Drowning was the act of an oxygen-breathing life-form being asphyxiated in a liquid, usually water. This frequently resulted in the death of the life-form. According to Styre's experiments, immersion in water produced asphyxiation in humans in less than three minutes. (TV: The Sontaran Experiment [+]Bob Baker and Dave Martin, Doctor Who season 12 (BBC1, 1975).)
Aquaphobia was the fear of water, or of drowning. (AUDIO: House of Blue Fire [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
History[]
The War Master stated that he once drowned. He found it "a horrible way to go". (AUDIO: The Long Despair [+]Tim Foley, Solitary Confinement (The War Master, Big Finish Productions, 2022).)
The Fourth Doctor once claimed to have saved Julius Caesar from drowning in the River Tiber. (AUDIO: Phantoms of the Deep [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
Ashildr cured a whole village of scarlet fever. However, believing she was a witch, they attempted to drown her. However, she was able to hold her breath and escape. (TV: The Woman Who Lived [+]Catherine Tregenna, Doctor Who series 9 (BBC One, 2015).)
In 1485, Clarrie drowned when he fell into a river while being chased by guards who had recognised him as the Duke of Clarence. According to William Shakespeare, the Duke was drowned in a vat of wine. (AUDIO: The Kingmaker [+]Nev Fountain, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2006).)
In 1599, the Carrionite called Lilith killed Lynley by drowning him with her doll, filling his lungs with water. (TV: The Shakespeare Code [+]Gareth Roberts, Doctor Who series 3 (BBC One, 2007).)
In 1649, hundreds of women and children attempting to escape Oliver Cromwell's siege of Wexford drowned when the overcrowded boats they were on sank. (AUDIO: The Settling [+]Simon Guerrier, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2006).)
In 1699, Rory Williams drowned when he was knocked overboard the Fancy. He was revived by the Siren, but died again when he was taken off life support, and revived again when Amy Pond used CPR on him. (TV: The Curse of the Black Spot [+]Steve Thompson, Doctor Who series 6 (BBC One, 2011).)
In 1746, slave trader Trask drowned troublesome prisoners, and almost subjected Ben Jackson to this fate. After being thrown overboard, (TV: The Highlanders [+]Elwyn Jones and Gerry Davis, Doctor Who season 4 (BBC1, 1966-1967).) he himself drowned. (PROSE: Alien Bodies [+]Lawrence Miles, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1997).)
In 1872, Theodore Cassells and the crew of the Marie Celeste drowned when a wave swamped their lifeboat. (COMIC: A Stitch in Time [+]Dennis Hooper, TVA comic stories (Polystyle, 1972).)
In 1885, the Vespiform calling himself Christopher drowned when a monsoon flooded the Jamuna River in Delhi. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Gareth Roberts, Doctor Who series 4 (BBC One, 2008).)
In 1891, the governess of Francesca and Digby Latimer drowned in a frozen pond on Captain Latimer's estate. (TV: The Snowmen [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2012 (BBC One, 2012).)
In one iteration of the time loop created by Edward Grove, Edith Thompson was drowned in the kitchen sink. (AUDIO: The Chimes of Midnight [+]Robert Shearman, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2002).)
In 1916, Grigori Rasputin drowned in the Neva River. (PROSE: The Wages of Sin [+]David A. McIntee, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1999).)
In 1926, the Vespiform Arnold Golightly drowned when he dove into Silent Pool to retrieve the Firestone, which had been thrown there by Donna Noble. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Gareth Roberts, Doctor Who series 4 (BBC One, 2008).)
On 11 May 1964, Jane Potter drowned in the River Stock. (AUDIO: The Eternal Summer [+]Jonathan Morris, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2009)., Plague of the Daleks [+]Mark Morris, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2009).)
Circa 1970, Professor Zaroff drowned in his laboratory when the Second Doctor flooded Atlantis. (TV: The Underwater Menace [+]Geoffrey Orme, Doctor Who season 4 (BBC1, 1967).)
