Blue touch paper: Difference between revisions

'''Blue touch paper''' was a type of paper fuse for explosives. The [[Second Doctor|second]] and [[Third Doctor|third incarnations]] of the Doctor used small amounts of explosive wrapped in blue touch paper to destroy locks. ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]'', ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'')

The [[Fourth Doctor]] once used a firecracker and blue touch paper to unclog the gas pocket powering the [[Sacred Flame]]. He later gave another piece to the [[Sisterhood of Karn]] in case it should happen again. When they asked him what the strange symbols meant, he told them, "Light the blue touch paper and stand well back". ([[DW]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'')

The [[Fifth Doctor]] had [[Tulung]] use blue touch paper to set [[fire]] to [[Shaun Brett]]'s monument, killing the [[Permian]]s trapped inside. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Land of the Dead]]'')