Pen
A pen was a device used to write found on Earth.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, fountain pens were used, a type of pen that had to be dipped in an inkwell full of ink every so often to sustain it. In 1963, these pens were believed to be "beneficial for [a student's] developing hand", and so a law was passed forcing school children to use them. Susan Foreman claimed that the inkwells at her school were stained blue from generations of use, and the Quink Ink-branded ink bottles that they carried would always pop and stain their bags. By the end of each day, she ended up with blue splotches in her fingernails, and, somehow, on her cheeks.
Despite this, the ballpoint pen had been invented by that year. Susan purchased one at W H Smith, and used it to write her diary. (PROSE: Time and Relative)
Ian Chesterton had a gold pen. He was passing it to the First Doctor, only for it to disappear out of his hand. This was the work of the Animus, who had the capacity to control gold. (TV: The Web Planet)
By the 21st century, businesses regularly gave out pens. Representatives of Adipose Industries had to specify that they did not provide pens for their customers, without exception. (TV: Partners in Crime)
To insure that time flowed correctly, the Eleventh Doctor made sure that Amy Pond would use a red pen to message a past version of himself about 79B Aickman Road and Craig Owen's flat below it. (TV: The Lodger)
Other uses
John Harrison used a device disguised as a pen to maintain control of his slave Skullions. He electrified their collars when they disobeyed. Harrison's "pen" had 10 levels of punishment, level 10 completely killing them. The pen was destroyed by Lionel Carson who had been hypnotised by Serf. (TV: The Man Who Never Was)
The Chameleons used pen-like weapons too, their devices capable of freezing their target. (TV: The Faceless Ones)
Matron Cofelia had a sonic pen that the Tenth Doctor called "sleek". (TV: Partners in Crime)
The Third Doctor pretended a pen was a gun to scare Bruno Taltalian, sticking it into his back. (TV: The Ambassadors of Death)
