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'''Secateurs''' were a type of [[scissors]] [[gardening|gardeners]] used on plants.
'''Secateurs''' were a type of [[scissors]] [[gardening|gardeners]] used on plants.
The [[First Doctor]] used secateurs to prune his [[rose]]s in his [[rose garden (The Three Doctors)|rose garden]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[Roses (short story)|Roses]]'')


The [[Gardener (species)|Gardeners]]' evolution was directed to make them fit to tend to soil, which resulted in one of their hands resembling a pair of secateurs. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret in Vault 13 (novel)|The Secret in Vault 13]]'')
The [[Gardener (species)|Gardeners]]' evolution was directed to make them fit to tend to soil, which resulted in one of their hands resembling a pair of secateurs. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret in Vault 13 (novel)|The Secret in Vault 13]]'')
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The parents of [[Max Collins|Max]] and [[Tommy Collins]] kept secateurs for work on their garden. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Joyride (novel)|Joyride]]'')
The parents of [[Max Collins|Max]] and [[Tommy Collins]] kept secateurs for work on their garden. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Joyride (novel)|Joyride]]'')
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Secateurs

Secateurs were a type of scissors gardeners used on plants.

The First Doctor used secateurs to prune his roses in his rose garden. (PROSE: The Five Doctors, Roses)

The Gardeners' evolution was directed to make them fit to tend to soil, which resulted in one of their hands resembling a pair of secateurs. (PROSE: The Secret in Vault 13)

Secateurs were commonly found in gardens on Earth. Jack Harkness once used a two-year-old playing near secateurs as a metaphor for humans and alien technology. (PROSE: Slow Decay)

The Eighth Doctor stored his secateurs in the TARDIS library under "B" for Capability Brown. He wanted to use them to extricate himself from a bramble bush. (AUDIO: The Witch from the Well)

The parents of Max and Tommy Collins kept secateurs for work on their garden. (PROSE: Joyride)