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Tea was a drink made from the dried leaves of the tea plant, created by brewing the leaves in hot water. Tea leaves were sometimes encased in porous bags, making it easier to dispose the leaves after steeping. (PROSE: The Dying Days; TV: The Lodger) The Fifth Doctor once described tea to Will Chandler as "a noxious infusion of oriental leaves containing a high percentage of toxic acid". Will thought it sounded vile, to which the Doctor replied, "Personally, I rather like it". (TV: The Awakening)

Milk and sugar were often used to flavour tea. According to Professor Litefoot, ladies should add only one lump of sugar to their tea. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang) Lemon was also often used to flavour tea. (PROSE: Fallen Gods)

When tea was not served with a meal, it was often served with biscuits and jam. (TV: The Power of Kroll) The Second Doctor once requested a patty cake with his tea. (TV: The Invasion) The Eleventh Doctor was particularly fond of Jammie Dodgers, both with and without his tea. He once fooled the Daleks into believing that the biscuit was the TARDIS self-destruct control. He claimed that he brought the biscuit since he was promised tea. (TV: Victory of the Daleks)

Tea was prominent in British culture and often drank for comfort. Rose Tyler considered tea "the solution to everything"and said that her mum would not go to bed until she had a cup of tea, with two sugars. According to Mickey Smith, drinking tea while the world was coming to an end was "very British". (TV: The Christmas Invasion, The Time Warrior, Rise of the Cybermen)

Serving tea

Tea rooms were businesses that primarily served tea. (PROSE: The Splintered Gate)

The Doctor considered the ablity to make tea important. The Fourth Doctor once asked Romana if she knew how to make tea. As she didn't know what it was, he claimed that the Time Lords no longer taught anything useful. (TV: The Ribos Operation)) When Professor Litefoot attempted to educate Leela on the etiquette of tea, the Fourth Doctor told her that the only thing she really needed to know was how to heat a teapot. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)

During his time with UNIT, the Third Doctor drank a lot of tea. Tea was so important to him that the tea lady was allowed in his lab, which was off limits to anyone except the Brigadier and his staff. (TV: Terror of the Autons)

Deadbeat performed odd jobs for Captain Cook including making Cook's special blend of tea. (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)

Daleks posing as man-made machines called Ironsides, had a variety of duties including serving tea. (TV: Victory of the Daleks)

After Owen Harper was relieved of his duties with Torchwood Three, he continued as their tea boy. (TV: A Day in the Death)

Types of tea

According to the Seventh Doctor tea made in a hotel room tasted worse than any other kind of tea. (AUDIO: The Shadow of the Scourge)
Tibetans drank hot yak butter tea to fortify themselves against the cold of their native land. (COMIC: Yonder... The Yeti)
The Seventh Doctor was particularly fond of Lapsang souchong, Earl Grey, and Arcturan tea. He disliked peppermint tea, but drank some because it was a gift from a friend. (PROSE: Original Sin, Lucifer Rising, Notre Dame du Temps)
Captain Cook created a special blend of tea made from tea leaves located in the Groz valley on Melogophon. (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)
The Eighth Doctor enjoyed darjeeling tea with lemon. (PROSE: Fallen Gods)

Healing properties

Tea was considered healing. According to the Tenth Doctor the free radicals and tannin in tea made it ideal for "healing the synapses".(TV: The Christmas Invasion)

The Sixth Doctor drank tea to recover from Sancreda's psychic attack. (AUDIO: The Spectre of Lanyon Moor)

The vapour from a spilled flask of tea helped the Tenth Doctor recover from his ninth regeneration. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)

The Eleventh Doctor used a large amount of very strong tea to save the life of Craig Owens, who had been adversely affected by a ceiling that had been altered by a time ship's attempts to find a pilot; the Doctor claimed that it "reversed the enzyme decay". (TV: The Lodger)

Aliens

While tea was a human creation, it was enjoyed by aliens as well.

