Mustard gas, also known as dichlorodiethyl sulphide, was an offensive weapon used on Earth in at least World War I. (PROSE: The Mark of the Rani [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Rani (novelisation)"]) It was produced from potassium sulfide, chloroethanol and phosphorus trichloride. (AUDIO: The Great War [+]Loading...["The Great War (audio story)"])
Colonel Schott, a veteran of that war, recalled the British use of the gas against the Germans at Ypres. (PROSE: Illegal Alien [+]Loading...["Illegal Alien (novel)"]) The gas was also used in an attack at Verdun, blinding Captain Parkinson. (PROSE: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)"]) The Eighth Doctor breathed in mustard gas in No Man's Land. (AUDIO: The Great War [+]Loading...["The Great War (audio story)"])
The Rani employed it as a defensive mechanism against those who meant to break into her TARDIS. (TV: The Mark of the Rani [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Rani (TV story)"])
The Eighth Doctor's companion Molly O'Sullivan, a VAT from World War I, compared the breath of forever to mustard gas. (AUDIO: Time's Horizon [+]Loading...["Time's Horizon (audio story)"])