Laudanum

Laudanum was a drug.

Opium could be mixed with brandy to make laudanum. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Eight Doctors (novel)"])

The Sixth Doctor had a pill that he picked up as a hangover cure from Zanthas IV which successfully counteracted the effects of laudanum in 1782. (AUDIO: Catch-1782 ^[+]Loading...["Catch-1782 (audio story)"])

Both Percy Shelley and Mary Shelley used laudanum, sometimes in large quantities. (AUDIO: Mary's Story ^[+]Loading...["Mary's Story (audio story)"], The Silver Turk ^[+]Loading...["The Silver Turk (audio story)"])

During the Crimean War, Dr Henry Finch intended to give Corporal Roberts laudanum for his seizures. (AUDIO: The Charge of the Night Brigade ^[+]Loading...["The Charge of the Night Brigade (audio story)"])