Laudanum

Laudanum was a drug.
Opium could be mixed with brandy to make laudanum. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors)
The Sixth Doctor had a pill that he picked up as a hangover cure from Zanthas IV which successfully counteracted the effects of laudanum in 1782. (AUDIO: Catch-1782)
Both Percy Shelley and Mary Shelley used laudanum, sometimes in large quantities. (AUDIO: Mary's Story, The Silver Turk)
During the Crimean War, Dr Henry Finch intended to give Corporal Roberts laudanum for his seizures. (AUDIO: The Charge of the Night Brigade)
Category:Illegal drugs
Category:Psychoactive substances
Category:Drugs and medicines from the real world
Category:Anatomy and physiology from the real world