Walnut
Walnut was the name for two parts of the walnut tree, its wood, and its fruit; the "walnut". (PROSE: Downtime [+]Loading...["Downtime (novelisation)"], Christmas on the Moon [+]Loading...["Christmas on the Moon (short story)"])
The shells of walnuts needed some force to be cracked to access the edible nut within. (PROSE: Transit [+]Loading...["Transit (novel)"])
One Christmas Eve, the Fourth Doctor snuck into Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart's house dressed as Santa Claus and left two oranges and a walnut in his Christmas stocking. (PROSE: Special Occasions: 3. Better Watch Out, Better Take Care [+]Loading...["Special Occasions: 3. Better Watch Out, Better Take Care (short story)"])
When trapped in a subjective reality modelled upon the Alice in Wonderland book she had been reading and the salad she had been eating, Peri Brown encountered a pair of talking turnips who began reciting her a poem called "The Walnut and the Cauliflower." (COMIC: Salad Daze [+]Loading...["Salad Daze (comic story)"])
The Third Doctor likened the size of the stegosaurus' brain to that of a walnut. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)"])
Nuts[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1840, the Eighth Doctor bought a walnut muffin whilst in London. It was knocked from his grasp when Penny Chapman ran into him. (COMIC: The Curious Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack [+]Loading...["The Curious Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack (comic story)"])
To battle the effects of cyanide the Tenth Doctor needed, among other things, some sort of protein. Donna Noble found a jar of walnuts, which the Doctor wolfed down. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"])
Wood[[edit] | [edit source]]
On board the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1904 it had walnut panels along some of the corridors. (PROSE: Gudok [+]Loading...["Gudok (short story)"])
Some armoires made during the Louis XVI period had thick walnut doors. (PROSE: The Sommerton Fetch [+]Loading...["The Sommerton Fetch (short story)"])
Walnut wood was used for flooring in the 18th and 19th centuries. (PROSE: Foreign Devils [+]Loading...["Foreign Devils (novel)"])
Grand pianos could have tops made from mahogany. (PROSE: Eater of Wasps [+]Loading...["Eater of Wasps (novel)"]) Other pianos also might use walnut for their lids. (PROSE: Casualties of War [+]Loading...["Casualties of War (novel)"])
Desks or bureaus could also be constructed from walnut. (PROSE: The Duke of Dominoes [+]Loading...["The Duke of Dominoes (short story)"], Downtime [+]Loading...["Downtime (novelisation)"])
Wardrobes could be constructed from walnut. (PROSE: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (novel)"])
Used in vehicles[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Opel Ten-Eighteen had a walnut steering wheel. (PROSE: Sting of the Zygons [+]Loading...["Sting of the Zygons (novel)"])
The four-and-a-half-litre Bentleys in 1933 had a dashboard and glove box with a fascia of walnut. (PROSE: Eater of Wasps [+]Loading...["Eater of Wasps (novel)"])
Bentleys also had leather seats trimmed in walnut that were used by the British military in World War II. (PROSE: Just War [+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"])
Jaguar cars also utilised a mix of leather and walnut for their seats. (PROSE: Millennial Rites [+]Loading...["Millennial Rites (nove)"])
Rolls-Royce of the 1950s also had a walnut dashboard. (PROSE: The Taint [+]Loading...["The Taint (novel)"])
Used in weapons[[edit] | [edit source]]
Group Captain Ian Gilmore's service revolver had a walnut handle in 1963. (PROSE: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)"])
Some rifle stocks were also walnut. (PROSE: The Eye of the Tyger [+]Loading...["The Eye of the Tyger (novel)"])
The Webley .38 was a six shot revolver with a walnut grip. (PROSE: Eater of Wasps [+]Loading...["Eater of Wasps (novel)"])
Shotguns could also have a walnut stock. (PROSE: Ship of Fools [+]Loading...["Ship of Fools (novel)"])
