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'''April Fools' Day''' was a holiday celebrated on [[1 April]]. On this day it was customary for people to play practical jokes and | '''April Fools' Day''' was a holiday celebrated on [[1 April]]. On this day it was customary for people to play [[Prank|practical jokes]] and [[hoax]]es on one another. | ||
On [[1 April]] [[1963]], [[Ian Chesterton]] sent one of his [[Coal Hill School]] students, [[Little Titch Critchley]], to the supplies cupboard for "a left-handed [[blackboard]] rubber". Later that morning, Ian started a snowball fight with Mr [[Okehurst]], shouting, "April fool!" That afternoon, when [[John Brent]] tried to tell [[Brent (Time and Relative)|his father]] about the snowmen which had been animated by [[the Cold (Time and Relative)|the Cold]], Captain Brent thought his son was playing an April Fools' joke. ([[PROSE]]: | == History == | ||
On [[1 April]] [[1963]], [[Ian Chesterton]] sent one of his [[Coal Hill School]] students, [[Little Titch Critchley]], to the supplies cupboard for "a left-handed [[blackboard]] rubber". Later that morning, Ian started a snowball fight with Mr [[Okehurst]], shouting, "April fool!" That afternoon, when [[John Brent]] tried to tell [[Brent (Time and Relative)|his father]] about the snowmen which had been animated by [[the Cold (Time and Relative)|the Cold]], Captain Brent thought his son was playing an April Fools' joke. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time and Relative (novel)}}) | |||
When [[Harold (Deimos)|Harold]] sent a distress call warning [[Deimos Moonbase]] about a group of [[Ice Warrior]]s taking over the tourist shuttle, [[Gregson Grenville]] responded, "Yeah, yeah. Very funny, [[Luigi (Deimos)|Luigi]]. Happy April Fools to you too." ([[AUDIO]]: | On 1 April [[2024]], [[Arbeatle Press (in-universe)|Arcbeatle Press]] published [["The Noodle Incident": Brand-New "The Noodle Man" Series Launches with Exclusive Arcbeatle Press Crossover Serial on April 1st|an article]] announcing their new [[series]], ''[[The Noodle Man (series)|The Noodle Man]]'', focused upon [[the Noodle Man|the titular character]]. They announced that ''[[The Noodle Incident (in-universe)|The Noodle Incident]]'' would be released that day, with ''[[Book 1: A Really Incredible Character’s Kaleidoscopically Reimagined, Out-there Lasagna Life]]'' available for [[preorder]]. They noted that some may say of anchoring such a series on such a character that it was "an April Fools’ [[joke]]… gotta be… right? right?!", before [[recommend]]ing such people [[therapy]], [[meditation]], and "a [[health]]y [[diet]] of [[noodle]]s and [[chocolate egg]]s". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|"The Noodle Incident": Brand-New "The Noodle Man" Series Launches with Exclusive Arcbeatle Press Crossover Serial on April 1st (short story)}}) | ||
When [[Harold (Deimos)|Harold]] sent a distress call warning [[Deimos Moonbase]] about a group of [[Ice Warrior]]s taking over the tourist shuttle, [[Gregson Grenville]] responded, "Yeah, yeah. Very funny, [[Luigi (Deimos)|Luigi]]. Happy April Fools to you too." ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Deimos (audio story)}}) | |||
== April Fools' jokes in the real world == | == April Fools' jokes in the real world == | ||
* An issue of the ''Doctor Who'' fanzine ''Dream Watch Bulletin'' said there was a sixth episode of ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'' planned which would feature {{Delgado}} escaping [[UNIT]]. | {{Section cleanup|Information about {{cs|Jenny Says: Drink Gevity™! (comic story)}} needs to be added.}} | ||
* In [[DWM 76|issue 76]] of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', there was a feature about rushes for an abandoned William Hartnell story called ''The Phoenix Rises'' being discovered and used to create a new story featuring the First and Fifth Doctors, which would be made in black-and-white so the Hartnell footage would match seamlessly with the Peter Davison material. The date for the start of filming was "1 April 1983". | * An issue of the ''Doctor Who'' fanzine ''Dream Watch Bulletin'' said there was a sixth episode of ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'' planned which would feature {{Delgado}} escaping [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]]. | ||
* In [[DWM 88|issue 88]] of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', it was reported by "[[John Wakefield]]" — actually the name of the television reporter played by [[Michael Wisher]] in ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'' — that not only had "around 95%" of ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' episode four been found in a BBC department, but also the story was being colourised for transmission in [[Canada]] — apparently due to the country's television transmitters being unable to broadcast black-and-white material. The project's production code was "01:04/84". | * In [[DWM 76|issue 76]] of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', there was a feature about rushes for an abandoned William Hartnell story called ''The Phoenix Rises'' being discovered and used to create a new story featuring the First and Fifth Doctors, which would be made in black-and-white so the Hartnell footage would match seamlessly with the Peter Davison material. The date for the start of filming was "1 April 1983".[[File:The Phone Book.jpg|thumb|The faux box art for "''The Phone Book''".]] | ||
* In 2009, as an April Fool's joke, word circulated around the ''Doctor Who'' set that [[Michael Jackson]] was paying a visit. | * In [[DWM 88|issue 88]] of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', it was reported by "[[John Wakefield]]" — actually the name of the television reporter played by [[Michael Wisher]] in ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'' — that not only had "around 95%" of ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' episode four been found in a mythical BBC department, but also the story was being colourised for transmission in [[Canada]] — apparently due to the country's television transmitters being unable to broadcast black-and-white material. The project's production code was "01:04/84". | ||
* In | * In 2009, as an April Fool's joke, word circulated around the ''Doctor Who'' set that [[Michael Jackson]] was paying a visit.<ref>''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale|Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]''</ref> | ||
* In 2023, the [[Big Finish]] Twitter account announced an 18-hour box set of [[Tom Baker]] reading "''The Phone book''".<ref>https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1642081893309898752?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A</ref> | |||
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