In the 1970s, Professor Charles Kettering was killed at Stangmoor Prison when the Keller Machine turned his fear of drowning against him. His fear was so great that water manifested in his lungs. (TV: The Mind of Evil [+]Don Houghton, Doctor Who season 8 (BBC1, 1971).)
A few years later, Scorby was drowned in a pool of water by plants under the control of a Krynoid. (TV: The Seeds of Doom [+]Robert Banks Stewart, Doctor Who season 13 (BBC1, 1976).)
On 9 May 1984, Peri Brown almost drowned when she tried to swim from her stepfather's boat to the shore of Lanzarote. She was rescued by Vislor Turlough. (TV: Planet of Fire [+]Peter Grimwade, Doctor Who season 21 (BBC1, 1984).)
Circa 1996, Maude O'Neill drowned herself in a lake on Gravonax Island after her daughter Eadie was killed. (AUDIO: Night Thoughts [+]Edward Young, adapted from Night Thoughts, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2006).)
Circa 1997, Ace almost drowned in a chamber in King Arthur's spaceship at the bottom of Lake Vortigern. (TV: Battlefield [+]Ben Aaronovitch, Doctor Who season 26 (BBC1, 1989).)
Estelle Cole drowned in a rainy storm above her house, unnaturally caused by fairies. (TV: Small Worlds [+]Peter J. Hammond, Torchwood series 1 (BBC Three, 2006).)
On Christmas Eve 2007, the Tenth Doctor drowned the Racnoss in the Thames Flood Barrier. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2006 (BBC One, 2006).) In a parallel world, the Doctor drowned as well. (TV: Turn Left [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 4 (BBC One, 2008).)
After being resurrected in the 2000s,[nb 1] (TV: Dead Man Walking) Owen Harper tried to drown himself, but was unsuccessful due to now having no need for air. (TV: A Day in the Death [+]Joseph Lidster, Torchwood series 2 (BBC Three, 2008).)
In 2119, Richard Pritchard drowned when the ghost of Jonathan Moran opened the outer door of the airlock he was in. (TV: Under the Lake [+]Toby Whithouse, Doctor Who series 9 (BBC One, 2015).)
In 2167, an unstable Roboman drowned himself in the River Thames. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth [+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 2 (BBC1, 1964).)
In 2194, Estella was believed to have drowned herself in the main canal in Venice, but in fact had merely faked her death. (AUDIO: The Stones of Venice [+]Paul Magrs, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2001).)
On Kar-Charrat, the Kar-Charratans used their water-controlling abilities to drown many Daleks in their own casings. (AUDIO: The Genocide Machine [+]Mike Tucker, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2000).)
On Gallifrey, the Master was almost drowned in the river Lethe by Torvic, but was rescued by the Doctor, who killed Torvic. (AUDIO: Master [+]Joseph Lidster, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2003).)
In the Matrix on Gallifrey, Goth almost drowned the Fourth Doctor. (TV: The Deadly Assassin [+]Robert Holmes, Doctor Who season 14 (BBC1, 1976).)
In Eugene Tacitus' world, Pepin VI drowned when he fell asleep in his bathtub. (AUDIO: The Holy Terror [+]Robert Shearman, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2000).)
On Baspral, Galena attempted to drown a young boy in a stream, having foreseen that he would grow up to be a ruthless dictator, but was stopped by the Doctor. Ten years later, the boy drowned Galena in the same stream. (PROSE: The Inquisitor's Story [+]Shaun Lyon, Short Trips: Repercussions (Short Trips short stories, 2004).)
Footnotes[]
- ↑ The second series of Torchwood is set anywhere from 2007-2010 as a result of conflicting evidence shown in the episodes Ghost Machine, Greeks Bearing Gifts, Random Shoes, To the Last Man, Reset, Adrift, Fragments, Exit Wounds, and The New World, as well as Meat placing the series about a year after the start of series 1.