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A '''bank holiday''' was a day of leisure, usually held on a [[Monday]], observed at least in the [[United Kingdom]]. | {{wikipediainfo}} | ||
A '''bank holiday''' was a day of leisure, usually held on a [[Monday]], observed at least in the [[United Kingdom]]. [[2 January]] was a bank holiday in [[Scotland]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}}) The [[Seventh Doctor]] called [[August bank holiday]] a "silly [[pagan]] festival". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lungbarrow (novel)}}) The holiday caused a great amount of [[road traffic]], particularly in [[Norfolk]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Instruments of Darkness (novel)}}) | |||
According to a story she once told [[Merry Gejelh]], [[Clara Oswald]] once had a life-changing moment on a bank holiday spent in [[Blackpool]]. There, on a crowded beach, she got separated from [[Ellie Oswald|her mother]]. Clara was afraid, but her mother's reassurances after the event allowed her to conquer the fear of getting lost. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Jackie Tyler]] regularly used her bank holiday Mondays to watch [[Cliff Richard]] movies. This inadvertently helped her daughter, [[Rose Tyler|Rose]], fit in better when she visited [[1950s]] [[Britain]], because the movies familiarised her with some of the "lingo" of that era. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Ernie Evans]] remembered his mother taking him to [[Margate]] on a hot bank holiday, the scorching [[sun]] making the [[sand]] almost too hot to bear. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Amorality Tale (novel)}}) [[Ben Jackson]] sarcastically offered "Margate on a rainy bank holiday Monday" as their possible location instead of the [[planet]] [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[Martin (The Glarn Strategy)|Martin]] was forced to watch ''[[Gone With the Wind]]'' every bank holiday. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Glarn Strategy (short story)}}) [[Ace]] recalled [[Sergeant]] [[Drew Smith]] bringing in a [[parachute]] team to [[Perivale Youth Centre]] one cold, [[rain]]y bank holiday. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nightshade (novel)}}) | |||
While looking for the [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Minnie Hooper]] told [[Wilfred Mott]] and the rest of the [[Silver Cloak]] that she'd been locked inside a [[police box]] during the [[August]] bank holiday of [[1962]] and that she was "misbehaving". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}) | |||
The [[Fourth Doctor]]'s [[Five Hundred Year Diary]] had details on a bank holiday spent in [[Denmark]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Not-So-Sinister Sponge (short story)}}) | |||
When the Seventh Doctor and Ace found [[Oxford]] on [[Thursday]] [[18 November]] [[1993]] to be too quiet, Ace considered that it might be a bank holiday. The Doctor confirmed that it was not. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dimension Riders (novel)}}) | |||
Bank holiday weekend in the year [[2000]] did not end until [[Tuesday]] [[4 January]]. It started at some point before [[1 January|the new year]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Millennium Shock (novel)}}) | |||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] took [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] to [[Florana]] for a family holiday, but they got stuck in heavy bank holiday space traffic on the way. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Summer Wholiday (comic story)}}) | |||
During the [[2013]] [[Zygon invasion of Earth]], [[Kate Stewart]] revealed to [[Clara Oswald]] that [[UNIT]] had tried to suppress the existence of two [[film]]s which starred [[Peter Cushing (in-universe)|Peter Cushing]] as [[the Doctor (fictional character)|the Doctor]], but that they kept showing up on bank holidays. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)}}) | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:52, 29 August 2024
A bank holiday was a day of leisure, usually held on a Monday, observed at least in the United Kingdom. 2 January was a bank holiday in Scotland. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"]) The Seventh Doctor called August bank holiday a "silly pagan festival". (PROSE: Lungbarrow [+]Loading...["Lungbarrow (novel)"]) The holiday caused a great amount of road traffic, particularly in Norfolk. (PROSE: Instruments of Darkness [+]Loading...["Instruments of Darkness (novel)"])
According to a story she once told Merry Gejelh, Clara Oswald once had a life-changing moment on a bank holiday spent in Blackpool. There, on a crowded beach, she got separated from her mother. Clara was afraid, but her mother's reassurances after the event allowed her to conquer the fear of getting lost. (TV: The Rings of Akhaten [+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"])
Jackie Tyler regularly used her bank holiday Mondays to watch Cliff Richard movies. This inadvertently helped her daughter, Rose, fit in better when she visited 1950s Britain, because the movies familiarised her with some of the "lingo" of that era. (TV: The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"])
Ernie Evans remembered his mother taking him to Margate on a hot bank holiday, the scorching sun making the sand almost too hot to bear. (PROSE: Amorality Tale [+]Loading...["Amorality Tale (novel)"]) Ben Jackson sarcastically offered "Margate on a rainy bank holiday Monday" as their possible location instead of the planet Vulcan. (PROSE: The Power of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)"])
Martin was forced to watch Gone With the Wind every bank holiday. (PROSE: The Glarn Strategy [+]Loading...["The Glarn Strategy (short story)"]) Ace recalled Sergeant Drew Smith bringing in a parachute team to Perivale Youth Centre one cold, rainy bank holiday. (PROSE: Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"])
While looking for the Tenth Doctor, Minnie Hooper told Wilfred Mott and the rest of the Silver Cloak that she'd been locked inside a police box during the August bank holiday of 1962 and that she was "misbehaving". (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"])
The Fourth Doctor's Five Hundred Year Diary had details on a bank holiday spent in Denmark. (PROSE: The Not-So-Sinister Sponge [+]Loading...["The Not-So-Sinister Sponge (short story)"])
When the Seventh Doctor and Ace found Oxford on Thursday 18 November 1993 to be too quiet, Ace considered that it might be a bank holiday. The Doctor confirmed that it was not. (PROSE: The Dimension Riders [+]Loading...["The Dimension Riders (novel)"])
Bank holiday weekend in the year 2000 did not end until Tuesday 4 January. It started at some point before the new year. (PROSE: Millennium Shock [+]Loading...["Millennium Shock (novel)"])
The Eleventh Doctor took Amy Pond and Rory Williams to Florana for a family holiday, but they got stuck in heavy bank holiday space traffic on the way. (COMIC: Summer Wholiday [+]Loading...["Summer Wholiday (comic story)"])
During the 2013 Zygon invasion of Earth, Kate Stewart revealed to Clara Oswald that UNIT had tried to suppress the existence of two films which starred Peter Cushing as the Doctor, but that they kept showing up on bank holidays. (PROSE: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)"])
