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== Opinions == | == Opinions == | ||
[[The Doctor]]'s [[tenth incarnation]] claimed to never land on Sundays, calling them "[[Boredom|boring]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'') His [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] listed Sundays in his list of "boring stuff", along with [[Tuesday]]s and [[Thursday]] [[afternoon]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') [[Ace]] similarly expressed her dislike for the day, calling it "the one day of the [[week]] you can't even get a decent [[television]] programme". ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') She later said [[Kirith]] was as exciting as Sunday morning's telly. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)|Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'') | [[The Doctor]]'s [[tenth incarnation]] claimed to never land on Sundays, calling them "[[Boredom|boring]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'') His [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] listed Sundays in his list of "boring stuff", along with [[Tuesday]]s and [[Thursday]] [[afternoon]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') [[Ace]] similarly expressed her dislike for the day, calling it "the one day of the [[week]] you can't even get a decent [[television]] programme". ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') She later said [[Kirith]] was as exciting as Sunday morning's telly. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)|Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'') | ||
== Trends == | == Trends == | ||
[[Sunday school]] took place on Sundays. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eleventh Tiger (novel)|The Eleventh Tiger]]'') | [[Sunday school]] took place on Sundays. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eleventh Tiger (novel)|The Eleventh Tiger]]'') | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
[[3 September]] [[1939]], the day the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] declared [[war]] on [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] at the start of [[World War II]], fell on a Sunday. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'') [[30 June]] [[1940]], the day the Germans occupied [[Guernsey]], was also a Sunday. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'') [[7 December]] [[1941]], the day [[Japan]] attacked [[Pearl Harbor]] during the [[Pacific War]], bringing the [[United States of America|United States]] into the conflict, was a Sunday as well. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Only Connect (short story)|Only Connect]]'') | [[3 September]] [[1939]], the day the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] declared [[war]] on [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] at the start of [[World War II]], fell on a Sunday. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Blind Eye (audio story)|A Blind Eye]]'') [[30 June]] [[1940]], the day the Germans occupied [[Guernsey]], was also a Sunday. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'') [[7 December]] [[1941]], the day [[Japan]] attacked [[Pearl Harbor]] during the [[Pacific War]], bringing the [[United States of America|United States]] into the conflict, was a Sunday as well. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Only Connect (short story)|Only Connect]]'') | ||
The ''[[Apollo 11]]'' mission to [[the Moon]] landed on Sunday [[20 July]] [[1969]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blue Moon (short story)|Blue Moon]]'') | The ''[[Apollo 11]]'' mission to [[the Moon]] landed on Sunday [[20 July]] [[1969]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blue Moon (short story)|Blue Moon]]'') | ||
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Opinions
The Doctor's tenth incarnation claimed to never land on Sundays, calling them "boring". (TV: Silence in the Library) His eleventh incarnation listed Sundays in his list of "boring stuff", along with Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut) Ace similarly expressed her dislike for the day, calling it "the one day of the week you can't even get a decent television programme". (TV: Survival) She later said Kirith was as exciting as Sunday morning's telly. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse)
Trends
Sunday school took place on Sundays. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks, PROSE: The Eleventh Tiger)
Football games were often on Sundays. (PROSE: Head of State)
Another event that frequently took place on Sundays was referred to as "Sunday roast." (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace)
On Sundays, Mary McGinty would work in "the newsagent". (TV: Turn Left)
History
3 September 1939, the day the United Kingdom and France declared war on Nazi Germany at the start of World War II, fell on a Sunday. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus, AUDIO: A Blind Eye) 30 June 1940, the day the Germans occupied Guernsey, was also a Sunday. (PROSE: Just War) 7 December 1941, the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor during the Pacific War, bringing the United States into the conflict, was a Sunday as well. (PROSE: Only Connect)
The Apollo 11 mission to the Moon landed on Sunday 20 July 1969. (PROSE: Blue Moon)
On 21 December 1981, Commander Bill Pollock told Sarah Jane Smith that George Tracey usually visited his mother in Cirencester on Sundays. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend)
The Seventh Doctor and Ace visited Ealing Broadway on a Sunday afternoon in July 1990. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)
By Christmas 2006, Mickey Smith had dinner on Sundays at 48 Bucknall House with Jackie Tyler, who talked about her absent daughter, Rose Tyler, all afternoon. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)
Other references
When the First Doctor's TARDIS arrived in London in 2167, Ian Chesterton noted it was "pretty deserted", jokingly suggesting it was a Sunday. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth) The Third Doctor made a similar joke to Sarah Jane Smith when they arrived in a similarly deserted London, this time in the 1970s, saying, "Great Britain always closes on Sundays." (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs) Donna Noble also inquired as to whether she and the Tenth Doctor had landed on a Sunday when they realised that there was "silence in the Library". (TV: Silence in the Library)
Behind the scenes
Beginning with[update] series 11 in 2018, regular weekly Doctor Who airings on BBC One moved from Saturday evenings to a Sunday teatime slot, in an effort to reach a wider audience.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ Fullerton, Huw (14 September 2018). Doctor Who to move from Saturdays to Sundays for new era. RadioTimes. Retrieved on 7 October 2018.
