Axe

An axe, sometimes spelt ax, was a common type of tool. It could also be used as a weapon.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Distant past[[edit] | [edit source]]

Za and Kal, two cavemen encountered by the First Doctor and his companions, used an axe. (TV: An Unearthly Child ^[+]Loading...["An Unearthly Child (TV story)"])

Gilgamesh used an axe in battle. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys ^[+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)"])

12th century[[edit] | [edit source]]

Bors once challenged the Twelfth Doctor to an axe fight, only for the Time Lord to emerge playing his electric guitar. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice ^[+]Loading...["The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)"])

13th century[[edit] | [edit source]]

Irongron carried axes with him around his castle. One of them was melted with a rheon carbine by Sontaran Commander Linx of the Fifth Sontaran Army Space Fleet. (TV: The Time Warrior ^[+]Loading...["The Time Warrior (TV story)"])

20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]

Charles the Great prepares to attack Amos Burke with a headman's axe. (COMIC: Who Killed Death? (part 2) ^[+]Loading...{"page":"3","part":"2","1":"Who Killed Death? (comic story)"})

The Fifth Doctor used an axe to destroy the crystal through which Wrack would have channelled the Black Guardian's power to destroy the Shadow. (TV: Enlightenment ^[+]Loading...["Enlightenment (TV story)"])

In 1965, Charles the Great owned a headman's axe, which he tried to attack Amos Burke with. (COMIC: Who Killed Death? (part 2) ^[+]Loading...{"page":"3","part":"2","1":"Who Killed Death? (comic story)"})

21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]

Vade, a captain of the Fourth Sontaran Battle Fleet, used an axe. (GAME: Legacy ^[+]Loading...["Legacy (video game)"])

Lance Bennett pretend to attack the Empress of the Racnoss with an axe. (TV: The Runaway Bride ^[+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"])

The Haxan Craw tried to slay the Tenth Doctor with an axe. (COMIC: The Widow's Curse ^[+]Loading...["The Widow's Curse (comic story)"])

Sylvia Noble used an axe to free her father from a car which was being filled with poison gas. She told Donna that she bought it in case of burglars. (TV: The Poison Sky ^[+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"])

Pickaxes were tools used to dig up hard surfaces like tarmac; they were sometimes called "axes" for short. The pickaxe Rose Tyler used to dig up the tarmac of Dame Kelly Holmes Close was dubbed the "council axe" by Kel. (TV: Fear Her ^[+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"])

Far future[[edit] | [edit source]]

The "savages" also used axes. (TV: The Savages ^[+]Loading...["The Savages (TV story)"])

The Ice Warriors made use of swords and axes when their sonic guns were jammed by the Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver. (PROSE: The Silent Stars Go By ^[+]Loading...["The Silent Stars Go By (novel)"])

Undated events[[edit] | [edit source]]

The mysterious warrior in Marinus' Screaming Jungle used an axe to attack intruders. (TV: "The Screaming Jungle" ^[+]Part of The Keys of Marinus (episode 3), Loading...{"ep":"3","namedep":"The Screaming Jungle","1":"The Keys of Marinus"})

Gundans used axes. (TV: Warriors' Gate ^[+]Loading...["Warriors' Gate (TV story)"])