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Blue touch paper is a type of paper fuse for explosives. The second and third incarnations of the Doctor used small amounts of explosive wrapped in blue touch paper to destroy locks. (DW: The War Games, Spearhead from Space)
The fourth doctor once used a firecracker which made use of blue touch paper to unclog the gas pocket powering the ''Sacred Flame'',he later gives another to the sisterhood of karn in case it should happen again .When they ask him what the strange symbols mean he tells them that they mean "light the blue touch paper and stand well back".(DW: The Brain of Morbius)
