River Song – The Spoiler

River Song

This new twist on an old idea is just what Dr. Song ordered – its rich floral bouquet heralds an incredible depth of flavor with the fun flair of a devilish bite.

2 oz. Gin

1 oz. St. Germain liqueur

½ oz. Lime Juice*

Add all ingredients to a mixer filled with ice, shake well, serve up or on the rocks with a lime wheel garnish.

*Optional: Squeeze a fresh lime instead of adding lime juice.

River Song is the chosen name of an archaeologist and Demi-Time Lady portrayed by Alex Kingston. A time traveler herself, The Doctor first encounters River on the day of her death, where he uploads her consciousness to a computer database, so she can continue to “live”. After his regeneration from his 10th incarnation to his 11th, they encounter each other far more often, though not in order.  They both keep journals in which they document their adventures together, so that whenever they meet they can determine where they are in their timeline and avoid “spoiling” the future. River’s origin remains a mystery from the Doctor for a long time. Very much a “female Indiana Jones,” as Kingston herself once described Dr. Song (and later, Prof. Song), River is a hands-on woman of action, an expert markswoman who loves her guns. Sassy, sexy, and as stubborn as she is passionate, River Song is truly, as The Doctor describes, “Hell in high heels.”

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Sonic Screwdriver – 11th Doctor’s

The 11th Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver

A classic cocktail with a sonic twist, because we’re not the first people to look at a screwdriver and say “This could be a little more sonic!” We prefer the whiskey/orange combo of flavors, but if you’re a stickler here’s a darn good vodka-based version.

1 oz. Irish Whiskey

2 oz. Orange Juice

1 oz. Blue Curacao

2-3 dashes Orange Bitters

Add all ingredients to a shaker filled with ice, shake well, strain or pour into a highball glass.

The sonic screwdriver has been The Doctor’s multi-tool since his 2nd incarnation. Used as a lock pick, a scanner, and even sometimes as a classic screwdriver, it uses sonic waves to read and manipulate matter. The only thing not to love is that it doesn’t work on wood! The 11th incarnation of The Doctor has the largest sonic to date, with a pop-out tip and more capabilities than any sonic before it.

 

The TARDIS – TARDIS-tini

TARDIS-tini

2 oz Hpnotiq

1 oz crème de violette

¾ oz vodka

½ oz blue curaçao

Mix all ingredients in a shaker, shake and strain into chilled stemmed cocktail glass, garnish with an orange wheel cut hexagonally* and edible gold stars.**

*The trick with the orange hexagons is to cut the slice thick and keep pith on the edges – without the pith, the orange will be too flimsy and will fall apart.

**Edible gold stars can be purchased in the baking section of any craft store, eg. JoAnn’s or Michael’s. The ones used in the above photograph are made by Wilton, but if you can locate another brand, they should work the same and may even be cheaper.

The TARDIS is a time-and-space-travel vehicle created by the Time Lords. T.A.R.D.I.S. is actually an acronym created by Susan Foreman from the initials of the type of machine – Time And Relative Dimensions In Space. It is dimensionally transcendental, meaning that the inside and the outside of the TARDIS exist in different dimensions, allowing the inside of the TARDIS to be bigger than the outside (as The Doctor’s companions note frequently enough for drinking-game purposes). Semi-sentient, TARDISes are grown, not built, and are equipped with a variety of mysterious technology, including a cloaking device called the “Chameleon Circuit,” which camouflages the outside appearance.

The Doctor rides around in a TT Type 40, Mark 1 TARDIS, considered long-obsolete by the Time Lords, which he stole when he ran away. While parked in a junkyard in 1963, The Doctor’s chameleon circuit broke while disguising the TARDIS as a blue police box, freezing the exterior of the TARDIS in that state permanently. The 6th incarnation of The Doctor briefly attempts to fix his TARDIS’s chameleon circuit, but after conspicuously changing into a pipe organ and a Welsh dresser, The Doctor reverts it back to its old police box shape, which he later remarks that he has grown fond of. The console room of the TARDIS changes in decor every so often at The Doctor’s whimsy. The interior is vast and sprawling – the 11th incarnation refers to it as “infinite.” It notably includes a console room, wardrobe, swimming pool, bedrooms, and the Eye of Harmony, as well as many levels of maintenance decks. The TARDIS has been The Doctor’s main method of travel since the very first episode, and remains such to this day.

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