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'''Thomas Jefferson''' was [[President of the United States]] in the [[19th century]].
'''Thomas Jefferson''' was [[President of the United States]] in the [[19th century]].


== Biography ==
In [[1974]] during a [[telephone]] conversation arising from his dialling of a wrong number, the [[Sixth Doctor]] related a popular aphorism by Jefferson to [[Lauren Hudson]]: "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." Fortunately for Lauren, her next telephone call was a wrong number to a radio [[DJ (Urgent Calls)|DJ]], who just happened to be asking the source of that quote in a trivia contest. As a result Lauren won the biggest prize ever given away on British [[radio]] a holiday for two in [[Marbella]] and spending money. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Urgent Calls]]'')
In [[1974]] during a [[telephone]] conversation arising from his dialling of a wrong number, the [[Sixth Doctor]] related a popular aphorism by Jefferson to [[Lauren Hudson]]: "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." Fortunately for Lauren, her next telephone call was a wrong number to a radio [[DJ (Urgent Calls)|DJ]], who just happened to be asking the source of that quote in a trivia contest. As a result Lauren won the biggest prize ever given away on British [[radio]] - a holiday for two in [[Marbella]] and spending money. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Urgent Calls]]'')


The [[Eleventh Doctor]] claimed that two of the American founders, Thomas Jefferson, [[John Adams]] and [[Alexander Hamilton]], may have fancied him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] claimed that two of the American founders, Thomas Jefferson, [[John Adams]] and [[Alexander Hamilton]], may have fancied him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')

Revision as of 04:38, 31 May 2014

Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States in the 19th century.

In 1974 during a telephone conversation arising from his dialling of a wrong number, the Sixth Doctor related a popular aphorism by Jefferson to Lauren Hudson: "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." Fortunately for Lauren, her next telephone call was a wrong number to a radio DJ, who just happened to be asking the source of that quote in a trivia contest. As a result Lauren won the biggest prize ever given away on British radio — a holiday for two in Marbella and spending money. (AUDIO: Urgent Calls)

The Eleventh Doctor claimed that two of the American founders, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Alexander Hamilton, may have fancied him. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut)

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Thomas Jefferson