Bluff

The Not-things called the Fourteenth Doctor's bluff about a line of salt, (PROSE: The Doctor's Busiest Day ^[+]Loading...{"page":"9","1":"The Doctor's Busiest Day (short story)"}) where he had invoked the superstition that vampires, demons, and ghosts needed to count every grain of salt before passing it. (TV: Wild Blue Yonder ^[+]Loading...["Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)"])