Davros enjoyed sweet tea. (AUDIO: Guilt)

Turlough expressed a fondness for tea, or as he called it, "that brown liquid". (TV: The Awakening)

Vilgreth was fond of tea and took some with him when he left Earth in his spaceship. (AUDIO: Last of the Titans)

The Doctor

The Third Doctor took his tea with milk and four sugars. He had a habit of stirring his tea with whatever was available, such as a silicon rod. The Brigadier was once confused when the Third Doctor did not put milk or sugar in his tea. In fact, he was not having tea with the Doctor, but with the Master, who had temporarily stolen the Doctor's body. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs, TV: The Three Doctors; PROSE: The Switching)

The Emperor of China once gave the Doctor a gift of tea. During her travels with the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa gave the tea away, unaware of it's origins.(AUDIO: Spare Parts))

The Fifth Doctor took his tea with sugar. (PROSE: The Comet's Tail (short story))

An attempt on the Sixth Doctor's life was made by poisoning his tea with soluble aspirin. The Doctor counteracted the aspirin by eating chocolate. (AUDIO: The Condemned))

The Seventh Doctor once met a potential future version of himself who had a particularly great interest in tea. (COMIC: Party Animals)

The Ninth Doctor took his tea with two sugars. (TV: The Unquiet Dead)

Sometime before his tenth incarnation, the Doctor pushed boxes of tea at the Boston Tea Party. (TV: The Unquiet Dead)

