Red blood cell

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Red blood cell

Red blood cells contained iron, unlike white blood cells. (TV: Bad Wolf)

When the First Doctor learnt that Sharlan had been killing the Ashtallans with a sample of Barbara Wright's blood, he suspected that the red blood cells attacking the Ashtallan system was what caused them to die so quickly. (AUDIO: The Invention of Death)