Petrol, known asgas orgasoline in theUnited States, (TV:Dead of Night,The Gathering,Hell Bent) was afuel used forcars. It could be found atpetrol stations.

Lack of petrol could cause a car to stop functioning, as it did with LadyJennifer Buckingham'sambulance. (TV:The War Games) Havingdiesel in a petrol engine was equally disastrous; theTenth Doctor used this as an example to explain howan alternate universe was bad forhis TARDIS. (TV:Rise of the Cybermen)

Petrol was highly flammable; it was used byCanton Delaware to burn theEleventh Doctor'sTesselecta body on aboat onLake Silencio. (TV:The Impossible Astronaut) Explosions could end in "petrolfires". (TV:The Dæmons)

When theSeventh Doctor was reunited with his old carBessie, hiscompanionAce asked if it worked on petrol or steam. (TV:Battlefield)Charles Grover had a generator that madetea in his basement that ran on petrol. (TV:Invasion of the Dinosaurs)

Rose Tyler compared charging aTARDIS using theCardiff Rift to "filling her up with petrol". (TV:Boom Town)

DuringMiracle Day,CIA members' "gas allowances" were halved;Rex Matheson wasway over the limit. (TV:The Gathering)

According toa joke book whichthe Doctor andYaz became trapped within, aDalek once said "TAKE YOURFINGER OUT OF YOUREAR WHEN I AMEXTERMINATING YOU!" to apetrol pump. (PROSE:Knock! Knock! Who's There?)

In2050,Elizabeth Holub was experimenting withcold fusion to provide a cheaper alternative to producingelectricity than petrol or firewood. (PROSE:Fable Fusion)

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Ina parallel world, due to the collapse of theUK's economy afterLondon was destroyed by the crash of theTitanic, Britain didn't have much petrol. Due to this, they weren't as affected by theclone feed emitted by theATMOS as other countries were. (TV:Turn Left)