Ticket
A ticket was a piece of material (commonly paper) used to signal an entrance fee had been paid. (PROSE: The Slight Façade [+]Loading...["The Slight Façade (short story)"]) For some tickets they could be torn at entry to the location, and the ticket stub retained as proof of payment. (PROSE: Prisoners of the Sun [+]Loading...["Prisoners of the Sun (short story)"])
They would also contain information that was specific to the person utilising the ticket such as; if travelling on a vehicle seat number and departure time. (TV: Out of Time [+]Loading...["Out of Time (TV story)"]) Or if it included a compartment this would be cited. (PROSE: The Curse of Kanbo-Ala [+]Loading...["The Curse of Kanbo-Ala (short story)"])
In some settings gates or barriers prevented entry to a location to prevent those without a ticket from entering without paying. (AUDIO: Technophobia [+]Loading...["Technophobia (audio story)"], PROSE: Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life [+]Loading...["Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (short story)"])
In the 1800s Henry Gordon Jago said of his role at the Palace Theatre was to "announce the acts…count the tickets…smile at people". (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chaing [+]Loading...["The Talons of Weng-Chaing (TV story)"])
In August 1998, Helen Sinclair bought a return ticket from Calcot to London. (AUDIO: Absent Friends)
In 2008 Toshiko Sato gave Owen Harper a ticket to see Faust at the Cardiff Bay Millennium Hall with her. However, he threw it in the bin and Ianto Jones took it instead. (AUDIO: Dinner and a Show)
In March 2005, Chris Martin watched the Ninth Doctor get kicked off a train as his season ticket wasn't valid until 2009. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?)
In 5343 tickets for the Harmony and Redemption were 1 billion credits. (TV: The Husbands of River Song [+]Loading...["The Husbands of River Song (TV story)"]
In the far future at Megropolis One the Collector set a ticket price of 5 talmars to witness the execution of Leela. (TV: The Sun Makers [+]Loading...["The Sun Makers (TV story)"])
When Iris Wildthyme and Panda arrived at a warehouse full of double decker buses, a ghost of a ticket inspector tried to kill Panda by drowning him in tickets produced by ticket machines. (PROSE: Just the Ticket)
The Pod was a music festival in Pete's World that was different from all others, as it was broadcast directly to Cybus EarPods and didn't involve "tickets, tents, or dodgy toilets". (PROSE: The Pod)
