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The Eighth Doctor ([personal profile] beforethewar) wrote in [community profile] asgarddawning 2013-08-30 12:43 am (UTC)

Strangely enough for the Doctor, I'm requesting a weapon!

I'd like the Roman spatha that Charley picked up in Roman Britain from a Mithraic temple in order to defend the Doctor (and later used by the Doctor in a duel...long story), which got left in the TARDIS?

It's completely non-magical. The writer put that it's "pure iron", but that's not possible since pure iron is far too soft to wield in a duel without it breaking instantly. It's also used to sap the power from a supernatural being, so I'm guessing they meant cold forged iron (typically known as cold iron). I don't need it to have that property, really. Just an old Roman spatha is fine.

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