Dance

A dance was a type of body movement done to music. An individual who did this professionally was called a dancer. (PROSE: Whiskey and Water ^[+]Loading...["Whiskey and Water (short story)"]) Watching dancing was considered to be a form of entertainment. (TV: Four to Doomsday ^[+]Loading...["Four to Doomsday (TV story)"])

Earth celebrated International Dance Day on 29 April. Popular dances in the twelve galaxies included the waltz, the bolero, the six-legged two-step, the eight-dimensional tango and the drunk giraffe. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary ^[+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

Jamie McCrimmon performed the Highland Fling for a group of dancers on a human colony. Later, he, the Second Doctor, Ben Jackson and Polly Wright performed the dance as a way to escape the grateful colonists. (TV: The Macra Terror ^[+]Loading...["The Macra Terror (TV story)"])

While visiting 1925 Oxfordshire, Tegan Jovanka danced the Charleston at Cranleigh Hall. (TV: Black Orchid ^[+]Loading...["Black Orchid (TV story)"])

Becky taught the Sixth Doctor the waltz and the foxtrot. (PROSE: Teach Yourself Ballroom Dancing ^[+]Loading...["Teach Yourself Ballroom Dancing (short story)"])

The Sixth Doctor mentioned having once danced a cotillion with Jane Austen. (AUDIO: The Behemoth ^[+]Loading...["The Behemoth (audio story)"])

Neo-Latin dance lessons were available aboard the Thrasymachus. (PROSE: Honeymoon Horrors ^[+]Loading...["Honeymoon Horrors (short story)"])

The Eleventh Doctor invented the drunk giraffe. He performed it first at the wedding of Amy Pond and Rory Williams. (TV: The Big Bang ^[+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"]) The Doctor proceeded to dance with all the guests at the wedding, though the men were a bit shy to do so. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler ^[+]Loading...["Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)"]) The Doctor later taught the drunk giraffe to the children of the town of Christmas during the centuries he spent protecting the settlement on Trenzalore. (TV: The Time of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"])

In June 1816, Mary Shelley and her friends taught the Thirteenth Doctor and her companions quadrille when they visited Villa Diodati. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati ^[+]Loading...["The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)"])

"Dancing" was a euphemism for sex used by the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler. The Doctor said he had "danced" before and raised the question of who Jack would like to "dance" with: himself or Rose. (TV: The Doctor Dances ^[+]Loading...["The Doctor Dances (TV story)"])