Making 11 Cocktails for All 11 Doctors: Doctor Who 50th Anniversary
Doc-tails
Amal El-Mohtar
November 19, 2013 9:00AM

Once upon a time on Twitter, I asked people to come up with easy to
make Doctor Who themed drinks for the launch party of Queers Dig Time
Lords. I was staggered by the enthusiasm and ingenuity with which
people respondedbut Al Kennedy of comics podcast House to Astonish
took things a step further, coming up with drink components for all
eleven incarnations of the Doctor, themed around one of their
representative episodes (or books).

Very keen to see these bits and bobs come together as actual, buildable
drinks, I asked alcohol architect Stephane Cote for his expertiseand
what he came up with absolutely blew me away.

Armed with recipes, good company, and very little in the way of
instinctual self-preservation, I journeyed forth into the wilds of
Glasgow to find a cocktail bar that would enable us to drink our way
through eleven Doctors. Blue Dog and its excellent staff were game, and
thus did our adventure begin.

PART ONE offers you the recipes and professional production of Taay,
our fabulous bartender; PART TWO will contain our tasting notes, as
well as crowdsourced photography of the happy few around the world who
volunteered to make a couple of drinks each to enrich these posts.


William Hartnell: THE AZTECS (crme de cacao, cream, tequila)

William Hartnell cocktail The Aztecs Doctor Who

Build four parts tequila and one part crme de cacao over ice in a
heavy-based rocks glass. Add a splash of cream and sip slowly while
contemplating Autlocs sacrifice and the perils of trying to change
history.



Patrick Troughton: THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMEN (Bailey's Irish Cream,
peppermint schnapps, iced coffee, crushed ice, mint)

Patrick Troughton The Abominable Snowmen cocktail Doctor Who

Fill a zombie glass halfway with crushed ice. Pour one part Baileys
and one part peppermint schnapps into glass, then top with chilled
South American coffee. Garnish with fresh mint sprig. Add generous
portion of yaks milk as you will require fortitude in your search for
the Holy Ghanta.




Jon Pertwee: THE GREEN DEATH (overproof rum, Midori, pineapple juice,
Sprite, cherries)

Jon Pertwee The Green Death cocktail Doctor Who Shake two parts
overproof rum, one part Midori, and four parts pineapple juice and pour
into a tall glass. Top with Sprite and add three de-stemmed black
cherries. If offered assistance by any megalomaniacal supercomputers,
refuse politely but firmly.





Tom Baker: THE SUN MAKERS (Vodka, Cointreau, blood orange juice, fresh
lime juice, cinnamon stick)

Doctor Who cocktail Tom Baker The Sun Maker Shake two parts vodka, one
part Cointreau, and three parts blood orange juice over ice and strain
into a chilled martini glass. Add a sprinkle of ground cinnamon and
garnish with a cinnamon stick and/or flamed orange peel. Properly
ingested, will invest you with the warmth of the Sun even while
labouring in the canyons of Pluto.



Peter Davison: BLACK ORCHID (Vodka, raspberry liqueur, blueberry
cordial, blackberries)

Doctor Who cocktail Peter Davison Black Orchid Shake two parts vodka,
one part raspberry liqueur, one part blueberry cordial over ice and
strain into a chilled cosmopolitan glass. Float three blackberries.
This sumptuous digestive will be of invaluable assistance when you are
solving the mystery of Cranleigh Hall. (Hint: check the roof, and watch
out for shadowy figures.)


Colin Baker: THE TWO DOCTORS (Plymouth Dr-y gin, Dr Pepper, Sazerac
rye, Angostura bitters, cherry lollipop)

Colin Baker Doctor Who cocktail The Two Doctors Build one part gin, one
part rye, two parts Dr Pepper over ice in an old-fashioned glass. Add a
dash of bitters. Drink up your medicine, but dont worry: you see the
Doctors, you get a lollipop.




Sylvester McCoy: GHOST LIGHT (Maker's Mark bourbon, peach schnapps,
mint, shaved ice, simple syrup, peach slice)

Sylvester McCoy Doctor Who cocktail Ghost Light Build one part peach
schnapps, dash of simple syrup and mint leaves to a silver julep cup.
Muddle mint leaves well, then fill with shaved ice. Add two parts
Makers mark, then more shaved ice. Garnish with a fresh peach slice
and serve with a straw. Nimrod the Neanderthals tipple of choice,
though youd never know it with his dragging knuckles and beetling
brow.


Paul McGann: INTERFERENCE (Plymouth Dry gin, crme de cassis,
elderflower cordial, white grapefruit juice, lemonade, fresh wild
thyme)

Paul McGann Doctor Who cocktail Interference Shake and pour two parts
gin and one part crme de cassis in a tall glass. Add one part
elderflower cordial, then fill glass with equal amounts of grapefruit
and lemonade. Garnish with a sprig of fresh wild thyme. For best
results, imbibe while travelling the streets of London in a time
machine disguised as a double-decker bus in the company of a woman
named Iris who solves mysteries.



Christopher Eccleston: BOOM TOWN (Bourbon, sweet vermouth, sparkling
wine, angostura bitters, cube of sugar, lemon peel twist)

Doctor Who Christopher Eccleston cocktail Boom Town Build one part
bourbon, a dash of sweet vermouth and a dash of bitters in a champage
flute. Fill with dry sparkling wine, add a single sugar cube and
garnish with a long twist of lemon peel. Watch the sugar cube sparkle
and dance in the glass while you negotiate with a Slitheen for the fate
of Cardiff. Offer to make her one to soften her negotiating stance and,
if necessary, slow her in a foot chase.



David Tennant: THE WATERS OF MARS (gin, vodka, cranberry juice, lime
juice)

David Tennant Doctor Who cocktail The Waters of Mars Build two parts
vodka and one part gin over ice in a zombie glass. Fill with cranberry
juice and squeeze the juice of two lime wedges into glass. Drop in the
pulped, mangled remains to commemorate our lost Mars colonists, but
feel free to ignore the warnings about not drinking even a single drop.




Matt Smith: THE POWER OF THREE (Cognac, rum, bourbon, angostura
bitters, orange bitters, Peychaud's bitters, simple syrup)

Matt Smith Doctor Who cocktail The Power of Three

Build equal parts cognac, rum and bourbon in a balloon snifter. Add one
dash angostura bitters, orange bitters, and Peychaud bitters, in that
order. If required, add a dash of simple syrup to sweeten the
bitterness of the inevitable end.
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Amal El-Mohtar is the author of The Honey Month, a collection of
stories and poems written to the taste of 28 different kinds of honey.
She has twice received the Rhysling award for best short poem, and her
short story The Green Book was nominated for a Nebula award. She has
contributed essays on Doctor Who to Chicks Unravel Time and Queers Dig
Time Lords (Mad Norwegian Press), and also edits Goblin Fruit, an
online quarterly dedicated to fantastical poetry. Follow her on
Twitter.

Al Kennedy is one half of HOUSE TO ASTONISH, an irreverant podcast
about comics, featuring news, reviews, Scottish accents and the
ever-daft Official Handbook of the Official Handbook of the Marvel
Universe.

Stephane Cote is a web writer who happens to have made even more drinks
than the average journalism school graduate.

All photos above are by Elaine Gallagher, who writes reviews for
Interzone, and can be found on Twitter and in various spoken-word
groups in Glasgow and Edinburgh.


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