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-}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a drink made from the dried leaves of the tea plant, created by brewing the leaves in hot water. The [[Fifth Doctor]] once described it to [[Will Chandler]] as "a noxious infusion of oriental [[leaf|leaves]] containing a high percentage of toxic acid". Will thought it sounded vile, to which the Doctor replied, "Personally, I rather like it". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening]]'')
+}}'''Tea''' was a drink made from the dried leaves of the tea plant, created by brewing the leaves in hot [[water]]. Tea leaves were sometimes encased in [[tea bag|porous bags]], making it easier to dispose the leaves after steeping. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'') The [[Fifth Doctor]] once described tea to [[Will Chandler]] as "a noxious infusion of oriental [[leaf|leaves]] containing a high percentage of toxic acid". Will thought it sounded vile, to which the Doctor replied, "Personally, I rather like it". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening]]'')
+[[Milk]] and [[sugar]] were often used to flavour tea. According to [[George Litefoot|Professor Litefoot]], ladies should add only one lump of sugar to their tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') [[Lemon]] was also often used to flavour tea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fallen Gods]]'')
-== Instances ==
-=== The Doctor ===
-* The [[Second Doctor]] accepted [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier's]] offer of tea and requested a [[patty cake]] with it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'')
-* During his time with [[UNIT]], the [[Third Doctor]] drank a lot of tea. Only the tea lady and the Brigadier could come into his lab. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'') He had a habit of stirring his tea with anything available, such as a silicon rod. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'')
-* The Brigadier was once confused when the Third Doctor did not put milk or sugar in his tea. In fact, he was having tea with [[the Master]], who had temporarily stolen the Doctor's body. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Switching]]'')
-* When he first met [[Sarah Jane Smith]], the Third Doctor told her that she could make herself useful by making tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]'')
-* The Third Doctor had tea with four sugars during the dinosaur invasion of London. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')
-* Whilst in [[Victorian]] [[London]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[George Litefoot|Professor Litefoot]] attempted to educate [[Leela]] on the [[etiquette]] of tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
-* While in the [[black hole]] domain of [[Brimo]], the Fourth Doctor wrested part of the control away from Brimo by having one of her servants (which she had mentally created) serve him a cup of tea rather than kill him. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Time Witch]]'')
-* The Fourth Doctor asked [[Romana I|Romana]] if she knew how to make tea. As she didn't know what it was, he claimed that the Time Lords no longer taught anything useful. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'')
-* [[Nyssa]] once gave away some tea she found in the TARDIS, unaware that it had been a gift to the [[Fifth Doctor]] from the Emperor of China. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spare Parts]]'')
-* The [[Sixth Doctor]] drank tea to recover from [[Sancreda]]'s psychic attack. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Spectre of Lanyon Moor]]'')
-* A [[The Doctor (Party Animals)|potential future version of the Doctor]] met by his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]] had a particularly great interest in tea. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Party Animals (comic story)|Party Animals]]'')
-* During the [[Shoreditch Incident]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] went to a cafe within central London. He had a mug of tea and discussed many things on his mind about the nature of evil and destiny. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
-* Whilst at the [[Pinehill Crest Hotel]] leading up to the attempted invasion by the [[Scourge]], the Seventh Doctor wondered to [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Ace]] why tea made in a hotel room tasted worse than any other kind of tea. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow of the Scourge]]'')
-* The Seventh Doctor was particularly fond of [[Lapsang souchong]], a style which Provost-Major [[Beltempest (human)|Beltempest]] also appeared to enjoy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin]]'') He also professed to liking [[Earl Grey]] and [[Arcturan]] tea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising]]'') He didn't like [[peppermint tea]], but drank some because it was a gift from a friend. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Notre Dame du Temps]]'')
-* The [[Eighth Doctor]] enjoyed [[darjeeling tea]] with [[lemon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fallen Gods]]'')
-* When [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] was destroyed, the [[Eighth Doctor]] and Fitz sat around talking about all the tea they used to love drinking which was now gone. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon]]'')
-* Whilst in [[Cardiff]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] took tea with [[Charles Dickens]] at [[Gabriel Sneed]]'s house, served by [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]]. The Doctor took his with two sugars, a preference Gwyneth learned via her "sight". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]'')
-* The [[Tenth Doctor]] used tea in recovering from his ninth [[regeneration]]. After saving the world from a [[Sycorax]] invasion in a dressing gown, he later described himself as like the fictional character [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Arthur Dent]], who also had a great fondness for tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')
-* The [[Eleventh Doctor]] used a [[Jammie Dodger]] biscuit to fool the [[Dalek]]s, telling them that it was the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] self-destruct control. He claimed that he brought the biscuit since he was promised tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'')
-* The Eleventh Doctor used a large amount of tea to save the life of [[Craig Owens]], who had been adversely affected by a ceiling that had been altered by a time ship's attempts to find a pilot; the Doctor claimed that it "reversed the enzyme decay". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'')
-* The Eleventh Doctor claimed that tea helped him think while on Conaway farm, so he drank a lot. ([[PROSE]]: [[Heart of Stone|''Heart of Stone'']])
-* The Eleventh Doctor made some tea and drank it with [[Alex (Night Terrors)|Alex]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Night Terrors]]'')
+When tea was not served with a meal, it was often served with [[biscuit]]s and [[jam]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll (TV story)|The Power of Kroll]]'') The [[Second Doctor]] once requested a [[patty cake]] with his tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] was particularly fond of [[Jammie Dodger]]s, both with and without his tea. He once fooled the [[Dalek]]s into believing that the biscuit was the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] self-destruct control. He claimed that he brought the biscuit since he was promised tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'')
-=== Companions ===
-* [[Barbara Wright]] drank tea aboard the TARDIS. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963 (audio story)|1963]]'')
-* [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] occasionally used tea as a means of comfort, as when he offered it to [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] when she became worried about the Doctor's safety. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'')
-* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] muttered that she could "murder a cup of tea". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]'')
-* [[Turlough]] expressed a fondness for tea, or as he called it, "that brown liquid." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]'')
