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According to the [[Tenth Doctor]], '''Jonathan Swift''' was an [[18th century]] "writer chap" who first invented the name [[Vanessa]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stone Rose]]'') [[The Doctor]] met him at some point before his [[second incarnation]], and thought him a "smart [[human]] being". Swift once said to him, "There's none so [[blind]] as they that won't see." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wheel of Ice]]'')
He authored ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'', a [[book]] with which the [[First Doctor]] was familiar, in the first half of the century. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass]]'') The [[Second Doctor]] met the protagonist of that novel, [[Lemuel Gulliver]], in the [[Land of Fiction]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'')
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'''Jonathan Swift''' ([[1667]]-[[1745]]), ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Universal Databank (reference book)}}, [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'') also known as '''Dean Swift''', ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'') was an [[18th century]] [[Irish]] writer ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Universal Databank (reference book)}}) who first invented the name [[Vanessa]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stone Rose (novel)|The Stone Rose]]'') [[The Doctor]] met him at some point before his [[second incarnation]], and thought him a "smart [[human]] being". Swift once said to him, "There's none so [[blind]] as they that won't see." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wheel of Ice (novel)|The Wheel of Ice]]'')


He authored ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'', a [[book]] with which the [[First Doctor]] was familiar, in the first half of the century. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'') The [[Second Doctor]] met the protagonist of that novel, [[Lemuel Gulliver]], in the [[Land of Fiction]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'')
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Latest revision as of 03:00, 19 September 2024

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), (PROSE: The Universal Databank [+]Loading...["The Universal Databank (reference book)"], PROSE: The Empire of Glass) also known as Dean Swift, (TV: The Mind Robber) was an 18th century Irish writer (PROSE: The Universal Databank [+]Loading...["The Universal Databank (reference book)"]) who first invented the name Vanessa. (PROSE: The Stone Rose) The Doctor met him at some point before his second incarnation, and thought him a "smart human being". Swift once said to him, "There's none so blind as they that won't see." (PROSE: The Wheel of Ice)

He authored Gulliver's Travels, a book with which the First Doctor was familiar, in the first half of the century. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass) The Second Doctor met the protagonist of that novel, Lemuel Gulliver, in the Land of Fiction. (TV: The Mind Robber)