Copper

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Copper was a metallic element. Its chemical symbol on the periodic table was Cu. (AUDIO: Escape Room ^[+]Loading...["Escape Room (audio story)"])

Copper was an ore that could be mined. (TV: Oxygen ^[+]Loading...["Oxygen (TV story)"])

Copper could be a blue colour. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell ^[+]Loading...["The Ancestor Cell (novel)"])

Sirius Conglomerate oversaw a mining of copper. (TV: The Caves of Androzani ^[+]Loading...["The Caves of Androzani (TV story)"])

Biology

Kaleds had copper in their blood, giving it a green colour. (AUDIO: Corruption ^[+]Loading...["Corruption (audio story)"]

Blood had a coppery flavour. (PROSE: Syntax ^[+]Loading...["Syntax (short story)"])

Chemistry

When oxidised, it would turn green in a process called verdigris. (PROSE: Verdigris ^[+]Loading...["Verdigris (novel)"])

Copper gained verdigris with time. (PROSE: The Serpent's Tooth ^[+]Loading...["The Serpent's Tooth (short story)"]) It was a green rust-like substance. (PROSE: The Beast Inside ^[+]Loading...["The Beast Inside (short story)"])

Communications

When the Timewyrm possessed Dumuzi, she had him place copper around the walls of Kish, turning it into a giant radio transmitter. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys ^[+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)"])

Electronics

Copper could be used in electronics. (PROSE: Timwyrm: Gensys ^[+]Loading...["Timwyrm: Gensys (novel)"])

Engineering

The Fifth Doctor had some copper cable stored in a roundel in his TARDIS. (AUDIO: Ghost Walk ^[+]Loading...["Ghost Walk (audio story)"])

Copper wire was produced in varying lengths and thicknesses. (PROSE: The Switching ^[+]Loading...["The Switching (short story)"], AUDIO: Davros ^[+]Loading...["Davros (audio story)"])

Objects

Kettles could be made from copper. (PROSE: Blame Iris ^[+]Loading...["Blame Iris (novel)"], Bide-a-Wee ^[+]Loading...["Bide-a-Wee (short story)"]) As could bed warming pans. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster (novelisation)"])

Copper strips were used to hold down carpet. (PROSE: The Sleep of Reason ^[+]Loading...["The Sleep of Reason (novel)"])

Coins could be made from copper. (PROSE: Grimm Reality ^[+]Loading...["Grimm Reality (novel)"])

Copper gates protected the Sacred Flame on Karn. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius (novelisation)"])

Leonard de Vries used a copper bowl to knock out the Fourth Doctor when he visited him in 1978. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood (novelisation)"])

Physics

Electrons could flow along copper. (PROSE: Timeless ^[+]Loading...["Timeless (novel)"])

Science

Copper was alloyed into bronze to prevent corrosion. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys ^[+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)"])

Cupronickel was an alloy of copper and nickel. (PROSE: All I Want for Christmas ^[+]Loading...["All I Want for Christmas (short story)"]

Weaponry

Bullets could be made of copper. (PROSE: Halflife ^[+]Loading...["Halflife (novel)"])

A cordolaine jamming signal excited copper atoms. It was used by the Sontarans to render Earth firearms useless by causing the copper bullets to expand in a gun barrel rendering them unable to be shot. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem ^[+]Loading...["The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)"])

The De-Mat Gun contained; one rod of type three iridium alloy, one metre in length, and five copper conduction discs. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time (novelisation)"])

Flinthair's axehead was made of copper. (PROSE: Loop the Loup ^[+]Loading...["Loop the Loup (short story)"])

Copper was magnetically attracted to argonite, and would interfere with computer systems which used the metal. Milo Clancey deployed two tons of copper needles from the LIZ 79 to immobilise Ian Warne's spacecraft, which was about to fire a missile at him. (TV: The Space Pirates ^[+]Loading...["The Space Pirates (TV story)"])