Doctor Who Drabble: Taste Test

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Title: Taste Test

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble.

Rating: G

Written For: Challenge 080: Sweet / Sour at dw100.

Spoilers: Nada.

Summary: The Doctor has a habit of licking things to find out what they are.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.

The Doctor picked up a strange object, studied it carefully, and stuck out his tongue, but before he could try an experimental lick…

“Oi, Spaceman, why d’you go around licking everything?” Donna asked, wrinkling her nose in distaste.

“Tongues are very sensitive organs I’ll have you know, especially Time Lord tongues. I can tell a lot about things with a quick lick, analyse them right down to the molecular level, tell what they are and what they’re made from in an instant.

So saying, he gave the thing a good lick.

“So what is it?”

He pulled a face. “Sour!”

The End

Comments

[bk_forever]

Sounds cool! I remember reading reviews in one of my SF magazines when Chuck was still being made, and I thought it sounded good then. that's another one I need to look out for the DVDs of.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Casey : Chuck me.

A combination of Sci-Fi and the spy world.

[bk_forever]

Found a copy of season one at a reasonable price =D

Even when it gets here, I don't know when I'll have time to watch it, but it's a start!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

You might see the episode where Casey is undercover as a DJ. That was hilarious!.:D

I was tempted to just buy the DVD of the entire series of Burn Notice but I held out until Foxtel screened it.

Theres a reason people prefer to purchase DVDs instead. Its usually more convenient.

Maybe on a rainy day when you have nothing else going on.*tries not to get excited/attempts a cartwheel but fails*

[bk_forever]

I never could do cartwheels anyway, lol!

Yeah, i prefer to have the DVDs, but I'm so busy either writing fanfic (trying to keep up with about 6 weekly challenges plus my bingo card plus other challenges) and trying to sort out everything I've got out of storage and get rid of stuff I don't need... I end up not having time for anything else. I post fics while I'm watching the stuff on TV that I want to see. I really need 48 hour days =/

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Last time I try to do a cartwheel I got a stitch. I should have warmed up. I ain't as limber as I use to be.

Times they are a changing. I remember renting videos back in the nineties and now you can purchase DVD's in a vending machine. I will stick to buying directly from an existing store.

I struggle to juggle my usual routine. It is all about priority.

[bk_forever]

House sorting and writing take priority for me every day. With so many challenges to keep up with, I have to write for a couple of hours every day.

I could never do cartwheels even as a kid. Forward rolls yes, backwards sometimes, handstands sure, but I never managed a successful cartwheel and now I'm too old to try, I'd probably break something O_o

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

So do you literally write or type? Do you moonlight as a detective or something?. I'm being silly in regards to the last question.:)

Cats make doing yoga look easy. But then they can jump up to five to six times their height without a running start.

[bk_forever]

I type, although I'm a one-finger typist. I have arthritis and my fingers cramp badly when I use a pen. plus my handwriting is so bad even I have trouble reading it. =/

I can't work because of health problems, so you'd think I'd have plenty of time for everything, but it just doesn't work that way. Sorting out the accumulated stuff from over 50 years in one house is daunting, especially since over half was mum's and I'm having to decide what to keep and what to throw out.
=(

Yoga is hard. I had a yoga book, but I couldn't do even the easiest exercises so I just got rid of that.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Maybe you can use a TalkTyper?.

What you are left to deal with is a job even if you aren't getting paid for it.

I've never done extreme yoga. I get exhausted doing cardio from walking back and forth from TAFE.

[bk_forever]

Nah, I like typing by hand and I'm pretty fast even with just one finger, but I hit a lot of wrong keys, lol!

Oh yeah, some days just getting stuff done around the house like washing the dishes and hanging the laundry out is exhausting enough. I get tired quickly and I never get enough sleep.

It was a yoga for beginners book, but I just don't bend like that! Going up and down stairs a couple of dozen times a day, sometimes carrying stuff, is enough exercise for me.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I do that thing where I get carried away and type the wrong key. That is when I glance down to check. I'm suppose to be better than that since I got credited 98% accuracy for 30 WPM.

Domestic duties are very time consuming. Especially when you are assisting others. I never feel like I've done enough. It is exhausting.

Going up and down stairs is one way of working your butt off if need be.:)

[bk_forever]

Trouble is, I'm underweight but I need to keep fit and active. It's a problem because with my health troubles I have a hard time putting on weight.

I wish I could type properly. Mum could, she worked in an office for many years and did typing for people at home too.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I have that weight issue too. Did you get some nutritional advice?

[bk_forever]

Still waiting. I'll talk to the consultant when I see him o=in October and ask about a referral to a dietician. Things go at snail's pace with the NHS sometimes. There are so many foods I can't eat because of various intolerances. I'm five feet tall and weigh six and a half stone fully dressed, so about six and a quarter. I should be around seven and a half. =(

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I'm allergic to all sorts of artificial ingredients. Sometimes dairy and spices. It is difficult to manage a healthy diet.

I wish organic foods weren't so expensive to produce.

[bk_forever]

So do I, I have a lot of allergies and intolerances so my diet isn't the healthiest. I'm sure all the pesticides in fruit don't do me any good, but I have to eat something!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I wonder about what they put in the produce. If only I could grow my own.

[bk_forever]

I'm lucky, I grew some tomatoes this year, they're nice, I'm still picking them =)

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I envy you.:)

[bk_forever]

One of the few perks in my life at the moment. I always used to grow tomatoes, but I hadn't for a few years. Next year I'll grow them from seed though because the plants I bought weren't very good.