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{{first pic|Candle.jpg|[[Mandrel (The Sun Makers)|Mandrel]] keenly watches his candle burn lower. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sun Makers (TV story)|The Sun Makers]]'')}} | {{first pic|Candle.jpg|[[Mandrel (The Sun Makers)|Mandrel]] keenly watches his candle burn lower. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sun Makers (TV story)|The Sun Makers]]'')}} | ||
A '''candle''' was a stick of [[wax]] with a [[wick]] that was lit. The [[fire|flame]] would gradually use up the wax as it burned, shortening the candle. | A '''candle''' was a stick of [[wax]] with a [[wick]] that was lit. The [[fire|flame]] would gradually use up the wax as it burned, shortening the candle. | ||
It was invented by the [[Roman Empire]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Quite Interesting (comic story)|Quite Interesting]]'') | |||
While in the [[Land of Fiction]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] recognised the candles that were lighting the inside a house. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'') On [[Ta]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] teased Zoe when she did not recognise or understand the function of candles, a technology that she had never encountered. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | While in the [[Land of Fiction]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] recognised the candles that were lighting the inside a house. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'') On [[Ta]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] teased Zoe when she did not recognise or understand the function of candles, a technology that she had never encountered. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | ||
Revision as of 16:14, 3 April 2023
A candle was a stick of wax with a wick that was lit. The flame would gradually use up the wax as it burned, shortening the candle.
It was invented by the Roman Empire. (COMIC: Quite Interesting)
While in the Land of Fiction, Zoe recognised the candles that were lighting the inside a house. (TV: The Mind Robber) On Ta, Jamie teased Zoe when she did not recognise or understand the function of candles, a technology that she had never encountered. (TV: The Space Pirates)
On the planet they developed, the Tesh built a shrine to Xoanon complete with many candles. (TV: The Face of Evil)
Mandrel marked a level on a candle he owned and told the Fourth Doctor he must return from the Consum Bank before it burned that low or he would kill Leela. (TV: The Sun Makers)
Due to the plant's sensitivity, West Yorkshire rhubarb had to have a carefully controlled light source. For this reason, Martin Chisom used candles in his rhubarb forcing shed. (AUDIO: Lost in the Wakefield Triangle)
The Eighth Doctor's TARDIS was filled with candles. (TV: Doctor Who)
On Gallifrey during the First Segment of the Last Great Time War, the War Doctor gave Rojan a candle to light the cavern in which they took shelter from the Daleks. (PROSE: The Stranger)
Madeline Vaughan lit candles around Sebastian Vaughan's corpse due to his lifelong fear of the dark. (AUDIO: The Vigil)
St John Colchester was once sent a scented candle by a cousin of Colin Colchester-Price's. (AUDIO: Night Watch)
The cathedral gift shop stocked candles. (PROSE: Iris Wildthyme and the Unholy Ghost)
