River Song slapping the Eleventh Doctor. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 6 (BBC One, 2011).)
Slapping was the act of striking a target with an open hand. Slapping a person across the face was a common form of physical assault.
Iris Wildthyme slapped a fan when he said she didn't look like Iris. (AUDIO: Wildthyme at Large [+]Paul Magrs, Iris Wildthyme (Big Finish Productions, 2005).)
Leela slapped Adelaide Lessage out of irritation when she screamed. (TV: Horror of Fang Rock [+]Terrance Dicks, Doctor Who season 15 (BBC1, 1977).)
Amy Pond slapped her husband, Rory Williams when he began to think of a scenario in which he would be stuck with two of her. (TV: Time [+]Steven Moffat, Comic Relief specials comic relief 2011 (BBC One, 2011).)
Following River Song revealing to Dibbsworth that they were in a miniscope, she slapped him to break his shock. She questioned though if a slap actually did break shock or just something that people did. (AUDIO: Peepshow [+]Guy Adams, The Diary of River Song: Series Six (The Diary of River Song, Big Finish Productions, 2019).)
In an alternate 2003 where the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe defeated the Daleks in 1903, Miriam Rochester slaps Farrow for saying "Hadn't we?" as opposed to "Had we not?" as using contractions is prohibited due to Dalek culture. (AUDIO: Jubilee)
Slapping the Doctor[]
Donna Noble slapping the Tenth Doctor. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2006 (BBC One, 2006).)
Peri slaps the Sixth Doctor for feigning leg paralysis after being shot by the Dalek Earthforce and for calling her "stupid". (AUDIO: Masters of Earth)
After the Ninth Doctor returned Rose Tyler to Earth in 2006 following a 12-month absence, her mother, Jackie, having spent all that time frantic with worry over her daughter's unexplained disappearance, angrily slapped him. The Doctor later remarked how much the slap hurt, claiming that in "nine hundred years of time and space" he had never been slapped by someone's mother. (TV: Aliens of London [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).)
Donna Noble slapped the Tenth Doctor twice during their first meeting. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2006 (BBC One, 2006).)
After Francine Jones was told the things the Tenth Doctor had done by a mysterious man, she walked up to him and slapped him in the face, telling him to stay away from her daughter, Martha. (TV: The Lazarus Experiment [+]Stephen Greenhorn, Doctor Who series 3 (BBC One, 2007).)
During his interrogation of the TARDIS' whereabouts, the Saxon Master slapped the Tenth Doctor in frustration. (TV: The End of Time [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2009 and New Year Special 2010 (BBC One, 2009-2010).)
After witnessing her past self shoot the Teselecta fashioned in the likeness of the Eleventh Doctor, (TV: The Wedding of River Song [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 6 (BBC One, 2011).) River Song slapped a 909 year old version of the Doctor, the Time Lord waving this off as a result of something he'd yet to do. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 6 (BBC One, 2011).
When the Eleventh Doctor fought with Mr Clever for control of his body, Clara Oswald would slap him to create a synaptic burst necessary for him to resume control. (TV: Nightmare in Silver [+]Neil Gaiman, Doctor Who series 7 (BBC One, 2013).)
After Jenny Flint had helped cure him from the effects of Mr. Sweet's toxin, the Eleventh Doctor kissed her who slapped him in response, the Doctor saying it felt good after the toxin's effects. (TV: The Crimson Horror [+]Mark Gatiss, Doctor Who series 7 (BBC One, 2013).)
During the Siege of Trenzalore, when Tasha Lem had been converted into a Dalek puppet, she slapped the Eleventh Doctor for his insulting comments that had generated the anger necessary to break free of the Dalek programming. (TV: The Time of the Doctor [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2013 (BBC One, 2013).)
When the Twelfth Doctor later expressed jubilation that Rusty was as evil as any Dalek, she slapped him harder than she'd ever slapped him, to the point that he audibly moaned in pain. (TV: Into the Dalek [+]Phil Ford and Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 8 (BBC One, 2014).)
During the two's hunt for the hypothetical perfect hider, Clara slapped the Doctor on the back of the head for scaring Rupert Pink. (TV: Listen [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 8 (BBC One, 2014).)
After their trip to the Moon in 2049, Clara threatened to slap the Doctor "so hard [he would] regenerate" for withholding the truth about the Moon creature. (TV: Kill the Moon [+]Peter Harness, Doctor Who series 8 (BBC One, 2014).)
When the two were enthralled by the dream crabs, she slapped him after he'd badmouthed the late Danny Pink in an attempt to flood her mind with emotion. (TV: Last Christmas [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014 (BBC One, 2014).)
The Fourteenth Doctor recoils from being slapped by Sylvia Noble. (TV: The Star Beast [+]Russell T Davies, adapted from Doctor Who and the Star Beast (Pat Mills and John Wagner), Doctor Who 2023 specials (BBC One and Disney+, 2023).)
When the Fourteenth Doctor turned up at the Nobles' home in 2023, at the same time as when Donna discovered the Meep hiding in their garden shed, Sylvia, exasperated at once again having to deal with extra-terrestrials, this time at risk to her daughter's life, slapped the Doctor. Having once again taken up the habit of being slapped by his companions' mothers, the Doctor muttered "here we go again" under his breath as he recoiled. (TV: The Star Beast [+]Russell T Davies, adapted from Doctor Who and the Star Beast (Pat Mills and John Wagner), Doctor Who 2023 specials (BBC One and Disney+, 2023).)
