Satsuma



The satsuma is a small variety of tangerine commonly found in Christmas stockings in Great Britain.

Doctor Who references

 * Followng his victory over the Sycorax leader in a sword fight,the Doctor found ansatsuma in his pocket and threw it against a switch on the hull of the Sycorax vessel. The Sycorax leader, who, in violation of the rules of combat, was about to come up behind the Doctor and kill him, found the hull under his feet opening up, and fell thousands of feet to his death (DW:The Christmas Invasion).


 * The beggar boy kidnapped by the Graske in 1883 said he was "saving up money for a satsuma." ("Attack of the Graske")


 * Like all citrus fruits, satsumas are rich in citric acid, a precursor to vitamin C. As such, they would not have been on the menu for Cessair of Diplos, for whom citric acid was toxic, a fact discovered by Romana and Professor Rumford during the events of "The Stones of Blood."