-* [[Mel]] drank tea with the [[Rezzie]]s [[Tilda]] and [[Tabby (Paradise Towers)|Tabby]] twice while at [[Paradise Towers]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'')
-* [[Mickey Smith]] was offered a cup of tea when he visited his [[Rita-Anne Smith (Pete's World)|Gran]] on a [[Pete's World|parallel world]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'')
+Tea was prominent in [[Britain|British]] culture and often drank for comfort. [[Rose Tyler]] considered tea "the solution to everything"and said that [[Jackie Tyler|her mum]] would not go to bed until she had a cup of tea, with two sugars. According to [[Mickey Smith]], drinking tea while the world was coming to an end was "very British". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Time Warrior]]'', ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'')
-=== Others ===
-* There was much tea (both with and without milk and sugar) in Professor [[Chronotis]]'s rooms at [[St Cedd's College]], [[Cambridge]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shada (audio story)|Shada]]'')
+==Serving tea==
-* [[Cook (The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)|Captain Cook]] drank tea from the [[Groz valley]] on [[Melogophon]]. He offered many people tea, and was still able to drink it, even when captured by the [[Psychic Circus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'')
-* [[Tibet]]ans drank hot [[yak butter tea]] to fortify themselves against the cold of their native land. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Yonder... The Yeti (comic story)|Yonder... The Yeti]]'')
+[[Tea room]]s were businesses that primarily served tea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Splintered Gate (short story)|The Splintered Gate]]'')
-* [[Vilgreth]] was fond of tea and took some with him when he left Earth in his [[planet eater|spaceship]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Last of the Titans]]'')
+The Doctor considered the ablity to make tea important. The [[Fourth Doctor]] once asked [[Romana I|Romana]] if she knew how to make tea. As she didn't know what it was, he claimed that the [[Time Lord]]s no longer taught anything useful. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'')) When [[George Litefoot|Professor Litefoot]] attempted to educate [[Leela]] on the etiquette of tea, the Fourth Doctor told her that the only thing she really needed to know was how to heat a [[teapot]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
-* [[Alexander Christian]] searched [[the Doctor's House]] for [[tea bag]]s following his escape from a helicopter. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')
-* While talking to [[Jackie Tyler (Pete's World)|the Jackie]] from [[Pete's World]], [[Rose Tyler]] offered to make her a cup of tea. She later said that [[Jackie Tyler|her mum]] would not go to bed until she had a cup of tea, with two sugars. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'')
-* {{Simm|c}} drank a cup of tea served by [[Francine Jones]], only to spit it out in disgust. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'')
+During his time with [[UNIT]], the [[Third Doctor]] drank a lot of tea. Tea was so important to him that the tea lady was allowed in his lab, which was off limits to anyone except [[the Brigadier]] and his staff. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'')
-* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Gita Chandra]] shared a thermos of tea when the Chandras first moved to [[Bannerman Road]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Clown]]'')
-* A [[Dalek]] (posing as a man-made machine called an [[Ironside Project|Ironside]]) offered the [[Eleventh Doctor]] a cup of tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'')
+[[Kingpin|Deadbeat]] performed odd jobs for [[Cook (The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)|Captain Cook]] including making Cook's special blend of tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'')
+[[Dalek]]s posing as man-made machines called [[Ironside Project|Ironsides]], had a variety of duties including serving tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'')
+After [[Owen Harper]] was relieved of his duties with [[Torchwood Three]], he continued as their tea boy. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Day in the Death]]'')
+==Types of tea==
+*According to the [[Seventh Doctor]] tea made in a [[hotel]] room tasted worse than any other kind of tea. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow of the Scourge]]'')
+*[[Tibet]]ans drank hot [[yak]] [[butter]] tea to fortify themselves against the cold of their native land. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Yonder... The Yeti (comic story)|Yonder... The Yeti]]'')
+*The [[Seventh Doctor]] was particularly fond of [[Lapsang souchong]], [[Earl Grey]], and [[Arcturan]] tea. He disliked [[peppermint tea]], but drank some because it was a gift from a friend. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin]]'', ''[[Lucifer Rising]]'', ''[[Notre Dame du Temps]]'')
+*[[Cook (The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)|Captain Cook]] created a special blend of tea made from tea [[leaf|leaves]] located in the [[Groz valley]] on [[Melogophon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'')
+*The [[Eighth Doctor]] enjoyed [[darjeeling tea]] with [[lemon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fallen Gods]]'')
+==Healing properties==
+Tea was considered healing. According to the [[Tenth Doctor]] the free radicals and tannin in tea made it ideal for "healing the synapses".([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')
+The [[Sixth Doctor]] drank tea to recover from [[Sancreda]]'s psychic attack. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Spectre of Lanyon Moor]]'')
+The vapour from a spilled [[flask]] of tea helped the Tenth Doctor recover from his ninth [[regeneration]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')
+The [[Eleventh Doctor]] used a large amount of very strong tea to save the life of [[Craig Owens]], who had been adversely affected by a ceiling that had been altered by a time ship's attempts to find a pilot; the Doctor claimed that it "reversed the enzyme decay". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'')
+==Aliens==
+While tea was a [[human]] creation, it was enjoyed by [[alien]]s as well.
+[[Davros]] enjoyed sweet tea. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Guilt (audio story)|Guilt]]'')
+[[Turlough]] expressed a fondness for tea, or as he called it, "that brown liquid".  ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening]]'')
+[[Vilgreth]] was fond of tea and took some with him when he left Earth in his [[planet eater|spaceship]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Last of the Titans]]'')
+== The Doctor ==
+The [[Third Doctor]] took his tea with [[milk]] and four [[sugar]]s.  He had a habit of stirring his tea with whatever was available, such as a [[silicon rod]]. [[The Brigadier]] was once confused when the Third Doctor did not put milk or sugar in his tea. In fact, he was not having tea with the Doctor, but with [[the Master]], who had temporarily stolen the Doctor's body. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Switching]]'')
+The Emperor of China once gave the Doctor a gift of tea. During her travels with the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nyssa]] gave the tea away, unaware of it's origins.([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spare Parts]]''))
+The Fifth Doctor took his tea with sugar. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Comet's Tail (short story)]]'')
+An attempt on the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s life was made by poisoning his tea with soluble [[aspirin]]. The Doctor counteracted the aspirin by eating [[chocolate]].  ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Condemned]]''))
+The [[Seventh Doctor]] once met a [[The Doctor (Party Animals)|potential future version of himself]] who had a particularly great interest in tea. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Party Animals (comic story)|Party Animals]]'')
+The [[Ninth Doctor]] took his tea with two sugars. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]'')
+Sometime before his tenth incarnation, the Doctor pushed boxes of tea at the [[Boston Tea Party]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]'')
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