Spirit Spirits were alcohol ic beverages produced through distillation , and were usually quite potent . They could be produced using methods involving a still or through brewing in even the simplest of containers , such as a bathtub . The Seventh Doctor used a bathtub in his TARDIS to brew whiskey when he was in Chicago in 1929 . He could have used more traditional methods but he claimed it preserved the period " flavour " by brewing in a bathtub . ( PROSE : " Blood Harvest " ) Spirits were consumed on their own , with a simple mixer ( such as soda water , or tonic water ) or were consumed as part of a cocktail . Spirits were particularly flammable , Bernice Summerfield was able to use a bottle of particularly cheap vodka and a lighter against a Martian on Earth in 1997 . ( PROSE : " The Dying Days " ) The Ninth Doctor later threatened the Slitheen , saying that he would triplicate the flammability of some brandy , and kill them all . ( TV : " World War Three " ) Drinking establishments such as pub s generally stocked a range of alcoholic beverages , including spirits . On Blinni - Gaar the bar served various beverages including Draconian sake and Foamasi brandy . ( PROSE : " Prime Time " ) In the television series " EastEnders " , a storyline in 2007 had Peggy Mitchell being confronted by a ghost of Den Watts , where she told him to get out of her pub , saying that the only spirits she served were gin , whiskey and vodka . ( TV : " Army of Ghosts " ) Spirits in culture . Some , such as Clara Oswald and Sarah Jane Smith , hated them . ( TV : " The Ark in Space " , " Hide " ) Clara called whiskey the " 11th most disgusting drink ever invented " . Others , however , particularly men , such as the Doctor and the Brigadier , found spirits a vital part of life , and shared them as a way of either connecting and communicating or celebrating . For example , the Ninth Doctor drank some brandy after rescuing Mickey Smith and Jackie Tyler from the Slitheen by phone . ( TV : " World War Three " ) Harriet Jones later informed the Ninth Doctor that one passes spirits to one ' s left . ( TV : " World War Three " ) Commercial brands . RedStar was a brand of Martian vodka . It was used in several cocktails such as ' A Red Under The Bed ' , Bernice Summerfield drank much RedStar whilst on Mars . ( PROSE : " Beige Planet Mars " ) The Third Doctor and Iris Wildthyme drank Bombay Sapphire , in which the Doctor preferred lime to lemon . ( PROSE : " Verdigris " ) Specific spirits . Named spirits . Known spirits included : gin , brandy , vodka , whiskey . Bernice Summerfield drank rekkar with Professor Lazlo Zemar whilst researching on the planet Sentarion . ( PROSE : " Shakedown " ) Unnamed spirits . Other , unnamed spirits , however , have been encountered as well . The Third Doctor toasted Captain Dent ' s health with an unknown spirit after a civilised , but confrontational , introduction . ( TV : " Colony in Space " ) When Chris Cwej , the Seventh Doctor , Roz Forrester and Bernice Summerfield returned to Earth following a variety of confrontations , Chris ' father opened a bottle of fermented drink brewed by mutant space bee s . Roz thought that it tasted vaguely of honey . ( PROSE : " Original Sin " ) Roz and Bernice drank home - made hooch on the planet Yemaya 4 . ( PROSE : " Sleepy " ) On what was supposed to be an alcohol - free cruise , Bernice Summerfield drank some ( particularly lethal ) Brettellian potato spirit so strong it made her eyes water . ( PROSE : " Dry Pilgrimage " ) In Paris , the Countess drank a green liquid filled from a bottle on her drinks tray when she spoke to the Fourth Doctor , Romana II and Duggan . ( TV : " City of Death " ) Behind the scenes . Peggy Mitchell ' s reference to serving spirits is a play on the meaning of both " serve " and " spirit " . Though not explained in detail in " Army of Ghosts " , " spirit " refers to incorporeal supernatural beings , sometimes including ghosts , but also the alcoholic beverage . A bartender can serve a person , but the food and drink itself can be what ' s served " to " the patron .