An ankle was a joint which connected the leg to the foot. They were often injured during running or falls.
The miniaturised Barbara Wright injured her ankle while being carried in Farrow's briefcase. (TV: Planet of Giants [+]Louis Marks, Doctor Who season 2 (BBC1, 1964).) Susan Foreman twisted her ankle when she fell from a wall. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth [+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 2 (BBC1, 1964).) Vicki injured her ankle while running from the Drahvins. (TV: Galaxy 4 [+]William Emms, Doctor Who season 3 (BBC1, 1965).) Her ankle was still hurting when she arrived at Troy. (TV: The Myth Makers [+]Donald Cotton, Doctor Who season 3 (BBC1, 1965).) Gillian twisted her ankle while running from sabre-toothed gorillas. (COMIC: The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas [+]TVC comic stories (1968).) On Voga, Harry Sullivan accidentally injured Sarah Jane Smith's ankle while trying to free her from her chains. (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen [+]Gerry Davis, Doctor Who season 12 (BBC1, 1975).) Sarah twisted her ankle while running from tracker dogs. (TV: The Android Invasion [+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 13 (BBC1, 1975).) Romana I injured her ankle when she stumbled while being attacked by a Taran wood beast. (TV: The Androids of Tara [+]David Fisher, Doctor Who season 16 (BBC1, 1978).) In the Death Zone, Susan injured her ankle when she tripped and fell. (TV: The Five Doctors [+]Terrance Dicks, Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Special (Public Broadcasting Service, 1983).) On Kirith, Ace twisted her ankle when she tripped over a tree root. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse [+]Nigel Robinson, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1991).)
The Second Doctor sprained his ankle when he fell from a giant cuckoo clock. (COMIC: Father Time [+]TVC comic stories (1969).) The Fifth Doctor sprained his ankle while in Manchester in August 1819. (AUDIO: The Peterloo Massacre [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.) The Eighth Doctor twisted his ankle when he slid off a roof and down a wall. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress [+]Paul Magrs, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1998).) The Eleventh Doctor sprained his ankle while running from a Cyclops. (COMIC: Island of the Cyclopes [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
Johnny Philpot injured his ankle while running from a dinosaur. (COMIC: The Unwilling Traveller [+]Brad Ashton and Terry Nation, The Dalek Outer Space Book (Dalek annuals, Panther Books, 1966).) Susan Seymour sprained her ankle when she fell from the bedsheet rope she was climbing down. (PROSE: The Banquo Legacy [+]Andy Lane and Justin Richards, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2000).) Tallulah replaced Heidi Chicane as lead singer in a performance of My Angel Put the Devil in Me when Heidi broke her ankle. (TV: Daleks in Manhattan [+]Helen Raynor, Doctor Who series 3 (BBC One, 2007).)