| abstract | - When the Doctor rejoined Amy Pond as an adult, he realised it had been "fourteen years since fish custard." (TV: The Eleventh Hour) Amy, as an adult, would later invoke this dish in order to convince the Doctor of her truthfulness, referring to it as "fish fingers and custard" (TV: The Impossible Astronaut). Later, a TARDIS voice interface that interacted with the Doctor in the form of Amelia also referenced "fish fingers and custard" as a way to give the Doctor hope so as that he would not give up. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler) These incidents showed how much the Doctor and Amy saw the dish as a symbol of their friendship. During the Year of the Slow Invasion, the Doctor and the adult Amy and Rory ate fish custard at least once together (and it appears the couple actually enjoyed it). The Doctor said that if he ran a restaurant, it would be all he would serve. He also implied that he had created Yorkshire pudding, comparing it to fish custard, "Pudding, yet savoury. Sound familiar?" (TV: The Power of Three) Before he regenerated into his next incarnation, the Eleventh Doctor had a bowl of fish custard as his last meal. Clara Oswald entered the TARDIS to find the bowl sitting on the console, almost finished. When the Doctor returned to the console room, he polished off the meal with a satisfied slurp, making his companion chuckle. After this, he sat the bowl back on the console and proceeded with his next regeneration. (TV: The Time of the Doctor)
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