Shepherd's pie
Shepherd's pie was a food dish commonly eaten on Earth.
Jackie Tyler offered to cook some for the Ninth Doctor in the wake of his disruption of the Slitheen plot to irradiate the whole of the Earth. Rose interpreted the gesture as a sign of her mother's grudging appreciation for the Doctor. (TV: World War Three)
Shepherd's pie was also one of two dishes, after tomato soup, that Clyde Langer made for the Slitheen-Blathereen when they came for dinner with Sarah Jane Smith and her friends. Tree Lorn Acre Slitheen-Blathereen believed shepherds were a delicacy on Earth, Clyde replied that "you couldn't eat a whole one". Leef Apple Glyn Slitheen-Blathereen said that Shepherd's pie was more delicious than even the land prawns of Clom. (TV: The Gift)
The Second Doctor and Shockeye believed that shepherd's pie was made from a shepherd. (TV: The Two Doctors)
However it was once stated to be a dish which, despite its name, wasn't a pie and didn't contain any shepherds. (PROSE: The Drosten's Curse)
Behind the scenes
- While in the real word shepherd’s pie is not made from actual shepherds, we have been given no definite confirmation one way or the other in the DWU, although it is worth noting that characters suggest it is more often than they suggest it isn’t.
