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After finding and taking a [[black orchid (flower)|black orchid]] while on an expedition in the [[Amazon]], [[botanist]] [[George Cranleigh]] was captured by the [[Kojabe]] tribe. Believing the orchid sacred, they mutilated Cranleigh and cut out his tongue for the crime of theft. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') | After finding and taking a [[black orchid (flower)|black orchid]] while on an expedition in the [[Amazon]], [[botanist]] [[George Cranleigh]] was captured by the [[Kojabe]] tribe. Believing the orchid sacred, they mutilated Cranleigh and cut out his tongue for the crime of theft. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') | ||
Some [[Time Lord]]s could determine what was in a substance by touching it to their tongue. [[Romana II]] tasted a mineral with her tongue on [[Skaro]] to guess its composition. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] was able to tell not only that the [[Sycorax]] were using [[blood control]], but what [[blood type]] they were using by tasting it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') While visiting [[Queen]] [[Victoria]], he could tell there was [[mistletoe]] oil on some woodwork by licking it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') Similarly, the Eleventh and Thirteenth Doctors also determined geographic location of Earth, among other things, by tasting grass and soil. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]'', ''[[It Takes You Away (TV story)|It Takes You Away]]'') | Some [[Time Lord]]s could determine what was in a substance by touching it to their tongue. [[Romana II]] tasted a mineral with her tongue on [[Skaro]] to guess its composition. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] was able to tell not only that the [[Sycorax]] were using [[blood control]], but what [[blood type]] they were using by tasting it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') While visiting [[Queen]] [[Victoria]], he could tell there was [[mistletoe]] oil on some woodwork by licking it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') Similarly, the Eleventh and Thirteenth Doctors also determined geographic location of Earth, among other things, by tasting grass and soil. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]'', ''[[It Takes You Away (TV story)|It Takes You Away]]'') While visiting [[Villa Diodati]] in [[June]] [[1816]], the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] tasted the powdery remains of a bony hand in order to determine its origin. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') | ||
Certain species could use their tongues as weapons. [[Tetrap]]s had a forked tongue which could inject a paralysing [[poison]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (novelisation)|Time and the Rani]]'') One tribe of [[Silurian]]s encountered in [[Wales]] had long tongues which they could flick to inject a venom, which was [[mutation|mutagenic]] to [[human]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]''/''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]'') [[Zygon]]s had venom sacs in their tongues. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | Certain species could use their tongues as weapons. [[Tetrap]]s had a forked tongue which could inject a paralysing [[poison]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (novelisation)|Time and the Rani]]'') One tribe of [[Silurian]]s encountered in [[Wales]] had long tongues which they could flick to inject a venom, which was [[mutation|mutagenic]] to [[human]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]''/''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]'') [[Zygon]]s had venom sacs in their tongues. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | ||