Money, or cash, (TV: The Categories of Life [+]Jane Espenson, Torchwood series 4 (Starz, 2011).) was a medium of exchange used to facilitate transactions of goods or services. (TV: The Man Who Never Was [+]Gareth Roberts, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 5 (CBBC, 2011).)
According to the Twelfth Doctor, "Nothing is protected like money," because it was protected by the best firewalls in the universe. (TV: The Husbands of River Song [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2015 (BBC One, 2015).)
Kublai Khan dealt in paper money rather than gold. (TV: Marco Polo [+]John Lucarotti, Doctor Who season 1 (BBC tv, 1964).)
The Sevateem had no concept of money. (AUDIO: Death-Dealer [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
The Union Credit was the unit of currency in the Benign Union. (AUDIO: The Guardians of Prophecy [+]Johnny Byrne and Jonathan Morris, The Lost Stories (Big Finish Productions, 2012).)
In Great Britain, the earliest printed money came about in the 18th century. Before then, wealth was generally stored as gold, gems, or various other high-price commodities. (AUDIO: Death on the Mile [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.) By the 1960s, the UK used pounds, shillings and pennies, (TV: An Unearthly Child [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.) while most of Europe and the United States used a decimal system. (PROSE: Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child [+]Terrance Dicks, adapted from An Unearthly Child (Anthony Coburn), Target novelisations (Target Books, 1981).)
Cash was not allowed to be stored at ELF Storage. (TV: Eve of the Daleks [+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who New Year Special 2022 (BBC One, 2022).)
In an interview hosted by Mickey for his website in early 2006, Henry Van Statten spoke about how Geocomtex earning a lot of money enabled him to "have what ever he wanted", which were alien artefacts. (PROSE: Henry Van Statten [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).)
The Doctor's money[]
The Third Doctor carried a bank-note with the image of Queen Elizabeth II. (COMIC: Backtime [+]Dick O'Neill, TVA comic stories (Polystyle, 1971).)
Unbeknownst to the Doctor he was technically on UNIT's payroll due to his position as their scientific advisor. (TV: Death in Heaven [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 8 (BBC One, 2014)., COMIC: Official Secrets [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
The Seventh Doctor provided money for his companion Ace to purchase food when they visited Shoreditch in November 1963. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Ben Aaronovitch, Doctor Who season 25 (BBC1, 1988).)
The Ninth Doctor told Rose Tyler that he could not pay for chips as he had no money. Teasingly branding the Doctor a "tightwad", Rose proceeded to pay for their chips. (TV: The End of the World [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) Later, however, the Doctor proved able to obtain money from a cashpoint aboard Satellite Five in the year 200,000 using his sonic screwdriver. Providing a card of unlimited credit to Adam Mitchell, the Doctor deemed it "pocket money". (TV: The Long Game [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).)
On 24 December 2007, the Tenth Doctor informed Donna Noble that he had no money. He was, however, able to use his sonic screwdriver to produce notes from an ATM. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2006 (BBC One, 2006).) A year later, on 24 December 2008, he told Astrid Peth that he didn't have "a penny" to his name. (TV: Voyage of the Damned [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2007 (BBC One, 2007).)
Shortly following his regeneration, the Twelfth Doctor, lacking money, gave his watch in exchange for a coat worn by Barney the tramp in Victorian London. Even after returning to the TARDIS, where he changed his clothing, the Doctor informed Clara Oswald that he had no money to buy coffee in 21st century Glasgow. (TV: Deep Breath [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 8 (BBC One, 2014).)
Entering a diner, the Twelfth Doctor told the waitress that he had no money, but he could play the guitar for her, which she accepted. Unbeknownst to him, the waitress was actually Clara, the memory of whom he had lost. (TV: Hell Bent [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 9 (BBC One, 2015).)
The Doctor could circumvent money needs with the psychic paper, which could be used as a credit card. (PROSE: The Forgotten Army [+]Brian Minchin, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2010).)