Table

A table was a type of furniture. Tables could contain drawers. (PROSE: A Universe Called Fred ^[+]Loading...["A Universe Called Fred (short story)"])

Food and drink was often served on a table. (AUDIO: The Marian Conspiracy ^[+]Loading...["The Marian Conspiracy (audio story)"]) This was often, though not exclusively a dining table. (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't! ^[+]Loading...["Oh No It Isn't! (novel)"])

Depending on the size of the table, multiple people could be sat around one. (PROSE: Alien Bodies ^[+]Loading...["Alien Bodies (novel)"], Interference - Book One ^[+]Loading...["Interference - Book One (novel)"])

Tables could come in different designs including round, and have as many as 13 sides. (PROSE: Love and War ^[+]Loading...["Love and War (novel)"], The Adventuress of Henrietta Street ^[+]Loading...["The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)"])

On the Worldsphere tables were not sentient, and some appeared to be made of white plastic. (PROSE: The Also People ^[+]Loading...["The Also People (novel)"])

Ace and the Seventh Doctor using a table as cover. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"])

Combatting an Imperial Dalek in Coal Hill School in 1963 Ace used a table for cover when she shot the Dalek with an anti-tank rocket. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"])

Types of tables

Side tables were smaller tables usually to the side of an armchair made from wood. The Eighth Doctor had one such table in his TARDIS when he was travelling with Sam Jones. (PROSE: Genocide ^[+]Loading...["Genocide (novel)"])

A bedside table was a table that was level with a bed. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend ^[+]Loading...["A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)"], PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird ^[+]Loading...["The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)"])

A card table was a table used for playing cards on. (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird ^[+]Loading...["The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)"])

A nest of tables was a set of tables in graduating sizes nested within one another. (PROSE: Damaged Goods ^[+]Loading...["Damaged Goods (novel)"])

After regenerating, the Eleventh Doctor ate fish fingers and custard with young Amelia Pond at her kitchen table. (TV: The Eleventh Hour)

Materials

In the 1960s formica tables were popular. (PROSE: Revolution Man ^[+]Loading...["Revolution Man (novel)"])

Tables were often constructed from wood. (PROSE: Love and War ^[+]Loading...["Love and War (novel)"], Revolution Man ^[+]Loading...["Revolution Man (novel)"])

Lost Boy thought tables on 1996 Earth were poorly constructed. (PROSE: Interference - Book One ^[+]Loading...["Interference - Book One (novel)"])

Items on tables

When emptying his pockets for Magnus Greel in London in the 1800s, one of the things the Fourth Doctor placed on the table was his bag of jelly babies. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)

Idioms

In 2006, the Ninth Doctor claimed that a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom drank him under the table in 10 Downing Street. (TV: Aliens of London)

See also

• Tableware was associated items for consuming food on. (PROSE: The Sorcerer's Apprentice ^[+]Loading...["The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)"])