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A '''perigosto stick''' was an object which looked like a thin, silver probe with a tiny sphere on top. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'') Students at the [[Time Lord Academy]] used them to play games of four-dimensional [[juggling]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Seeing I]]'') [[The Doctor]] also claimed that it was a musical instrument. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Voyage to Venus (audio story)|Voyage to Venus]]'') | A '''perigosto stick''' was an object which looked like a thin, silver probe with a tiny sphere on top. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'') Students at the [[Time Lord Academy]] used them to play games of four-dimensional [[juggling]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Seeing I (novel)|Seeing I]]'') [[The Doctor]] also claimed that it was a musical instrument. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion (novel)|Deadly Reunion]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Voyage to Venus (audio story)|Voyage to Venus]]'') | ||
The [[First Doctor]] and his friend [[Ruath]] once [[electricity|electrified]] Cardinal [[Borusa]]'s perigosto stick. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]'') | The [[First Doctor]] and his friend [[Ruath]] once [[electricity|electrified]] Cardinal [[Borusa]]'s perigosto stick. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera (novel)|Goth Opera]]'') | ||
The Doctor was in his early nineties before he could bring himself to admit that he still liked to play with his perigosto stick. The other students teased him mercilessly about that for about fifty years. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beltempest (novel)|Beltempest]]'') | The Doctor was in his early nineties before he could bring himself to admit that he still liked to play with his perigosto stick. The other students teased him mercilessly about that for about fifty years. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beltempest (novel)|Beltempest]]'') | ||
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He played lead perigosto stick in [[Gallifrey Academy Hot Five]], while the Master was on [[drums]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion (novel)|Deadly Reunion]]'') | He played lead perigosto stick in [[Gallifrey Academy Hot Five]], while the Master was on [[drums]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion (novel)|Deadly Reunion]]'') | ||
On an occasion when {{Delgado}} believed he had killed the [[Third Doctor]], he ruefully thought back to a youthful prank when he and the Doctor had put glue on the [[Lord President]]'s perigosto stick. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dæmons]]'') | On an occasion when {{Delgado}} believed he had killed the [[Third Doctor]], he ruefully thought back to a youthful prank when he and the Doctor had put glue on the [[Lord President]]'s perigosto stick. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dæmons (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Dæmons]]'') | ||
The [[Third Doctor]] once told a humorous story in which the punchline was, "Never trust a [[Venus]]ian [[shanghorn]] with your perigosto stick." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'') The [[Thraskin]]s used the perigosto stick to put the Shanghorns to sleep. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Voyage to Venus (audio story)|Voyage to Venus]]'') | The [[Third Doctor]] once told a humorous story in which the punchline was, "Never trust a [[Venus]]ian [[shanghorn]] with your perigosto stick." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'') The [[Thraskin]]s used the perigosto stick to put the Shanghorns to sleep. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Voyage to Venus (audio story)|Voyage to Venus]]'') | ||
The Third Doctor once asked Sargeant Benton to pass him a Perigosto stick from his [[lab]] bench. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)|The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]'') | The Third Doctor once asked Sargeant Benton to pass him a Perigosto stick from his [[lab]] bench. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)|The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* The perigosto stick was the basis of a minor running joke by ''Doctor Who'' novelists. Building upon the minor mentions in ''[[The Green Death]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who and the Dæmons]]'', novelists would make elaborate mention of perigosto sticks without explaining all that much about what they actually were or might have been used for. | * The perigosto stick was the basis of a minor running joke by ''Doctor Who'' novelists. Building upon the minor mentions in ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who and the Dæmons (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Dæmons]]'', novelists would make elaborate mention of perigosto sticks without explaining all that much about what they actually were or might have been used for.{{Fact}} | ||
[[Category:Gallifreyan culture]] | [[Category:Gallifreyan culture]] | ||
[[Category:Gallifreyan technology]] | [[Category:Gallifreyan technology]] | ||
[[Category:Musical instruments]] | [[Category:Musical instruments]] | ||
