Bowl a maiden over

When searching for a new outfit in the TARDIS wardrobe, the Seventh Doctor donned the Fifth Doctor's cricketing outfit and asked whether the outfit would bowl a maiden over. (TV: Time and the Rani)
== Behind the scenes ==
The phrase has two meanings in English, both of which were intended by the scene. The original, cricketing meaning is to bowl an over without allowing a single run — a "maiden over". The other meaning was to impress a young woman, as in to "bowl someone off their feet". In this case, the "maiden" was Mel, to whom the regeneration-addled Doctor thought he was talking.
Category:Cricket bowling
Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms