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'''Tarzan''' was a fictional character created by [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]], and the protagonist of the novel ''[[Tarzan of the Apes]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eater of Wasps (novel)|Eater of Wasps]]'')
'''Tarzan''' was a fictional character created by [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]], and the protagonist of the novel ''[[Tarzan of the Apes]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eater of Wasps (novel)|Eater of Wasps]]'')


[[Ace]] nicknamed [[Nimrod]] (a [[Neanderthal]], a primitive man perhaps resembling an ape) "Tarzan". ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]'')
[[Ace]] nicknamed [[Nimrod]] (a [[Neanderthal]], a primitive man perhaps resembling an ape) "Tarzan". ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'')


When [[Hilary Pink]] asked the [[Eighth Doctor]] if he had ever read ''Tarzan of the Apes'', the Doctor replied that he had met him, too. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eater of Wasps (novel)|Eater of Wasps]]'')
When [[Hilary Pink]] asked the [[Eighth Doctor]] if he had ever read ''Tarzan of the Apes'', the Doctor replied that he had met him, too. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eater of Wasps (novel)|Eater of Wasps]]'')
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== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* [[Brian Blessed]] and [[Wayne Knight]] both appeared in the {{w|Tarzan (1999 film)|1999 Disney film}}.
* [[Brian Blessed]] and [[Wayne Knight]] both appeared in the {{w|Tarzan (1999 film)|1999 Disney film}}.
* Phil Collins, who wrote the music to the 1999 film, was one of the many actors considered to play [[the Master]] in the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 ''Doctor Who'' TV movie]].
* Phil Collins, who wrote the music to the 1999 film, was one of the many actors considered to play [[the Master]] in the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 ''Doctor Who'' TV movie]].
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Revision as of 03:54, 18 March 2019

Tarzan

Tarzan was a fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the protagonist of the novel Tarzan of the Apes. (PROSE: Eater of Wasps)

Ace nicknamed Nimrod (a Neanderthal, a primitive man perhaps resembling an ape) "Tarzan". (TV: Ghost Light)

When Hilary Pink asked the Eighth Doctor if he had ever read Tarzan of the Apes, the Doctor replied that he had met him, too. (PROSE: Eater of Wasps)

Met by a succession of eight Doctors on 23 November 1963, Bob Dovie noted to the last that one looked like a "female Tarzan". (AUDIO: The Light at the End)

While celebrating Christmas with George Smythe and his family in 2004, the First Doctor, Barbara, Ian and Vicki were told the joke, "What's yellow and swings through the jungle?", the answer being "Tarzipan" (a combination of Tarzan and marzipan). Vicki, who had never heard of marzipan, didn't get the joke. (PROSE: Every Day)

Behind the scenes