Editing Rain

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'''Rain''', or '''aqueous precipitation''', ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'') was a form of precipitation that came from [[rain cloud]]s, often connected to sadness. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'') Rain was formed from [[water]] at ground level, which then "goes all the way up into the sky, and then falls all the way back down on to me." ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'') It was frequently accompanied by [[thunder]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Frayed (novel)|Frayed]]'', ''[[Loving the Alien (novel)|Loving the Alien]]'') and a [[raincoat]] could be worn to keep the wearer dry. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Party in Room Four (short story)|The Party in Room Four]]'')

People rarely went outside while it rained. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pack Animals (novel)|Pack Animals]]'') Afterwards, stones would look "washed clean" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The City of the Dead (novel)|The City of the Dead]]'') and the [[soil|dirt]] would turn to [[mud]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass (novel)|The Shadow in the Glass]]'', ''[[Loving the Alien (novel)|Loving the Alien]]'', ''[[Players (novel)|Players]]'') According to [[Chris Cwej]], "Everybody thinks that rain is miserable." Nevertheless, the [[Seventh Doctor]] loved the prickling on the [[skin]] caused by rain, calling it "one of the beautiful constants" of certain parts of [[Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dread of Night (audio story)|The Dread of Night]]'') [[Carl Smithson]] found the [[sound]] of rain comforting "when you were tucked up and warm" in bed, but not so much from nearby. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass (novel)|The Shadow in the Glass]]'') [[Petrichor]] was the [[smell]] of dust after rain. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'') [[Sarah Jane Smith]] loved "that fresh smell just after a rain shower". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'')

[[Roz Forrester]] speculated that [[the TARDIS]] liked rain, and the [[Seventh Doctor]] claimed this was why he carried an [[umbrella]]. The Doctor confirmed that the TARDIS would be [[jealousy|jealous]] if she saw the travellers splashing into [[puddle]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dread of Night (audio story)|The Dread of Night]]'')

== Rain on Earth and other planets ==
According to [[Jack Harkness]], [[contraceptive]]s were in [[Earth]]'s rain due to people flushing [[oestrogen]] [[pill]]s down the [[toilet]] and therefore into the [[water cycle]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'').

When [[Mr Smith]] explains to [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Maria Jackson]] that [[Entanglement shell|entanglement shells]] are used for [[terraforming]], Maria jokes that [[Ealing]] doesn't need terraforming, as "it gets too much rain as it is" ([[TV]]: [[Warriors of Kudlak (TV story)|''Warriors of Kudlak'']]).
[[File:Rain Gods The Doctor & River.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Rain God]]s save the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[River Song]] from getting [[human sacrifice|sacrificed]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rain Gods (home video)|Rain Gods]]'')]]
As [[Amy Pond]] implied, it rained a lot in [[Scotland]]; when it was raining in a [[car park]], she [[deduce]]d that it must be [[Great Britain]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Apollo 23 (novel)|Apollo 23]]'') It constantly rained in [[Cardiff]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'', ''[[Ghost Machine (TV story)|Ghost Machine]]'', ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]'', ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'', ''[[Meat (TV story)|Meat]]'', ''[[Adam (TV story)|Adam]]'') as well as in [[Colchester]]. Once, [[Ian Chesterton]] spent "one of the worst weekends of my life" in Colchester with a girl; it rained without end. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'') On another occasion, rain in Cardiff forced [[Nettie Williams]] to hide in a [[bus]] stop. ([[TV]]: ''[[From Out of the Rain (TV story)|From Out of the Rain]]'') The presence of rain clouds told the [[Second Doctor]] that he, [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]] had arrived in [[England]] during the [[summer]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') [[Wellington]] was also well-known for its rain; hard, torrential rain was in fact dubbed "Wellington rain". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'') [[Sun shower]]s — "tiny droplets of cool rain falling down" — were found in [[rainforest]]s. [[Io]]'s [[Kibero Patera]] tried to imitate this in their rain garden, although [[Leabie Forrester]] was reminded more of [[Little Chalfont]], [[England]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'')

The [[Fourth Doctor]] expected always to encounter rain in the [[summer]] in [[England]], and tried to be prepared for the occasion. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Trail of the White Worm (audio story)|Trail of the White Worm]]'') According to the Fourth Doctor, a typical sunmer's day on the English seaside involved rain. He thought [[Leela]]'s description of this "wet world" was rather more apt than "[[Great Britain]]". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Darkness of Glass (audio story)|The Darkness of Glass]]'') [[Jack Harkness]] explained that, due to the constant rain in [[Cardiff]], [[season]]s merged together, and time passed without notice. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'')

