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[[Bernice Summerfield]] read a complete set of the [[1898]]-[[1902]] edition in a [[library]], actually watching [[Rand Gemeno]] from behind it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Blame of the Nose]]'')
[[Bernice Summerfield]] read a complete set of the [[1898]]-[[1902]] edition in a [[library]], actually watching [[Rand Gemeno]] from behind it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Blame of the Nose]]'')


The [[Seventh Doctor]] joked that, if he were about to die, he'd produce a list of regrets the size of ''Encyclopedia Britannica''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys]]'')
The Seventh Doctor joked that, if he were about to die, he'd produce a list of regrets the size of ''Encyclopedia Britannica''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
The ''Encyclopaedia Brittanica'' would later be the inspiration for a [[Gallifrey]]an encyclopaedia seen in ''[[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)|Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS]]'': the ''[[Encyclopedia Gallifreya]]'', which, curiously enough, used the American spelling of "encyclopedia".
The ''Encyclopaedia Brittanica'' would later be the inspiration for a [[Gallifrey]]an encyclopaedia seen in ''[[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)|Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS]]'': the ''[[Encyclopedia Gallifreya]]'', which, curiously enough, used the American spelling of "encyclopedia".
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Revision as of 01:28, 6 January 2014

The Encyclopaedia Britannica was an Earth encyclopedia that the Seventh Doctor kept in Smithwood Manor circa 2030. (PROSE: Warchild) The TARDIS library had at least four volumes of it by the Eighth Doctor's time. (PROSE: Seeing I)

Bernice Summerfield read a complete set of the 1898-1902 edition in a library, actually watching Rand Gemeno from behind it. (PROSE: The Blame of the Nose)

The Seventh Doctor joked that, if he were about to die, he'd produce a list of regrets the size of Encyclopedia Britannica. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys)

Behind the scenes

The Encyclopaedia Brittanica would later be the inspiration for a Gallifreyan encyclopaedia seen in Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS: the Encyclopedia Gallifreya, which, curiously enough, used the American spelling of "encyclopedia".

Encyclopaedia Britannica