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.   
        __________________________________________________________________   
      
      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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