Badger (species)

The badger was a mammal native to Earth. According to the Tenth Doctor, the Latin name for the West European variety was Meles meles meles. (PROSE: The Pirate Loop)

	Mammal
	Earth
	PROSE: The Pirate Loop, COMIC: Once Upon a Time-Lord

You may wish to consult Badger for other, similarly-named pages.

Several badgers were known to reside in Swallow Woods. They seemed to be unaffected by the spatial and temporal pockets that were located in those woods. (PROSE: The Way Through the Woods)

The Sixth Doctor and Frobisher encountered a badger called Brock in Astrolabus' realm. (COMIC: Once Upon a Time-Lord)

After badgers went extinct, human scientists recreated them in a more humanoid form from their DNA. (PROSE: The Pirate Loop)

One of the inhabitants of the Edifice looked like a badger in lederhosen. It had captured another inhabitant and planned to kill and eat it. (AUDIO: The Forever Trap)

The Fourth Doctor fought a stuffed badger possessed by hornets. (AUDIO: The Stuff of Nightmares)

The British badger was exterminated, with the funding of the Conglomerate, after they picked up a genetically modified form of Tuberculosis. The Fourth Doctor was upset to learn of this and expressed his love of badgers. Cuthbert considered them vile creatures and claimed they used to make him break out in hives. (AUDIO: The Sands of Life)

In the 27th century, Bernice Summerfield described Vince Foster as resembling "a badger in a spacesuit". (AUDIO: Random Ghosts)

Taliskotians were reminiscent of badgers. (AUDIO: The Last Beacon)

Behind the scenes

• Matt Smith asked for, and received a badger hand puppet from Chameleon Circuit's Charlie McDonnell. (CON: Charlie McDonnell - Christmas Presents (badger)) He named it Charlie the Badger.