A boat was a watercraft of any size designed to float or plane, to provide passage across water.
History[]
17th century[]
The bow of the Fancy. (TV: The Curse of the Black Spot [+]Steve Thompson, Doctor Who series 6 (BBC One, 2011).)
The Fancy was the ship of Henry Avery. Many of its crew were taken by a virtual doctor who deemed them to be ill. The Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond, and Rory Williams boarded the Fancy through the The Doctor's TARDIS once the TARDIS sensors responded to a ship in distress. (TV: The Curse of the Black Spot [+]Steve Thompson, Doctor Who series 6 (BBC One, 2011).)
19th century[]
HMS Victory was the flagship of Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson during the Battle of Trafalgar. (PROSE: H.M.S. Tardis [+]unclear authorship, The Dr Who Annual 1968 (World Distributors, 1967).)
The First Doctor landed his TARDIS aboard the Mary Celeste. They were followed by a group of Daleks, who scared the crew so much that they jumped overboard. This was not witnessed by anyone else, so the crew's disappearance remained a mystery. (TV: The Chase [+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 2 (BBC1, 1965).) The crew of the Mary Celeste were abducted by Arcturans. (PROSE: The Mystery of the Marie Celeste [+]The Dr Who Annual 1970 (Doctor Who annual, 1969).)
In 1889, George Litefoot was able to acquisition a rowing boat so the Fourth Doctor and he could find the confluence of the River Thames and River Fleet. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang [+]Robert Holmes, Doctor Who season 14 (BBC1, 1977).)
20th century[]
The Eternals used replicas of boats from many periods of Earth history (literally, space ships) while conducting a race in space to reach Enlightenment. (TV: Enlightenment [+]Barbara Clegg, Doctor Who season 20 (BBC1, 1983).)
Captain Callany owned a steamboat called the Lankester that sailed from Madagascar to New Orleans every year. First mate Jacques De Requin brought a mermaid. The Lankester sank after it ran aground on some rocks. The Sixth Doctor convinced the mermen to save the crew. (AUDIO: Cryptobiosis [+]Elliot Thorpe, Bonus Releases (Big Finish Productions, 2005).)
RMS Titanic was a luxury ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage in 1912. The Fourth Doctor owned a copy of the Daily Mirror detailing this event. (TV: The Invasion of Time [+]David Agnew, Doctor Who season 15 (BBC1, 1978).)
RMS Lusitania was an ocean liner sunk by the U-20 during World War I. This act finally convinced the United States of America to join the war. (AUDIO: The Sirens of Time [+]Nicholas Briggs, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 1999).)
The SS Bernice was a cargo ship. It was sailing from Bombay when the crew were taken into a miniscope where they boarded a replica of the ship. With the aid of the Third Doctor, they eventually returned to the real ship. (TV: Carnival of Monsters [+]Robert Holmes, Doctor Who season 10 (BBC1, 1973).)
Ben Jackson was assigned to the Royal Navy ship, HMS Teazer. (TV: The War Machines [+]Ian Stuart Black, Doctor Who season 3 (BBC1, 1966).)
Tich and Quackers in a wooden boat. (GAME: TV Terrors Autograph Hunt [+]TV Comic games (Polystyle Publications, Ltd., 1970).)
Tich owned a wooden boat. While the TV Terrors were hunting for autographs, he may have taken one or more of them aboard the boat, along with Quackers. (GAME: TV Terrors Autograph Hunt [+]TV Comic games (Polystyle Publications, Ltd., 1970).)
Kate Lethbridge Stewart's houseboat. (HOMEVID: Downtime [+]Marc Platt, Reeltime Pictures releases (Reeltime Pictures, 1995).)
On Earth, some individuals lived aboard houseboats. In the mid-1990s, Kate Lethbridge-Stewart lived with her son Gordy in such a boat on a river. (HOMEVID: Downtime [+]Marc Platt, Reeltime Pictures releases (Reeltime Pictures, 1995).)
51st century[]
As well as hovercraft, the workers at the Delta III refinery used rowing boats to traverse the swamps, as did the native Swampies. (TV: The Power of Kroll [+]Robert Holmes, Doctor Who season 16 (BBC1, 1978-1979).)
Undated events[]
During the Thousand Year War on Skaro, a Muto ferryman rented out a boat to those who sought to cross Drammankin Lake. Seeking to speak to the last true Dal, Davros and Elwyn used the boat to cross the lake. (PROSE: The Last of the Dals [+]Temi Oh, Origin Stories (BBC Books, 2022).)
The Sixth Doctor and Frobisher used a steamboat called the Sea Sharp to travel to and from Professor Strut's island on the planet Zazz. (COMIC: The Gift [+]Jamie Delano, DWM Comics (Marvel Comics, 1987).)
