Chicken Chickens were a species of bird . The word " chicken " was also often used as an insult against an individual ' s bravery . Chickens roamed the streets of Pompeii in 79 . ( TV : " The Fires of Pompeii " ) The Third Doctor and Jo found a number of chickens in the cargo hold of the SS " Bernice " . The chickens were destined for Singapore . ( TV : " Carnival of Monsters " ) In 1215 , chickens were kept at Fitzwilliam Castle . Sir Geoffrey de Lacy rode past a group of chickens while leaving the castle . ( TV : " The King ' s Demons " ) In 1626 , Sir Francis Bacon died of pneumonia , contracted after trying to stuff snow up a chicken . The Doctor claimed to have been present during the former event . ( PROSE : " Heart of TARDIS " ) In 1746 , a hungry Polly Wright stole a dead chicken from Lieutenant Algernon Ffinch . ( TV : " The Highlanders " ) Squire kept chickens in his barn . A UNIT soldier nearly shot one while searching the barn for a Silurian . ( TV : " Doctor Who and the Silurians " ) In 1979 , Professor Fyodor Nikolai Kerensky experimented with chickens . He accelerated time , ageing the chicken from an egg to death . The Fourth Doctor reversed the polarity , regressing the chicken back into egg form . ( TV : " City of Death " ) In December 1999 , a truck carrying chickens was involved in a crash in San Francisco . This caused chickens to be freed onto the road . ( TV : " Doctor Who " ) In 2007 , Owen Harper ran through a yard with a flock of chickens near Cardiff while chasing Bernie Harris . He spooked them , and at least one took ( rather clumsy ) flight . ( TV : " Ghost Machine " ) In 2018 , Ramón Salamander ' s chef Griffin cooked a chicken while with Salamander in Hungary . He told Fariah Neguib it was browning too soon , which would cause it to be " as tough as rubber " . ( TV : " The Enemy of the World " ) Chiggock s were genetically engineered food animals created by splicing the gene s of chickens and pig s . They resembled large headless turkeys . ( PROSE : " To the Slaughter " ) There were live chickens in one of the streets in Shanghai when Gwen Cooper , Jack Harkness , and Oswald Danes were searching for the Blessing . ( TV : " The Blood Line " ) The Chicken of the Apocalypse was the key deity of one of the many religions of the Jaftee . The religion began after one of the Jaftee heard a chicken state that the end of the world was coming . ( PROSE : " Shining Darkness " ) As a food . Chicken egg s were frequently eaten on Earth . Sarah Jane Smith failed to make scrambled eggs on several occasions . ( TV : " The Nightmare Man " ) Chicken was eaten , not just on Earth , but also on other planet s , such as Marinus . The First Doctor , Susan , Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright were once served chicken in the city of Morphoton . ( TV : " The Velvet Web " ) During Professor Parry ' s expedition to the Cyberman tomb on Telos , Kaftan offered Victoria Waterfield lunch , with chicken being one of the choices . Victoria accepted , but she was given a food block that was presumably chicken flavoured . Victoria then claimed that she wasn ' t hungry . ( TV : " The Tomb of the Cybermen " ) While attending a party at Cranleigh Hall , Adric dined upon chicken . ( TV : " Black Orchid " ) The Second Doctor compared the taste of Sneg stew to that of chicken curry . ( PROSE : " Island of Death " ) On her expedition to the Library , River Song had a packed lunch of chicken and salad which she gave to the Tenth Doctor . He used two of the roast chicken legs to identify Vashta Nerada — once a leg was thrown into a swarm it was reduced to a bone in less than a second . ( TV : " Silence in the Library " / " Forest of the Dead " ) After being retcon ned , Harries & Harries went back to serving chickens , amongst other animals . ( TV : " Meat " ) Gwen Cooper bought chicken and chip s for the team at her parents ' home in Cardiff , mentioning that the Miracle Day recession had made fish too expensive . ( TV : " The Gathering " ) References . The Dong tao chicken was worth four points in the I - Spyder Book of Earth Creatures . ( PROSE : " The Last Dodo " ) The Kaark s resembled humanoid chickens . ( PROSE : " The Playthings of Fo " ) Machine Head played a game of " chicken " with the Raider Leader , tempting the Leader to fly straight into the local sun . ( COMIC : " The Free - Fall Warriors " ) In 1941 , the Ninth Doctor told Jamie that there was " nobody here but us chickens " . ( TV : " The Empty Child " ) In 1983 , Tegan described the Ergon as " looking suspiciously like a plucked chicken " . ( AUDIO : " The Waters of Amsterdam " ) Immediately after absorbing Ursula Blake in 2007 , the Abzorbaloff commented that she tasted " like chicken . " ( TV : " Love & Monsters " ) In 2050 , Starkey accused Darius Pike of being " chicken " . ( TV : " Liberation " )