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Tobacco

Tobacco was a smokeable substance, often from a pipe, that was a cause of cancer.

History[]

In 100,000 BC, the First Doctor smoked tobacco from a pipe. (TV: "The Cave of Skulls")

In the 17th century, Samuel Pike's smuggling ring often imported and exported tobacco. (TV: The Smugglers)

Before her crash on 17 July 1888, a tobacco pot was present on the steamer Elysium. (PROSE: The Elysium [+]North West Historical Society (Punchdrunk and BBC, 2011).)

In 1892, the Fourth Doctor told George Litefoot that there was no tobacco where Leela came from when she did not recognise what a smoking pipe was. Litefoot concluded it sounded healthy but exceedingly dull. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)

In 1963, Susan Foreman believed the Coal Hill Staff Common Room stank of rotten tobacco. (PROSE: Time and Relative)

In 1974, the Brigadier was conscious of the fact that smoking tobacco was a major cause of lung cancer, and as a result discouraged his subordinates from smoking. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Green Death)

In 2007 London, it was illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under sixteen. (TV: Love & Monsters)

In Cardiff in the 2000s,[nb 1] cigarette boxes advertised that "Smoking Kills". Diane Holmes, who was displaced in time from 1953, asked Ianto Jones what this advertisement meant. (TV: Out of Time)

By 2016, at least in London, it was illegal to sell tobacco products to those under the age of 18. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)

Tobacco became rare in the aftermath of the 22nd century Dalek invasion. (PROSE: Legacy of the Daleks)

Footnotes[]

  1. Episodes 1-10 of the first series of Torchwood are set anywhere from 2006-2009 as a result of conflicting evidence shown in the episodes Ghost Machine, Greeks Bearing Gifts, Random Shoes, To the Last Man, Reset, Adrift, Fragments, Exit Wounds, and The New World. As episode 10, Out of Time, is set at the end of December, this means that episodes 11-13 are almost certainly set the year after episodes 1-10.
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