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[[File:H2O_Scoop.jpg|thumb|An H₂O Scoop transporting the Royal Hope Hospital. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'')]]

An '''H₂O scoop''' was a method of transportation over long distances, probably about one million miles in twenty seconds, used by the [[Judoon]] to transport locations from [[planet]]s they had [[Level 5 planet|no jurisdiction]] (such as the [[Earth]]) over to neutral areas, such as uninhabited [[moon]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]''), [[planet]]s ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Judoon in Chains (audio story)|Judoon in Chains]]''), and [[desert]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Revenge of the Judoon (novel)|Revenge of the Judoon]]'')

The H₂O scoop process would start with plasma coils being placed around the location which was to be transported (which would cause an unusual static build-up in the area). A few days later a raincloud would form over the location, but nowhere else ([[Tish Jones]] pointed out that it was like a cartoon where there was a rain cloud over somebody's head). A short thunderstorm would follow, which ended when the rain from the storm rose back into the cloud. After a short period and a flash of light, the location would be transported.

If the destination did not have a life-sustaining atmosphere, a [[force field]] would be placed around the location to keep the inhabitants alive. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'')

In [[2008]], the Judoon used an H₂O scoop to teleport [[Royal Hope Hospital]] to [[the Moon]] when they were hunting for the [[Florence Finnegan|killer]] of the [[Child Princess of Padrivole Regency 9]]. Following her execution and the Judoon's subsequent withdrawal, the hospital was returned to its rightful place. Despite air running low and the Judoon having left an amplified [[MRI]] running, there were no further casualties. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') This incident similarly occurred in the [[Donna's World|parallel world]] created where [[Donna Noble]] never met the Doctor, except the lack of air resulted in only [[Oliver Morgenstern]] surviving this incident, and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] also died after having deactivated the MRI. ([[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'')

The Judoon also used an H₂O scoop to teleport [[Balmoral Castle]] into a desert. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Revenge of the Judoon]]'')