Photons were particles of light. They could be produced by the recombination of an electron and a positron. (TV: Time and the Rani)
Application[]
Weapons based on these particles included photon beams, (TV: The Invasion of Time et al.) photonic bombs, (COMIC: Pureblood) photonics missiles. (TV: Horror of Fang Rock et al.) and photon pulses, also described as photo blasts. (AUDIO: Curse of the Cyberons)
Artemis the Chronovore could pause time enough that the individual photons of sunlight could be observed. (PROSE: No Future)
TARDIS[]
The Time-Space Visualiser allowed one to see any event in "past" history by examining photons, since light "recorded" an image and thus could be displayed. (TV: The Chase)
The photon accelerator coils were a TARDIS component. (PROSE: The Eye of the Giant)