Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism was the practice of not consuming meat in one's diet.
The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
When Jo Jones, reunited with the Third Doctor, she was surprised to discover he was not a vegetarian, having remembered him as one. Their discussion about the hypocrisy of a man who saved lives eating another creature's flesh convinced him to try the vegetable option for dinner. (AUDIO: The Sacrifice of Jo Grant [+]Loading...["The Sacrifice of Jo Grant (audio story)"])
The Sixth Doctor became a vegetarian (TV: The Two Doctors [+]Loading...["The Two Doctors (TV story)"]) but according to one account, soon gave it up. (COMIC: Salad Daze [+]Loading...["Salad Daze (comic story)"])
The Doctor was strictly vegetarian during his seventh incarnation, (PROSE: Human Nature [+]Loading...["Human Nature (novel)"]) additionally avoiding consuming sentient plant-based lifeforms (AUDIO: The Trial of a Time Machine [+]Loading...["The Trial of a Time Machine (audio story)"]) The Eighth Doctor kept up the practice, (AUDIO: Relative Dimensions [+]Loading...["Relative Dimensions (audio story)"]) but inconsistently. (AUDIO: Worldwide Web [+]Loading...["Worldwide Web (audio story)"])
The Ninth Doctor ate meat, (TV: Boom Town [+]Loading...["Boom Town (TV story)"]) although the Twelfth repeatedly scolded people for their habit of eating meat. (TV: Deep Breath [+]Loading...["Deep Breath (TV story)"], Last Christmas [+]Loading...["Last Christmas (TV story)"], The Pilot [+]Loading...["The Pilot (TV story)"], World Enough and Time [+]Loading...["World Enough and Time (TV story)"])
The Dream Lord assumed the Eleventh Doctor was a vegetarian, taunting him by calling him "veggie". (TV: Amy's Choice [+]Loading...["Amy's Choice (TV story)"])
The Doctor's companions[[edit] | [edit source]]
Zoe Heriot was a vegetarian. (AUDIO: The Integral [+]Loading...["The Integral (audio story)"])
Jo Grant approved of vegetarianism, and often thought of becoming one. (PROSE: Catastrophea [+]Loading...["Catastrophea (novel)"])
The Fifth Doctor's companion Peri Brown was a vegetarian and therefore balked at the thought of eating roast boar at a banquet thrown in their honour by Pharaoh Erimem in Egypt in 1400 BC. The Doctor advised her to pretend to have eaten it by moving it around her plate. (AUDIO: The Eye of the Scorpion [+]Loading...["The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)"])
Melanie Bush was a vegetarian from the age of thirteen. (PROSE: Millennial Rites [+]Loading...["Millennial Rites (novel)"]) She believed that it was wrong to eat meat. (PROSE: Business Unusual [+]Loading...["Business Unusual (novel)"])
Ace once pretended to be a vegetarian to infiltrate a group of eco-terrorists. (AUDIO: Animal [+]Loading...["Animal (audio story)"])
Sam Jones was a vegetarian. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors [+]Loading...["The Eight Doctors (novel)"])
Maxwell Edison was a vegetarian. (COMIC: The Stockbridge Showdown [+]Loading...["The Stockbridge Showdown (comic story)"])
Others[[edit] | [edit source]]
Margery Phipps was a vegetarian. (AUDIO: Council of War [+]Loading...["Council of War (audio story)"])
Colin Colchester-Price sometimes liked to eat vegetarian. (AUDIO: A Kill to a View [+]Loading...["A Kill to a View (audio story)"])
After Mrs Wormwood confirmed the Bane's predatory instinct, Clyde Langer, disgusted, remarked that he was now officially a vegetarian. After two Bane Kindred members attempted to attack him and Luke, he remarked that he became vegetarian, now he's "Bane munchies" (TV: Enemy of the Bane [+]Loading...["Enemy of the Bane (TV story)"])
Krampus considered herself a vegetarian, as she consumed energy instead of flesh. (COMIC: Holiday Special [+]Loading...["Holiday Special (comic story)"])
