Shield

Captain America's shield. (COMIC: Tying the Knot ^[+]Loading...["Tying the Knot (comic story)"])

A shield, also known as shielding, (TV: Sleep No More ^[+]Loading...["Sleep No More (TV story)"]) was used to protect people and places (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan ^[+]Loading...["The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)"], Planet of the Spiders ^[+]Loading...["Planet of the Spiders (TV story)"], et al.) from danger (TV: The Mind Robber ^[+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TV story)"]). They could be used to keep people safe (TV: Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror ^[+]Loading...["Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (TV story)"]) or prevent scanning or detection (TV: The Poison Sky ^[+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"]).

Types of shields

Types of shields included:

• Anti-magnetic shields, (TV: The Wheel in Space ^[+]Loading...["The Wheel in Space (TV story)"])
• Meson shields, (TV: The Wheel in Space ^[+]Loading...["The Wheel in Space (TV story)"])
• Polished shields, (TV: The Mind Robber ^[+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TV story)"])
• Heat shields, (TV: Inferno ^[+]Loading...["Inferno (TV story)"] et al.)
• Innocence, (TV: Planet of the Spiders ^[+]Loading...["Planet of the Spiders (TV story)"])
• Security shields, (TV: The Invasion of Time ^[+]Loading...["The Invasion of Time (TV story)"])
• Hyperspatial force shields, (TV: The Pirate Planet ^[+]Loading...["The Pirate Planet (TV story)"])
• Defence shields, (TV: The Horns of Nimon ^[+]Loading...["The Horns of Nimon (TV story)"])
• Vortex shields, (TV: Shada ^[+]Loading...["Shada (TV story)"])
• Baryon and anti-baryon shields, (TV: The Leisure Hive ^[+]Loading...["The Leisure Hive (TV story)"])
• Magnetic shields, (TV: Four to Doomsday ^[+]Loading...["Four to Doomsday (TV story)"] et al.)
• Bulkhead shields, (TV: Earthshock ^[+]Loading...["Earthshock (TV story)"])
• Vacuum shields, (TV: Enlightenment ^[+]Loading...["Enlightenment (TV story)"])
• Deflector shields, (TV: Timelash ^[+]Loading...["Timelash (TV story)"])
• Emergency shields, (TV: The Satan Pit ^[+]Loading...["The Satan Pit (TV story)"])
• Oxygen shields, (TV: Voyage of the Damned ^[+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"])
• Outer shields, (TV: The Impossible Astronaut ^[+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"])
• Trees, (TV: In the Forest of the Night ^[+]Loading...["In the Forest of the Night (TV story)"])
• Gravity shields, (TV: Sleep No More ^[+]Loading...["Sleep No More (TV story)"])
• Planetary shields, (TV: The Vanquishers ^[+]Loading...["The Vanquishers (TV story)"])
• Cloaking shields, (TV: The Power of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Power of the Doctor (TV story)"]) and
• Consciousness shields. (TV: The Power of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Power of the Doctor (TV story)"])

Other things that could be used as shields included humans such as Claire Clairmont. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati ^[+]Loading...["The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)"])

History

The mythical Perseus escaped Medusa by looking at her reflection in his polished shield. (TV: The Mind Robber ^[+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TV story)"])

Shields were used by Sontarans, including General Ignatius Antias Salutio and Commander Caecilius Crassus Procullus, who thought they were Romans in Ireland in 55 BC. (AUDIO: The Battle of Giant's Causeway ^[+]Loading...["The Battle of Giant's Causeway (audio story)"])

The Eighth Doctor used a knightly shield. (AUDIO: The Crowd ^[+]Loading...["The Crowd (audio story)"])