Tongue

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Tongue

The tongue was a body part used for tasting and communication.

After finding and taking a black orchid while on an expedition in the Amazon, botanist George Cranleigh was captured by the Kojabe tribe. Believing the orchid sacred, they mutilated and cut out Cranleigh's tongue for the crime of theft. (TV: Black Orchid)

Some Time Lords could determine what was in a substance by touching it to their tongue. Romana tasted a mineral with her tongue on Skaro to guess its composition. (TV: Destiny of the Daleks) The Tenth Doctor was able to tell not only that the Sycorax were using blood magic, but what blood type they were using. (TV: The Christmas Invasion) While visiting Queen Victoria, he could tell there was mistletoe oil on some woodwork by licking it. (TV: Tooth and Claw)