The ostrich was a large, flightless bird native to Africa on Earth.
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Prior to or during the 1890s, Inspector Quick saw an ostrich egg at a museum. (AUDIO: Jago & Litefoot & Patsy)
The ostrich became extinct in 2051. (PROSE: Monsters and Villains)
By the year 5,000,000,000, all that remained of this species was an egg in the possession of Lady Cassandra, which actually contained a feed used to enhance her teleport signal. Lady Cassandra claimed legend said that the ostrich had a fifty-foot wingspan and could shoot fire out of its nostrils; most obviously one of her lies. (TV: The End of the World)
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At a meeting between Gaius Calaphilus and Thalius Maximus, Ian Chesterton alluded to ostriches while referring to their apparent divorce from reality. (PROSE: Byzantium!)
While shrunk down to size, Susan found an apparently large egg which Ian suggested might be an ostrich egg. In reality they were ant eggs. (TV: Planet of Giants)
According to the Eleventh Doctor, ostriches could be trained to herd sheep. (COMIC: Quite Interesting)
After his imprisonment at the Prison, the Twelfth Doctor jokingly renamed Clara Oswald "Clara Ostrich", due to her having a long neck and furthermore claiming that neither of them liked the name 'Oswald'. He then simply referred to her as "Ostrich". (PROSE: The Blood Cell)