Water
Water was a liquid that made up 60% of a human (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"], The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"]) and 70% of Earth's surface. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"]) It contained hydrogen atoms. (TV: Arc of Infinity [+]Loading...["Arc of Infinity (TV story)"])
22 March was World Water Day. A guide for time travellers recommended being careful drinking water on new worlds, as it may be poisonous or sentient. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])
In 2059, the Tenth Doctor surmised that humans being predominantly water made them the "perfect host" for the Flood when it infected Bowie Base One's water supply. The Flood also wanted to get to Earth because of its abundance of water. (TV: The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"])
Water was a prized liquid for those who lived under the surface of Ravolox. (TV: The Mysterious Planet [+]Loading...["The Mysterious Planet (TV story)"])
Water was a seen as a source of great wealth for the Martians. On Mars, great warriors were often entombed in blocks of ice. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"], AUDIO: Red Dawn [+]Loading...["Red Dawn (audio story)"])
Rain on a human colony planet appeared to be living water. (PROSE: Pitter-Patter [+]Loading...["Pitter-Patter (short story)"]) Kar-Charrat also had sentient water on it. (AUDIO: The Genocide Machine [+]Loading...["The Genocide Machine (audio story)"])
Kromon was described by the Eighth Doctor as a "world of water". (AUDIO: The Creed of the Kromon [+]Loading...["The Creed of the Kromon (audio story)"])
Water could form on the walls and ceilings of structures such as the Doctor's TARDIS as moisture during the process of condensation when the outside cooled but the inside remained warm. (TV: "Five Hundred Eyes")
Deep water was considered dangerous, as indicated by signs in Cardiff reading "DANGER" and "Deep water". (TV: Boom Town [+]Loading...["Boom Town (TV story)"])
Water was what caused floods. (TV: Before the Flood [+]Loading...["Before the Flood (TV story)"])
Effect on species
A Thermortian Sand Worm's organs would collapse to sludge if it consumed water. (COMIC: The Forgotten [+]Loading...["The Forgotten (comic story)"])
Skullions didn't drink water as it "burned" them. They preferred citrus drinks such as orange and lemon juice. (TV: The Man Who Never Was [+]Loading...["The Man Who Never Was (TV story)"])
Seed pods were resistant to acid, but vulnerable to water. (TV: The Seeds of Death [+]Loading...["The Seeds of Death (TV story)"])
A small amount of water was enough to kill a Pyrovile foot soldier, as they would solidify and then shatter. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"])
Water was fatal to the Vrakons. (COMIC: The Devil's Mouth [+]Loading...["The Devil's Mouth (comic story)"])
The Kromon required a constant supply of water to live. (AUDIO: The Creed of the Kromon [+]Loading...["The Creed of the Kromon (audio story)"])
The Flood were a hydro-virus that were buried in the icecaps of Mars. They were essentially living water and forced hosts that came into contact with it to transform into a terrifying zombie-like human. They attacked Bowie Base One in 2059. It was hinted that the Flood were capable of transforming a normal body of water into one infected with the Flood virus. (TV: The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"])
As a drink
The Second Doctor drank and asked for water multiple times whilst incarcerated on Vulcan. (TV: The Power of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"])
Lithia, an acolyte on the Sisterhood of Karn, tried to give the War Doctor some water which he refused due to trauma from his recent regeneration and Cass Fermazzi's death. Soon after, the War Doctor gave some to her when they became friends. (AUDIO: Light the Flame [+]Loading...["Light the Flame (audio story)"])
In a parallel world, Captain Erisa Magambo gave Donna Noble a glass of water to help combat the dehydrative effects of the Lodestone. (TV: Turn Left [+]Loading...["Turn Left (TV story)"])
Other uses
Water could fuel a Gallifreyan fusion booster. (TV: Arc of Infinity [+]Loading...["Arc of Infinity (TV story)"])
During the era of Dalek history where they were confined to the Dalek City, they got their water from the Lake of Mutations, using it to cool their city, (TV: The Daleks [+]Loading...["The Daleks (TV story)"]) and create the aqueous solution of the incubation level in which they grew new Dalek mutants, though the First Doctor and Ian Chesterton noted that Skaro's water was so polluted that it was closer to a slurry than water. (AUDIO: Return to Skaro [+]Loading...["Return to Skaro (audio story)"])
Behind the scenes
- Tom Baker states he had an argument with a producer about how he chose to hold a glass of water during the filming of an unnamed serial. Baker had taken to holding the glass up to his ear briefly, and when questioned about this stated that there is an old Gallifreyan tradition "as part of hospitality" where you listen to a glass of water before drinking it. However, as this is not stated in any Doctor Who story or serial it is to be considered a character choice and not valid. (DOC: A New Body at Last)