The ''[[Joseph Conrad]]''{{'}}s food was produced [[hydroponics|hydroponically]], and thus no precipitation was truly needed. Nevertheless, the [[Spacecraft|ship]]'s artificial sky rained "on special occasions". The [[Lacaillan]] homeworld, however, rained ''constantly'', the species needing the rain to survive. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'') It rained a lot on [[Grått]], forcing the [[Tenth Doctor]] to employ an [[umbrella]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Whispering Gallery (comic story)|The Whispering Gallery]]'') Rain was relatively uncommon on the planet [[Iwa]] and, even when it came, it did so extraordinarily briefly. As a result, the air remained fairly saturated and humid. The occasional downpours usually lasted only a few minutes, sometimes even a few seconds. [[Olmec]]'s theory was that this was because the inhabitants didn't grow much food; they got most of their food from cans and packages. [[Chac]] was Iwa's rain god, who supposedly "didn't visit" the planet often. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Frayed]]'') The inhabitants of [[Planet of the Rain Gods|one planet]] believed that a [[Human sacrifice|sacrifice]] to the [[Rain God]]s was necessary to make it rain. Two natives almost sacrificed the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[River Song]] to these gods, but they escaped; it began to rain regardless. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Rain Gods]]'') On [[Dellah]], the needle of [[St Oscar's University]]'s [[spaceport]] caused an increase in the local rainfall. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'')

[[Sally Sparrow (Blink)|Sally Sparrow]] first met [[Billy Shipton]] in the basement of [[Wester Drumlins]] while it was raining. After Billy got sent back by the [[Weeping Angel]]s, she met an older Billy during the same rain. Billy died when it ceased raining. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')

It was raining on the day the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] visited the [[Festival of Britain]] in [[1951]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'')

On the planet, [[Graxis Major]], it was raining during [[Sergic]]'s burial by the orders of the [[Dalek]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Healers]]'')

In the centuries following the [[neutronic war]] on [[Skaro]], the [[Thal]]s came to depend on a great rainfall that came every four or five years to sustain their lives as farmers. When the rain was two years overdue, the Thals left their home in search of new food sources. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') When the [[Eleventh Doctor]] was abducted by the [[Parliament of the Daleks]], he was lured to a Skaro city beset by heavy rain. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'') The area around the [[Dalek City]] was noted by [[Susan Foreman]] to not receive rainfall despite having [[lightning]] strikes. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return to Skaro (audio story)|Return to Skaro]]'')

Rain was rare on the planet [[Quinnis]], falling in amounts large enough to cause a flood when it did. When the [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman]] arrived, the former attempted to excite the atmosphere to create rain before the flood struck. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]'')

=== Exceptional cases ===
[[File:Rain cloud.jpg|thumb|left|An unnatural rain cloud. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'')]]
When the [[Judoon]] used an [[H₂O scoop]] to transport the [[Royal Hope Hospital]] to [[the Moon]], the rain went up around the [[hospital]], while no precipitation fell anywhere else. It rained again on the Moon when the hospital made the return trip. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'')

When [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] returned the [[planet]] Earth from the [[Medusa Cascade]] to the [[solar system]], it rained a lot for a while on Earth afterwards due to [[Atmosphere|atmospheric]] disturbances. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')

[[The Doctor]]'s [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] was capable of causing rain via [[atmospheric excitation]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Death to the Doctor! (comic story)|Death to the Doctor!]]'', ''[[Mudshock (comic story)|Mudshock]]'')

[[Francesca Latimer]]'s tears at [[Clara Oswin Oswald]]'s death on [[Christmas Eve]] [[1892]] caused the [[telepathic]] [[snow]]fall to turn into [[salt]]y rain. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') Once, when [[Honoré Lechasseur]] set bottles of [[vodka]] free into the wind, it rained [[alcohol]] in [[London]] for a whole day. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Cabinet of Light (novel)|The Cabinet of Light]]'')

[[Cyber-pollen]] was used by {{Gomez}} in the form of rain in order to convert the dead into [[Cybermen]]. The rain only occurred in the graveyards to raise the deceased. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'')

Among the many [[parallel universe]]s that [[Rose Tyler]] visited was [[Rob Tyler's universe|one]] where it rained constantly, owing to [[Earth]] being pulled closer to [[the Sun]]. The rain was further affected to the point where it began poising the soil instead of nourishing it, it being expected to poison the planet seventy years after Rose's visit. This was suspected to be the result of hostile alien powers. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Flood (RTDC audio story)|The Flood]]'')

