjoyed by [[alien]]s as well.
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| [[Davros]] enjoyed sweet tea.<ref name="guilt">[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Guilt (audio story)|Guilt]]''</ref>
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| [[Turlough]] expressed a fondness for tea, or as he called it, "that brown liquid".<ref name="awakening" />
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| [[Vilgreth]] was fond of tea and took some with him when he left Earth in his [[planet eater|spaceship]].<ref name="last of the titans">[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Last of the Titans]]''</ref>
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| == The Doctor ==
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| The [[Third Doctor]] took his tea with [[milk]] and four [[sugar]]s.<ref name="invasion of the dinosaurs">[[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]''</ref><ref name="switching">[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Switching]]''</ref> He had a habit of stirring his tea with whatever was available, such as a [[silicon rod]].<ref name="three">[[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]''</ref> [[The Brigadier]] was once confused when the Third Doctor did not put milk or sugar in his tea. In fact, he was not having tea with the Doctor, but with [[the Master]], who had temporarily stolen the Doctor's body.<ref name="switching" />
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| The Emperor of China once gave the Doctor a gift of tea. During her travels with the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nyssa]] gave the tea away, unaware of it's origins.<ref name="spare parts">([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spare Parts]]'')</ref>
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| The Fifth Doctor took his tea with sugar.<ref name="comet's tail">[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Comet's Tail (short story)]]''</ref>
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| An attempt on the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s life was made by poisoning his tea with soluble [[aspirin]]. The Doctor counteracted the aspirin by eating [[chocolate]]. <ref name="condemned">([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Condemned]]'')</reF>
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| The [[Seventh Doctor]] once met a [[The Doctor (Party Animals)|potential future version of himself]] who had a particularly great interest in tea.<ref name="party animals">[[COMIC]]: ''[[Party Animals (comic story)|Party Animals]]''</ref>
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| The [[Ninth Doctor]] took his tea with two sugars.<ref name="unquiet">[[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]''</reF>
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| Sometime before his tenth incarnation, the Doctor pushed boxes of tea at the [[Boston Tea Party]]. <ref name="unquiet" />
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