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'''Six[[pence]]''' was a unit of [[currency]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. | '''Six[[pence]]''' was a unit of [[currency]] used in the [[United Kingdom]]. | ||
Before [[World War II]], sixpence coins were either made entirely of [[silver]] or at least contained some silver, however after the war they were instead made of [[cupronickel]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All I Want for Christmas (short story)|All I Want for Christmas]]'') | |||
The [[Twelfth Doctor]], accompanied by [[Bill Potts]], paid sixpence to a [[waterman]] to enter the [[1814 frost fair]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Thin Ice (TV story)|Thin Ice]]'') | The [[Twelfth Doctor]], accompanied by [[Bill Potts]], paid sixpence to a [[waterman]] to enter the [[1814 frost fair]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Thin Ice (TV story)|Thin Ice]]'') | ||
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During the [[London Event]], [[Gwynfor Evans]] asked [[Jamie McCrimmon]] if he had a sixpence to purchase a bar of [[Camfield's Fairy Milk Chocolate]] from a vending machine they had found. Though Jamie responded in the negative, Evans tried the machine without inserting any [[money]] and discovered, to his surprise, there was a [[chocolate]] bar in the machine's open compartment. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') | During the [[London Event]], [[Gwynfor Evans]] asked [[Jamie McCrimmon]] if he had a sixpence to purchase a bar of [[Camfield's Fairy Milk Chocolate]] from a vending machine they had found. Though Jamie responded in the negative, Evans tried the machine without inserting any [[money]] and discovered, to his surprise, there was a [[chocolate]] bar in the machine's open compartment. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') | ||
==Behind the scenes== | == Behind the scenes == | ||
As promoted in the [[Walls' Sky Ray lollies advertisement]], sixpence (6d) was the price of a [[Sky Ray]] lolly. | As promoted in the [[Walls' Sky Ray lollies advertisement]], sixpence (6d) was the price of a [[Sky Ray]] lolly. | ||
[[Category:Currency from the real world]] | [[Category:Currency from the real world]] | ||
[[Category:British currency]] | |||
Latest revision as of 04:26, 20 November 2021
Sixpence was a unit of currency used in the United Kingdom.
Before World War II, sixpence coins were either made entirely of silver or at least contained some silver, however after the war they were instead made of cupronickel. (PROSE: All I Want for Christmas)
The Twelfth Doctor, accompanied by Bill Potts, paid sixpence to a waterman to enter the 1814 frost fair. (TV: Thin Ice)
The Tenth Doctor claimed to Queen Victoria that Rose Tyler was a feral child who he had purchased for sixpence in old London Town. (TV: Tooth and Claw)
During the London Event, Gwynfor Evans asked Jamie McCrimmon if he had a sixpence to purchase a bar of Camfield's Fairy Milk Chocolate from a vending machine they had found. Though Jamie responded in the negative, Evans tried the machine without inserting any money and discovered, to his surprise, there was a chocolate bar in the machine's open compartment. (TV: The Web of Fear)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
As promoted in the Walls' Sky Ray lollies advertisement, sixpence (6d) was the price of a Sky Ray lolly.