== Predictions ==
Several [[species]] and objects were able to predict rainfall. "Dark [[cloud]]s" were a good indication that it would soon rain. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pack Animals (novel)|Pack Animals]]'', ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'')

[[Bazoolium]] went cold before it was to rain. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'')

After the [[Pyrovile]]s entered the [[Pompeii]] area, the [[soothsayer]]s, the [[augur]]s and the [[haruspex]] inherited [[psychic powers]] and could predict crops and rainfall with absolute precision. The Tenth Doctor claimed that always knowing this would make life boring. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'')

== Impact of rain ==
As [[Lucius Petrus Dextrus]] put it, "Rain pleases the [[soil]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') Plants had to be watered regularly to maintain life. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret in Vault 13 (novel)|The Secret in Vault 13]]'') Both the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Vincent Linfoot]] said, "A little rain never hurt anyone." ([[TV]]: ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Plague of the Daleks (audio story)|Plague of the Daleks]]'') This, however, was most certainly not true.

According to [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]], while it was raining, "[[visibility]] was low" — this could lead to [[car accident]]s, a fatal misstep or [[Power cut|loss of electricity]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The City of the Dead (novel)|The City of the Dead]]'')

Excess rain could cause [[flood]]ing, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') which in turn might [[drowning|drown]] someone. ([[TV]]: ''[[Small Worlds (TV story)|Small Worlds]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The City of the Dead (novel)|The City of the Dead]]'') Flooding would also turn dirt to [[mud]], which would make travel difficult, particularly on unurbanised soil. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass (novel)|The Shadow in the Glass]]'') Usually being incredibly cold, rain could also cause numbness. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Cabinet of Light (novel)|The Cabinet of Light]]'')

[[Acid rain]], rain that was unnaturally [[acid]]ic, could "melt" [[forest]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'') The [[Dalek]]s made false, acidic rain that could turn [[humanoid]]s into [[zombie]]s fall on [[Stockbridge]] within its [[45th century]] [[environment dome]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Plague of the Daleks (audio story)|Plague of the Daleks]]'') [[Rain (Pitter-Patter)|A species resembling rain]] could easily cut through [[human]] flesh. When the human colonists arrived on [[Planet (Pitter-Patter)|its planet]], they drank the water, and were consequently [[kill]]ed by it. The rain would keep on falling until at least one or two people were killed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pitter-Patter (short story)|Pitter-Patter]]'')

== References ==
"A little rain never hurt anyone" ([[TV]]: ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Plague of the Daleks (audio story)|Plague of the Daleks]]'') was not the only rain-related expression.

The [[Eleventh Doctor]] once used the expression, "It never rains but it pours" to express how drastic bad things always were, when faced not only with [[Firebird (submarine)|a sinking Soviet submarine]], but also [[Skaldak|a murderous Ice Warrior]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'')

The [[First Doctor]] once told a "[[Savage (The Savages)|savage]]" that he'd have him "right as rain", meaning that he'd fix him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]'') [[Owen Harper]] said the same thing to [[Gwen Cooper]] after describing how he'd treat the [[Nostrovite]] wound that had [[Pregnancy|impregnated]] her. ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'') [[Mike Yates]] likewise felt right as rain. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'')

A period of light rain was dubbed a "soft day". "Anyone for [[tennis]]?" was, according to the [[Fourth Doctor]], an [[English]] expression meaning "Is anyone coming outdoors to get soaked?" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'')

''[[Breakfast in the Rain]]'' was one of the [[DVD]]s (like ''[[Falling Star]]'') on which the [[Tenth Doctor]] hid messages for [[Sally Sparrow (Blink)|Sally Sparrow]], which [[Larry Nightingale]] tried to puzzle out at [[Banto's DVD store]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')

The {{Manning}} once mused that her [[Celestial Omnibus]] might look more in place on "[[Regent Street]] in the pouring rain, pulling up at a [[bus stop]] on a dark [[December]] [[night]]". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Iris Wildthyme Speaks...! (audio story)|Iris Wildthyme Speaks...!]]'')

=== Legends ===
The [[Sun]] of [[Fire]] and Rain was one of the "Five Suns in the [[Atmosphere|Sky]]" according to the [[Aztec]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'')

According to the legends of the [[Gond]]s, when the [[Kroton (species)|Krotons]] invaded their planet, they "caused a [[acid rain|poisonous rain]] to fall", killing hundreds of them. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'')

The [[Night Travellers]] were said to "come out of the rain". Indeed, it always seemed to be raining when they attacked. ([[TV]]: ''[[From Out of the Rain (TV story)|From Out of the Rain]]'')
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