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As noted by the [[Ninth Doctor]], 12 months made up the [[Earth]] year, ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') which was composed of 365 [[day]]s, 24 [[hour]]s long. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') The [[Fourth Doctor]] remarked that a month lasted 2,678,400 [[second]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'') | As noted by the [[Ninth Doctor]], 12 months made up the [[Earth]] year, ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') which was composed of 365 [[day]]s, 24 [[hour]]s long. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') The [[Fourth Doctor]] remarked that a month lasted 2,678,400 [[second]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'') | ||
Months had individual names. Known months | Months had individual names. Known months — not all of which were [[Earth]] months, and so not all of which could possibly equal 2,678,400 seconds — included: | ||
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In the [[Pan Traffic calendar]], the month of [[Hoob]] was followed by [[Pandoff]], but not [[Clavadoe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') | In the [[Pan Traffic calendar]], the month of [[Hoob]] was followed by [[Pandoff]], but not [[Clavadoe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') | ||
The [[Fourth Doctor]] believed that [[Christmas light]]s "always end[ed] up in an impossible tangle that takes a [[month]] and most of your [[sanity]] to unpick", and he used this as an analogy to explain to [[Leela]] how the unrivalled [[cosmic storm]] known as [[the Great Desolatrix]] ripped through [[time]] and [[space]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Red Planet (short story)|Red Planet]]'') | |||
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* Though he does not specify in the script of ''The Brain of Morbius'', the Doctor's sums reflect a 31-day month. | * Though he does not specify in the script of ''The Brain of Morbius'', the Doctor's sums reflect a 31-day month. | ||
[[Category:Units of time from the real world]] | [[Category:Units of time from the real world]] | ||
Revision as of 15:10, 23 November 2021
A month was a unit of time measurement based on the orbit of a planet's moon. (PROSE: The Dawn of the Kotturuh)
As noted by the Ninth Doctor, 12 months made up the Earth year, (TV: World War Three) which was composed of 365 days, 24 hours long. (TV: Last of the Time Lords) The Fourth Doctor remarked that a month lasted 2,678,400 seconds. (TV: The Brain of Morbius)
Months had individual names. Known months — not all of which were Earth months, and so not all of which could possibly equal 2,678,400 seconds — included:
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
- Clavadoe
- Hoob
- Pandoff
- Akhit
- Paztenmber
- Novrimber
- Fennestry
In what the Tenth Doctor termed "a little leeway", the Saxon Master could only have taken the Doctor's TARDIS to as far back as eighteen months prior to its last departure in May 2008. Indeed, the regenerated Master made his first appearance on Earth, under the alias of "Harold Saxon", just after the downfall of Harriet Jones on Christmas 2006. (TV: The Sound of Drums)
Human pregnancies typically lasted nine months. (TV: The Gathering, Dark Water, The Tsuranga Conundrum) Pregnancy could remain not visible as long as three months in. (TV: Boom Town)
In the Pan Traffic calendar, the month of Hoob was followed by Pandoff, but not Clavadoe. (TV: Bad Wolf)
The Fourth Doctor believed that Christmas lights "always end[ed] up in an impossible tangle that takes a month and most of your sanity to unpick", and he used this as an analogy to explain to Leela how the unrivalled cosmic storm known as the Great Desolatrix ripped through time and space. (PROSE: Red Planet)
Behind the scenes
- Though he does not specify in the script of The Brain of Morbius, the Doctor's sums reflect a 31-day month.
