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Porridge

Porridge, also known as gruel, (PROSE: The Shape on the Chair) was "a dish made from oatmeal or another cereal, cooked in water to a thick consistency". The Fifth Doctor told Nyssa that it was "very nourishing", and noted that while some liked to have sugar with porridge, he preferred a dash of salt. (PROSE: Empire of Death) It had the same energy signature as Kryon radiation, much to the Eleventh Doctor's annoyance. (COMIC: Ripper's Curse)

Alan Turing once compared the human brain to eight pounds of cold porridge in terms of consistency. The comparison had put Rachel Jensen off porridge for good. (PROSE: Remembrance of the Daleks)

The Wirrn mucous that was used as a food source for human colonists on the Nerva Beacon was jokingly referred to as "forage porridge". (AUDIO: Wirrn Isle)

The Tenth Doctor was a particular fan of porridge from Edinburgh in 1807, calling it a "fine vintage". (PROSE: Wetworld)

The Prison served porridge to its prisoners. On one occasion the Twelfth Doctor gave his porridge to Lafcardio. (PROSE: The Blood Cell)

Iris Wildthyme served the verger porridge and treacle one morning inside the Celestial Omnibus. (PROSE: Iris Wildthyme and the Unholy Ghost)

Sarah Jane Smith and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart both ordered porridge with milk and sugar for their breakfasts while staying at The Fox Inn in Tulloch. The Fourth Doctor insisted that his porridge have just a little salt, a taste he had acquired during the Jacobite rebellion. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster (novelisation)"])

After he was rescued from Space Station Camera, Jamie McCrimmon ordered porridge from the TARDIS's food machine. (PROSE: The Two Doctors [+]Loading...["The Two Doctors (novelisation)"])

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